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Contents

Introduction

About this manual

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Learning Adobe Photoshop

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Windows system requirements

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Mac OS system requirements

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The Adobe Photoshop package contents

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Registration

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About Adobe products and services

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Adobe Systems training opportunities

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Installing and starting Adobe Photoshop

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Starting Adobe Photoshop

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What’s new in Adobe Photoshop 5.0

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Changed keyboard shortcuts, tools, and commands

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A Quick Tour of
Adobe Photoshop

Chapter 1

Selecting

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Layers

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Filters

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Painting

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Retouching

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Actions

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Saving the file

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Looking at the Work Area

Chapter 2

Using the toolbox

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Using the status bar

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Using palettes

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Using context menus

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Using online help

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Using Adobe online services

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Viewing images

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Using plug-in modules

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Setting preferences

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Summary of Contents for PHOTOSHOP 5.0

Page 1: ...User Guide version AdobePhotoshop 5 0...

Page 2: ...es UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Portions Eastman Kodak Company 1998 MacApp 1985 1992 Apple Computer Inc Apple Compu...

Page 3: ...hotoshop 5 Starting Adobe Photoshop 6 What s new in Adobe Photoshop 5 0 6 Changed keyboard shortcuts tools and commands 9 A Quick Tour of Adobe Photoshop Chapter 1 Selecting 13 Layers 15 Filters 18 Pa...

Page 4: ...g the monitor display 67 Converting between bit depths 69 Converting images from one mode to another 69 Converting between Grayscale mode and Bitmap mode 70 Converting to indexed color 72 Reproducing...

Page 5: ...image 128 General purpose color and tonal adjustment commands 129 Special purpose color adjustment commands 130 Selecting Chapter 7 Making selections 137 Adjusting selections 144 Softening the edges o...

Page 6: ...the paint bucket tool 207 Using the gradient tools 207 Filling and stroking selections and layers 211 Choosing the foreground and background colors 214 Using the Adobe Photoshop Color Picker 218 Usin...

Page 7: ...ng filters 301 Tips for creating special effects 305 Improving performance with filters 306 Choosing a filter effect 306 Saving and Exporting Images Chapter 14 Saving files 311 Exporting images 317 Ab...

Page 8: ...54 Organizing sets of actions 357 Using the Automate commands 358 External automation 358 Troubleshooting Appendix Before you call Adobe Technical Support 361 Setup and performance problems 363 Proble...

Page 9: ...Adobe Photoshop on both the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS platforms Any differences in procedures and commands between platforms are noted in the text Before using this manual you need to install the p...

Page 10: ...se Adobe Photoshop you need the following hardware and software An Intel Pentium class or faster processor Windows 95 or later or Intel based Windows NT version 4 0 or later At least 32 megabytes MB o...

Page 11: ...be Photoshop Application CD ROM The Application CD ROM contains the following software The Adobe Photoshop installer Includes every thing needed to install Adobe Photoshop 5 0 on your hard drive the i...

Page 12: ...gital Art show Displays examples of digital art Adobe Acrobat Reader software QuickTime software for Windows and Mac OS Registration Adobe is confident you will find that the Adobe Photoshop program g...

Page 13: ...ROM If you re upgrading toAdobe Photoshop 5 from an earlier version the installer creates by default a new folder containing the new Adobe Photoshop files Your current Adobe Photoshop files are not a...

Page 14: ...the Trash This step prevents conflicts with the new Adobe Gamma utility installed with Photoshop 5 QuickTime To view the movies in the Adobe Photoshop CD ROM Set and to show previews when opening ima...

Page 15: ...New Layer alignment commands let you align and distribute linked layers by edges and centers See the procedure to align or distribute layers on page 266 Improved color management With new ICC profile...

Page 16: ...ansparent images resizing images and creating contact sheets See Using the Automate commands on page 358 3 D transformation The new 3D Transform filter can map parts of an image to a cube sphere or cy...

Page 17: ...d press To select the direct selection tool while another tool is selected press A To scroll forward or backward through the blend modes for the current tool press Shift or Shift To select the airbrus...

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Page 21: ...tock digital art or artwork created with a drawing program such as Adobe Illustrator You can also create images from scratch in Adobe Photoshop For this tour you ll use files from all of these sources...

Page 22: ...ease Shift 4 Select the move tool in the toolbox position it within the selection border and drag the CD onto the Tour psd window The CD is now part of that file Now you ll resize the CD 5 Choose Edit...

Page 23: ...the file enter the filenameWork01 psd and click Save 13 Close the CD psd and Horn psd files Layers Photoshop lets you organize artwork on separate transparent layers so that you can easily construct c...

Page 24: ...layer 5 Select the move tool Then drag the CD to the top right corner of the artwork Because the CD is on its own layer you can move it separately from artwork on other layers Now you ll adjust the o...

Page 25: ...he text is automati cally placed in the Layers palette on a new type layer marked with a T icon You can enhance any layer by adding a shadow glow bevel or emboss special effect from the program s asso...

Page 26: ...avelength to 350 MinimumAmplitude to 1 and Maximum Amplitude to 20 Click OK 3 Choose Filter Brush Strokes Angled Strokes and click OK to accept the default settings 4 Then choose Filter Fade Angled St...

Page 27: ...ellow note in the image The foreground color in the color selection box switches to the same yellow as in the note indicating that you can now paint with this color 6 Release the Alt Option key change...

Page 28: ...dobe Photoshop provides a full range of tools for retouching images including dodge and burn tools as well as features for adjusting color tone contrast hue and saturation You ll use a few of these to...

Page 29: ...les within a folder With the Actions palette you can record play edit and delete commands to easily automate common techniques Adobe Photoshop offers some ready made actions you can run on a file or s...

Page 30: ...elect a folder in which to save the file enter a new filename and click Save Note that you can save files in various formats depending on how you plan to use the file For example you can save a file i...

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Page 33: ...cking Mac OS Move V Magic wand W Paintbrush B History Brush Y Pencil N Dodge O Type T Linear Gradient G Eyedropper I Zoom Z Switch colors X Background color Quick Mask mode Q Full screen mode F M Rect...

Page 34: ...en tools To select a tool Do one of the following To select a visible tool click its icon To select a hidden tool position the pointer on the visible tool and drag to highlight the tool you want Use t...

Page 35: ...s crosshairs Click Brush Size under Painting Cursors to display the painting tool pointers as brush shapes representing the size of the current brush Brush Size pointers may not display for very large...

Page 36: ...appropriate Window Show or Window Hide command Show displays the selected palette at the front of its group Hide conceals the entire group Changing the palette display You can reorganize your work sp...

Page 37: ...ows or Option click the resize box Mac OS Or double click a palette s tab You can still access the menu of a collapsed palette Setting the positions of palettes and dialog boxes The positions of all o...

Page 38: ...option in the Layers palette To use a pop up slider Do one of the following Position the pointer over the triangle next to the setting hold down the mouse and drag the slider or angle radius to the de...

Page 39: ...nce D as you drag When you use a two dimensional transfor mation command the Info palette displays the percentage change in width W and height H the angle of rotation A and the angle of horizontal ske...

