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Page 1: ...USER GUIDE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS3...

Page 2: ...portion of this product is based on Proximity Linguistic Technology The Proximity Hyphenation System 1989 All rights reserved Proximity Technology Inc Proximity and Linguibase are registered trademar...

Page 3: ...e and resolution 61 Acquiring images from cameras and scanners 67 Creating opening and importing images 69 Placing files 74 High dynamic range images 77 Chapter 4 Camera Raw Introduction to Camera Raw...

Page 4: ...d canvas 190 Retouching and repairing images 195 Correcting image distortion and noise 205 Adjusting image sharpness and blur 207 Transforming objects 213 Liquify filter 219 Vanishing Point 225 Create...

Page 5: ...Filters Filter basics 383 Filter effects reference 388 Applying specific filters 396 Add Lighting Effects 399 Chapter 14 Type Creating type 403 Editing text 406 Formatting characters 411 Fonts 415 Lin...

Page 6: ...hotoshop Extended 554 Interpreting video footage Photoshop Extended 556 Painting frames in video layers Photoshop Extended 557 Editing video and animation layers Photoshop Extended 560 Creating frame...

Page 7: ...vii Chapter 21 Keyboard shortcuts Customizing keyboard shortcuts 629 Default keyboard shortcuts 630 Index 653...

Page 8: ...he installation disc Activate the software If you have a single user retail license for your Adobe software you will be asked to activate your software this is a simple anonymous process that you must...

Page 9: ...Adobe Help resources Documentation for your Adobe software is available in a variety of formats In product and LiveDocs Help In product Help provides access to all documentation and instructional cont...

Page 10: ...chase in the Adobe Store at www adobe com go store You can also find books published by Adobe publishing partners in the Adobe Store A printed workflow guide is included with all Adobe Creative Suite...

Page 11: ...estination the title is referenced in the Title attribute of the Anchor tag For example the Previous and Next links include the titles of the previous and next topics Content supports high contrast mo...

Page 12: ...ctivate an outlined link press Enter To make text bigger press Ctrl equal sign To make text smaller press Ctrl hyphen Resources Adobe Video Workshop The Adobe Creative Suite 3 Video Workshop offers ov...

Page 13: ...The Adobe Video Workshop includes training for novices and experienced users You ll also find videos on new features and key techniques Each video covers a single subject and typically runs about 3 5...

Page 14: ...lications Adobe application The application folder may contain the following resources Plug ins Plug in modules are small software programs that extend or add features to your software Once installed...

Page 15: ...rovides up to date information on all your Adobe Creative Suite 3 software in one convenient location Start Adobe Bridge then click the Bridge Home icon at the top of the Favorites panel to access the...

Page 16: ...r Adobe Design Center offers articles inspiration and instruction from industry experts top designers and Adobe publishing partners New content is added monthly You can find hundreds of tutorials for...

Page 17: ...es for developers who develop plug ins for Adobe products In addition to sample code and tutorials you ll find RSS feeds online seminars SDKs scripting guides and other technical resources Visit Adobe...

Page 18: ...getting the most out of their software User to user forums are available in English French German and Japanese blogs are posted in a wide range of languages To participate in forums or blogs visit ww...

Page 19: ...he Clone Stamp tool on page 195 Expanded 32 bit HDR functionality Capture bracketed exposures and then combine them into a single 32 bit HDR image with maximum range and fidelity using nearly every to...

Page 20: ...ideo layers Photoshop Extended on page 557 Comprehensive image analysis Measurement Photoshop Extended Assign a measurement scale to an image and measure length area perimeter density or other values...

Page 21: ...dow Workspace menu Although default workspaces vary across Flash Illustrator InCopy InDesign and Photoshop you manipulate the elements much the same way in all of them The Photoshop default workspace...

Page 22: ...r InCopy InDesign Photoshop To hide or show all panels except the Tools panel and options bar or Control panel press Shift Tab You can temporarily display panels hidden by these techniques by moving t...

Page 23: ...ns bar palettes and tool tips Choose a size from the UI Font Size menu in General preferences Note For a video on customizing the workspace in Illustrator see www adobe com go vid0032 For a video on c...

Page 24: ...the panel floats freely in the workspace To move a panel drag it by its tab To move a panel group or a stack of free floating panels drag the title bar Press Ctrl Windows or Control Mac OS while movin...

Page 25: ...els that are part of a dock cannot be stacked or moved as a unit in this way Free floating stacked panels To stack free floating panels drag a panel by its tab to the drop zone at the bottom of anothe...

Page 26: ...y the icon text again drag the gripper away from the panels To expand a single panel icon click it To collapse an expanded panel back to its icon click its tab its icon or the double arrow in the pane...

Page 27: ...make certain tasks easier Choose Window Workspace and select a workspace Photoshop Select a workspace from the Workspace menu in the options bar Flash Select a workspace from the Workspace menu in th...

Page 28: ...files and edit their settings without starting Photoshop You can also search leading stock libraries and download royalty free images by way of Adobe Stock Photos Work with Adobe Version Cue managed a...

Page 29: ...lso scrub some pop up sliders For example if you hold the pointer over the word Fill or Opacity in the Layers palette the pointer changes to the Hand icon Then you can move the pointer left or right t...

Page 30: ...ist or add the default library to the current list 3 To load a different library do one of the following Choose the Load command to add a library to the current list Then select the library file you w...

Page 31: ...enu Application Menus Lets you show hide or add color to items in the application menus Palette Menus Lets you show hide or add color to items in palette menus 4 Click the triangle next to a menu or p...

Page 32: ...owing From a menu with hidden items choose Show All Menu Items Shift click a menu with hidden items Turn menu colors on or off In Interface preferences select or deselect Show Menu Colors Tools About...

Page 33: ...e J Clone Stamp S Pattern Stamp S Eraser E Background Eraser E Magic Eraser E Blur R Sharpen R Smudge R Dodge O Burn O Sponge O Painting tools Brush B Pencil B Color Replacement B History Brush Y Art...

Page 34: ...eQuickSelectiontoollets you quickly paint a selection using an adjustable round brush tip TheMagicWandtool selects similarly colored areas The Crop tool trims images The Slice tool creates slices The...

Page 35: ...red areas to transparency with a single click The Blur tool blurs hard edges in an image The Sharpen tool sharpens soft edges in an image The Smudge tool smudges data in an image The Dodge tool lighte...

Page 36: ...ols make shape or segment selec tions showing anchor points direction lines and direction points The type tools create type on an image The type mask tools create a selection in the shape of type The...

Page 37: ...s shortcut key without holding down Shift 1 Choose Edit Preferences General Windows or Photoshop Preferences General Mac OS 2 Select Use Shift Key For Tool Switch Change tool pointers Each default poi...

Page 38: ...Line Paint Bucket Magnetic Lasso Magnetic Pen Freeform Pen Measure and Color Sampler tools To toggle between standard and precise cursors in some tool pointers press Caps Lock Using the options bar T...

Page 39: ...the following Click the Tool Preset button next to the tool at the left of the options bar Choose Window Tool Presets to display the Tool Presets palette 3 Do one of the following Click the Create New...

Page 40: ...n Mode With Menu Bar appears To display a full screen window with only a black background no title bar menu bar or scroll bars choose View Screen Mode Full Screen Mode or click the Screen Mode button...

Page 41: ...glass with a plus sign in its center Click the center of the area that you want to magnify or hold down Alt Windows or Option Mac OS and click the center of the area that you want to reduce Each click...

Page 42: ...gin dragging a marquee and then hold down the spacebar while dragging Automatically resize the window when zooming With the Zoom tool active select Resize Windows To Fit in the options bar The window...

Page 43: ...er right of the screen Tile Horizontally or Tile Vertically Displays windows edge to edge As you close images the open windows are resized to fill the available space Windows Arrange Icons Aligns mini...

Page 44: ...x and y coordinates of the pointer position and the width W and height H of the marquee as you drag When the Crop tool or Zoom tool is being used the Info palette displays the width W and height H of...

Page 45: ...appear depending on which tool you re using Displays the numeric values for the color beneath the pointer Displays the x and y coordinates of the pointer Displays the width W and height H of a marquee...

Page 46: ...to the scratch disk If the value is below 100 Photoshop is using the scratch disk and is therefore operating more slowly Timing Displays the amount of time it took to complete the last operation Curr...

Page 47: ...scratch disk used to process the image The number on the left represents the amount of memory currently being used by the program to display all open images The number on the right represents the tot...

Page 48: ...play the pointer s position when you move it Changing the ruler origin the 0 0 mark on the top and left rulers lets you measure from a specific point on the image The ruler origin also deter mines the...

Page 49: ...in terms of columns Using columns is convenient when you plan to import an image into a page layout program such as Adobe InDesign and you want the image to fit exactly within a certain number of col...

Page 50: ...g box Position with guides and the grid Guides and the grid help you position images or elements precisely Guides appear as nonprinting lines that float over the image You can move and remove guides Y...

Page 51: ...create a guide that snaps to the ruler ticks The pointer changes to a double headed arrow when you drag a guide 3 Optional If you want to lock all guides choose View Lock Guides Move a guide 1 Select...

Page 52: ...hen snapping is enabled Enable snapping Choose View Snap A check mark indicates that snapping is enabled Specify what to snap to Choose View Snap To and choose one or more options from the submenu Gui...

Page 53: ...ibrary in the Preset Manager you can access the library s items in locations such as the options bar palettes dialog boxes and so on In general when you change a preset Photoshop prompts you to save t...

Page 54: ...reset Type from the palette menu Select the library file you want to use and click Load Note Each type of library has its own file extension and default folder Manage preset items You can rename or de...

Page 55: ...3 Presets Windows Vista Drive Users user AppData Roaming Adobe Adobe Photoshop CS3 Presets 2 Presets that ship with Adobe Photoshop CS3 are stored in the Photoshop program folder Displaying Hidden Fil...

Page 56: ...art Photoshop You are prompted to delete the current settings Mac OS only Open the Preferences folder in the Library folder and drag the Adobe Photoshop CS Settings folder to the Trash New Preferences...

Page 57: ...k on Mac OS 9 won t appear Do one of the following To install an Adobe Systems plug in module use the plug in installer if provided In Windows you can also install or copy the module into the appropri...

Page 58: ...te or snapshot on the History palette Use the Eraser tool with the Erase To History option selected Select the area you want to restore and choose Edit Fill For Use choose History and click OK Note To...

Page 59: ...History palette because they are not changes to a particular image By default the History palette lists the previous 20 states You can change the number of remembered states by setting a preference O...

Page 60: ...You can t undo the Clear History command Choose Edit Purge Histories to purge the list of states for all open documents You can t undo this action Create or replace a document with an image state Do...

Page 61: ...creases file size such files may take longer than usual to open and save If you need to prove that the log file hasn t been tampered with keep the edit log in the file s metadata and then use Adobe Ac...

Page 62: ...near History option selecting a snapshot and changing the image deletes all of the states currently listed in the History palette See also About blending modes on page 343 Create a brush and set paint...

Page 63: ...for the History Brush tool 4 Drag to paint with the History Brush tool Memory and performance Allocate RAM to Photoshop Photoshop displays the RAM available to Photoshop and the ideal range of RAM fo...

Page 64: ...many states the History palette displays by default click the triangle on the History States menu and drag the slider To specify the cache level Photoshop uses drag the Cache Level slider You must re...

Page 65: ...that is they contain a fixed number of pixels As a result they can lose detail and appear jagged if they are scaled to high magnifications on screen or if they are printed at a lower resolution than t...

Page 66: ...the default flattening process produces excellent results However if your artwork contains complex overlapping areas and you require high resolution output you will probably want to preview the effect...

Page 67: ...data for each pixel In addition to 8 bpc images Photoshop can also work with images that contain 16 bpc or 32 bpc Images with 32 bpc are also known as high dynamic range HDR images See also About hig...

Page 68: ...on of pixel dimension and resolution determine the amount of image data Unless an image is resampled the amount of image data remains the same as you change either the pixel dimension or resolution If...

Page 69: ...measured in kilobytes K megabytes MB or gigabytes GB File size is proportional to the pixel dimensions of the image Images with more pixels may produce more detail at a given printed size but they re...

Page 70: ...olution To print a high quality photo on an inkjet printer an image resolution of at least 220 ppi should provide good results See also About desktop printing on page 483 Preparing images for press on...

Page 71: ...resolution of an image When you downsample decrease the number of pixels information is deleted from the image When you resample up increase the number of pixels or upsample new pixels are added You...

Page 72: ...rpolation with enhanced sharpening This method maintains the detail in a resampled image If Bicubic Sharper oversharpens some areas of an image try using Bicubic You can specify a default interpolatio...

Page 73: ...then choose an interpolation method To change the print dimensions and resolution without changing the total number of pixels in the image deselect Resample Image 3 To maintain the current ratio of im...

Page 74: ...ges to your computer by connecting your camera or a media card reader to your computer Use the Get Photos From Camera command in Adobe Bridge CS3 to download photos and to organize rename and apply me...

Page 75: ...oshop compatible plug in module or that supports the TWAIN interface To import the scan using a plug in module choose the scanner name from the File Import submenu See your scanner documentation for i...

Page 76: ...mage is saved in BMP format Creating opening and importing images Create a new image 1 Choose File New 2 In the New dialog box type a name for the image 3 Optional Choose document size from the Preset...

Page 77: ...or across multiple components such as Photoshop Flash and Illustrator You access Version Cue features by way of the Adobe dialog box or through Adobe Bridge depending on whether you are using Version...

Page 78: ...e document color to working space or reverse the embedded profile For more information see Color managing imported images on page 134 Open a recently used file Choose File Open Recent and select a fil...

Page 79: ...ptions choose from the Crop To menu to specify what part of the PDF document to include Bounding Box Crops to the smallest rectangular region that includes all the text and graphics of the page This o...

Page 80: ...or artwork are converted into the pixels or bits of a bitmap image You can also bring PostScript artwork into Photoshop using the Place command the Paste command and the drag and drop feature 1 Choose...

Page 81: ...dialog box indicates the current file size and dimensions To change the image dimensions enter new values for Width and Height The file size is then updated To maintain image proportions select Constr...

Page 82: ...the image Enter a value for Y to specify the distance between the center point of the placed artwork and the top edge of the image To scale the placed art drag one of the corner handles of the boundin...

Page 83: ...as cutting folding and trimming Trim Box Crops to the region specified for the intended finished size of the page Art Box Crops to the region specified in the PDF file for placing the PDF data into a...

Page 84: ...omponents and points on page 371 Create a shape on a shape layer on page 359 High dynamic range images About high dynamic range images The dynamic range ratio between dark and bright regions in the vi...

Page 85: ...hancements have been made to the Adobe Color Picker so you can specify colors that have a brightness intensity that exceeds 1 0 the equivalent of the 255 level in an 8 bit RGB document See also About...

