Focal Press Focal EasyGuide to Photoshop CS2Image Editing forNewUsers and Professionals Sep2005 [h33

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THE FOCAL EASY GUIDE TO
PHOTOSHOP
CS2- Image editing for new users and
professionals
Author -BRAD HINKEL
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Focal Press
An imprint of Elsevier
Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP
30 Corporate Drive, Burlington, MA 01803
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Contents
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Chapter 1: Introduction 1
Who Should Use this Book 2
Steps for Using this Book 3
Conventions 3
Photoshop Versions 4
Apple Macintosh OS X vs Microsoft Windows XP Operating Systems 4
Computer Requirements 5
Web Site 6
Acknowledgments 7
Chapter 2: Foundation 9
A Look at Photoshop 10
The Toolbox 10
The Palettes 11
Viewing the Image 14
Accelerators 16
Layers 17
The Layer Masks 18
A Look at the Layers Palette 19
Adjustment Layers 20
Some Notes on Layers 21
Merged Image Layers 24
Photoshop Brushes 26
Basic Adjustment Tools 28
Histograms 28
Levels 31
Curves 33
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Color Balance 36
Hue/Saturation 38
Geeky Stuff 40
A Digital Image 41
Pixels 41
Channels/Color Models 42
Bits and Bytes 43
Bit Depth 44
Image Size 45
Dots and Sensors 45
Resolution 46
Resampling/Interpolation 47
Native Resolution 47
Files for Digital Imaging 48
Photoshop (*.PSD) 49
TIFF (*.TIF, *.TIFF) 49
JPEG (*.JPG, *.JPEG) 50
PDF Files 51
RAW Files 51
Chapter 3: The Image Editing Workflow 53
The Workflow Outline 54
Workflow Stage Summaries 55
Stage 0: Capture the Image 55
Stage 1: Organize the Images 55
Stage 2: Open Image Files (Process RAW Files) 55
Stage 3: Image Clean-Up 55
Stage 4: Perform Global Adjustments 56
Stage 5: Perform Local Adjustments 56
Stage 6: Photographic Edits 56
Stage 7: Print Preparation 56

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