Page 40: ...cluding shortcut key changes from Photoshop 4 0 and more To get online help in Windows Do one of the following Press F1 to display the Help Contents menu Choose Help Contents or choose another topic f...

Page 41: ...center window control to display a full screen window with a menu bar but no title bar or scroll bars The right window control to display a full screen window with no title bar menu bar or scroll bar...

Page 42: ...ll the view up down by one screen Press Shift Page Up Shift Page Down to scroll up or down by 10 pixels or to move to the previous or next frame in a Filmstrip file Magnifying and reducing the view Yo...

Page 43: ...cified percentage Enter a percentage value in the zoom percentage box at the lower left of the program window Windows or image window Mac OS and press Enter Windows or Return Mac OS To display an imag...

Page 44: ...uses the other plug ins location Once installed plug in modules appear as options in the Import Export or Automate menus as file formats in the Open Save As and Save a Copy dialog boxes or as filters...

Page 45: ...menu Preference settings are saved each time you exit Adobe Photoshop To open a preferences dialog box 1 Choose the desired preference dialog box from the File Preferences submenu 2 Switch to a differ...

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Page 49: ...edit pixels rather than objects or shapes A bitmap image is resolution dependent that is it contains a fixed number of pixels to represent its image data As a result a bitmap image can lose detail an...

Page 50: ...480 setting the same image with pixel dimensions of 640 by 480 would still fill the screen but each pixel would appear larger Changing the setting of this larger monitor to 1152 pixels by 870 pixels...

Page 51: ...ages inset zoom 200 Because they use more pixels to represent each unit of area higher resolution images usually reproduce more detail and subtler color transi tions than lower resolution images when...

Page 52: ...on the size of the monitor plus its pixel setting The typical resolution of a PC monitor is about 96 dpi of a Mac OS monitor 72 dpi Understanding monitor resolution helps explain why the display size...

Page 53: ...esults A resolution at the low end of the recommended range can produce good results Note Some imagesetters and 600 dpi laser printers use screening technologies other than halftoning If you are print...

Page 54: ...olution of at most 300 ppi 30 000 pixels 100 inches 300 ppi Changing image size and resolution Once you have scanned or imported an image into Photoshop you may want to adjust its size or resolution T...

Page 55: ...t value indicates the size if saved as a flattened file with no layer data the second value the size if saved with all layers and channels For more information on how layers affect file size see Manag...

Page 56: ...resolution of an image on page 49 About resampling Resampling refers to changing the pixel dimen sions and therefore file size of an image When you downsample or decrease the number of pixels informat...

Page 57: ...el dimensions of an image 1 Choose Image Image Size 2 Make sure that Resample Image is selected and choose an interpolation method as described in Choosing an interpolation method on page 51 3 To main...

Page 58: ...as described in Choosing an interpolation method on page 51 To change the print dimensions and resolution without changing the total number of pixels in the image deselect Resample Image 3 To maintai...

Page 59: ...ify a default interpolation method to use whenever images are resampled with the Image Size or transformation commands The Image Size command also lets you specify an interpolation method other than t...

Page 60: ...vailability of TWAIN_32 source modules To import an image using the TWAIN interface 1 If you re using the TWAIN device for the first time with Adobe Photoshop choose File Import Select TWAIN_32 Source...

Page 61: ...to scan in is selected See Color modes and models on page 63 The New dialog box then displays the file size For example suppose you want the final image to be 4 inches wide and 5 inches high You plan...

Page 62: ...You can also use this command to create a new image with the exact same pixel dimensions as an image or selection that has been copied to the Clipboard To create a new image 1 Do one of the following...

Page 63: ...has been saved with the image This option requires the Apple QuickTime extension 4 Select the file 5 Click Open In some cases a dialog box appears letting you set the open options The formats requiri...

Page 64: ...Constrain Proportions 5 Select Anti aliased to minimize the jagged appearance of the artwork s edges as it is rasterized 6 Click OK To place Adobe Illustrator PDF or EPS artwork into an Adobe Photosh...

Page 65: ...n If the file does not appear for Files of Type choose All Formats Windows or select Show All Files Mac OS 3 Choose a resolution for the image 4 Select Landscape to open portrait images in landscape o...

Page 66: ...o crop an image The Image Crop command discards the area outside of a rectangular selection and keeps the same resolution as the original The crop tool lets you crop an image by dragging over the area...

Page 67: ...umns specified in the Rulers Units preferences 5 Enter values for the size and resolution you want for the cropped area The Fixed Target Size option constrains the file size of the image If you specif...

Page 68: ...CHAPTER 3 60 Getting Images into Photoshop 4 For Anchor click a square to indicate where to position the existing image on the new canvas 5 Click OK Original canvas and canvas added to top of image...

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Page 71: ...roma is the strength or purity of the color Saturation repre sents the amount of gray in proportion to the hue measured as a percentage from 0 gray to 100 fully saturated On the standard color wheel s...

Page 72: ...rs are called subtractive colors Because all printing inks contain some impurities these three inks actually produce a muddy brown and must be combined with black K ink to produce a true black K is us...

Page 73: ...e internal color model Photoshop uses when converting from one color mode to another Specialized color modes Photoshop also provides specialized color modes Bitmap mode Uses one of two color values bl...

Page 74: ...omposed of more than one channel to a multichannel image The original channels are converted to spot color channels When converting a color image to multichannel the new grayscale information is based...

Page 75: ...g and editing selections as masks and spot color channels can be added to add spot color plates for printing See Chapter 10 Using Channels and Masks An image can have up to 24 channels By default Bitm...

Page 76: ...lays Each image mode in Adobe Photoshop uses a color lookup table or color palette to store the colors used in the image When you re working with a display system that supports 8 bit color or fewer co...

Page 77: ...n page 269 2 Choose Image Mode 16 Bits Channel To convert from 16 bits per channel to 8 bits per channel Choose Image Mode 8 Bits Channel Converting images from one mode to another The transition betw...

Page 78: ...scale mode may be converted to a shade of gray If the pixel is light enough it will be white when converted back to Bitmap mode To convert an image to Bitmap mode 1 Do one of the following If the imag...

Page 79: ...tock and type of press used for printing Newspapers commonly use an 85 line screen Magazines use higher resolution screens such as 133 lpi and 150 lpi Check with your print shop for correct screen fre...

Page 80: ...the pattern must be as large as the image Otherwise the pattern will be tiled For example if you apply a 1 inch by 1 inch pattern to a 4 inch by 4 inch image the pattern appears as 16 squares Adobe Ph...

Page 81: ...by uniformly sampling colors from the spectrum For example if you choose an 8 bit color depth Photoshop takes 6 evenly spaced color levels each of red green and blue and calculates the combinations of...

Page 82: ...an dither the colors Dithering mixes the pixels of the available colors to simulate the missing colors You can choose from three dithering options None Does not dither colors but instead uses the colo...

Page 83: ...as explained in Using the Adobe Photoshop Color Picker on page 218 and click OK If you are changing a range of colors Photoshop creates a gradient in the color table between the starting and ending c...

Page 84: ...r tables for use with other Adobe Photoshop images Once you load a color table into an image the colors in the image change to reflect the color positions they reference in the new color table Note Yo...