Page 86: ...in the toolbox except Magnetic Lasso Magic Wand Spot Healing Brush Healing Brush Red Eye Color Replacement Art History Brush Magic Eraser Background Eraser Paint Bucket Dodge Burn and Sponge Some too...

Page 87: ...ge 8 Move the slider below the histogram to preview the merged image Moving the slider adjusts the image preview only All the HDR image data remains intact in the merged image file If you re saving th...

Page 88: ...To view 32 bit readouts in the Info palette click the Eyedropper icon in the Info palette and choose 32 Bit from the pop up menu 1 Open a 32 bpc HDR image in Photoshop and choose View 32 Bit Preview...

Page 89: ...cal Adaptation method 4 Do any of the following If you chose Exposure And Gamma move the Exposure slider to adjust the gain and move the Gamma slider to adjust the contrast If you chose Local Adaptati...

Page 90: ...t will display at different exposures and intensities HDR Color Picker A Preview area B Adjusted color C Original color D 32 bit floating point values E Intensity slider F Picked color G Color slider...

Page 91: ...the current exposure setting for the image For example if the document exposure is set higher the new preview swatch will be lighter than the color selected in the color picker s color field to show...

Page 92: ...sing done by your camera You can still edit JPEG and TIFF images in Camera Raw but you will be editing pixels that were already processed by the camera Camera raw files always contain the original unp...

Page 93: ...oshop Camera Raw software can open and edit a camera raw image file it cannot save an image in a camera raw format Note In Photoshop the Camera Raw dialog box is automatically suppressed when you use...

Page 94: ...on importing images with Camera Raw go to the Adobe website at www adobe com go vid0005 3 Adjust color Color adjustments include white balance tone and saturation You can make most adjustments on the...

Page 95: ...Applies the Camera Raw settings to the images and saves copies of them in JPEG PSD TIFF or DNG format Press Alt Windows or Option Mac OS to suppress the Camera Raw Save Options dialog box and save the...

Page 96: ...lop Settings menu in Bridge Camera Raw view controls Zoom tool Sets the preview zoom to the next higher preset value when you click the preview image Alt click Windows or Option click Mac OS to use th...

Page 97: ...che in Bridge and the Camera Raw cache store data for the file thumbnails metadata and file information Caching this data shortens the loading time when you return to a previously viewed folder Becaus...

Page 98: ...in different file formats during the same processing session Here are some tips for automating the processing of camera raw image files When you record an action first select Image Settings from the...

Page 99: ...ft double click a thumbnail in Bridge to open a camera raw image in Photoshop without opening the Camera Raw dialog box Hold down Shift while choosing File Open to open multiple selected images To imp...

Page 100: ...t Photographic Experts Group format To specify the amount of compression enter a value from 0 to 12 or choose from the menu Entering a higher value or choosing High or Maximum applies less compression...

Page 101: ...The result is a loss of image detail To see which pixels are being clipped with the rest of the preview image select Shadows or Highlights options beneath the histogram To see only the pixels that ar...

Page 102: ...ure Decrease Temperature to correct a photo taken with a lower color temperature of light the Camera Raw plug in makes the image colors bluer to compensate for the lower color temperature yellowish of...

Page 103: ...t want to undo that work by applying automatic tone adjustments On the other hand you can always try clicking Auto and then undo the adjustments if you don t like them Previews in Bridge use the defau...

Page 104: ...he contrast of the midtones after setting the Exposure Blacks and Brightness values Fine tune tone curves in Camera Raw Use tone curves to fine tune images after you ve made tone adjustments in the Ba...

Page 105: ...n Changes the color vividness or purity of the color For instance you can change a blue sky from gray to highly saturated blue Luminance Changes the brightness of the color range If you select Convert...

Page 106: ...lor cast in the shadows Usually decreasing Shadow Tint adds green to the shadow areas and increasing Shadow Tint adds magenta 3 Use the Hue and Saturation controls to adjust the red green and blue in...

Page 107: ...to occur Choose Off to turn off defringing Look at the preview image as you move each slider left or right If you re adjusting red cyan color fringing hold down Alt Windows or Option Mac OS to hide th...

Page 108: ...right to increase the size of the area corrected 5 Drag the Darken slider to the right to darken the pupil area within the selection and the iris area outside the selection Deselect Show Overlay to t...

Page 109: ...ed a lower setting Photos with larger details may be able to use a larger radius Using too large a radius generally results in unnatural looking results Detail Adjusts how much high frequency informat...

Page 110: ...locations if you don t save them to the Camera Raw settings folder However you can use the Load Settings command to browse for and apply settings saved elsewhere You can save and delete presets using...

Page 111: ...e folder as the camera raw file with the same base name and an xmp extension This option is useful for long term archiving of raw files with their associated settings and for the exchange of camera ra...

Page 112: ...the settings which can be a subset of all image settings saved as a preset Applying a preset Note You can also apply presets from the Presets tab Export Camera Raw settings and DNG previews If you sto...

Page 113: ...imensions are those used to photograph the image To resample the image use the Size menu For square pixel cameras choosing a smaller than native size can speed processing when you are planning a small...

Page 114: ...roduce all the colors in the visible spectrum when added together in different combinations Adding equal parts of red blue and green light produces white The complete absence of red blue and green lig...

Page 115: ...own as comple mentary colors Similarly you can increase and decrease a color by adjusting the two adjacent colors on the wheel or even by adjusting the two colors adjacent to its opposite In a CMYK im...

Page 116: ...umber of colors the number of channels and the file size of an image Choosing a color mode also determines which tools and file formats are available When you work with the colors in an image you are...

Page 117: ...ange of colors represented can vary depending on the appli cation or display device The RGB Color mode in Photoshop varies according to the working space setting that you specify in the Color Settings...

Page 118: ...pened Grayscale mode Grayscale mode uses different shades of gray in an image In 8 bit images there can be up to 256 shades of gray Every pixel of a grayscale image has a brightness value ranging from...

Page 119: ...save it in Photoshop DCS 2 0 format Converting between color modes Convert an image to another color mode You can change an image from its original mode source mode to a different mode target mode Whe...

Page 120: ...ge 610 Convert a color photo to Grayscale mode 1 Open the photo you want to convert to black and white 2 Choose Image Mode Grayscale 3 If asked to discard color info click OK Photoshop converts the co...

Page 121: ...of the halftone screen in lines per inch lpi The frequency depends on the paper stock and type of press used for printing Newspapers commonly use an 85 line screen Magazines use higher resolution scre...

Page 122: ...standard number of colors supported by the GIF and PNG 8 formats and many multimedia applications This conversion reduces file size by deleting color information from the image To convert to indexed c...

Page 123: ...d in the image Previous Uses the custom palette from the previous conversion making it easy to convert several images with the same custom palette Number Of Colors For the Uniform Perceptual Selective...

Page 124: ...mber of colors Note To shift colors simply in a pseudocolor image choose Image Adjustments and use the color adjustment commands in the submenu Edit colors and assign transparency with a color table Y...

Page 125: ...the background color to make gradient fills and fill in the erased areas of an image The foreground and background colors are also used by some special effects filters You can designate a new foregro...

Page 126: ...d drag anywhere on the screen The foreground color selection box changes dynamically as you drag Release the mouse button to pick the new color To select a new background color Alt click Windows or Op...

Page 127: ...w the different color models describe a color Although Photoshop uses the Adobe Color Picker by default you can use a different color picker than the Adobe Color Picker by setting a preference For ins...

Page 128: ...ving the circular maker or entering numeric values in the S and B text boxes 3 Optional Select either the S option or B option to display the color s saturation or brightness in the color field for ma...

Page 129: ...ose is web safe Select a web safe color using the Color palette 1 Click the Color palette tab or choose Window Color to view the Color palette 2 Choose an option for selecting a web safe color Choose...

Page 130: ...o Japan FOCOLTONE Consists of 763 CMYK colors Focoltone colors help avoid prepress trapping and registration problems by showing the overprints that make up the colors A swatch book with specification...

Page 131: ...the General Preferences Color palette overview The Color palette Window Color displays the color values for the current foreground and background colors Using the sliders in the Color palette you can...

Page 132: ...click to apply the sample to the non active color selection box See also Adobe Color Picker overview on page 119 Select a color in the Swatches palette The Swatches palette Window Swatches stores col...

Page 133: ...ches can be saved as a library for reuse Swatches can also be saved in a format for sharing in other applications See also Work with the Preset Manager on page 46 Share swatches between applications o...

Page 134: ...change The colors appear exactly the same across applications as long as your color settings are synchronized 1 In the Swatches palette create the process and spot color swatches you want to share and...

Page 135: ...ndependent Other color models RGB HSL HSB CMYK and so forth can have many different color spaces Because these models vary with each associated color space or device they are described as being device...

Page 136: ...provider can tailor CMYK images and specify color values for a known specific set of printing conditions The value of color management increases when you have more variables in your production proces...

Page 137: ...accurate color perception Set your desktop to display neutral grays only View document proofs in the real world conditions under which your audience will see the final piece For example you might wan...

Page 138: ...rkgroups and service providers how software and hardware will be configured for integration into the color management system and at what level color management will be implemented See Do you need colo...

Page 139: ...options enabled when printing documents saving files and preparing files for online viewing See Printing with color management on page 139 and Color managing documents for online viewing on page 136 S...

Page 140: ...erences do not change the color values in a document 1 Choose Edit Preferences Appearance Of Black Windows or application name Preferences Appearance Of Black Mac OS 2 Choose an option for On Screen D...

Page 141: ...hat contains no profile the Adobe application uses the current document profile to define the colors in the image When you import an image that contains an embedded profile color policies in the Color...

Page 142: ...Embed a color profile on page 143 View or change profiles for imported bitmap images InDesign InDesign allows you to view override or disable profiles for imported bitmap images This may be necessary...

Page 143: ...lors to sRGB using the Edit Convert To Profile command Note In InDesign the Convert To Profile command only converts colors for native not placed objects in the document See also About color working s...

Page 144: ...do one of the following Choose a preset that corresponds to the output condition you want to simulate Choose Custom Photoshop and InDesign or Customize Illustrator to create a custom proof setup for a...

Page 145: ...amic range of the output device Select this option if you plan to use black point compensation when printing which is recommended in most situations Simulate Paper Color Simulates the dingy white of r...

Page 146: ...t up printing options and turn on color management in your printer driver Search Help for additional instructions If you select a PostScript printer you can take advantage of PostScript color manageme...

Page 147: ...g When you create Adobe PDFs for commercial printing you can specify how color information is represented The easiest way to do this is using a PDF X standard however you can also specify color handli...

Page 148: ...iles for different light sources For scanner profiles some photographers create separate profiles for each type or brand of film scanned on a scanner Output device profiles Describe the color space of...

Page 149: ...librating your monitor brings it into compliance with a predefined standard for example adjusting your monitor so that it displays color using the graphics arts standard white point color temperature...

Page 150: ...far more accurately than the human eye Note Monitor performance changes and declines over time recalibrate and profile your monitor every month or so If you find it difficult or impossible to calibrat...

Page 151: ...nce of the colors as displayed on your monitor Remove the profile so that the document is no longer color managed Acrobat Photoshop and InDesign Convert the colors in the document to the color space o...

Page 152: ...r Blending Intent Sets the rendering intent to the proofing or final color space for colors that result from trans parency interactions on the page Use this option when your document includes transpar...

Page 153: ...folder About color working spaces A working space is an intermediate color space used to define and edit color in Adobe applications Each color model has a working space profile associated with it Yo...

Page 154: ...s To display additional color profiles that you have installed on your system select Advanced Mode Illustrator and InDesign or More Options Photoshop A color profile must be bi directional that is con...

Page 155: ...document The Grayscale option is available for Photoshop only Choose from the following options Preserve Embedded Profiles Always preserves embedded color profiles when opening files This is the reco...

Page 156: ...Photoshop Controls whether to dither colors when converting 8 bit per channel images between color spaces When the Use Dither option is selected Photoshop mixes colors in the destination color space...

Page 157: ...his intent is particularly useful for previewing how paper color affects printed colors Advanced controls in Photoshop In Photoshop you display advanced controls for managing color by choosing Edit Co...

Page 158: ...he tonal range of the image or the image key type A low key image has detail concentrated in the shadows a high key image has detail concentrated in the highlights and an average key image has detail...

Page 159: ...he histogram viewing options in the Histogram palette refreshing the histogram to display uncached data and choosing a specific layer in a multilayered document Compact View Displays a histogram with...

Page 160: ...continues to be shown in color In Expanded View or All Channels View choose Colors from the Channel menu to show a composite histogram of the channels in color If you switch to Compact View the compo...

Page 161: ...histogram adjustments You can preview the effect to the histogram of any color and tonal adjustments Select the Preview option in the dialog boxes of any color or tonal adjustment command The Histogr...

Page 162: ...as you work even if you close and reopen the image Color samplers and Info palette 1 Choose Window Info to open the Info palette 2 Select the Eyedropper tool or Color Sampler tool and if necessary cho...

Page 163: ...y or hide color sampler information in the Info palette choose Color Samplers from the Palette menu A check mark indicates that the color sampler information is visible To change the color space in wh...

Page 164: ...just the tonal range using either the Levels or Curves dialog box Begin tonal corrections by adjusting the values of the extreme highlight and shadow pixels in the image setting an overall tonal range...

Page 165: ...same image or a different image This command also adjusts the luminance and color range and neutralizes color casts in an image See Match the color in different images on page 176 Replace Color comma...

Page 166: ...the same adjustment often consider recording and running the adjustment as an action or creating a droplet Correcting Colors in CMYK and RGB Although you can perform all color and tonal corrections in...

Page 167: ...iew Gamut Warning All pixels outside the gamut of the current proof profile space are highlighted Change the gamut warning color 1 Do one of the following Windows Choose Edit Preferences Transparency...

Page 168: ...matically altering the highlights and shadows 1 Do one of the following Choose Image Adjustments Levels Choose Layer New Adjustment Layer Levels Click OK in the New Layer dialog box 2 To adjust tones...

Page 169: ...der to the right has the opposite effect making the image darker Note You can also enter a gamma adjustment value directly in the middle Input Levels text box Moving the middle slider adjusts the imag...

Page 170: ...the Curves dialog box to make precise adjustments to individual color channels in an image You can save Curves dialog box settings as presets See Save and reapply adjustment dialog box settings on pag...

Page 171: ...er the intensity values and percentages are reversed 0 is at the bottom right corner for RGB images 0 is at the bottom right corner for CMYK images To display gridlines in 25 increments select Simple...

Page 172: ...e image choose the channel or channels that you want to adjust from the Channel menu To edit a combination of color channels at the same time Shift click the channels in the Channels palette before ch...

Page 173: ...urve Points on the curve remain anchored until you move them As a result you can make an adjustment in one tonal area while other areas remain unaffected Apply an Auto correction You can apply an auto...

Page 174: ...able when you work with grayscale images For the best results don t use the eyedroppers in images that require a large adjustment to map a pixel to the maximum highlight or minimum shadow values Impor...

