Photoshop CC: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition

Book description

Photoshop CC is an outstanding image editor, but it can be pretty overwhelming. This book makes learning Photoshop as easy as possible by explaining the hows and whys in a friendly, conversational style. You’ll unlock Photoshop’s secrets, new goodies, and time-saving features, with expert tips and practical editing advice you can use every day.

The important stuff you need to know:

  • Learn your way around. Tour Photoshop’s workspace and learn how to customize it.
  • Unleash the magic. Use selections, layers, masks, and smart objects to safely edit images; automate common chores with actions.
  • Perfect your photos. Learn to crop, resize, color-correct, retouch, combine, and prepare photos for print or online use.
  • Master color. Drain, change, and add color, and even create digital makeup, partial-color effects, and duotones.
  • Be artistic. Use filters effectively, create illustrations, paintings, artistic typography, animations, and videos.
  • Go 3D. Create and edit 3D objects and send them off to a 3D-printing service from inside Photoshop.
  • Export web graphics. Use Generator to instantly export and resize images—just by using layer names.
  • Publisher resources

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    Table of contents

    1. Photoshop CC: The Missing Manual
    2. Foreword
    3. The Missing Credits
      1. About the Author
      2. About the Creative Team
      3. Acknowledgements
    4. Introduction
      1. What’s New in Photoshop CC 2014
      2. About This Book
        1. About the Outline
        2. For Photographers
        3. The Very Basics
        4. About→These→Arrows
      3. About the Online Resources
        1. Missing CD
        2. Registration
        3. Feedback
        4. Errata
        5. Safari® Books Online
    5. 1. The Basics
      1. 1. Photoshop CC Guided Tour
        1. Meet the Application Frame
          1. The Almighty Options Bar
          2. Swapping Screen Modes
          3. Changing Photoshop’s Appearance
        2. Working with Panels
          1. Customizing Your Workspace
          2. The Tools Panel
            1. Foreground and Background Color Chips
          3. Common Panels
        3. The Power of Undo
          1. Changing How Far Back You Can Go
          2. Turning Back Time with the History Panel
          3. The History Brush
          4. The Revert Command
        4. Tweaking Photoshop’s Preferences
          1. General
          2. Interface
          3. Sync Settings
          4. File Handling
          5. Performance
          6. Cursors
          7. Transparency and Gamut
          8. Units and Rulers
          9. Guides, Grid, and Slices
          10. Plug-Ins
          11. Type
          12. 3D
          13. Experimental Features
        5. Working with Presets
          1. Sharing Presets
      2. 2. Opening, Viewing, and Saving Files
        1. Creating a New Document
          1. Photoshop’s Ready-Made Documents
          2. Setting Size and Resolution
          3. Choosing a Color Mode
          4. Choosing a Background
          5. Advanced Options
            1. Saving Your Custom Settings
        2. Saving Files
          1. File Formats
        3. Opening an Existing Document
          1. The Open Dialog Box
          2. Opening Multiple Files within a Single Document
          3. Opening Files as Smart Objects
          4. Opening Recent Files
          5. Working with PDFs
          6. Working with Scanned Images
          7. Working with Raw Files
            1. Opening Raw Files
          8. Duplicating Files
        4. Changing Your View
          1. Zooming In and Out
          2. Moving Around in an Image
          3. Getting Oriented with the Navigator Panel
          4. Rotating Your Canvas
        5. Arranging Open Images
        6. Guides, Grids, and Rulers
          1. Rulers and Guides
            1. Smart Guides
            2. Using the Document Grid
          2. The Ruler Tool
      3. 3. Layers: The Key to Nondestructive Editing
        1. Layer Basics
          1. The Layers Panel
          2. Activating Layers
            1. Activating Multiple Layers
            2. Filtering Layers
          3. Creating Layers
          4. Hiding and Showing Layers
          5. Restacking Layers
          6. Duplicating and Deleting Layers
          7. Copying and Pasting Layers
          8. Filling a Layer with Color
            1. Creating Custom Patterns
          9. Tweaking a Layer’s Opacity and Fill
          10. Resizing and Rotating Layers
          11. Moving and Aligning Layers
            1. Aligning Layers
            2. Moving Layers Between Documents
            3. Exporting Layers to Separate Files
        2. Managing Layers
          1. Naming and Color-Coding Layers
          2. Linking and Locking Layers