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Page 87: ...characteristics than one created for another printer Photoshop requires you to specify what color space you want to use for all of your RGB CMYK and Grayscale files This workflow provides an overview...

Page 88: ...dialog boxes This step is optional particularly if you left the Profile Setup dialog box at its default settings 6 To fine tune the CMYK settings you made in step 3 print a pre separated CMYK proof a...

Page 89: ...ugh you do not have to use ICC profiles it can greatly simplify managing color Important To ensure that color management works correctly on your system change the color management settings every time...

Page 90: ...Match RGB file when it displays it online even though it is not changing the actual pixel values in the file Calibrating your monitor The Adobe Gamma utility lets you calibrate the contrast and bright...

Page 91: ...d in a single dialog box If you choose this option follow the instructions in the rest of this section 6 If desired choose Load and select the monitor ICC profile that most closely matches your monito...

Page 92: ...s To calibrate multiple monitors 1 Drag the Adobe Gamma control panel onto the secondary monitor 2 Repeat the calibration steps for that monitor 3 Deselect Use As Default Monitor Profile in the Adobe...

Page 93: ...or gamut than many of the other color spaces sRGB in particular without going to the extreme of using Wide Gamut RGB SMPTE C for the current color television standard in the United States and other pa...

Page 94: ...Setup dialog box Photoshop uses information in the CMYK Setup dialog box when converting color values between modes If you change the CMYK Setup settings after you have converted an image to CMYK mode...

Page 95: ...turer for the appropriate printer profile or create one using third party printer profiling software 5 For Engine choose the CMM you want to use Built in refers to Photoshop s built in CMM Note This o...

Page 96: ...of the paper stock affect the final printed result You can think of this information as telling Photoshop what printed cyan magenta yellow and black look like given a certain set of inks and paper st...

Page 97: ...and blue are translated into their subtractive counterparts cyan magenta and yellow In theory equal parts of cyan magenta and yellow combine to subtract all light reflected from the paper and create b...

Page 98: ...ph based on current settings showing how the neutral colors in the image will separate In the graph sometimes called a gray ramp neutral colors have equal parts of cyan magenta and yellow The horizont...

Page 99: ...nd yellow are adjusted automatically relative to the new black curve and the total ink densities Choosing the ink limits For both GCR and UCR separations the black generation uses the ink limit settin...

Page 100: ...possibly changing the results of the test Reset this dialog box when you are done printing the file For a color illustration of a color proof see figure 5 1 on page 224 To create your own CMYK proof d...

Page 101: ...ing the Built in option in the CMYK Setup dialog box See Entering CMYK setup infor mation on page 86 About dot gain Dot gain or loss can occur when the specified printer s halftone dots change as the...

Page 102: ...ntil the image on screen looks like the proof and then add that value to your printer s estimate of the expected dot gain between proof and final output 3 Choose File Color Settings CMYK Setup 4 For C...

Page 103: ...e to compensate for dot gain from a miscalibrated imagesetter by using the transfer functions Transfer functions enable you to compensate for dot gain between the image and film For example the Transf...

Page 104: ...x and then export the file with Include Transfer Functions selected in the EPS Format dialog box See Saving files in Photoshop EPS or DCS format on page 315 To save the current transfer function setti...

Page 105: ...values Use this option if your colorimeter only has Lab readouts 5 Using your printed CMYK proof take a reading of the color values using a spectrophotometer or a colorimeter and then enter those valu...

Page 106: ...op lets you preview CMYK colors prior to making the conversion You can also use the Gamut Warning command in the View menu to check for and correct any out of gamut colors See Previewing CMYK colors o...

Page 107: ...hop is performing this conversion This conversion generally happens the first time you open a file that is tagged with a different ICC profile The following information can help you in speci fying Pro...

Page 108: ...le doesn t match the setting in the appropriate Setup dialog box Choosing Ignore ignores color information embedded in a file and opens the file with no color conversion Choosing Convert converts the...

Page 109: ...ate on screen displays and can embed the wrong profiles in saved files If you want to convert an image to an arbitrary color space and you are aware of these issues hold down the Alt Windows or Option...

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Page 113: ...ol and flexibility they provide Levels allows you precise adjustments using three variables highlights shadows and midtones Curves replicates high end color correction systems and lets you isolate 16...

Page 114: ...cause the Preview option is selected and by default Photoshop does not use the video card s color lookup table VLUT in response to your adjustments Known as video table lookup or color table animation...

Page 115: ...review option but clicking Preview will not turn the color table animation off and on Previewing color values You can use the Color palette and the Info palette to preview the color values of pixels a...

Page 116: ...which a color sampler displays values 1 Move the pointer onto the color sampler icon in the Info palette 2 Hold down the mouse button and choose a color space from the menu To use the Info palette to...

Page 117: ...the corrections to the image If you routinely apply the same color correction consider recording and running the correction as an action Comparing CMYK and RGB mode corrections Even though you can per...

Page 118: ...dialog boxes but no permanent changes are made Monitor CMYK colors as you edit in RGB mode by choosing View New View to open a second window Turn on CMYK Preview in one window and leave it off in the...

Page 119: ...y before following these out of gamut procedures See Calibrating the screen image to the proof on page 92 and Adjusting separation options on page 89 Step 1 Calibrate your system The first critical st...

Page 120: ...range of the image or the image key type A low key image has detail concentrated in the shadows a high key one has detail concentrated in the highlights An image with full tonal range has a high numb...

Page 121: ...display statistical infor mation about the color values of the pixels Mean is the average brightness value Standard deviation Std Dev represents how widely the values vary Median shows the middle valu...

Page 122: ...correction technique described in this section Adjustment layers let you experiment with different color correction settings without permanently changing underlying pixel values See Using adjustment l...

Page 123: ...of 5 3 3 and 0 respectively The RGB equivalent is 244 244 244 The grayscale equivalent is a 4 dot You can reproduce these target values quickly by entering a value of 96 in the Brightness text box Im...

Page 124: ...ms running Windows Threshold mode works only if the monitor is set to 256 colors The Video LUT Animation option in the General Preferences dialog box must be on for Threshold mode to work See Previewi...

Page 125: ...shadows using the Levels sliders 1 Open the Levels dialog box see Using color adjustment commands on page 105 The Levels dialog box displays a histogram of the image See Step 2 Check the scan quality...

Page 126: ...orrections you can set them now with the Levels dialog box Do this before applying the levels changes See Adjusting the midtones using the Levels sliders on page 119 5 Click OK 6 To view the new histo...

Page 127: ...xels to ignore and click OK A value between 0 5 and 1 is recommended Step 4 Adjust the midtones and fine tune the tonal correction Once you have set the highlights and shadows you may want to fine tun...

Page 128: ...he right to darken the midtones drag it to the left to lighten the midtones You can also enter values directly in the Input Levels text boxes using the center text boxes for midtones Adjusts gamma or...

Page 129: ...ls for the selected combination For more information on choosing channels see Using the Channels palette on page 240 3 To make the Curves grid finer hold down Alt Windows or Option Mac OS and click th...