Page 175: ...adjustment the lower bar shows how the adjustment affects all of the hues at full saturation 2 Choose which colors to adjust using the Edit pop up menu Choose Master to adjust all colors at once Choo...

Page 176: ...he amount of color fall off feathering of adjustment without affecting the range Drag the area between the triangle and the vertical bar to adjust the range without affecting the amount of fall off Dr...

Page 177: ...ion using the color sliders apply an Auto conversion or select a previously saved custom mix Preset Select a predefined grayscale mix or a previously saved mix To save a mix choose Save Preset from th...

Page 178: ...ightening of shadows or greater darkening of highlights You can adjust both Shadows and Highlights in an image 3 For finer control select Show More Options to make the additional adjustments 4 Optiona...

Page 179: ...e Because the Color Correction slider affects only changed portions of the image the amount of color variation depends on how much shadow or highlight is applied The greater the correction of shadows...

Page 180: ...an the image s current color space 1 Choose Image Adjustments Exposure 2 Set any of the following options Exposure Adjusts the highlight end of the tonal scale with minimal effect in the extreme shado...

Page 181: ...s whose characteristics you know For example suppose there are important image details in the highlights with a value of 245 and the printing press that you re using won t hold a dot smaller than 5 Yo...

Page 182: ...e lightest area of the image double click the Set White Point Eyedropper tool in the Levels or Curves dialog box to display the Color Picker Enter the values you want to assign to the lightest area in...

Page 183: ...155 The Match Color command matches the colors in one image the source image with those in another image the target image This is useful when you re trying to make the colors in different photos consi...

Page 184: ...another If you don t make a selection then the Match Color matches the colors of the entire source layer 2 Make sure the layer you want to target apply the color adjustment to is active and then choo...

Page 185: ...ot to clip pixels change them to pure black no detail or pure white no detail in either the shadows or highlights However it may clip pixels because an image can have only either 8 bit or 16 bit value...

Page 186: ...or You can also save the settings you make in the Replace Color dialog box for reuse in other images See also Save and reapply adjustment dialog box settings on page 159 Mix color channels Using the C...

Page 187: ...settings on page 159 Create monochrome images from RGB or CMYK images 1 In the Channels palette select the composite color channel 2 To open the Channel Mixer dialog box do one of the following Choose...

Page 188: ...e blue component unaltered Even though Selective Color uses CMYK colors to correct an image you can use it on RGB images 1 Make sure that the composite channel is selected in the Channels palette The...

Page 189: ...80 makes the image colors bluer to compensate for the lower color temperature of the ambient light Conversely if the photo was taken with a higher color temperature of light bluish the Warming Filter...

Page 190: ...fts all pixel values higher or lower when adjusting brightness Since this can cause clipping or loss of image detail in highlight or shadow areas using the Brightness Contrast command in Legacy mode i...

Page 191: ...ce or remove color casts It clips the shadow and highlight values in an image and then maps the remaining lightest and darkest pixels in the image to pure white level 255 and pure black level 0 This m...

Page 192: ...eutral Midtones option 5 Adjust the amount of shadows and highlights that are clipped and adjust the target color for the midtones 6 Click OK in open dialog boxes to apply Auto Color See also Adjust c...

Page 193: ...ou subsequently click the Auto button Photoshop reapplies the same settings to the image To save the settings as the default select Save as Defaults and then click OK The next time you open the Levels...

Page 194: ...ore evenly represent the entire range of brightness levels Equalize remaps pixel values in the composite image so that the brightest value represents white the darkest value represents black and inter...

Page 195: ...verted to black 1 Do one of the following Choose Image Adjustments Threshold Choose Layer New Adjustment Layer Threshold Click OK in the New Layer dialog box The Threshold dialog box displays a histog...

Page 196: ...dient fill displayed in the Gradient Map dialog box Click to select the desired gradient fill and then click in a blank area of the dialog box to dismiss the list For information on customizing the gr...

Page 197: ...mmands Using the Crop tool See also Resampling on page 64 Crop an image using the Crop tool 1 Select the Crop tool 2 Optional Set resample options in the options bar To crop the image without resampli...

Page 198: ...he image file You can make the hidden area visible by moving the image with the Move tool Select Delete to discard the cropped area The Hide option is not available for images that contain only a back...

Page 199: ...though it doesn t appear rectangular in the image You ll use the edges of this object to define the perspective in the image The marquee doesn t have to be precise you ll adjust it later Important You...

Page 200: ...ul if you don t want to process all the images in the scan file 4 Choose File Automate Crop And Straighten Photos The scanned images are processed and then each image opens in its own window If the Cr...

Page 201: ...the dimensions for the canvas in the Width and Height boxes Choose the units of measurement you want from the pop up menus next to the Width and Height boxes Select Relative and enter the amount you...

Page 202: ...he target video animation frame See also Cloning content in video and animation frames Photoshop Extended on page 558 For a video on repairing images see www adobe com go vid0011 Retouch with the Clon...

Page 203: ...click the Ignore Adjustment Layers icon to the right of the Sample pop up menu 4 Set the sampling point by positioning the pointer in any open image and Alt clicking Windows or Option clicking Mac OS...

Page 204: ...le source enter a percentage value for W width or H height or scrub W or H The default is to constrain proportions To adjust the dimensions independently or restore the constrain option click the Main...

Page 205: ...e healing brush over the course of a stroke Choose Pen Pressure to base the variation on the pen pressure Choose Stylus Wheel to base the variation on the position of the pen thumbwheel Choose Off if...

Page 206: ...ould be bigger than the area you want to heal but should precisely follow the boundary of contrasting pixels When you paint with the Healing Brush tool the selection prevents colors from bleeding in f...

Page 207: ...texture with which to fix the area If the texture doesn t work try dragging through the area a second time 5 Select Use All Layers in the options bar to sample data from all visible layers Deselect Us...

Page 208: ...g If Source is selected in the options bar drag the selection border to the area from which you want to sample When you release the mouse button the originally selected area is patched with the sample...

Page 209: ...ndexed or Multichannel color modes 1 Select the Color Replacement tool 2 Choose a brush tip in the options bar Generally you should keep the blending mode set to Color 3 For the Sampling option choose...

Page 210: ...mage areas The Blur tool softens hard edges or reduces detail in an image The more you paint over an area with the tool the blurrier it becomes 1 Select the Blur tool 2 Do the following in the options...

Page 211: ...ark areas Highlights to change the light areas 4 Specify the exposure for the Dodge tool or the Burn tool 5 Click the airbrush button to use the brush as an airbrush Alternatively select the Airbrush...

Page 212: ...or horizontal camera tilt The filter s image grid makes these adjustments easier and more accurate than using the Transform command Correct image perspective and lens flaws 1 Choose Filter Distort Le...

Page 213: ...changed The main use is to remove blank areas of the image caused by pincushion rotation or perspective corrections Scaling up effectively results in cropping the image and interpolating up to the or...

Page 214: ...es edges and image details such as hair or texture objects A value of 100 preserves the most image detail but reduces luminance noise the least Balance the Strength and Preserve Details controls to fi...

Page 215: ...lable with the Unsharp Mask filter You can set the sharp ening algorithm or control the amount of sharpening that occurs in shadow and highlight areas 1 Zoom the document window to 100 to get an accur...

Page 216: ...ing applied to an image is often a matter of personal choice However oversharpening an image produces a halo effect around the edges Oversharpening an image produces a halo effect around the edges The...

Page 217: ...djacent pixels have tonal values of 128 and 129 they are not affected To avoid introducing noise or posterization in images with flesh tones for example use an edge mask or try experimenting with Thre...

Page 218: ...djustment Levels and set the black point high to get rid of random pixels If necessary you can also paint with black to retouch the final edge mask Setting the black point high in Levels to eliminate...

Page 219: ...of blades they contain You can change blades of an iris by curving them making them more circular or rotating them You can also reduce or magnify the preview by clicking the minus button or the plus b...

Page 220: ...mation For example you can choose Scale and drag a handle to scale and then choose Distort and drag a handle to distort Then press Enter or Return to apply both transforma tions Photoshop uses the int...

Page 221: ...points on a path only those path segments connected to the points are transformed To transform a selection border make or load a selection Then choose Select Transform Selection To transform an alpha...

Page 222: ...all types of transformations enter a value in the options bar For example to rotate an item specify degrees in the rotation text box 5 Optional If desired switch to a different type of transformation...

Page 223: ...der choose the Move tool Then select Show Transform Controls in the options bar If you are transforming a vector shape or path select the Path Selection tool Then select Show Transform Controls in the...

Page 224: ...ouble click inside the transformation marquee To cancel the transformation press Esc or click the Cancel button in the options bar Important When you transform a bitmap image versus a shape or path th...

Page 225: ...ange the orientation of a warp style that you chose from the Warp menu click the Change The Warp Orien tation button in the options bar To change the reference point click a square on the Reference po...

Page 226: ...iquify command a powerful tool for retouching images as well as creating artistic effects The Liquify filter can be applied to 8 bits per channel or 16 bits per channel images Distorting an image usin...

Page 227: ...u drag the tool straight up pixels move to the right if you drag down You can also drag clockwise around an object to increase its size or drag counterclockwise to decrease its size To push pixels rig...

Page 228: ...e layer Click Cancel to close the Liquify dialog box without applying changes to the layer Click Restore All to revert all distortions to the preview image leaving all options in their current setting...

Page 229: ...the current frozen area Subtract From Selection Subtracts pixels in channel from the current frozen area Intersect With Selection Uses only pixels that are selected and currently frozen Invert Selecti...

Page 230: ...2 Select the Reconstruct tool Choose one of these Reconstruct tool modes from the Brush Options area of the dialog box 3 Hold down the mouse button or drag over the area Pixels move more quickly at t...

Page 231: ...rt of the preview image to a different location If you click and gradually spiral out from the start point you displace or move a portion of the image to the area you brush over Amplitwist Reconstruct...

Page 232: ...r the perspective of the plane you re working in When you retouch add or remove content in an image the results are more realistic because the edits are properly oriented and scaled to the perspective...

Page 233: ...tool Makes square or rectangular selections and also moves or clones selections Double clicking the Marquee tool in a plane selects the entire plane Stamp tool Paints with a sample of the image Unlik...

Page 234: ...ng the Vanishing Point results in a separate layer preserves your original image and you can use the layer opacity control styles and blending modes If you plan to clone the content in your image beyo...

Page 235: ...on page 235 Paint with color or sampled pixels For detailed information see Paint with a color in Vanishing Point on page 235 or Paint with sampled pixels in Vanishing Point on page 236 Scale rotate...

Page 236: ...box select the Create Plane tool and click in the preview image to add the four corner nodes Try to use a rectangular object or a plane area in the image as a guide when creating the perspective plan...

Page 237: ...l or Edit Plane tool and Ctrl drag Windows or Command drag Mac OS an edge node of an existing plane s bounding box not a corner node The new plane is torn off at a 90 angle to the original plane Note...

Page 238: ...and enter a Length value in the tool options area About selections in Vanishing Point Selections can be helpful when you re painting or retouching to correct flaws add elements or enhance an image In...

Page 239: ...ved pixels obscure or reveal the image underneath Heal menu Choose a blending mode if you plan to use a selection to move image content This option determines how the moved pixels blend with the surro...

Page 240: ...he Flop option to flip the selection vertically along the horizontal axis of the plane Transform tool options A Original selection B Flop C Flip To scale a floating selection make sure that it is in a...

Page 241: ...in image You can move a floating selection or you can select the Transform tool to scale or rotate the floating selection 3 Do one of the following Click outside the floating selection to deselect it...

Page 242: ...ll be pasting a rasterized version of the type into Vanishing Point 2 Optional Create a new layer 3 Choose Filter Vanishing Point 4 If necessary create one or more planes in the image 5 Press Ctrl V W...

Page 243: ...along the perimeter of the plane Paint with sampled pixels in Vanishing Point In Vanishing Point the Stamp tool paints with sampled pixels The cloned image is oriented to the perspective of the plane...

Page 244: ...nked the grid spacing can be adjusted independent of the measurement This option is useful in such instances where you find that the grid spacing is too small and visually confusing when linked to the...

Page 245: ...in Vanishing Point Select a measurement and press Backspace Windows only or Delete Show or hide measurements in Vanishing Point Open the Vanishing Point menu and choose Show Measurements Render measur...

Page 246: ...e overlapping photographs of a city skyline and then assemble them into a panorama The Photomerge command can assemble photos that are tiled horizontally as well as vertically Source images top and co...

Page 247: ...rom the Bridge menu bar Skip to step 5 Note In Bridge choosing the Photomerge command uses all images currently displayed in Bridge If you only want specific images used select them before choosing th...

Page 248: ...og box using the lightbox Photoshop creates one multi layer image from the source images adding layer masks as needed to create optimal blending where the images overlap You can edit the layer masks o...

Page 249: ...zoom in Press Ctrl Windows or Command Mac OS to zoom out Rearrange images in the lightbox You can use the lightbox to rearrange images in the Photomerge composition To use the lightbox select the Sele...

Page 250: ...that the selected image does not contain the vanishing point When you apply perspective correction to a composition the images without the vanishing point are linked to the image that contains the va...

Page 251: ...ch produce precise outlines called paths You can convert paths to selections or convert selections to paths Selections can be copied moved and pasted or saved and stored in an alpha channel Alpha chan...

Page 252: ...e Marquee tool or the Elliptical Marquee tool choose a style in the options bar Normal Determines marquee proportions by dragging Fixed Aspect Ratio Sets a height to width ratio Enter values decimal v...

Page 253: ...ection border 3 Specify one of the selection options in the options bar Selection options A New B Add To C Subtract From D Intersect With 4 Optional set feathering and anti aliasing in the options bar...

Page 254: ...inter is not over the starting point double click the Polygonal Lasso tool pointer or Ctrl click Windows or Command click Mac OS 7 Optional Click Refine Edge to further adjust the selection boundary o...

Page 255: ...he image to set the first fastening point Fastening points anchor the selection border in place 6 To draw a freehand segment either release or keep the mouse button depressed and then move the pointer...

Page 256: ...election press the right bracket to increase the Quick Selection tool brush tip size press the left bracket to decrease the brush tip size 4 Choose Quick Selection options Sample All Layers Creates a...

Page 257: ...bar specify any of the following Tolerance Determines the similarity or difference of the pixels selected Enter a value in pixels ranging from 0 to 255 A low value selects the few colors very similar...

Page 258: ...Select one of the display options Selection Previews the selection that will result from the colors you sample in the image White areas are selected pixels black areas unselected and gray areas parti...

Page 259: ...choice from the Select menu such as Reds when the image didn t contain any red hues with high enough saturation For a video on making selections see www adobe com go vid0002 Adjusting pixel selection...

Page 260: ...on only The selection edges reappear when you make a different selection Select the unselected parts of an image Choose Select Inverse You can use this option to select an object placed against a soli...

Page 261: ...pointer when you re selecting an intersected area Intersected selections Expand or contract a selection by a specific number of pixels 1 Use a selection tool to make a selection 2 Choose Select Modif...