          3. Grouping Layers
          4. Layer Comps: Capturing Different Document Versions
            1. Exporting Layer Comps
          5. Rasterizing Layers
          6. Merging Layers
        3. Layer Blending
        4. Layer Masks: Digital Masking Tape
          1. Adding Layer Masks
          2. Using Layer Masks
            1. Fixing Exposure with an Adjustment Layer and its Mask
          3. Editing a Mask
        5. Using Smart Objects
          1. Creating Smart Objects
          2. Managing Smart Objects
            1. Using Linked Smart Objects
        6. Layer Styles
          1. Managing Layer Styles
          2. The Styles Panel
            1. Exporting and Loading Styles
      4. 4. Selections: Choosing What to Edit
        1. Selection Basics
          1. Meet the Marching Ants
        2. Selecting by Shape
          1. The Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee Tools
            1. Creating a Soft Vignette
          2. The Single Row and Column Marquee Tools
          3. The Vector Shape Tools
        3. Selecting by Color
          1. The Quick Selection Tool
          2. The Magic Wand
            1. Expanding Your Selection
          3. The Color Range Command
          4. The Background and Magic Erasers
            1. The Background Eraser
            2. The Magic Eraser
        4. Selecting Irregular Areas
          1. The Lasso Tools
            1. Lasso Tool
            2. Polygonal Lasso Tool
            3. Magnetic Lasso Tool
          2. Selecting with Focus Area
          3. Selecting with the Pen Tool
          4. Creating Selections with Channels
          5. Using the Selection Tools Together
        5. Modifying Selections
          1. Refining Edges
            1. Adding a Creative Edge
          2. Fixing Edge Halos
          3. Creating a Border Selection
          4. Transforming a Selection
          5. Using Quick Mask Mode
          6. Moving Selections
          7. Saving a Selection
          8. Filling a Selection with Color
          9. Stroking (Outlining) a Selection
      5. 5. Understanding Channels
        1. How Color Works
          1. RGB Mode vs. CMYK Mode
        2. The Channels Panel and You
        3. Meet the Color Channels
          1. RGB Channels
          2. CMYK Channels
            1. Creating a High-Key Portrait Effect
          3. Spot Channels
          4. Lab Channels
          5. Multichannel Mode
          6. Single-Channel Modes
        4. The Mighty Alpha Channel
          1. Creating an Alpha Channel
          2. Editing Alpha Channels
          3. Loading an Alpha Channel as a Selection
          4. Deleting Alpha Channels
        5. Basic Channel Stunts
          1. Selecting Objects with Channels
          2. Creating a Silhouette Effect
          3. Lightening and Darkening Channels
          4. Combining Channels
          5. Sharpening Individual Channels
    6. 2. Editing Images
      1. 6. Cropping, Resizing, and Rotating
        1. Cropping Images
          1. The Rule of Thirds
          2. Creative Cropping
          3. The Crop Tool
            1. Cropping to a Specific Shape, Size, and Resolution
            2. Cropping with Perspective
            3. Adding Polaroid-Style Photo Frames
          4. Cropping with Selection Tools
          5. Trimming Photos Down to Size
          6. Cropping and Straightening Photos
          7. Cropping and Straightening in Camera Raw
            1. Cropping Images
            2. Straightening Images
        2. Resizing Images
          1. Pixels and Resolution
          2. The Mighty Image Size Dialog Box
            1. Resolution Guidelines for Print
          3. Resizing Images for Print
          4. Resizing for Email and the Web
          5. Resizing Web Images for Print
          6. Resizing Images for Presentations
          7. Resizing Smart Objects
          8. Automated Resizing with the Image Processor
          9. Resizing the Canvas
        3. Content-Aware Scaling
        4. Rotating and Distorting
          1. Simple Rotations
          2. The Transformers
            1. Creating a Reflection
      2. 7. Combining Images
        1. Cut It Out
        2. Pasting into a Selection
          1. Sky Swapping
        3. Fading Images Together
          1. Soft Erasers
          2. Soft Brushes and Layer Masks
          3. Gradient Masks
        4. Layer Blend Modes
          1. Normal and Dissolve Blend Modes
          2. Darken Blend Modes
          3. Lighten Blend Modes
          4. Lighting (Contrast) Blend Modes
          5. Comparative Blend Modes
          6. Composite Blend Modes
        5. Hiding Backgrounds with Blending Sliders
        6. Auto-Aligning Layers and Photomerge
          1. Building Panoramas with Photomerge
        7. Auto-Blending Layers
        8. Cloning Between Documents
        9. Combining Vectors and Rasters
        10. Mapping One Image onto Another