Page 130: ...each color component channel but not in the composite channel Arrow keys to move points on the curve Shift click to select multiple points Ctrl Tab Windows or Command Tab to move forward through cont...

Page 131: ...e two colors adjacent to its opposite For a color illustration of the color wheel see figure 6 3 on page 225 For example in a CMYK image you can decrease magenta either by decreasing the amount of mag...

Page 132: ...the color represents a move across its radius You can also use the Colorize option to add color to a grayscale image converted to RGB or to an RGB image for example to make it look like a duotone ima...

Page 133: ...adjust the range of the color component Increasing the range decreases the fall off and vice versa Drag one of the lighter gray bars to adjust the range without affecting the amount of fall off Drag...

Page 134: ...k is temporary and does not create a selection For a color illustration of replacing color see figure 6 8 on page 226 To adjust and replace a color 1 Choose Image Adjust Replace Color 2 Choose from th...

Page 135: ...must be viewing the composite channel to use the Selective Color command See Using the Channels palette on page 240 To use the Selective Color command 1 Open the Selective Color dialog box as describe...

Page 136: ...k filter 1 Choose Filter Sharpen Unsharp Mask 2 Sharpen the image For Amount drag the slider or enter a value to determine how much to increase the contrast of pixels For high resolution printed image...

Page 137: ...ot appear in the Adjust submenu the Variations plug in module may not have been installed See Using plug in modules on page 36 The two thumbnails at the top of the dialog box show the original selecti...

Page 138: ...o the left decreases the level and to the right increases it The number at the right of each slider value displays the brightness or contrast value Values can range from 100 to 100 3 When you ve finis...

Page 139: ...iginal and you want to balance the values to produce a lighter image Using the Equalize command together with the Histogram command lets you see before and after brightness comparisons To equalize the...

Page 140: ...he closest matching level For example choosing two tonal levels in an RGB image gives six colors two for red two for green and two for blue This command is useful for creating special effects such as...

Page 141: ...0 User Guide Using the Desaturate command The Desaturate command removes all color values from a color image converting it to a grayscale image in the same color mode To desaturate an image Choose Im...

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Page 145: ...asso polygon lasso or magnetic lasso tool or by targeting color areas with the magic wand tool or the Color Range command The choices associated with a selection tool appear in its Options palette Mak...

Page 146: ...d 1 for the height Fixed Size to specify set values for the marquee s height and width Enter pixel values in whole numbers Keep in mind that the number of pixels needed to create a 1 inch selection de...

Page 147: ...and click where segments should begin and end You can switch between drawing freehand and straight edged segments 4 To erase recently drawn segments hold down Delete until you ve erased the desired s...

Page 148: ...on depressed The most recent segment of the selection border remains active As you move the pointer the active segment snaps to the strongest edge in the image Periodically the magnetic lasso tool add...

Page 149: ...undings a lower value detects lower contrast edges On an image with well defined edges you can use a greater lasso width and higher edge contrast and trace the border roughly On an image with softer e...

Page 150: ...cified color or color subset within an existing selection or an entire image If you want to replace a selection be sure to deselect everything before applying this command To refine an existing select...

Page 151: ...in the preview area or image To remove colors select the minus eyedropper and click in the preview area or image To activate the plus eyedropper tempo rarily hold down Shift Hold down Alt Windows or O...

Page 152: ...0 selected the selection border will not be visible You may have selected a color such as red when the image didn t contain the fully saturated color To save and load color range settings Use the Save...

Page 153: ...from a selection set the feather and anti aliased values in the Options palette to the same settings used for the original selection See Softening the edges of a selection on page 147 To add to subtr...

Page 154: ...e between 1 and 64 pixels for the width of the border and click OK The new selection frames the border of the original selected area Original selection and with Border command 5 pixels The Border comm...

Page 155: ...ys to smooth the hard edges of a selection Anti aliasing Smooths the jagged edges of a selection by softening the color transition between edge pixels and background pixels Since only the edge pixels...

Page 156: ...n range from 1 to 250 pixels To define a feathered edge for an existing selection 1 Choose Select Feather 2 Enter a value for the Feather Radius and click OK Note A small selection made with a large f...

Page 157: ...rm storage of simple masks Paths can also be used to clip sections of your image for export to an illustration or page layout application see Using clipping paths on page 327 Pen tool used as selectio...

Page 158: ...he first one You can create a new path in the Paths palette and then begin drawing The path contents are saved automatically Paths saved with an image appear when you open it again In Windows the Phot...

Page 159: ...g with a pencil on paper As you draw with the freeform pen tool anchor points are automatically set down You do not determine where they are positioned although you can adjust them once the path is co...

Page 160: ...ng the edge you want to trace You can also drag with the mouse button depressed The most recent segment of the border remains active As you move the pointer the active segment snaps to the strongest e...

Page 161: ...netic pen width by 1 pixel press to increase the pen width by 1 pixel 4 Specify Frequency Edge Contrast and Stylus Pressure options as described in the procedure on page 141 Drawing with the pen tool...

Page 162: ...th sides of the point adjust simultaneously In comparison when you move a direction line on a corner point only the curve on the same side of the point as the direction line is adjusted Adjusting smoo...

Page 163: ...sition the pen pointer over the first anchor point A small loop appears next to the pen tip when it is positioned correctly Click to close the path Drawing curved paths You create curves by dragging t...

Page 164: ...the curve Release the key and drag in opposite direction 6 Complete the path To end an open path click the pen tool in the toolbox Or hold down the Ctrl key Windows or Command key Mac OS and then clic...

Page 165: ...ng a path or path segment displays all of the anchor points on the selected portion including any direction lines and direction points if the selected segment is curved Direction points appear as fill...

Page 166: ...e or length of the segment select an anchor point 2 Drag the selected segment to its new position Click to select straight segment Then drag to adjust To move a curved segment 1 Select the direct sele...

Page 167: ...hor point 1 Select the add anchor point tool and position the pointer on the path where you want the anchor point added a plus sign appears next to the pointer 2 Do one of the following Click to add a...

Page 168: ...d Paste commands to duplicate paths between a Photoshop image and an image in another application such as Adobe Illustrator Adobe Streamline or Adobe Dimensions To move a path 1 Select the path name i...

Page 169: ...s you fill a path with a specified color a state of the image or a pattern Stroke Path lets you paint a path border If a subpath is selected these commands become the Fill Subpath and Stroke Subpath c...

Page 170: ...the Stroke Path button at the bottom of the Paths palette Each click of the Stroke Path button builds up the thickness of the stroke To stroke a path and specify options 1 Select the path in the Path...

Page 171: ...Selection from the Paths palette menu 4 Select a Rendering option Feather Radius to define how far inside and outside the selection border the feather edge extends Enter a value in pixels Anti aliased...

Page 172: ...og box To convert a selection to a path Click the Make Work Path button at the bottom of the Paths palette To convert a selection to a path and specify tolerance 1 Make the selection 2 Convert the sel...

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Page 175: ...Choose File Preferences General 2 Select Beep When Done and click OK Correcting mistakes Most operations can be undone if you make a mistake Alternatively you can restore all or part of an image to it...

Page 176: ...mple if you select paint and rotate part of an image each of those states is listed separately in the palette You can then select any of these states and the image will revert to how it looked when th...