Page 262: ...ng pixels are selected the pixel remains in the selection and the unselected pixels around it are added to the selection If less than half the surrounding pixels are selected the pixel is removed from...

Page 263: ...softening the color transition between edge pixels and background pixels Because only the edge pixels change no detail is lost Anti aliasing is useful when cutting copying and pasting selections to cr...

Page 264: ...t you edit unwanted edge pixels Defringe replaces the color of any fringe pixels with the color of pixels farther in from the edge of the selection that don t contain the background color Remove Black...

Page 265: ...ther part of the image or into another image as a new layer If you have a selection the Paste command places the copied selection over the current selection Without an active selection Paste places th...

Page 266: ...d down Alt or Option and press an arrow key To copy the selection and offset the duplicate by 10 pixels press Alt Shift Windows or Option Shift Mac OS and press an arrow key As long as you hold down A...

Page 267: ...k with white To partially reveal the image underlying the layer paint the mask with gray 6 If you are satisfied with your results you can choose Layer Merge Down to merge the new layer and layer mask...

Page 268: ...alog box in Illustrator if you want the Paste options to appear when you paste the artwork into Photoshop 5 If you chose Paste As Pixels in the previous step you can choose Anti aliased in the options...

Page 269: ...ting a selection on a background or on a layer with the Lock Transparency option selected in the Layers palette replaces the original location with the background color Deleting a selection on a layer...

Page 270: ...ush on the uniform color Specify Extraction options Textured Image Select this option if the foreground or background of your image contains a lot of texture Smooth Enter a value or drag the slider to...

Page 271: ...cted object When you are satisfied with the extraction you can do the final touchups 7 Touch up the extraction results by doing one of the following To erase background traces in the extracted area us...

Page 272: ...nu Note As long as you save a file in a format supporting the image s color mode the color channels are preserved Alpha channels are preserved only when you save a file in Photoshop PDF PICT Pixar TIF...

Page 273: ...annels are displayed in grayscale In RGB CMYK or Lab images you can view the individual channels in color In Lab images only the a and b channels appear in color If more than one channel is active the...

Page 274: ...image or another image Duplicate a channel If you are duplicating alpha channels between images the channels must have identical pixel dimensions You cannot duplicate a channel to a Bitmap mode image...

Page 275: ...ome a CMYK image If you are working with DCS files that have accidentally lost their links and so cannot be opened placed or printed open the channel files and merge them into a CMYK image Then resave...

Page 276: ...t areas of an image as you apply color changes filters or other effects to the rest of the image You can also use masks for complex image editing such as gradually applying color or filter effects to...

Page 277: ...k Mask channel appears in the Channels palette while you work in Quick Mask mode However you do all mask editing in the image window 1 Using any selection tool select the part of the image you want to...

Page 278: ...ting with black in Quick Mask mode subtracts from the selection 5 Click the Standard Mode button in the toolbox to turn off the quick mask and return to your original image A selection border now surr...

Page 279: ...g these settings may make the mask more easily visible against the colors in the image See also Choose a color with the Adobe Color Picker on page 120 Create and edit alpha channel masks You can creat...

Page 280: ...display the image with a color overlay showing the mask Select the brush or an editing tool and do one of the following to add or subtract from the mask created from the alpha channel To remove areas...

Page 281: ...button at the bottom of the palette and then click the composite color channel near the top of the palette Drag the channel containing the selection you want to load onto the Load Selection button Ctr...

Page 282: ...manipulate these values to produce the resulting composite pixels These commands overlay the pixels in two or more channels Thus the images used for calculations must have the same pixel dimensions Bl...

Page 283: ...formation on the Add and Subtract options see Add and Subtract blending modes on page 276 For infor mation on other blending options see List of blending modes on page 344 8 Enter an Opacity value to...

Page 284: ...ighten the image Subtract Subtracts the pixel values in the source channel from the corresponding pixels in the target channel As with Add mode the result is then divided by the Scale factor and added...

Page 285: ...dd a special effect such as a drop shadow or a glow Work nondestructively Sometimes layers don t contain any apparent content For example an adjustment layer holds color or tonal adjust ments that aff...

Page 286: ...Layers palette lists all layers layer groups and layer effects in an image You can use the Layers palette to show and hide layers create new layers and work with groups of layers You can access addit...

Page 287: ...he layer drops to the bottom of the layer stack Note You cannot create a background by giving a regular layer the name Background you must use the Background From Layer command Create layers and group...

Page 288: ...Group from the Layers menu or the Layers palette menu Enter a name for the layer or group and click OK Duplicate a layer or group between images 1 Open the source and destination images 2 From the La...

Page 289: ...e column to change the visibility of multiple items in the Layers palette Note Only visible layers are printed View layers and groups within a group Do one of the following to open the group Click the...

Page 290: ...select multiple noncontiguous layers Ctrl click Windows or Command click Mac OS them in the Layers palette Note When selecting Ctrl click the area outside the layer thumbnail Ctrl clicking the layer...

Page 291: ...he same time linked layers retain their relationship until you unlink them You can move or apply transformations to linked layers 1 Select the layers or groups in the Layers palette 2 Click the link i...

Page 292: ...d align the content You can also display the transform handles for selected layers and groups so that you can resize or rotate them Layer content with edges showing left and with transform mode select...

Page 293: ...selected layers to the bottommost pixel on selected layers or to the bottom edge of the selection border Left Edges Aligns the left pixel on the selected layers to the left pixel on the leftmost layer...

Page 294: ...tte Shift click To select noncontiguous layers Ctrl Click Windows or Option click Mac OS Note Do not select adjustment layers vector layers or Smart Objects which do not contain information needed for...

Page 295: ...ed choose Edit Auto Blend Layers Auto Blend Layers applies layer masks as needed to each layer to mask out over or underexposed areas or content differences and create a seamless composite See also Co...

Page 296: ...oshop Lock Image Prevents modification of the layer s pixels using the painting tools Lock Position Prevents the layer s pixels from being moved Note For type and shape layers Lock Transparency and Lo...

Page 297: ...terizes the fill of a shape layer leaving the vector mask Vector Mask Rasterizes the vector mask on a layer turning it into a layer mask Smart Object Converts a Smart Object into a raster layer Video...

Page 298: ...stment layer or fill layer as the target layer for a merge In addition to merging layers you can stamp them Stamping allows you to merge the contents of more than one layer into a target layer while l...

Page 299: ...riginal image after the conversion 1 Make sure that all the layers you want to keep are visible 2 Choose Layer Flatten Image or choose Flatten Image from the Layers palette menu Setting opacity and bl...

Page 300: ...er in which the image components are put together All of the layers in the group are put together first The composite group is then treated as a single image and blended with the rest of the image usi...

Page 301: ...up to Pass Through the default setting To reveal the base layer of a clipping mask place the layers you want to use in a clipping mask See Mask layers with clipping masks on page 323 Make sure that th...

Page 302: ...se to have the blending mode of the bottommost layer apply only to that layer allowing you to preserve the original blending appearance of the clipped layers See Mask layers with clipping masks on pag...

Page 303: ...active layer and the underlying visible layers appear in the final image For example you can drop dark pixels out of the active layer or force bright pixels from the underlying layers to show through...

Page 304: ...areas of the active layer For example if you drag the black slider to 19 pixels with brightness values lower than 19 will remain unblended and will show through the active layer in the final image La...

Page 305: ...s over the layer content to which you want to apply the style Note Hold down Shift as you click or drag to add rather than replace the style to any existing effects on the destination layer Choose Lay...

Page 306: ...ged shapes such as type Apply or edit a custom layer style Note You cannot apply layer styles to a background layer a locked layer or a group To apply a layer style to a background layer first convert...

Page 307: ...epth of a bevel It also specifies the depth of a pattern Use Global Light This setting allows you to set one master lighting angle that is then available in all the layer effects that use shading Drop...

Page 308: ...sible if no stroke is applied to the layer Technique Smooth Chisel Hard and Chisel Soft are available for bevel and emboss effects Softer and Precise apply to Inner Glow and Outer Glow effects Smooth...

Page 309: ...ette Load a contour Click the contour in the Layer Style dialog box and in the Contour Editor dialog box and then choose Load Go to the folder containing the contour library you want to load and click...

Page 310: ...bottom of the Styles palette Choose New Style from the Styles palette menu Choose Layer Layer Style Blending Options and click New Style in the Layer Style dialog box 3 Enter a name for the preset st...

Page 311: ...ile you want to use and click Load Choose a library file displayed at the bottom of the palette menu Then click OK to replace the current list or click Append to append the current list 3 To return to...

Page 312: ...yer Style Clear Layer Style Select the layer and then click the Clear Style button at the bottom of the Styles palette Convert a layer style to image layers To customize or fine tune the appearance of...

Page 313: ...ust pixel values directly you lose some image data You can use multiple adjustment layers and make small adjustments Photoshop combines all the adjustments before it applies them to the image Selectiv...

Page 314: ...oose an adjustment layer type Choose Layer New Adjustment Layer and choose an option Name the layer set layer options and click OK To confine the effects of an adjustment layer to a group of layers cr...

Page 315: ...ge Layer Content and select a different fill or adjustment layer from the list Merging adjustment layers or fill layers You can merge an adjustment or fill layer several ways with the layer below it w...

Page 316: ...the Crop tool select Hide from the options bar to preserve the cropped area in a layer Restore the cropped area anytime by choosing Image Reveal All or by dragging the Crop tool beyond the edge of the...

Page 317: ...e Open As Smart Object select a file and click Open Choose File Place to import files as Smart Objects into an open Photoshop document Although you can place JPEG files it s better to place PSD TIFF o...

Page 318: ...rce content the edits appear in all linked instances of the Smart Object in the Photoshop document 1 Select the Smart Object from the Layers palette and do one of the following Choose Layer Smart Obje...

Page 319: ...layer choose a filter and then set filter options After you apply a Smart Filter you can adjust reorder or delete it To expand or collapse the view of Smart Filters click the triangle next to the Sma...

Page 320: ...When you edit a Smart Filter you can t preview filters stacked above it After you finish editing the Smart Filter Photoshop again displays the filters stacked above it See also List of blending modes...

Page 321: ...y mask on the Smart Filters line in the Layers palette Use filter masks to selectively mask Smart Filters When you mask Smart Filters the masking applies to all Smart Filters you can t mask individual...

Page 322: ...lette to the Delete icon Select the Smart Filter Effect and choose Layer Smart Filters Delete Filter Mask Add a filter mask If you delete a filter mask you can subsequently add another mask To add an...

Page 323: ...don t have to make these choices again if you want the comps to be identical To duplicate a comp select a comp in the Layer Comps palette and drag the comp to the New Comps button Apply and view layer...

Page 324: ...ate the comp which results in the loss of the previously captured parameters but brings the comp up to date Click the caution icon to see the message explaining that the layer comp can t be restored p...

Page 325: ...out losing the pixels they hide In the Layers palette both the layer and vector masks appear as an additional thumbnail to the right of the layer thumbnail For the layer mask this thumbnail represents...

Page 326: ...s palette or choose Layer Layer Mask Reveal All To create a mask that hides the entire layer Alt click Windows or Option click Mac OS the New Layer Mask button or choose Layer Layer Mask Hide All Add...

Page 327: ...d down Alt Shift Windows or Option Shift Mac OS and click the layer mask thumbnail to view the mask on top of the layer in a rubylith masking color Hold down Alt Shift or Option Shift and click the th...

Page 328: ...ths on page 371 Remove a vector mask Do one of the following in the Layers palette Drag the vector mask thumbnail to the Delete icon Select the layer containing the vector mask you want to delete and...

Page 329: ...layer mask s boundaries as a selection You can select all the non transparent areas on a layer or if a layer mask exists all the unmasked areas This is useful when you want to select text or image con...

Page 330: ...or Option Mac OS position the pointer over the line in the Layers palette dividing the base layer and the first layer above it that you want to include in the clipping mask the pointer changes to two...

Page 331: ...contains the correct content portrait with eyes open 5 Select the two new layers and choose Edit Auto Align Layers 6 Select Reposition Only then click OK Photoshop finds the common areas in each layer...

Page 332: ...quickly access brush characteristics you use frequently Photoshop includes several sample brush presets You can start with these presets and modify them to produce new effects Many original brush pre...

Page 333: ...r the area again you will apply additional color equivalent to the set opacity Opacity of 100 percent is opaque Flow Sets the rate at which color is applied as you move the pointer over an area As you...

Page 334: ...colors and artistic styles For a variety of visual effects experiment with applying filters or filling an image with a solid color before painting with the Art History Brush tool Also try increasing t...

Page 335: ...or snapshot of the image click the left column of the state or snapshot in the History palette and then select Erase To History in the options bar Photoshop To temporarily use the Eraser tool in Eras...

Page 336: ...ser tool 3 Click the brush sample in the options bar and set brush options in the pop up palette Choose settings for the Diameter Hardness Spacing Angle and Roundness options see Brush tip shape optio...

Page 337: ...include a cross hair in the cursor Normal Brush Tip restricts the cursor size to areas of the brush stroke that have 50 or more opacity Full Size Brush Tip sizes the cursor to the entire area affecte...

Page 338: ...rush until the tool tip appears Move the pointer over different brushes The preview area at the bottom of the palette will display sample brush strokes Load save and manage brush presets You can manag...

Page 339: ...tion click Mac OS the brush you want to delete In the Brushes palette select a brush and click the Delete icon or drag a brush to the Delete icon Create a new preset brush You can save a customized br...

Page 340: ...e left side of the palette The available options for the set appear on the right side of the palette Click the check box to the left of the option set to enable or disable the options without viewing...

Page 341: ...342 5 To lock brush tip shape attributes click the unlock icon To unlock the tip click the lock icon 6 To save the brush for use later choose New Brush Preset from the Brushes palette menu Note To sav...

Page 342: ...e a value in degrees or drag the horizontal axis in the preview box Angled brushes create a chiseled stroke Roundness Specifies the ratio between the brush s short and long axes Enter a percentage val...

Page 343: ...ns for adding dynamic or changing elements to preset brush tips For example you can set options that vary the size color and opacity of brush marks over the course of a stroke You work with two compon...

Page 344: ...en tilt or position of the pen thumbwheel Minimum Diameter Specifies the minimum percentage by which brush marks can scale when Size Jitter or Size Control is enabled Type a number or use the slider t...

Page 345: ...ics on page 336 Create a brush and set painting options on page 334 Brush scattering Brush scattering determines the number and placement of marks in a stroke Brush strokes without scattering left and...

Page 346: ...selected the lightest areas in the pattern are the low points in the texture and therefore receive the least paint the darkest areas in the pattern are the high points in the texture and therefore rec...

Page 347: ...and set any of the following options Brush strokes created with a single tip left and with dual tips right Mode Sets a blending mode to use when combining brush marks from the primary tip and the dua...