      3. 8. Draining, Changing, and Adding Color
        1. Draining Color
          1. Black & White Adjustment Layers
            1. Warp-Speed Color Tinting
          2. Gradient Map Adjustment Layers
            1. Photographic Toning
          3. The Lightness Channel
          4. Going Grayscale in Camera Raw
          5. Partial-Color Effect
          6. Fading Color to Black and White
          7. High-Contrast Black and White
          8. The High-Key Effect
          9. Delicious Duotones
        2. Changing Color
          1. Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layers
            1. Targeting a Specific Range of Colors
          2. Hue Blend Mode
          3. Selective Color Adjustment Layers
          4. Replacing Color
          5. Matching Colors
          6. Photo Filter Adjustment Layers
          7. Posterizing: Your Ticket to Cartoon Art
          8. Inverting Colors
        3. Adding Color
          1. Colorizing Images
            1. Adding Digital Makeup to Portraits
          2. Adding Solid Blocks of Color
          3. Building a Better Sunrise (or Sunset)
          4. Adding Color to a Semi-Transparent Layer
      4. 9. Correcting Color and Lighting
        1. Lighting Basics
        2. Quick Fixer-Uppers
          1. Fixing Color
          2. Fixing Lighting
            1. Brightness/Contrast Adjustment Layers
            2. Shadows/Highlights Adjustments
        3. Correcting Images in Camera Raw
          1. Changing White Balance
          2. Fixing Exposure
          3. Making Colors Pop
          4. Camera Raw’s Adjustment Brush
          5. Camera Raw’s Graduated Filters
            1. Using the Radial Filter
          6. More Fun with Camera Raw
        4. Using Levels
          1. Histograms: Mountains of Information
          2. The Levels Sliders
            1. Output Levels
          3. The Levels Eyedroppers
          4. Correcting by the Numbers
          5. Color-Correcting Skin
        5. Working with Curves
          1. Changing Contrast
        6. Creating HDR Images
        7. Making Colors Pop
          1. Intensifying Colors
          2. Adjusting Hue/Saturation
          3. Adding Lab Pop
        8. Rescuing the Unfixables
      5. 10. Retouching, Removing, and Repositioning
        1. The Great Healers
          1. The Spot Healing Brush
          2. Content-Aware Fill
          3. The Healing Brush
          4. The Patch Tool
        2. Using the Clone Stamp Tool
          1. Zapping Shines and Shadows
          2. Removing an Object
          3. Duplicating an Object
        3. Whitening Teeth
        4. Super Slimmers
          1. Fixing Flabby Chins
          2. Liquifying Bulges
          3. Slimming with Free Transform
            1. Selective Slimming
        5. Skin Softeners
          1. Selective Blur
          2. Easy Glamour Glow
          3. Softening Wrinkles with Faux Dodge and Burn
        6. Show-Stopping Eyes
          1. Lightening Eyes
          2. Fixing Red-Eye
            1. The Red Eye Tool
            2. The Color Replacement Tool
            3. Fixing Red-Eye in Camera Raw
          3. Fixing Animal White-Eye
        7. Other Creative Madness
          1. Repositioning with Content-Aware Move
          2. Reshaping Objects with Puppet Warp
          3. Warping with Perspective
      6. 11. The Art of Sharpening
        1. What Is Sharpening?
        2. Basic Sharpening
          1. Sharpening with Unsharp Mask
            1. How Much to Sharpen?
          2. The Smart Sharpen Filter
          3. Sharpening with the High Pass Filter
          4. The Shake Reduction Filter
          5. Sharpening Layered Files
            1. Combining Layers into a New Image Layer
            2. Combining Layers into a Smart Object
          6. Sharpening Part of an Image
        3. Advanced Sharpening Techniques
          1. Creating an Edge Mask
        4. Sharpening in Camera Raw
          1. Global Sharpening
          2. Local Sharpening
    7. 3. The Artistic Side of Photoshop
      1. 12. Painting in Photoshop
        1. Color Theory: The Basics
        2. Choosing a Color Scheme
          1. Using a Color Wheel
          2. Other Color Scheme–Generating Tools
        3. Choosing Individual Colors
          1. The Color Picker
          2. The Eyedropper Tool
          3. Loading Color Libraries
          4. The Swatches Panel
          5. The Color Panel
        4. (Re)Introducing the Brush Tool
          1. Controlling the Brush Cursor’s Appearance
          2. Meet the Mixer Brush
          3. Painting from Scratch
          4. Loading More Built-in Brushes
            1. Making an Object Sparkle
        5. Customizing Brushes
          1. Brush Panel Settings
            1. Brush Tip Shape
            2. Shape Dynamics
            3. Scattering
            4. Texture
            5. Dual Brush
            6. Color Dynamics