Page 177: ...s state of the image Do any of the following Click the name of the state Drag the slider at the left of the state up or down to a different state Choose Step Forward or Step Backward from the pop up m...

Page 178: ...ected state Drag the state onto the other document To specify history options 1 Choose History Options from the History palette pop up menu 2 Select history options For Maximum History Items enter the...

Page 179: ...second technique on it and then compare snapshots of each technique Take a snapshot before creating or applying an action Then you can recover your work more easily if you decide later you don t like...

Page 180: ...190 To paint with a state or snapshot of an image 1 Double click the history brush tool to display its Options palette 2 Specify the opacity and blending mode as explained in Using the Options palette...

Page 181: ...gin to guidelines or gridlines chooseView Snap to Guides orView Snap to Grid 2 Position the pointer over the intersection of the rulers in the upper left corner of the window and drag diagonally down...

Page 182: ...urrently set in the Units Rulers preference dialog box For information on setting the unit of measure see Using rulers on page 173 For information on applying the values made by the measure tool to th...

Page 183: ...grid color and style is the same for all images To show or hide guides or the grid Choose View Show Hide Guides or Show Hide Grid To place a guide 1 If the rulers are not visible chooseView Show Rule...

Page 184: ...grid or both If you choose Custom click the color box choose a color as described in Using the Color palette on page 215 and click OK 3 For Style choose a display option for guides or the grid or both...

Page 185: ...o copy selections as you drag them within or between Photoshop images Or you can copy and move selections using the Copy Copy Merged Cut and Paste commands Dragging with the move tool saves memory bec...

Page 186: ...ac OS to activate the move tool 2 Copy the selection To copy the selection and offset the duplicate by 1 pixel hold down Alt Windows or Option Mac OS and press an arrow key To copy the selection and o...

Page 187: ...can choose Layer Merge Down to merge the new layer and layer mask with the underlying layer and make the changes permanent Using drag and drop to copy between applications The drag and drop feature l...

Page 188: ...2 In Adobe Photoshop make active the image into which you ll paste the selection 3 Choose Edit Paste 4 In the dialog box that appears choose from the following options Paste as Pixels to have the art...

Page 189: ...ellow ones Remove Black Matte and Remove White Matte are useful when you want to paste a selection anti aliased against a white or black background onto a different background For example anti aliased...

Page 190: ...layer mask by first selecting its thumbnail in the Layers palette See Using layer masks on page 276 Pixels are added or deleted during transforma tions To calculate the color values of these pixels Ad...

Page 191: ...te the image by a half turn 90 CW to rotate the image clockwise by a quarter turn 90 CCW to rotate the image counterclockwise by a quarter turn Arbitrary to rotate the image by the angle you specify I...

Page 192: ...hoose Edit Transform Scale Rotate Skew Distort or Perspective To scale or skew around the center point press Alt Windows or Option Mac OS when choosing the Scale or Skew command 2 Drag the handles to...

Page 193: ...To transform part or all of the layer select it Then choose Edit Free Transform To transform part or all of the path select it Then choose Edit Free Transform Points or Free Transform Path To transfor...

Page 194: ...OS and drag a corner handle When positioned over a corner handle the pointer turns into a gray arrowhead Apply perspective To undo the last handle adjustment choose Edit Undo 3 Press Enter Windows or...

Page 195: ...the Horizontal and Vertical angles of slant To rotate select Rotate Then enter a value for Angle or drag the radius inside the circle to the desired angle of rotation 4 Click OK Transforming objects i...

Page 196: ...object in three dimensions as described in this section 6 Click OK To move or reshape the wire frame 1 Select the selection tool or direct selection tool in the dialog box 2 Do either of the followin...

Page 197: ...ra enter a value between 0 and 100 or drag the slider to the left to magnify the transformed object right to shrink it This has the same effect as if you were dollying or moving the camera further fro...

Page 198: ...mp tool or pattern stamp tool to display its Options palette 2 Do any of the following Specify the blending mode and opacity as explained in Using the Options palette for painting and editing tools on...

Page 199: ...ampling or using a pattern from one image and applying to another both images must be in the same color mode 6 Drag to paint with the tool Using other retouching tools You can also retouch images usin...

Page 200: ...page 204 4 Select a brush size as described in Using the Brushes palette on page 200 5 Select Finger Painting to smudge using the foreground color at the beginning of each stroke If you leave this op...

Page 201: ...the dark portions of the image Highlights to change only the light pixels 3 For the sponge tool select how to change the color Saturate to intensify the color s saturation Desaturate to dilute the col...

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Page 205: ...e option with the pencil tool To save time when working with painting tools make sure that the Options palette and the Brushes Color Swatches palette group are displayed To draw a straight line with a...

Page 206: ...pecify where you want arrowheads 7 To edit the appearance of arrowheads click Shape and do the following For the width of the arrowhead enter a value from 10 to 1000 of the line width For the length o...

Page 207: ...Select a brush size as described in Using the Brushes palette on page 200 Note When using the paintbrush option select Wet Edges to erase with a watercolor effect This option causes the erased effect...

Page 208: ...the palette it appears as a smaller brush with a number indicating the actual diameter in pixels To create a brush 1 Do one of the following Click in the empty area outside the brush squares in the B...

Page 209: ...ribed in the next section 5 To make the brush placement more accurate make sure that Anti aliased is selected Then click OK See Softening the edges of a selection on page 147 for information on anti a...

Page 210: ...fferent hardness values Spacing Controls the distance between the brush marks in a stroke To change the spacing type a number or use the slider to enter a value that is a percentage of the brush diame...

Page 211: ...red in a file to the current palette Replace Brushes to replace the current brush set with brushes stored in a file Save Brushes to save a brush set in a file and in Windows append an abr extension to...

Page 212: ...nsparent to fade the stroke from the foreground color to transparency Background to fade the stroke from the foreground color to the background color Fade out showing setting of 40 60 and 80 steps Spe...

Page 213: ...large brush Behind Edits or paints only on the transparent part of a layer This mode works only in layers with Preserve Transparency off and is analogous to painting on the back of transparent areas...

Page 214: ...hever is darker as the result color Pixels lighter than the blend color are replaced and pixels darker than the blend color do not change Lighten Looks at the color information in each channel and sel...

Page 215: ...ns and layers on page 211 7 To fill pixels based on the merged color data from all visible layers select Use All Layers See Sampling from all layers on page 270 8 Click the part of the image you want...

Page 216: ...arency on page 210 5 To create a smoother blend with less banding select Dither 6 To reverse the order of colors in the gradient fill select Reverse 7 Select a gradient fill from the list 8 Position t...

Page 217: ...box to use the current foreground color Click the background selection box to use the current background color Position the pointer over the gradient bar the pointer turns into the eyedropper and cli...

Page 218: ...ansparency mask that controls the opacity of the fill at different locations on the gradient For example you can set the starting color to 100 opacity and have the fill gradually blend into an ending...

Page 219: ...a starting or ending opacity To remove an intermediate opacity drag its transparency stop down and off the gradient bar 10 Click OK Loading saving and deleting gradients By saving and loading sets of...