Page 348: ...a value A lower value changes the hue while maintaining a close proximity to the hue of the foreground color A higher value increases the difference between hues Saturation Jitter Specifies a percenta...

Page 349: ...w variance of brush marks choose an option from the Control pop up menu Off Specifies no control over the flow variance of brush marks Fade Fades the flow of paint from the flow value in the options b...

Page 350: ...r if the palette isn t open choose Window Brushes 3 To make the tool tip size change with pressure select Shape Dynamics be sure to click the word not just the check box in the Brushes palette Then ch...

Page 351: ...h multiple marking pens Color Burn Looks at the color information in each channel and darkens the base color to reflect the blend color by increasing the contrast Blending with white produces no chang...

Page 352: ...and blue channel values of either 0 or 255 This changes all pixels to primary colors red green blue cyan yellow magenta white or black Difference Looks at the color information in each channel and su...

Page 353: ...ce using each blending mode For a video on blend modes see www adobe com go vid0012 Original Image Normal 100 opacity Normal 50 opacity Dissolve 50 opacity Behind Clear Darken Multiply Color Burn Line...

Page 354: ...herwise the gradient fill is applied to the entire active layer 2 Select the Gradient tool 3 Choose a gradient fill in the options bar Click the triangle next to the gradient sample to pick a preset g...

Page 355: ...e Preset Manager on page 46 Save a set of preset gradients as a library 1 Click Save in the Gradient Editor dialog box or choose Save Gradients from the Gradient Picker menu in the options bar 2 Choos...

Page 356: ...alog box lets you define a new gradient by modifying a copy of an existing gradient You can also add intermediate colors to a gradient creating a blend between more than two colors Gradient Editor dia...

Page 357: ...or drag the stop downwards until it disappears 12 To control how gradual the transitions are between color bands in the gradient enter a value in the Smoothness text box or drag the Smoothness pop up...

Page 358: ...s bar to display the Gradient Editor dialog box 3 To base the new gradient on an existing gradient select a gradient in the Presets section of the dialog box 4 Choose Noise from the Gradient Type pop...

Page 359: ...Lock layers on page 289 Fill a selection or layer with a color 1 Choose a foreground or background color See Choose colors in the toolbox on page 118 2 Select the area you want to fill To fill an enti...

Page 360: ...palette Then click to fill the selected area with the pattern Note You can load additional pattern libraries into the pop up palette prior to making a selection See Manage pattern libraries and prese...

Page 361: ...ge you want using the triangle sliders on the color spectrum bar and then click the desired color in the color field The color you select appears in the top half of the color swatch The original color...

Page 362: ...list Select the library file you want to use and click Load Replace Patterns to replace the current list with a different library Select the library file you want to use and click Load A library file...

Page 363: ...Specify the source of the pattern Choose Use Clipboard As Sample to use the contents of the clipboard if you copied an image before you opened the Pattern Maker Make a selection in the preview area wi...

Page 364: ...sure that Update Pattern Preview is selected If tile previewing is slow deselect this option find the tile you want and then select the option To delete a tile and pattern preview navigate to the tile...

Page 365: ...shape of a path by editing its anchor points A work path is a temporary path that appears in the Paths palette and defines the outline of a shape You can use paths in several ways Use a path as a vec...

Page 366: ...arrow next to the shape buttons to view additional options for each tool See Shape tool options on page 362 4 Optional To apply a style to the shape select a preset style from the Style pop up menu i...

Page 367: ...bar See also Edit shapes on page 361 Draw a wheel shape You cut out a shape within an existing shape so that the layers underneath show through This procedure shows you how to create a doughnut shape...

Page 368: ...erized shape you re drawing and rasterizing a shape and filling it with the foreground color You cannot edit a rasterized shape as a vector object Raster shapes are created using the current foregroun...

Page 369: ...5000 for Length Enter a value for the concavity of the arrowhead from 50 to 50 The concavity value defines the amount of curvature on the widest part of the arrowhead where the arrowhead meets the lin...

Page 370: ...ich lets you add an anchor point when you click a line segment or delete an anchor point when you click it Rubber Band which lets you preview path segments as you drag between clicks Before drawing wi...

Page 371: ...r choose Select Deselect in Illustrator or Edit Deselect All in InDesign Draw curves with the Pen tool You create a curve by adding an anchor point where a curve changes direction and dragging the dir...

Page 372: ...OS key and the mouse button reposition the pointer where you want the segment to end and drag in the opposite direction to complete the curve segment 5 Continue dragging the Pen tool from different l...

Page 373: ...otoshop a small diagonal line or slash appears next to the Pen tool To set the slope of the curved segment you ll create next click the anchor point and drag the direction line that appears Drawing a...

Page 374: ...e dragging and swinging direction line up C Result after repositioning and dragging a third time Draw with the Freeform Pen tool The Freeform Pen tool lets you draw as if you were drawing with a penci...

Page 375: ...se in pen pressure causes the width to decrease 2 Click in the image to set the first fastening point 3 To draw a freehand segment move the pointer or drag along the edge you want to trace The most re...

Page 376: ...ears in the desired location release the mouse button Note You cannot change the order of vector masks or working paths in the Paths palette Create a new path in the Paths palette To create a path wit...

Page 377: ...lette You can remove a Vector mask from a layer and convert a Vector mask to a rasterized mask For more information see Add and edit vector masks on page 321 Paths saved with an image appear when you...

Page 378: ...h no beginning or end for example a circle or open with distinct end points for example a wavy line Smooth curves are connected by anchor points called smooth points Sharply curved paths are connected...

Page 379: ...is selected To display the bounding box along with the selected path select Show Bounding Box in the options bar To select a path segment select the Direct Selection tool and click one of the segment...

Page 380: ...Selection tool select the segment you want to adjust 2 Drag the segment to its new position Adjust the length or angle of straight segments 1 With the Direct Selection tool select an anchor point on...

Page 381: ...create a smooth point position the Pen tool where you want to end the new curved segment and drag Connect two open paths 1 Using the Pen tool position the pointer over the endpoint of the open path t...

Page 382: ...election tool drag a marquee to select existing path areas 2 Choose a shape area option in the options bar Add To Shape Area Adds the path area to overlapping path areas Subtract From Shape Area Remov...

Page 383: ...lect the path or path component you want to copy and choose Edit Copy Then select the destination path and choose Edit Paste Copy path components between two Photoshop files 1 Open both images 2 In th...

Page 384: ...n tool changes to the Add Anchor Point tool as you position it over a selected path or to the Delete Anchor Point tool as you position it over an anchor point In Photoshop you must select Auto Add Del...

Page 385: ...Note To activate the Convert Point tool while the Direct Selection tool is selected position the pointer over an anchor point and press Ctrl Alt Windows or Command Option Mac OS 3 Position the Conver...

Page 386: ...ion button at the bottom of the Paths palette Ctrl click Windows or Command click Mac OS the path thumbnail in the Paths palette Convert a path to a selection border and specify settings 1 Select the...

Page 387: ...s or Option click Mac OS the Make Work Path button at the bottom of the Paths palette Choose Make Work Path from the Paths palette menu 2 Enter a Tolerance value or use the default value in the Make W...

Page 388: ...working in a layer other than the background to use this option 6 Choose Preserve Transparency to limit the fill to layer areas that contain pixels See Lock layers on page 289 7 Select a Rendering op...

Page 389: ...rush from the options bar You must specify the tool s settings before opening the Stroke Path dialog box For information on specific tool settings see Smudge image areas on page 203 and About painting...

Page 390: ...ilter Effects and nondestructive editing see Nondestructive editing on page 308 To use a filter choose the appropriate submenu command from the Filter menu These guidelines can help you in choosing fi...

Page 391: ...ox or the Filter Gallery appears enter values or select options and then click OK Applying filters to large images can be time consuming but you can preview the effect in the filter dialog box Drag in...

Page 392: ...iew Drag in the preview area with the Hand tool Hide filter thumbnails Click the Show Hide button at the top of the gallery Apply filters from the Filter Gallery Filter effects are applied in the orde...

Page 393: ...ck the Delete Layer icon 6 When you re satisfied with the results click OK See also About Smart Filters on page 312 Nondestructive editing on page 308 Filter Gallery overview on page 384 Blend and fad...

Page 394: ...age state before the filter was applied and set the history brush source to the filtered state Then paint the image Improving image quality and consistency You can disguise faults alter or enhance ima...

Page 395: ...while softening its look To select a glow color click the glow box and select a color from the color picker Paint Daubs Lets you choose from various brush sizes from 1 to 50 and types for a painterly...

Page 396: ...ion from 360 to 360 and at a specified intensity from 1 to 999 The filter s effect is analogous to taking a picture of a moving object with a fixed exposure time Radial Blur Simulates the blur of a zo...

Page 397: ...y saturated brush applied to rice paper Sumi e creates soft blurred edges with rich inky blacks Distort filters The Distort filters geometrically distort an image creating 3D or other reshaping effect...

Page 398: ...randomly distributed color levels This helps to blend a selection into the surrounding pixels Noise filters can create unusual textures or remove problem areas such as dust and scratches Add Noise App...

Page 399: ...eground and the background colors To generate a more stark cloud pattern hold down Alt Windows or Option Mac OS as you choose Filter Render Clouds When you apply the Clouds filter the image data on th...

Page 400: ...oarse chalk Shadow areas are replaced with black diagonal charcoal lines The charcoal is drawn in the foreground color the chalk in the background color Charcoal Creates a posterized smudged effect Ma...

Page 401: ...appear raised or stamped by converting its fill color to gray and tracing the edges with the original fill color Options include an embossing angle from 360 to recess the surface to 360 to raise the...

Page 402: ...colors from bleeding across television scan lines Other filters Filters in the Other submenu let you create your own filters use filters to modify masks offset a selection within an image and make qui...

Page 403: ...tom filters Not all of these filters load images or textures in the same way 1 Choose the filter you want from the appropriate submenu 2 In the filter s dialog box choose Load Texture from the Texture...

Page 404: ...e Use the smallest value that eliminates the defects 5 Increase the threshold gradually by entering a value or by dragging the slider to the highest possible value that eliminates defects Apply the Di...

Page 405: ...to determine the length of any side of the object s base from 2 to 255 pixels 4 Enter a value in the Depth text box to indicate how far the tallest object appears to protrude from the screen from 1 t...

Page 406: ...es for use in other images Note The Lighting Effects filter works only on RGB images 1 Choose Filter Render Lighting Effects 2 For Style choose a style 3 For Light Type choose a type If you re using m...

Page 407: ...ag Mac OS to keep the light s height line length constant To change the height of the light drag the handle at the end of the line Shorten the line for a bright light and lengthen it for a less intens...

Page 408: ...focus Parallel Directional A directional blue light of full 98 intensity with no focus RGB Lights Red blue and green lights that produce a light of medium 60 intensity with a wide 96 focus Soft Direct...

Page 409: ...owing To use a texture based on another image for example fabric or water convert that image to grayscale then drag the grayscale channel from that image into the current image Drag an existing alpha...

Page 410: ...support layers In these modes type appears on the background as rasterized text After you create a type layer you can edit the type and apply layer commands to it Once you make a change to a type lay...

Page 411: ...in the corner of the boundary or anchor point at the end of the path Clicking in an image with a type tool puts the type tool in edit mode When the tool is in edit mode you can enter and edit characte...

Page 412: ...skew type 1 Select the Horizontal Type tool or the Vertical Type tool 2 Do one of the following Drag diagonally to define a bounding box for the type Hold down Alt Windows or Option Mac OS as you cli...

Page 413: ...corner handle To resize the bounding box from the center point Alt drag Windows or Option drag Mac OS a corner handle Convert between point type and paragraph type You can convert point type to paragr...

Page 414: ...lect or deselect Use Smart Quotes Apply anti aliasing to a type layer Anti aliasing produces smooth edged type by partially filling the edge pixels As a result the edges of the type blend into the bac...

Page 415: ...of the palette This is the dictionary Photoshop uses to check spelling 2 Optional Show or unlock type layers The Check Spelling command does not check spelling in hidden or locked layers 3 Do one of...

Page 416: ...ect this option to search all the text in a layer regardless of where the insertion point is placed Case Sensitive Searches for a word or words that exactly match the case of the text in the Find What...

Page 417: ...dow for point type or the bounding box for paragraph type When a type layer is vertical the type flows up and down when a type layer is horizontal the type flows from left to right Don t confuse the o...

Page 418: ...own Shift and press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow key To use the keys to select words hold down Shift Ctrl Windows or Shift Command Mac OS and press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow key 4 To select all t...

Page 419: ...menus on page 21 About Dynamic Shortcuts Dynamic Shortcuts are keyboard shortcuts that are accessible only when you are entering point or paragraph type when type is selected or when the I beam is in...

Page 420: ...ent foreground color however you can change the color before or after you enter type When editing existing type layers you can change the color of individual selected characters or of all type in a la...

Page 421: ...Underline Right from the Character palette menu You can apply an underline to the left or right but not to both sides A check mark indicates that an option is selected Note The Underline Left and Unde...

Page 422: ...ay include type styles such as regular bold semibold italic and bold italic If a font doesn t include the style you want you can apply faux styles simulated versions of bold italic superscript subscri...

Page 423: ...Style menu in the Character palette or options bar If the font family you chose does not include a bold or italic style click the Faux Bold button or the Faux Italic button in the Character palette t...

Page 424: ...ll capitals fractions and old style proportional figures in your text Regular left and OpenType right fonts A Ordinals B Discretionary ligatures C Swashes OpenType fonts may include an expanded charac...

Page 425: ...ternatives Formats characters usually all in capitals designed for use in large size settings such as titles Ornaments Are devices that add a personal signature to the type family and can be used as t...

Page 426: ...e Change the default auto leading percentage 1 Choose Justification from the Paragraph palette menu 2 For Auto Leading enter a new default percentage Kern and track Kerning is the process of adding or...

Page 427: ...ictly proportional to the current type size Note Values for kerning and tracking affect Japanese text but normally these options are used to adjust the aki between roman characters Adjust kerning Do a...

Page 428: ...to run together or have too much extra space making it difficult to read Turn off fractional widths when you want to fix type spacing in whole pixel increments and prevent small type from running toge...

Page 429: ...nt to rotate or unrotate 2 Choose Standard Vertical Roman Alignment from the Character palette menu A check mark indicates that the option is selected Note You cannot rotate double byte characters ful...

Page 430: ...box in the palette Paragraph palette A Alignment and justification B Left indent C First line left indent D Space before paragraph E Hyphenation F Right indent G Space after paragraph You can access...

Page 431: ...e Paragraph palette click a justification option The options for horizontal type are Justify Last Left Justifies all lines except the last which is left aligned Justify Last Centered Justifies all lin...

Page 432: ...t contains the type Indention affects only the selected paragraph or paragraphs so you can easily set different indentions for paragraphs 1 Do one of the following Select a type layer if you want all...

Page 433: ...layer to be affected Select the paragraphs you want affected 2 Choose Roman Hanging Punctuation from the Paragraph palette menu A check mark indicates that the option is selected Note Double byte pun...