            7. Transfer
            8. Brush Pose
            9. Noise
            10. Wet Edges
            11. Build-up
            12. Smoothing
            13. Protect Texture
          2. Suggested Brush Customizations
        6. Defining a New Brush
        7. Sharing and Installing New Brushes
      2. 13. Drawing with the Vector Tools
        1. Photoshop’s Drawing Modes
        2. Drawing Paths with the Pen Tool
          1. Drawing Straight Paths
          2. Drawing Curved Paths
          3. Converting Anchor Points
          4. Path Drawing Tips
        3. Saving Paths
        4. Drawing with the Shape Tools
          1. Using the Shape Tools
            1. Customizing Stroke Options
            2. Using Live Shape Properties
          2. Drawing Multiple Shapes on One Layer
          3. Using Custom Shapes
        5. Editing Paths
          1. Adding, Deleting, and Converting Points
          2. Activating and Moving Paths
          3. Making Paths Intersect
            1. Aligning and Rearranging Paths
          4. Adding a Stroke to a Path
          5. Filling a Path
        6. Making Selections and Masks with Paths
          1. Making a Path from a Selection
          2. Making a Clipping Path
          3. Using Vector Masks
            1. Masking with Paths
      3. 14. Creating Artistic Text
        1. Typography 101
          1. The Face of Type
            1. Common Font Formats
            2. Font Categories
            3. Font Styles
            4. Previewing Fonts
          2. Meet Adobe Typekit
            1. Installing Typekit fonts
        2. Creating and Editing Text
          1. Point Text vs. Paragraph Text
          2. Moving Text
          3. Highlighting Text
          4. Resizing Text
          5. Creating a Hollow Text Selection
          6. Creating Text on a Path
          7. Creating Text Inside a Path
          8. Warping Text
          9. Using Find and Replace
        3. Formatting Text
          1. Formatting with the Options Bar
          2. The Character Panel
            1. A Lesson in Leading
            2. Learning to Kern
            3. Track it Out
            4. Doin’ the Baseline Shift
            5. Other Character Options
          3. The Paragraph Panel
            1. Aligning Text
            2. Hyphenation and Justification
            3. Indenting Text
            4. Space Before and After
        4. Special Text Effects
          1. Faded Text
          2. Stroked Text
            1. The Rare Multi-Stroked Text Effect
          3. Texturizing Text
            1. Texture from a Photo
            2. Texture from a Brush
            3. Texture from Filters
          4. Placing a Photo Inside Text
          5. Converting Text to a Shape
        5. More Typographic Resources
      4. 15. The Wide World of Filters
        1. The Joy of Smart Filters
        2. A Filters Tour
          1. Adaptive Wide Angle
          2. Camera Raw Filter
          3. Lens Correction
          4. Liquify
          5. Vanishing Point
          6. Artistic
          7. Blur
            1. Fixing Color Fringe
            2. Lens Blur
          8. Blur Gallery
            1. Field Blur
            2. Iris Blur
            3. Tilt-Shift
          9. Path Blur
          10. Spin Blur
          11. Brush Strokes
          12. Distort
          13. Noise
          14. Pixelate
          15. Render
          16. Sharpen
          17. Sketch
          18. Stylize
            1. Emboss
          19. Texture
          20. Video
          21. Other
          22. Digimarc
          23. Browse Filters Online
    8. 4. Printing and the Web
      1. 16. Photoshop and Print
        1. The Challenge of WYSIWYG Printing
          1. Understanding Color Gamuts and Profiles
            1. Finding and Installing Drivers and Color Profiles
          2. Calibrating Your Monitor
        2. Resizing and Formatting Files
          1. Printer-Friendly File Formats
          2. Resizing and Saving as a TIFF
          3. Resizing and Saving as a PDF
        3. Printing on an Inkjet Printer
        4. Printing on a Commercial Offset Press
          1. Converting RGB Images to CMYK by Using Built-In Profiles
          2. Custom RGB to CMYK Profile Conversions
          3. Using Spot Color
            1. Editing Spot Channels
            2. Saving a Document with Spot Channels
            3. Saving Spot Colors in PDF Format
          4. Printing Duotone (Multitonal) Images
          5. Printing Color Separations
          6. Proofing Images Onscreen
          7. Printing Proofs
        5. Printing on a Digital Press
          1. Printing RGB Images on a Digital Press
          2. Printing CMYK Images on a Digital Press
          3. Printing Spot Colors on a Digital Press
        6. Printing Multiple Images
          1. PDF Presentation
          2. Contact Sheet II
        7. Recap: Stress-Free Printing Tips