Page 220: ...a layer 1 Specify a foreground or background color as described in Choosing the foreground and background colors on page 214 2 Select the area you want to fill To fill an entire layer select the laye...

Page 221: ...e pattern file you want to use and click Open 3 Select any rasterizing options See Importing Adobe Illustrator PDF and EPS files on page 55 for these options 4 Click OK 5 Make a rectangular selection...

Page 222: ...nd colors Click the Switch Colors icon in the toolbox To return to the default foreground and background colors Click the Default Colors icon in the toolbox To change the foreground or background colo...

Page 223: ...by 3 Average or 5 by 5 Average to read the average value of the specified number of pixels within the area you click Using the Color palette The Color palette displays the color values for the current...

Page 224: ...e click the box 2 Position the pointer over the color bar the pointer turns into the eyedropper and click to sample a color To change the display of the color bar 1 Choose Color Bar from the Color pal...

Page 225: ...tte Hold down Ctrl Windows or Command Mac OS position the pointer over a swatch the pointer turns into scissors and click To return to the default Swatches palette 1 Choose Reset Swatches from the Swa...

Page 226: ...es you can use the color field and the color slider in the Color Picker dialog box to select a color The color slider displays the range of color levels available for the selected color component for...

Page 227: ...l See Color modes and models on page 63 for information on the color wheel In Lab mode enter a lightness value L from 0 to 100 and a axis green to magenta and b axis blue to yellow values from 128 to...

Page 228: ...ck the desired color patch in the list 5 Click OK Choosing a custom color system The Photoshop Color Picker supports various color systems PANTONE Used for printing inks Each PANTONE color has a speci...

Page 229: ...olor pickers you install appear under Color Picker in the General Preferences dialog box For information on installing and using a plug in color picker see the documen tation that came with the plug i...

Page 230: ...ased on a number of different color models but does not alert you to nonprintable colors 5 Drag the color sliders click in the color wheel click a crayon or enter numeric values to specify a color 6 C...

Page 231: ...ive colors RGB 4 3 Subtractive Color Subtractive colors CMYK 4 4 Luminance Model A Luminance 100 white B Green to red component C Blue to yellow component D Luminance 0 black to red component 4 5 Colo...

Page 232: ...lettes A Web palette B Adaptive palette C Custom palette 5 1 Color Proof A Black overprint color bar B Label C Registration marks D Progressive color bar E Crop mark F Gradient tint bar G Star target...

Page 233: ...omposite image CMY K 6 1 Gamut Warning Color Original image and preview of out of gamut colors 6 2 Color Cast Contrast improved by setting highlights and shadows to neutral color values color cast eli...

Page 234: ...genta green level adjusted in midtones 6 5 Hue Saturation Original image and Saturation 40 6 6 Hue Change Original image and with cyan hue adjusted 6 7 Colorize Option Original image and colorized Hue...

Page 235: ...ected area and Quick Mask mode applied 10 2 Editing a Quick Mask Quick Mask and edited with paintbrush tool 10 3 Channel Mixer Original image and creative color adjustment applied 13 1 Applying Filter...

Page 236: ...es 15 1 Halftone Screens Halftone screen with black ink Halftone screens with process ink at different screen angles correctly registered dots form rosettes 15 2 Duotone Curves Original image and defa...

Page 237: ...lable in this mode Grayscale 90K RGB color 270K Grayscale images are made up of 8 bits of information per pixel and use 256 shades of gray to simulate gradations in color RGB images use three colors t...

Page 238: ...ow to a higher value to avoid too much contrast Experiment with shadow Brightness values between 4 and 20 and highlight Brightness values between 96 and 80 See Setting the highlights and shadows using...

Page 239: ...hree quartertones are increased to darken the shadows The inverse of this curve could be used to correct an image with too much con trast The final two curves demonstrate other typical tonal adjustmen...

Page 240: ...the third example in the second row or it may be caused by too little of red s opposing color on the color wheel cyan as shown in the second example in the second row Similarly a green cast is often...

Page 241: ...g different combinations of modes and opacity you can produce a variety of effects For a description of each mode see Selecting a blending mode on page 205 Background Normal Normal 50 opacity Dissolve...

Page 242: ...ls in underlying layers For a description of each mode see Selecting a blending mode on page 205 Original Images Background Normal Normal 70 opacity Dissolve Multiply Screen Overlay Overlay 50 Soft Li...

Page 243: ...Mode Indexed Color and use the fewest number of colors that still give good results For continuous tone images the Adaptive palette gives the best results See Saving files in JPEG format on page 317...

Page 244: ...CD ROM set applied to the same grayscale image See Modifying the duotone curve on page 340 Original Quadtone CMYK cool Quadtone CMYK ext wm Quadtone CMYK very wm Tritone bmy sepia 1 Tritone bcy green...

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Page 247: ...ou manipulate isolate and protect specific parts of an image An image can have up to 24 channels including all color and alpha channels In addition spot color channels can be added to an image to let...

Page 248: ...nels are displayed in grayscale To display the Channels palette 1 Choose Windows Show Channels A Show Hide B Load Selection C Save Selection D New Channel E Trash 2 Use the scroll bars or resize the p...

Page 249: ...ough the eye column in the Channels palette To see individual channels in color 1 Choose File Preferences Display Cursors 2 Select Color Channels in Color and click OK To change the order of alpha cha...

Page 250: ...nly images with pixel dimensions the same as the current image are available To duplicate the channel in the same file select the channel s current file Choose New to copy the channel to a new image c...

Page 251: ...oose Image Adjust Channel Mixer 3 For Output Channel choose the channel in which to blend one or more existing or source channels 4 Drag any source channel s slider to the left to decrease the channel...

Page 252: ...ore channels into an existing or new channel see Mixing channels on page 243 Images must be in Grayscale mode have the same pixel dimensions and be open See Changing the pixel dimensions of an image o...

Page 253: ...it is considered a spot color too For information on printing spot color plates see Printing color separations on page 343 Use the following methods to assign spot colors to an image To apply spot col...

Page 254: ...th a spot color make or load a selection 3 Do one of the following Ctrl click Windows or Command click Mac OS the New Channel button in the Channels palette Choose New Spot Channel from the Channels p...

Page 255: ...just Invert to apply the spot color to the selected area of the channel To edit a spot channel 1 Select the spot channel in the Channels palette 2 Use a painting or editing tool to paint in the image...

Page 256: ...ually won t reproduce the same colors as the original spot channels because CMYK inks can t represent the range of colors available from spot color inks To export spot channels Save the file in DCS 2...

Page 257: ...formation on trapping see Creating color traps on page 338 5 In the Channels palette select the underlying spot channel that contains areas you want to knock out Press Delete This method can be used t...

Page 258: ...specific layer see Using layer masks on page 276 Using Quick Mask mode Quick Mask mode lets you edit any selection as a mask without using the Channels palette and while viewing your image The advanta...

Page 259: ...gradient 5 Apply the desired changes to the image Changes affect only the selected area Edited mask and adjustment applied 6 Choose Select None to deselect the selection or save the selection as descr...

Page 260: ...n an alpha channel using the painting and editing tools Storing selections in alpha channels makes the selections permanent so that they can be used again in the same image or in a different image Cre...