Page 434: ...aracters you want to prevent from breaking 2 Choose No Break from the Character panel menu Note If you apply the No Break option to too many adjacent characters the text may wrap in the middle of a wo...

Page 435: ...type effects You can perform various operations on type to change its appearance For example you can warp type convert type to shapes or add a drop shadow to type One of the easiest ways to create ty...

Page 436: ...ontal type appears along the path perpendicular to the baseline Vertical type appears along the path parallel to the baseline For more control over vertical alignment of type on a path use the Baselin...

Page 437: ...ange to an I beam with an arrow or you ll move the type along the path Change the shape of a path with type 1 Select the Direct Selection tool 2 Click an anchor point on the path and use the handles t...

Page 438: ...characters as vector shapes by converting them to a work path A work path is a temporary path that appears in the Paths palette and defines the outline of a shape After you create a work path from a t...

Page 439: ...layer and its drop shadow 4 Adjust the settings to your liking You can change various aspects of the shadow including the way it blends with the layers below it its opacity how much the underlying la...

Page 440: ...asks on page 323 Entering type on page 404 About character formatting on page 411 Asian type About Asian type Photoshop provides several options for working with Chinese Japanese and Korean type Chara...

Page 441: ...to top leading the first line of type in a paragraph is aligned flush with the top of the bounding box Bottom to bottom Leading For horizontal type measures the space between lines of type from the ty...

Page 442: ...he small characters in a line to the ICF specified by the large characters In vertical text frames ICF Top Right aligns the text to the right of the ICF and ICF Bottom Left aligns the text to the left...

Page 443: ...View option choose All from the Group By menu and then choose Unicode for Character Set Character Map A Font menu B Advanced View check box Mac OS In the Kotoeri Character palette select Glyph from t...

Page 444: ...e standard proportional glyph with the italic glyph See also Apply OpenType features on page 417 Choose a mojikumi set Mojikumi specifies Japanese text composition for spacing of Japanese characters r...

Page 445: ...d on the Japanese Industrial Standard JIS X 4051 1995 Weak kinsoku sets omit long vowel symbols and small hiragana characters In the Paragraph palette choose an option from the Kinsoku Shori pop up me...

Page 446: ...or beginning a line A push in is not attempted A check mark indicates which method is selected Specify a burasagari option Burasagari lets single byte periods double byte periods single byte commas a...

Page 447: ...command Photoshop Photoshop PDF Photoshop Raw Large Document Format PSB Cineon PNG and TIFF When using the Save For Web Devices command with a 16 bits per channel image Photoshop automatically convert...

Page 448: ...ving options in the Save As dialog box The availability of options depends on the image you are saving and the selected file format If you have Version Cue enabled additional options are available suc...

Page 449: ...file by file basis Select Use Lower Case to append file extensions using lowercase characters Mac OS image preview options In Mac OS you can select one or more of the following preview types to speed...

Page 450: ...a set or individual device in the Device Sets list Device Central lists proposed document sizes based on the device or devices you selected if the devices have different display sizes Depending on the...

Page 451: ...he Actions palette menu For advanced users the Photoshop PDF format offers options for making the document PDF X compliant which is essential for example when you send your document to a large commerc...

Page 452: ...information see Compression and downsampling options for Adobe PDF on page 448 6 Optional Select Output in the left pane of the Save Adobe PDF dialog box to specify color management and PDF X options...

Page 453: ...ondition for which they are prepared PDF files created with PDF X 1a compliance can be opened in Acrobat 4 0 and Acrobat Reader 4 0 and later PDF X 1a uses PDF 1 3 downsamples color and grayscale imag...

Page 454: ...te components see the PDF Integration Guide on the Creative Suite DVD About PDF X and PDF A standards PDF X and PDF A standards are defined by the International Organization for Standardization ISO PD...

Page 455: ...ot viewable Most PDFs can be opened with Acrobat 4 0 and Acrobat Reader 4 0 and later However features specific to later versions may be lost or not viewable Most PDFs can be opened with Acrobat 4 0 a...

Page 456: ...patterns ZIP compression is lossless JPEG compression Is suitable for grayscale or color images JPEG compression is lossy which means that it removes image data and may reduce image quality however it...

Page 457: ...ndition This entry can be useful for the intended receiver of the PDF document Output Condition Identifier A pointer to more information on the intended printing condition The identifier is automatica...

Page 458: ...name Application Data Adobe Adobe PDF Settings Windows or Users user name Library Application Support Adobe Adobe PDF Settings Mac OS All the Adobe PDF presets you save in these locations are availabl...

Page 459: ...l Order Writes the TIFF file with the channels data interleaved or organized by plane Previously Photoshop always wrote TIFF files with the channel order interleaved Theoretically the Planar order fil...

Page 460: ...d 12 in the Quality text box Format Options Specifies the format of your JPEG file Baseline Standard uses a format recognized by most web browsers Baseline Optimized creates a file with optimized colo...

Page 461: ...nter Non PostScript printers will print only the screen resolution preview 1 Choose File Save As and choose Photoshop EPS from the Format menu 2 In the EPS Options dialog box select the options you wa...

Page 462: ...f CMYK or multi channel files 1 Choose File Save As and choose Photoshop DCS 1 0 or Photoshop DCS 2 0 from the Format menu 2 In the DCS Format dialog box select the options you want and click OK The d...

Page 463: ...ormat on page 462 Save a file in Targa format The Targa TGA format supports images of any dimensions with between 1 and 32 bits of color It is designed for Truevision hardware but it is also used in o...

Page 464: ...Mode does not support file size control progressive optimization or lossy encoding with an integer wavelet filter Include Metadata Includes file information If your image file contains paths and you w...

Page 465: ...e Note that Enhance does not change the file size of the image so enhancing the area inside the alpha channel decreases the quality of the area outside the alpha channel and vice versa The Region Of I...

Page 466: ...color information lossy techniques remove detail The following are commonly used compression techniques RLE Run Length Encoding Lossless compression supported by some common Windows file formats LZW L...

Page 467: ...6 bits per channel and high dynamic range 32 bits per channel images can be saved as PSD files Photoshop 2 0 format Mac OS You can use this format to open an image in Photoshop 2 0 or to export an ima...

Page 468: ...file before actual image information begins This value determines the number of zeroes inserted at the beginning of the file as placeholders By default there is no header header size 0 You can enter...

Page 469: ...sfer and storage of medical images such as ultrasounds and scans DICOM files contain both image data and headers which store information about the patient and the medical image You can open edit and s...

Page 470: ...mat supports optional lossless compression The JPEG 2000 format also supports 16 bit color or grayscale files and 8 bit transparency and it can retain alpha channels and spot channels Grayscale RGB CM...

Page 471: ...ies selected in the General section of the Save PDF dialog box Photoshop PDF files can contain only a single image Photoshop PDF format supports all of the color modes except Multichannel mode and fea...

Page 472: ...e FloatMap PFM Portable Graymap PGM Portable Pixmap PPM and Portable Anymap PNM While the PBM file format stores monochrome bitmaps PGM additionally stores grayscale bitmaps and PPM can also store col...

Page 473: ...visible Photoshop can also save annotations transparency and multiresolution pyramid data in TIFF format In Photoshop TIFF image files have a bit depth of 8 16 or 32 bits per channel You can save high...

Page 474: ...tandardized through XMP Annotating images You can attach note annotations notes and audio annotations to an image in Photoshop This is useful for associ ating review comments production notes or other...

Page 475: ...n switch between the script systems Right click Windows or Control click Mac OS to display the context menu and then choose a script system 5 To close the note to an icon click the close box Create an...

Page 476: ...of a note open the note change any options and add delete or change the text You can use the same editing commands that you use when creating a note Delete notes and audio annotations Do any of the f...

Page 477: ...ng minimum pixel dimensions for the image to be watermarked 100 pixels by 100 pixels if you don t expect the image to be modified or compressed prior to its actual use 256 pixels by 256 pixels if you...

Page 478: ...transaction ID or image ID for the image 5 Select any of the following image attributes Restricted Use Limits the use of the image Do Not Copy Specifies that the image should not be copied Adult Conte...

Page 479: ...slide show presentation You can set options to maintain image quality in the PDF specify security settings and set the document to open automatically as a slide show You can also add textual informat...

Page 480: ...Title Includes the image title derived from the image s metadata at the bottom of each image in the PDF presentation Include Copyright Includes copyright metadata at the bottom of each image in the P...

Page 481: ...ically create and place thumbnails on a page using the Contact Sheet II command A contact sheet 1 Do one of the following Photoshop Choose File Automate Contact Sheet II Bridge Select a folder of imag...

Page 482: ...utomatically space the thumbnails in the contact sheet If you deselect Use Auto Spacing you can specify the vertical and horizontal space around the thumbnails The contact sheet preview in the dialog...

Page 483: ...y the frontmost image or a selected image from Bridge skip to step 3 2 Add one or more images to the layout by doing one of the following In the Source Images area of the Picture Package dialog box ch...

Page 484: ...for the label in the Custom Text field 6 Specify font font size color opacity position and rotation for the labels 7 Click OK Customize a picture package layout You can modify existing layouts or crea...

Page 485: ...osition and Size text boxes to position and size a placeholder Click and drag a placeholder to the location you want in the layout 9 Click Save Placing Photoshop images in other applications Using Pho...

Page 486: ...different file format If you place an image into an open Illustrator file you can incorporate the image as if it were any other element in the artwork or you can maintain a link to the original file A...

Page 487: ...page 380 for instructions 2 In the Paths palette save the work path as a path 3 Choose Clipping Path from the Paths palette menu set the following options and click OK For Path choose the path you wan...

Page 488: ...l path and stroke it to use as a trap with a Photoshop clipping path you are printing in Illustrator You can also use this feature to align Illustrator text or objects with Photoshop paths 1 Draw and...

Page 489: ...screen resolution bitmap into an OLE application With the Move tool drag a selection to the OLE container application When you drop the object it appears as a 72 ppi bitmap which cannot be automatica...

Page 490: ...ous tones in images printers break down images into dots For photos printed on a printing press this process is called halftoning Varying the sizes of the dots in a halftone screen creates the optical...

Page 491: ...f you want to preview an image as printed to any device for which you have a profile use the Proof Colors command To reproduce screen colors accurately on the printed page you must incorporate color m...

Page 492: ...ndscape Select the number of copies to print Adjust the position and scale of the image in relation to the selected paper size and orientation See Position and scale images on page 486 Set Output and...

Page 493: ...an image using options in the Print dialog box The shaded border at the edge of the paper represents the margins of the selected paper the printable area is white The base output size of an image is...

Page 494: ...separate image for each type layer and each vector shape layer These additional images are printed on top of the base image and clipped using their vector outline Consequently the edges of vector gra...

Page 495: ...options 7 Specify the color management settings to let your printer driver handle the color management during printing Every printer driver has different color management options If it s not clear how...

Page 496: ...the printable area of the paper click Cancel choose File Print and select the Scale To Fit Media box To make changes to your paper size and layout click Page Setup and attempt to print the file again...

Page 497: ...erally a target document with swatches is supplied as part of a third party color management software package You print this document with all color management turned off in both Photoshop and the pri...

Page 498: ...eneral most images printed on a commercial press are not printed directly from Photoshop but from a page layout program like Adobe InDesign or an illustration program like Adobe Illustrator For more i...

Page 499: ...crop marks at the corners On PostScript printers selecting this option will also print star targets Center Crop Marks Prints crop marks where the page is to be trimmed You can print crop marks at the...

Page 500: ...to film This option is recognized only when you print directly from Photoshop or when you save the file in EPS format and print to a PostScript printer Generally it s best to adjust for dot gain using...

Page 501: ...For a color separation choose from the following options To have Photoshop determine and enter the best frequencies and angles for each screen click Auto In the Auto Screens dialog box enter the resol...

Page 502: ...es or images with spot colors you can print each color channel as a separate page Each color channel printed as a separate page Note If you are printing an image from another application and want to p...

Page 503: ...printers Because JPEG encoded files are smaller than binary files they take less time to print however using JPEG encoding decreases image quality Only PostScript Level 2 or higher printers support J...

Page 504: ...misregistration to expect Determine scan resolution for printing You can use a number of techniques to determine the resolution at which to scan a photograph If you are scanning photos to be printed...

Page 505: ...fter you have scanned the image and imported it into Photoshop use the Image Size command with the Resample Image option deselected to enter the correct width and height for the image Printing duotone...

Page 506: ...rayscale value in the original image to a specific ink percentage 1 To preview any adjustments select the Preview option in the Duotones Options dialog box 2 Click the curve box next to the ink color...

Page 507: ...ation Then click OK Saving and loading duotone settings Use the Save button in the Duotone Options dialog box to save a set of duotone curves ink settings and overprint colors Use the Load button to l...

Page 508: ...nnels convert it to Multichannel mode and save it in DCS 2 0 format Remember to name custom colors using the appropriate suffix so that the importing application can recognize them Otherwise the appli...

Page 509: ...cified spot color 4 In the New Spot Channel dialog box click the Color box Then in the Color Picker click Color Libraries to choose from a custom color system such as PANTONE or TOYO and choose a colo...

Page 510: ...ed area of the channel choose Image Adjustments Invert See also Create a new spot channel on page 502 Edit a spot channel to add or remove color 1 Select the spot channel in the Channels palette 2 Use...

Page 511: ...e overprinted inks to adjust your screen display to help you predict how colors will look when printed Note In some cases such as when you use varnish and bump plates you may want colors to overprint...

Page 512: ...on page 516 For a video on designing web sites with Photoshop and Dreamweaver see www adobe com go vid0200 Creating rollovers A rollover is a button or image on a web page that changes when the mouse...

Page 513: ...fies the location and name of the file Image Tile Options Specifies the quality of the image Browser Options Sets the pixel width and height for the base image in the viewer s browser 2 Upload the htm...

Page 514: ...ced image Web page divided into slices When you work with slices keep these basics in mind You can create a slice by using the Slice tool or by creating layer based slices After you create a slice you...

Page 515: ...n image or design your graphic using layers and then create slices based on the layers Create a slice with the Slice tool 1 Select the Slice tool Any existing slices automatically appear in the docume...

Page 516: ...e in the options bar You can promote an auto slice in the Save For Web Devices dialog box by unlinking it See Work with slices in the Save For Web Devices dialog box on page 527 View slices and slice...

Page 517: ...se Edit Preferences Guides Grid Slices Count in Mac OS choose Photoshop Preferences Guides Grid Slices Count 2 Under Slice Lines choose a color from the Line Color menu After the color change selected...

Page 518: ...the document window Y Specifies the distance in pixels between the top edge of the slice and the origin of the ruler in the document window Note The default origin of the ruler is the upper left corne...

Page 519: ...ne or more slices with the Slice Select tool 2 Choose Edit Copy Note A slice can t be copied if there is an active selection in the document a marquee pixel selection or a selected path 3 Do one of th...