      2. 17. Photoshop and the Web
        1. Creating Web- and Email-Friendly Images
          1. Resizing Images
            1. Resizing Images Visually
          2. Choosing the Best File Format
          3. Saving and Compressing Files
        2. Animating a GIF
          1. Editing Your Animation
          2. Saving Your Animation
        3. Designing a Website Favicon
        4. Creating Web Page Mockups and Image Maps
          1. Slicing an Image
          2. Modifying Slices
            1. Slice Options
          3. Saving Slices
        5. Exporting Web Graphics with Generator
          1. Setting Generator Defaults
          2. Turning Generator Off
        6. Protecting Your Images Online
          1. Embedding Copyright Info
          2. Watermarking Images
        7. Building Online Photo Galleries
    9. 5. Photoshop Power
      1. 18. Working Smarter with Actions
        1. The Actions Panel
        2. Using Actions
          1. Running Actions on a Folder
        3. Recording Actions
          1. Recording a Conditional Action
        4. Managing Actions
          1. Editing Actions
        5. Creating Droplets
        6. Sharing Actions
          1. Loading Actions
          2. Saving Actions as an External Set
      2. 19. Beyond Photoshop: Plug-Ins
        1. Adding and Removing Plug-Ins
        2. Managing Plug-Ins
        3. Noise Reducers
          1. Noiseware
          2. Dfine
          3. Photo Ninja (formerly Noise Ninja)
        4. Making Selections and Masking
          1. Fluid Mask
          2. Perfect Mask
        5. Correcting and Enhancing Color
          1. Viveza
          2. Color Efex Pro
          3. Perfect Portrait
        6. Miscellaneous Plug-Ins
          1. Silver Efex Pro
          2. Perfect Resize
          3. HDR Efex Pro
          4. Eye Candy
          5. Dashboard Pro
      3. 20. Photoshop and Video
        1. Creating Your First Video Project
          1. Using Video Document Presets
          2. Opening and Importing Video Clips
          3. Meet the Timeline Panel
        2. Editing Video
          1. Changing Clip Length
          2. Adding Transitions
          3. Splitting and Trimming Video Clips
          4. Adding Text, Logos, and Still Images
          5. Adding and Controlling Audio
        3. Animating Objects and Effects
          1. Adding and Deleting Keyframes
          2. Editing and Copying Keyframes
          3. Choosing an Interpolation Method
          4. Warping Text
          5. Animating Masks
          6. Rotoscoping and Onion Skins
        4. Global Lighting
        5. Adding Comments
        6. Adding Fill and Adjustment Layers
          1. Adding a Color Tint
          2. Changing Fill and Adjustment Layers’ Duration
        7. Adding Layer Styles
        8. Using Smart Filters with Video
        9. Cloning and Healing
        10. Exporting Videos
          1. Using Your Project in Other Video Editors
        11. Additional Video Resources
      4. 21. Working with 3D Objects
        1. 3D Basics
        2. Photoshop’s 3D Environment
          1. Creating a 3D Postcard
          2. Moving Objects in 3D Space
            1. Using the 3D Axis HUD to Position an Object
          3. Working with the Camera
        3. 3D Text and Shapes
          1. Creating 3D Text
          2. Creating 3D Shapes
          3. Wrapping Art around Basic Shapes
          4. Importing 3D Models and Materials
          5. Making a 3D Object from a Depth Map
          6. Making a 3D Object from a Medical Scan
        4. Editing 3D Objects
          1. Working with Materials
          2. Painting on a 3D Object
          3. Lighting Your 3D Scene
            1. Positioning Basic Lights
          4. Instances
          5. Combining Objects
          6. Running Filters on a 3D Layer
          7. Changing a 3D Layer’s Blend Mode and Opacity
          8. Rasterizing a 3D Layer
        5. Rendering 3D Objects
        6. Saving and Exporting 3D Objects
        7. Printing in 3D
        8. Creating 3D Animations
        9. Additional 3D Resources
      5. 22. Using Adobe Bridge
        1. Installing Bridge
        2. Browsing through Photos
        3. Importing and Managing Photos
          1. Review Mode
          2. Sorting and Filtering Images
          3. Grouping Images into Collections
          4. Grouping Images into Stacks
          5. Opening Images in Camera Raw
        4. Showing Off Your Work
          1. Making a Slideshow
          2. Bridge CS6’s Export Panel
          3. Exporting Images from Bridge CS6 as PDFs
          4. Making a Web Gallery
    10. Index
    11. About the Author
    12. Copyright

    Product information

    • Title: Photoshop CC: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition
    • Author(s): Lesa Snider
    • Release date: August 2014
    • Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
    • ISBN: 9781491947197