Page 261: ...ave the selection to a channel in another open image with the same pixel dimensions or to a new image 4 Choose a destination channel for the selection By default the selection is saved in a new channe...

Page 262: ...ubtract the mask from an existing selection press Ctrl Alt Windows or Command Option Mac OS and click the channel To load the intersection of the saved selection and an existing selection press Ctrl A...

Page 263: ...and vice versa 6 If the destination image already has a selection indicate how to combine the selections For information on these options see step 5 of the procedure on saving a selection to a new or...

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Page 267: ...in the New dialog box are created without a background Images with no background as well as images with layers can be saved only in the Photoshop format Using the Layers palette The Layers palette li...

Page 268: ...Control click Mac OS in the image and choose the layer you want from the context menu The context menu lists all the layers that contain pixels under the current pointer location You can also select...

Page 269: ...e layer appear white 3 For Grid Colors select an option Light Medium or Dark to specify a gray pattern Any other color from the list to display the checkerboard in that color Custom to choose a color...

Page 270: ...ease the mouse button Original image Zebra layer dragged below Lion layer Note By default the background cannot be moved from the bottom of the layer list To move the background first convert it to a...

Page 271: ...page 177 By creating type using the horizontal type tool or vertical type tool see Chapter 12 Using Type To create a new layer using default options Click the New Layer button at the bottom of the La...

Page 272: ...a lower resolution than the destination image the copied layer will appear smaller in the destination image when printed For more information see About image size and resolution on page 42 To duplica...

Page 273: ...n immediately to the left of any additional layers you want to move The link icon appears in the column 3 Use the move tool to drag the linked layers from the source image to the destination image To...

Page 274: ...ign layers to a selection border make a selection 2 In the Layers palette specify the layers you want to align or distribute To align a single layer to a selection make the layer active To align multi...

Page 275: ...nly starting from the rightmost pixel on each layer Note Photoshop aligns and distributes only those layers whose pixels have greater than 50 opacity For example the Align Linked Top command aligns to...

Page 276: ...see Creating clipping groups on page 275 For information on merging adjustment layers see Merging adjustment layers on page 284 To merge a layer with the layer below it 1 Make sure that the two layer...

Page 277: ...ve two versions of your file a flattened version for final use and a second version with layers intact for future edits The Save a Copy command makes it possible to save a copy to your disk in this ca...

Page 278: ...ool blur tool sharpen tool rubber stamp tool or pattern stamp tool to display its Options palette 2 Select Use All Layers in the tool s Options palette Cloning with zebra layer and with merged data fr...

Page 279: ...you erase For more information on painting blending modes see Selecting a blending mode on page 205 To choose options for a layer 1 Do one of the following Double click the layer s name in the Layers...

Page 280: ...underlying layers to show through You can also define a range of partially blended pixels to produce a smooth transition between blended and unblended areas To define a range for the blending operatio...

Page 281: ...entical locations on the image and then combine the results in a single channel Two concepts are fundamental to under standing how the calculation commands work Each pixel in a channel has a brightnes...

Page 282: ...The Calculations command lets you blend two individual channels from one or more source images You can then apply the results to a new image or to a new channel or selection in the active image You ca...

Page 283: ...greater The Add option divides the sum of the pixel values by the Scale amount and then adds the Offset value to the sum For example if you wanted to find the average of the pixels in two channels you...

Page 284: ...ibed in Linking layers on page 262 Then choose Layer Group Linked The clipping group is assigned the opacity and mode attributes of the bottommost layer in the group To remove a layer from a clipping...

Page 285: ...Mask button at the bottom of the Layers palette or choose Layer Add 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 butt...

Page 286: ...t to grayscale values when the mask is active As you edit the mask thumbnail displays the changes 3 Do one of the following To hide the layer and add to the mask paint the mask with black Head and bac...

Page 287: ...layer masks By default the layer mask channel does not appear in the image You can view and edit the contents of the mask or temporarily turn off its effects You can also change the display options fo...

Page 288: ...mask and have no effect on how underlying areas are protected For example changing these settings might make the mask more easily visible against the colors in the image 4 Click OK Applying and discar...

Page 289: ...Ctrl Shift Command Shift and click the layer or layer mask thumbnail in the Layers palette To subtract the pixels from an existing selection press Ctrl Alt Command Option and click the layer or layer...

Page 290: ...justment applied to image Levels adjustment clipped to zebra layer Creating an adjustment layer Adjustment layers have the same opacity and blending mode options as image layers and can be rearranged...

Page 291: ...s desired and then click OK See Specifying layer options on page 271 6 If needed make the desired adjustments as described in Chapter 6 Making Color and Tonal Adjustments and click OK To edit an adjus...

Page 292: ...rs in its clipping or linking group or all other visible layers in the image You cannot however merge an adjustment layer exclu sively with another adjustment layer When you merge an adjustment layer...

Page 293: ...for layer effects on page 286 3 Specify the displacement of the shadow from the layer contents For Distance enter a value or drag the slider Drag the shadow in the image to reposition it The distance...

Page 294: ...ts list Select Apply and specify options as described in the previous procedures Choose another layer effect from the Layer Effects submenu and specify options as described in the previous procedures...

Page 295: ...ue or drag the slider A higher value increases the strength of the effect Editing and removing layer effects You can edit the options for the effects you have applied to a layer at any time You can al...

Page 296: ...ts to layers To customize or fine tune the appearance of layer effects you can convert the effects to regular image layers Once you have converted an effect to image layers you can enhance the effect...

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Page 299: ...e type consists of mathematically defined shapes and can be scaled to any size without losing its crisp smooth edges When opening an image that contains outline type Photoshop rasterizes the type into...

Page 300: ...The small line through the I beam marks the position of the type baseline For horizontal type the baseline marks the line on which the type rests for vertical type the baseline marks the center axis o...

Page 301: ...ction border on a regular image layer not a type layer 3 Specify type attributes as described in Setting type attributes on page 295 4 Click inside the text area at the bottom of the dialog box and en...

Page 302: ...text Position the cursor in the text area of the Type Tool dialog box and do one of the following Drag to select the text you want to change Click to define the beginning of the selected text and Shi...

Page 303: ...ocal Fonts folder causes the font to appear in the Photoshop application only To change the font and type style 1 In the Type Tool dialog box select the characters you want to adjust as described in t...

Page 304: ...Use tracking to adjust the spacing of a selected word or of an entire block of type Positive kerning or tracking values move characters apart negative values move characters closer together Kerning an...

Page 305: ...ift 1 In the text area of the Type Tool dialog box select the characters you want to adjust as described in the procedure to select text on page 294 2 For Baseline enter a value A positive value moves...

Page 306: ...want to use anti aliased type in your images unless you are working with small type sizes anti aliasing can make small type sizes appear blurry Anti aliasing on and off inset zoom 200 Rotating charac...

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Page 309: ...st filter chosen appears at the top of the menu Filters are applied to the active visible layer Filters cannot be applied to Bitmap mode indexed color or 16 bit per channel images Some filters only wo...