Page 520: ...rs and distribute user slices evenly along the vertical or horizontal axis By aligning and distributing user slices you can eliminate unneeded auto slices and generate a smaller more efficient HTML fi...

Page 521: ...e default content type No Image slices let you create empty table cells that can be populated with text or a solid color You can enter HTML text in a No Image slice If you set the Text is HTML option...

Page 522: ...com For more information on using relative and full URLs see an HTML reference 3 If desired enter the name of a target frame in the Target text box _blank Displays the linked file in a new window leav...

Page 523: ...ou don t select this option HTML tags are ignored and all text appears as unformatted plain text on the resulting web page 5 Save For Web Devices dialog box only If desired select options in the Cell...

Page 524: ...p up menu A preview of the home page for the chosen style appears in the dialog box 4 Optional Enter an e mail address as the contact information for the gallery 5 Choose the source files for your gal...

Page 525: ...ensions shortening download time Preserve All Metadata Maintains metadata info Banner Text options for the banner that appears on each page in the gallery Enter text for each of these Site Name The na...

Page 526: ...over each image as a theft deterrent Content Specifies the text to be displayed Select Custom Text to enter customized text Select Filename Description Credits Title or Copyright to display text drawn...

Page 527: ...ile with the appropriate text or HTML code so that an option is set through the template file rather than through the Web Photo Gallery dialog box For example a template file may contain a BODY elemen...

Page 528: ...iles ALINK Determines the color of active links ALT Determines the name of an image file ANCHOR Provides the ability to return to the thumbnail of the image the user is viewing rather than the beginni...

Page 529: ...page location for example page 1 of 3 PHOTOGRAPHER Determines the name of the person or organization receiving credit for the photos in the gallery PREVIMAGE Determines the link for the previous galle...

Page 530: ...ering and resize the image to specified pixel dimensions or a specified percentage of the original size When you save an optimized file using the Save For Web Devices command you can choose to generat...

Page 531: ...settings applied 2 Up Displays two versions of the image side by side 4 Up Displays four versions of the image side by side Navigate in the dialog box If the entire artwork is not visible in the Save...

Page 532: ...Save for Web Devices dialog box Preview pop up menu Uncompensated Color Makes no adjustments to image gamma Uncompensated Color is the default setting Standard Windows Color Displays an adjustment bas...

Page 533: ...nd apply the settings to other images Settings that you save appear in the Preset pop up menu together with the predefined named settings If you edit a named set or a predefined set the Preset menu di...

Page 534: ...ces in an image choose Unlink All Slices from the Optimize pop up menu Compress a web graphic to a specific file size 1 Choose File Save For Web Devices 2 Click a tab at the top of the Save For Web De...

Page 535: ...Click the Layers tab in the Save For Web Devices dialog box 2 Select Export As CSS Layers 3 Select a layer from the Layer pop up menu and set the following options as desired Visible Creates a visible...

Page 536: ...posed to greater quality as in most other settings Preview optimized images in a web browser You can preview an optimized image in any web browser installed on your system from the Save For Web Device...

Page 537: ...using a low Quality setting View the optimized image at several quality settings to determine the best balance of quality and file size Optimized Creates an enhanced JPEG with a slightly smaller file...

Page 538: ...ction Algorithm menu C Dithering Algorithm menu D Optimize menu Lossy GIF only Reduces file size by selectively discarding data A higher Lossy setting results in more data being discarded You can ofte...

Page 539: ...pecially color gradients may require dithering to prevent color banding GIF image with 0 dither left and with 100 dither right You can select one of the following dithering methods Diffusion Applies a...

Page 540: ...ency Dither applies a random pattern that is usually less noticeable than Pattern dither The dither effects are diffused across adjacent pixels If you select this algorithm specify a Dither percentage...

Page 541: ...and deselect Transparency GIF and PNG 8 To make all pixels with greater than 50 transparency fully transparent and all pixels with 50 or less transparency fully opaque select Transparency and select N...

Page 542: ...nd choose a color from the color picker Select the Eyedropper tool in the Save For Web Devices dialog box and click in the image 3 Do one of the following Click the New Color button in the color table...

Page 543: ...tems capable of displaying only 256 colors 1 Select one or more colors in the optimized image or color table 2 Do one of the following Click the Web Shift button in the Color Table palette Choose Shif...

Page 544: ...rease the image file size When you delete a color areas of the optimized image that previously included that color are rerendered using the closest color remaining in the palette When you delete a col...

Page 545: ...he web on page 525 WBMP optimization options WBMP format is the standard format for optimizing images for mobile devices such as cell phones WBMP supports 1 bit color which means that WBMP images cont...

Page 546: ...ng masks Curve Quality Specifies the accuracy of the bezier curves A low number decreases the exported file size with a slight loss of curve quality A higher number increases the accuracy of the bezie...

Page 547: ...of these options doesn t guarantee that the SVG file will be viewable on all small devices SVG Tiny 1 2 Suitable for SVG files to be viewed on a variety of devices ranging from PDAs and cellphones to...

Page 548: ...859 1 and UTF 16 encoding don t preserve file metadata Optimize For Adobe SVG Viewer Optimizes images for Adobe SVG Viewer Output settings for web graphics Set output options Output settings control h...

Page 549: ...e Zero Margins On Body Tag Removes default internal margins in a browser window Adds marginwidth marginheight leftmargin and topmargin tags with values of zero to the body tag Slice output options You...

Page 550: ...or rollover states The text boxes let you change the order and formatting of the filename parts for example letting you indicate rollover state by an abbreviation instead of the full word Filename Com...

Page 551: ...tyles and blending modes After making edits you can save the document as a PSD file that can be played back in other Adobe applications such as Premiere Pro and After Effects or accessed as a static f...

Page 552: ...your computer Image sequence formats BMP DICOM JPEG OpenEXR PNG PSD Targa TIFF Cineon and JPEG 2000 are supported if the plug ins are installed For more information on plug ins and how to install them...

Page 553: ...he bottom of the palette to navigate through frames zoom the time display in or out toggle onion skin mode delete keyframes and preview the video You can use controls on the timeline itself to adjust...

Page 554: ...ors Arrow buttons to the left of a track label move the current time indicator to the previous or next keyframe from its current position Click the center button to add or delete a keyframe at the cur...

Page 555: ...mode select one or more layers from the Animation palette then choose Show Set Favorite Layers in the Animation palette menu 2 To specify which layers are displayed choose Show from the Animation pal...

Page 556: ...s 10 seconds and the frame rate is 30 fps 1 From the Animation palette menu choose Document Settings 2 Enter or choose values for Duration and Frame Rate Note Reducing the duration of an existing vide...

Page 557: ...op However if you re using other film and video applications you might consider these details when you create images for use in video Some video editing programs can import individual layers from a mu...

Page 558: ...on images appear distorted for example circles distort into ovals However when displayed on a broadcast monitor the images appear correctly proportioned because broadcast monitors use rectangular pixe...

Page 559: ...on the device To set output options before previewing the image choose File Export Video Preview To view the image without setting output options choose File Export Send Video Preview To Device When...

Page 560: ...elete Pixel Aspect Ratio dialog box choose the item to delete from the Pixel Aspect Ratio menu and click Delete Reset the pixel aspect ratios 1 With the document open choose Image Pixel Aspect Ratio R...

Page 561: ...You can also assign a color profile to the image that corresponds to the intended output type such as Rec 601 NTSC or Rec 709 After Effects can read embedded color profiles and interpret the image s c...

Page 562: ...document Once placed the video frames are contained within a Smart Object When video is contained by a Smart Object you can navigate through the frames using the Animation palette and you can also ap...

Page 563: ...the source file even if you move or rename the video source However if moving renaming or deleting a video source file breaks the link between it and the video layer an alert icon appears on that lay...

Page 564: ...Photoshop Extended You can edit or paint on individual video frames to create an animation add content or to remove unwanted details In addition to using any brush tool you can paint using the Clone...

Page 565: ...ed For a video on cloning see www adobe com go vid0025 See also Retouch with the Clone Stamp tool on page 195 Retouch with the Healing Brush tool on page 198 Set sample sources for cloning and healing...

Page 566: ...or in video layers Photoshop Extended In Photoshop Extended you can paint on video layers using tools such as the brush tool or the clone stamp tool If no color profile is assigned to the video layer...

Page 567: ...remove a color profile Illustrator Photoshop on page 144 Convert document colors to another profile Photoshop on page 145 Editing video and animation layers Photoshop Extended Transform video layers P...

Page 568: ...a or Set End Of Work Area 2 Optional To remove the portions of the timeline not in the work area choose Trim Document Duration To Work Area from the Animation palette menu See also Specify timeline du...

Page 569: ...t time indicator to the frame or time you want as the new In point or Out point 3 On the Animation palette menu choose one of the following options Move Layer In Point To Current Time Permanently move...

Page 570: ...nt is copied to new video layers Split video layers Photoshop Extended A video layer can be split into two new video layers at the frame you specify 1 Select a video layer in the Animation palette 2 M...

Page 571: ...se Layer Smart Objects Convert to Smart Object Rasterize video layers Photoshop Extended When you rasterize video layers the selected layer is flattened to a composite of the current frame selected in...

Page 572: ...imated add a new layer or convert the background layer to a regular layer See Convert background and layers on page 280 3 Add content to your animation If your animation includes several objects that...

Page 573: ...e Save For Web Devices command You can also save the animation in Photoshop PSD format so you can do more work on the animation later In Photoshop you can save your frame animation as an image sequenc...

Page 574: ...ects in animation frames use the Layers palette to modify the layers in the image that affect that frame To change the position of an object in an animation frame select the layer containing the objec...

Page 575: ...nimation mode Always Show Displays the unify layers buttons whether the Animation palette is open or closed Always Hide Hides the unify layers buttons whether the Animation palette is open or closed C...

Page 576: ...mple if you want to fade out a layer set the opacity of the layer in the starting frame to 100 then set the opacity of the same layer in the ending frame to 0 When you tween between the two frames the...

Page 577: ...create a frame When you create a new layer it is visible in all frames of an animation To hide a layer in a specific frame select the frame in the Animation palette and then hide the desired layer in...

Page 578: ...matic Determines a disposal method for the current frame automatically discarding the current frame if the next frame contains layer transparency For most animations the Automatic option default yield...

Page 579: ...to the time frame for the ending frame and set the opacity for the same layer to 0 Photoshop Extended automatically interpolates frames between the start and end frames and the opacity of the layer is...

Page 580: ...nge the position of a layer mask to reveal different parts of the layer Turn a layer mask on or off For some types of animation such as changing the color of an object or completely changing the conte...

Page 581: ...atch is inactive the value remains in effect for the duration of the layer If you deselect the stopwatch you will permanently delete all of the keyframes for that property Keyframe icons Photoshop Ext...

Page 582: ...nimation palette display the layer property containing the keyframes you want to copy 2 Select one or more keyframes 3 Open the Animation palette menu and choose Copy Keyframes 4 In the Animation pale...

Page 583: ...ns Adding a blank video layer above a video layer and then adjusting the opacity of the blank video layer allows you to see the contents of the video layer below You can then rotoscope the video layer...

Page 584: ...oints for the stroke positions Use onion skin settings to specify how previous and forward strokes surrounding the current frame appear when Onion Skin is enabled during playback in the Animation pale...

Page 585: ...ions to a frame animation However keep in mind that video layers will not play in frame animations and some keyframed layer properties might be lost in the conversion In the Animation palette do any o...

Page 586: ...specified another repeat value in the Play Options dialog box 2 To stop the animation click the Stop button 3 To rewind the animation click the Selects First Frame button Note To see a more accurate...

Page 587: ...or any image open in Photoshop through FireWire IEEE 1394 on a display device such as a video monitor You can also adjust the aspect ratio for proper display of images The Video Preview plug in suppor...

Page 588: ...hen viewed on a 4 3 display or on the left and right sides when viewed on a 16 9 display This maintains the display aspect ratio without distorting the image 5 Choose an option from the Image Size men...

Page 589: ...rame to the area that has changed from the preceding frame Animation files created using this option are smaller but are incompatible with GIF editors that do not support the option This option is sel...

Page 590: ...hannel Specifies how alpha channels are rendered This option is only available in formats that support Alpha channel such as PSD or TIFF Frame Rate Determines how many frames per second fps the render...

Page 591: ...mage size and the movie needs to be scaled to the new dimensions Letterbox scales the source proportionally to fit into the clean aperture adding black bars to the top and bottom or sides as necessary...

Page 592: ...he AVI Settings dialog box make sure Video is selected Important Although the AVI Settings dialog box has Sound options Photoshop Extended CS3 does not support audio tracks 4 Under Video click the Set...

Page 593: ...interlaced fields or no fields Progressive Scan Aspect Ratio Specifies an aspect ratio of 4 3 or 16 9 Preserve Aspect Ratio Using Specifies an option if the movie is scaled to new pixel dimensions Le...

Page 594: ...otoshop Extended 1 In the Render Video dialog box select QuickTime Export and then choose QuickTime Movie from the pop up menu 2 Click the Settings button 3 In the Movie Settings dialog box make sure...

Page 595: ...or the Component Video Codec QuickTime movie size settings The following settings are available in the Export Size Settings dialog box Dimensions Specifies the frame size for your exported movie If yo...

Page 596: ...he file format you chose For more information on the specific file formats and their options see also Saving and exporting files in other formats on page 452 and File formats on page 459 For a video o...

Page 597: ...in Photoshop You can run MATLAB algorithms and view the results in your image in Photoshop Note Communication between Photoshop and MATLAB uses the Photoshop JavaScript interface and the MATLAB libra...

Page 598: ...mand name at the MATLAB command prompt for a fuller description of each command including syntax arguments and examples Note All MATLAB commands are supported for Japanese characters MATLAB for Window...

Page 599: ...t common standard for receiving medical scans Photoshop Extended allows you to open and work with DICOM dc3 dcm dic or no extension files DICOM files can contain multiple slices or frames which repres...

Page 600: ...ight and width of grid DICOM Dataset Anonymize overwrites patient metadata with anonymize Show Overlays displays overlays such as annotations curves or text Windowing Adjust the contrast and brightnes...

Page 601: ...alette you can save DICOM files as QuickTime movies change grayscale DICOM files to RGB and then render to video You can also save frames as animated GIF files choose File Save for Web and Devices See...

Page 602: ...sing a script File Scripts Load Files into Stack 2 Choose Select All Layers Note To make the Background layer selectable with the All Layers command you must first convert it to a regular layer 3 Choo...

Page 603: ...o losslessly encode the information in a set Kurtosis kurtosis sum value mean 4 over non trans parent pixels number of non transparent pixels 1 standard deviation 4 A measure of peakedness or flatness...

Page 604: ...nicode text file For a video on measurement features see www adobe com go vid0029 Measurement scale Setting a measurement scale sets a specified number of pixels in the image equal to a number of scal...

Page 605: ...ete Preset and click OK Use scale markers Photoshop Extended Measurement scale markers display the measurement scale used in your document You should set the measurement scale for a document before cr...

Page 606: ...he information recorded in the Measurement log Data points correspond to the type of tool you re measuring with Area perimeter height and width are available data points for measuring selections Lengt...

Page 607: ...Log reflects the source of the measurement data Measurement Data Points Angle Angle of orientation 0 180 of the Ruler tool Area Area of selection in square pixels or in calibrated units according to t...

Page 608: ...according to the current measurement scale Create a data point preset 1 Choose Analysis Select Data Points Custom 2 Select data points to include in the preset 3 Click Save Preset and name the preset...

Page 609: ...then Ctrl click Windows or Command click Mac additional column headers Reorder resize or sort columns in the Log Do one of the following Drag selected columns to reorder them in the log The column po...

Page 610: ...ded on page 599 Manually count items in an image Photoshop Extended 1 To set the color for the count item do one of the following Use the Color Picker in the Count Tool options bar Choose Edit Prefere...

Page 611: ...ick Record Measurements in the Measurement Log Photoshop counts the selection areas and enters the number in the Count column in the Measurement Log See also Select with the Magic Wand tool on page 25...

Page 612: ...ormation from the original 3D file Transforming 3D models Photoshop Extended After you open a 3D model you can change the model s position camera view lighting or render mode create a cross section vi...

Page 613: ...in the x y direction Scale Drag up or down to scale the model larger or smaller Hold down Ctrl Windows or Option Mac OS as you drag to scale in the z direction Click the Return to default view icon i...

Page 614: ...parency of solid areas in the model Transparent or Transparent Wireframe Render modes such as Solid Outline and Line Illustration allow you to adjust the number of structural lines that appear in the...

Page 615: ...e position on each layer then flip one cross section View 3D animations If a 3D file contains animation it is included with the file when Photoshop opens the 3D model To view animations you use the an...

Page 616: ...ound image and change its position or viewing angle to match the background For a video on mapping 2D images onto 3D models see www adobe com go vid0020 1 Open the file you want to serve as the backdr...

Page 617: ...r droplets which are small applications that automatically process all files that are dragged onto their icon Photoshop and Illustrator come with predefined actions installed that help you perform com...

Page 618: ...ctions palette or choose Play from the palette menu If you assigned a key combination to the action press that combination to play the action automatically To play only a part of an action select the...

Page 619: ...alette You can duplicate sets with any of the same methods Delete actions commands or sets 1 In the Actions palette select the action command or set 2 Do any of the following Click the Delete icon on...

Page 620: ...eate You can also load additional actions into the Actions palette Do one of the following Choose Load Actions from the Actions palette menu Locate and select the action set file and then click Load P...

Page 621: ...t the settings in effect at the time of the recording If you change a setting in a dialog box or palette while recording an action the changed value is recorded Note Most dialog boxes retain the setti...

Page 622: ...g button or choose Stop Recording from the Actions palette menu In Photoshop you can also press the Esc key To resume recording in the same action choose Start Recording from the Actions palette menu...

Page 623: ...action or set in the Actions palette A red dialog box icon indicates an action or set in which some but not all commands are modal You can t set a modal control in Button mode Do one of the following...

Page 624: ...ommand from its menu 4 Click OK Edit and rerecord actions It is easy to edit and customize actions You can tweak the settings of any specific command within an action add commands to an existing actio...

Page 625: ...itions you can adjust the setting in the first image to your satisfaction and then apply the same settings to the remaining images Use this option with PSD or JPEG source images if the file s color pr...

Page 626: ...uring batch processing or if used as part of an action Contact the plug in s manufacturer for further information You can also import PDF images from Acrobat Capture or other software programs When ba...

Page 627: ...ance to sharpen resize and save images as JPEGs in their original folders You create an action that has a sharpen step a resize step and then a Save As JPEG step When you batch process this action you...

Page 628: ...and performs the action on that file and none of the files in the Batch source folder are processed To use this option the action must contain an Open command Otherwise the Batch command won t open th...

Page 629: ...to be combined into the default names for all files The fields let you change the order and formatting of the components of the file name You must include at least one field that is unique for every...

Page 630: ...n to run when the event occurs Photoshop has several sample scripts you can choose To run a different script choose Browse and then navigate to the script For actions choose the action set from the fi...

Page 631: ...cs using data sets on page 627 Creating different versions of an image using variables A Source file template B User defines layers as variables C Different versions of the image can be created each w...

Page 632: ...lons Choose an existing variable from the Name pop up menu to link this layer to Layers linked to the same variable are shown next to the Name menu along with the link icon 5 For Pixel Replacement var...

Page 633: ...es select Visible to show the layer s content or Invisible to hide the layer s content For Pixel Replacement variables click Select File and select a replacement image file Click Do Not Replace before...

Page 634: ...that the values are given in subsequent lines Each subsequent line represents one data set with the values for each variable given To create multiple lines of text in a single line of text in a data s...

Page 635: ...herwise the data sets are named Data Set 1 Data Set 2 and so on Replace Existing Data Sets Deletes any existing data sets before importing 4 Set the encoding of the text file or leave the setting Auto...

Page 636: ...plication Menus Lets you customize keyboard shortcuts for items in the menu bar Palette Menus Lets you customize keyboard shortcuts for items in palette menus Tools Lets you customize keyboard shortcu...

Page 637: ...t keyboard shortcuts Keys for selecting tools In Photoshop shortcuts are customizable by using the Keyboard Shortcuts command Choose Edit Keyboard Shortcuts For more information see Define new keyboar...

Page 638: ...ool S S History Brush tool Art History Brush tool Y Y Eraser tool Background Eraser tool Magic Eraser tool E E Gradient tool Paint Bucket tool G G Blur tool Sharpen tool Smudge tool R R Dodge tool Bur...

Page 639: ...er tool Color Sampler tool Measure tool Count tool I I Hand tool H H Zoom tool Z Z Use same shortcut keys for Extract Liquify and Pattern Maker Photoshop Extended only Result Windows Mac OS Edge Highl...

Page 640: ...mmand hyphen Result Extract only Windows Mac OS Toggle between Edge Highlighter tool and Eraser tool Alt Edge Highlighter Eraser tool Option Edge Highlighter Eraser tool Toggle Smart Highlighting Cont...

Page 641: ...ease increase brush size by 2 or density pressure rate or turbulent jitter by 1 Left Arrow Right Arrow with Brush Size Density Pressure Rate or Turbulent Jitter slider showing Left Arrow Right Arrow w...

Page 642: ...Result Windows Mac OS Open the Refine Edge dialog box Control Alt R Command Option R Cycle forward through preview modes F F Cycle backward through preview modes Shift F Shift F Toggle between origin...

Page 643: ...R Command R Open selected images from Bridge bypassing Camera Raw dialog box Shift double click imag Shift double click image Change Cancel button to Reset and Save button to bypass Save dialog box Al...

Page 644: ...t Z Command Shift Z Move selected image 1 pixel Right Arrow Left Arrow Up Arrow or Down Arrow Right Arrow Left Arrow Up Arrow or Down Arrow Change Cancel to Reset Alt Option Show individual image bord...

Page 645: ...tate plan to a 15 rotation Alt Shift to rotate Option Shift to rotate Select a plane under another selected plane Control click the plane Command click the plane Render plane grids Alt click OK Option...

Page 646: ...near Light Shift Alt J Shift Option J Pin Light Shift Alt Z Shift Option Z Hard Mix Shift Alt L Shift Option L Difference Shift Alt E Shift Option E Exclusion Shift Alt X Shift Option X Hue Shift Alt...

Page 647: ...ify 100 Double click Zoom tool Double click Zoom tool Switch to Hand tool when not in text edit mode Spacebar Spacebar Switch to Zoom In tool Control spacebar Command spacebar Switch to Zoom Out tool...

Page 648: ...d Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to Lasso tool Alt drag Option drag Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to polyg onal Lasso tool Alt click Option click Apply cancel an operation of the Magnetic Lasso Ent...

Page 649: ...is selected Select background color Eyedropper tool Alt click Eyedropper tool Option click Color sampler tool Eyedropper tool Shift Eyedropper tool Shift Deletes color sampler Color sampler tool Alt c...

Page 650: ...ype layer is selected Select 1 character left right or 1 line down up or 1 word left right Shift Left Arrow Right Arrow or Down Arrow Up Arrow or Control Shift Left Arrow Right Arrow Shift Left Arrow...

Page 651: ...Toggle paragraph hyphenation on off Control Shift Alt H Command Control Shift Option H Toggle single every line composer on off Control Shift Alt T Command Shift Option T Decrease or increase type si...

Page 652: ...hift Tab Shift Tab Highlight options bar Select tool and press Enter Select tool and press Return Increase decrease units by 10 in a pop up menu Shift Up Arrow Down Arrow Shift Up Arrow Down Arrow Res...

Page 653: ...list triangles Jump to the next previous whole second in timeline during playback Hold down the Shift key when clicking the Next Previous Frame buttons on either side of the Play button Hold down the...

Page 654: ...button Create a new spot channel Control click Create New Channel button Command click Create New Channel button Select deselect multiple color channel selection Shift click color channel Shift click...

Page 655: ...ick layer comp name Double click layer comp name Select deselect multiple contiguous layer comps Shift click Shift click Select deselect multiple discontiguous layer comps Control click Command click...

Page 656: ...x Double click layer mask thumbnail Double click layer mask thumbnail Toggle layer mask on off Shift click layer mask thumbnail Shift click layer mask thumbnail Toggle filter mask on off Shift click f...

Page 657: ...and Shift Option click pathname Hide path Control Shift H Command Shift H Set options for Fill Path with Foreground Color button Stroke Path with Brush button Load Path as a Selection button Make Work...

Page 658: ...C C Constrain 3D object tool 3D camera tool to a single direction of movement Shift Shift Rotate the 3D object Orbit the 3D camera R R Roll the 3D object Roll the 3D camera L L Drag the 3D object Pan...

Page 659: ...palette F6 F6 Show Hide Layers palette F7 F7 Show Hide Info palette F8 F8 Show Hide Actions palette F9 Option F9 Revert F12 F12 Fill Shift F5 Shift F5 Feather Selection Shift F6 Shift F6 Inverse Selec...

Page 660: ...choosing 124 choosing a custom color with 123 displaying 120 out of gamut alert in 120 121 selecting a CMYK color with 121 selecting web safe colors with 122 specifying a hexadecimal color in 122 spe...

Page 661: ...ing exceptions in 426 kinsoku shori 438 kumimoji 434 leading in 434 line breaking options for 439 mojikumi 437 OpenType font attributes 435 renmoji 434 setting options for 433 tate chu yoko 434 tsume...

Page 662: ...32 keyboard shortcuts for 647 bump maps 402 Burn tool 204 Button Mode command 611 C Calculations command 276 Camera Raw See also camera raw files about 86 database 103 preview controls 89 profile adju...

Page 663: ...annel display 266 out of gamut colors 160 CMYK inks See process color inks color adjustments See tonal and color adjustments color balance adjusting automatically 183 adjusting with Curves 165 general...

Page 664: ...orting 535 specifying background color with 116 specifying colors with 116 specifying transparency with 116 color traps 496 color values previewing 155 color wheel 108 Colored Pencil filter 388 colors...

Page 665: ...nd 257 De Interlace filter 395 Delete Color command 537 Delete Workspace command 20 deleting alpha channels 269 channels 269 colors from swatch sets 126 locked selections 262 objects 262 selections 26...

Page 666: ...ng effects 305 Elliptical Marquee tool 245 e mail saving to 529 Embed Color Profile option 441 Embed Watermark command 471 Emboss filter 394 empty cells 542 Encapsulated PostScript EPS See EPS files e...

Page 667: ...es filter 394 Fine Grain filter 388 Finger Painting option 203 Fit On Screen command 36 Flatten Frames Into Layers command 582 Flatten Image command 292 flattening images 292 flattening images 292 fli...

Page 668: ...21 using layer masks 319 High Dynamic Range images See HDR images 77 High Pass filter 395 High Quality Print PDF preset 446 high key images 151 highlights adjusting 204 adjusting with Levels 161 Histo...

Page 669: ...so scanning artwork by dragging 260 Illustrator art 71 images with WIA support 67 68 indenting paragraphs 425 InDesign See Adobe InDesign Indexed Color mode about 115 conversion options 115 converting...

Page 670: ...g 290 converting styles to 305 converting to CSS layers 528 copying and pasting styles in 304 creating 280 creating new document from 281 creating slices from 508 creating vector masks with 319 deleti...

Page 671: ...election command 379 Make Work Path command 380 mapping colors to transparency 536 marquee tools about 245 coordinates in Info palette 37 Fixed Size option 245 in vanishing point 225 mask editing colo...

Page 672: ...rmal mode 344 Note Paper filter 393 notes See annotations NTSC Colors filter 395 nudging anchor points and path segments 374 O Ocean Ripple filter 390 Offset filter 396 OLE Object Linking and Embeddin...

Page 673: ...editing 375 exporting to Illustrator 481 filling 380 381 from selection borders 380 leaving open 366 managing 370 moving 373 open 371 overlapping 375 printing 481 renaming 370 repositioning 375 resha...

Page 674: ...9 pixels about 58 displaying color values of 37 histogram display of 153 per inch ppi 59 selecting 244 Place command about 74 Plaster filter 394 Plastic Wrap filter 388 Playback Options command 611 pl...

Page 675: ...ayers 290 PostScript artwork 73 type layers 410 read me file 2 Reconstruct tool 222 modes 224 recording inserting stops in 615 recording actions 614 Rectangular Marquee tool 245 Red Eye tool 202 red e...

Page 676: ...layer styles 305 type 421 scanning 68 about 68 at correct resolution 65 images 68 predicting file size for 498 Scitex format 465 scratch disks 56 scratch size viewing 40 screen frequency about 59 63...

Page 677: ...nels command 265 Show Rulers command 41 Show Slice Number command 510 sidecar files 103 104 466 Simulate Ink Black option 138 Simulate Paper White option 138 Single Column Marquee tool 245 Single Row...

Page 678: ...cuts for 642 stroking selection borders 255 selections 352 354 styles applying preset 298 converting to layers 305 copying and pasting in 304 preset 297 Stylize filters 394 Stylus Pressure option 248...

Page 679: ...4 dithering 533 gradients 349 in documents 282 in web graphics 534 Transparency Gamut option 282 Trap command 497 trapping adjusting overlapping spot colors 504 Trim command 191 trimming images 191 tr...

Page 680: ...g in the timeline 580 Video filters De Interlace 395 NTSC Colors 395 video layers about 279 color mode bit depth 545 rasterizing 564 removing footage 562 Video Preview plug in 580 Video Workshop 5 vig...

Page 681: ...ng menus in 24 deleting menus from 25 menu colors in 25 X XHTML compliant web pages 542 XMP Extensible Metadata Platform 466 XMP sidecar files in Camera Raw 103 viewing in Bridge 104 XMP Software Deve...

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