Page 310: ...ar Mac OS lets you gauge the time remaining until the filter is applied Blending filter effects The Fade command fades the effect of a filter painting tool or color adjustment You choose a blending op...

Page 311: ...a filter as it is being applied press Esc or Command period Mac OS only To undo a filter press Ctrl Z Windows or Command Z Mac OS To reapply the most recently used filter with its last values press C...

Page 312: ...color Using texture and glass surface controls The Cont Crayon Glass Rough Pastels Texturizer and Underpainting filters have textur izing options These options make images appear painted onto texture...

Page 313: ...lying filters to channels see figure 13 1 on page 227 Create backgrounds By applying effects to solid color or grayscale shapes you can generate a variety of backgrounds and textures You might then bl...

Page 314: ...ng the Purge command For more information see Correcting mistakes on page 167 Allocate more RAM to Photoshop If necessary exit from other applications to make more memory available to Photoshop Try ch...

Page 315: ...uch as dust and scratches from an image The Add Noise filter can be used to reduce banding in feathered selections or graduated fills or to give a more realistic look to heavily retouched areas For mo...

Page 316: ...to outline the edges of a color image with colored lines or to outline the edges of a grayscale image with white lines See Using the Invert command on page 130 Texture filters Give images the appearan...

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Page 319: ...ent file format 1 Choose File Save As 2 For Save As Windows or Format Mac OS choose a format Unavailable formats are not visible Windows or dimmed Mac OS Important Only the Photoshop format is availab...

Page 320: ...dows system Composited image data refers to a flattened image version that is saved with a layered file Including flattened data adds to the file size but lets you open the file in applications that d...

Page 321: ...display a preview file icon Windows only 1 Save the file in Photoshop format with a thumbnail preview 2 Position the pointer on the filename in the file list click the right mouse button and choose P...

Page 322: ...categories To include the image in supple mental categories type the code and click Add To replace a category select the code type its replacement and click Replace To delete a category select the cod...

Page 323: ...t a version of the standard EPS format lets you save color separations of CMYK or multichannel files You use the DCS 2 0 format to export images containing spot channels and single alpha channels To p...

Page 324: ...e page layout applications and some commercial print spooling and network printing software may not support binary Photoshop EPS files JPEG to use the fastest encoding method JPEG encoding compresses...

Page 325: ...scard data such as the Photoshop format and save in JPEG format only as a final step For a color illustration of images saved as JPEG see page 235 Note Some applications may not be able to read a CMYK...

Page 326: ...eview the background transparency as a different color click the Transparency Index Color box Choose a color as described in Using the Adobe Photoshop Color Picker on page 218 and click OK Note The Tr...

Page 327: ...he preview area These tools have the same behavior and shortcuts as the hand and zoom tools in the toolbox see Viewing images on page 33 Click OK to close the preview window 6 If dissatisfied with the...

Page 328: ...opper minus tool Click the desired color swatch To remove all areas from the background trans parency hold down Alt Windows or Option Mac OS and click Reset To navigate the image preview follow the gu...

Page 329: ...Zif Welch LZW is a lossless compression technique supported by TIFF PDF GIF and PostScript language file formats This technique is most useful in compressing images that contain large areas of single...

Page 330: ...information on EPS options see Saving files in Photoshop EPS or DCS format on page 315 EPS TIFF or EPS PICT Preview These formats which appear as options in the Open and Open As dialog boxes let you o...

Page 331: ...FF The Amiga Interchange File Format IFF is used for working with Video Toaster and transferring files to and from the Commodore Amiga system In addition this format is supported by a number of paint...

Page 332: ...s Photoshop PDF When you open a PDF created by another application Photoshop rasterizes the file see Importing Adobe Illustrator PDF and EPS files on page 55 PICT File The PICT format is widely used a...

Page 333: ...run the image through a filtering algorithm that prepares the image data for optimal compression None compresses the image without a filter and is recommended for indexed color and Bitmap mode images...

Page 334: ...d page layout applications Also virtually all desktop scanners can produce TIFF images The TIFF format supports CMYK RGB and grayscale files with alpha channels and Lab indexed color and Bitmap files...

Page 335: ...results with most images leave the flatness value blank to print the image using the printer s default value If you experience printing errors enter a new flatness value Values can range from 0 2 to 1...

Page 336: ...ing procedure To simplify a clipping path with the tolerance setting 1 Select the path in the Paths palette and click the Make Selection button at the bottom of the palette to convert the path to a se...

Page 337: ...Once in the container application an image can be double clicked for editing in Photoshop When closed in Photoshop the image is updated in the container application To link or embed a selection or ima...

Page 338: ...hic Object EGO AppleEvent which allows the embedding of Adobe Photoshop images in word processor files EGO is a simple solution when a word processor file has many small images that need updating Word...

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Page 341: ...r the spot channels are printed as separate pages Important Photoshop always prints images at the center of the page To print an image at a different location on the page export it to a page layout pr...

Page 342: ...eparations and duotones Negative Prints an inverted version of the image Unlike the Invert command in the Image menu the Negative option converts the output not the on screen image to a negative If yo...

Page 343: ...gain using the settings in the CMYK Setup dialog box but transfer functions also are useful for compen sating for a poorly calibrated output device See Compensating for dot gain in film using transfe...

Page 344: ...he screen for Ink and enter the frequency and angle repeat for each color separation To have Adobe Photoshop determine and enter the best frequencies and angles for each screen click Auto In the Auto...

Page 345: ...ptions let you print only a selected area of an image print multiple separation files and transfer image data to the output device in ASCII format The appearance of this dialog box varies with differe...

Page 346: ...e option changes to PostScript Color Management Select this option only if you are printing to an RGB based printer or if you have not already converted the file to the printer s color space Only Post...

Page 347: ...stration to expect Using monotones duotones tritones and quadtones Photoshop lets you create monotones duotones tritones and quadtones Monotones are grayscale images printed with a single nonblack ink...

Page 348: ...duotone type and ink colors The duotone type monotone duotone tritone or quadtone determines how many ink controls are active For a color illustration of duotones see figure on page 236 To produce ful...

Page 349: ...image 4 Click Save in the Duotone Curve dialog box to save curves created with this dialog box 5 Click Load to load these curves or curves created in the Curves dialog box including curves created usi...

Page 350: ...f the final composite image In some cases you may want to view the individual printing plates to see how the individual colors will separate when printed as you can with CMYK images To view the indivi...

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Page 355: ...on E Recorded command F Stop Playing Recording G Record H Play I New Set J New Action K Trash You can display actions in the Actions palette in either list view or button view In list view sets can be...

Page 356: ...ient magic wand lasso marquee and path tools When recording an action keep in mind that playback results depend on such variables as the current background and foreground colors and on file and progra...

Page 357: ...l does not record it If a chosen command is not recorded it must be inserted in the action See the section Inserting nonrecordable commands Important When recording the Save As or Save a Copy commands...

Page 358: ...em dialog box and click OK If you don t know the full name of the command enter part of it and click Find then click OK To insert the Undo Cut Copy Paste or Clear command enter its name Choosing any o...

Page 359: ...g the action To set a modal control 1 Make sure that the Actions palette is in list view If necessary deselect Button mode in the Actions palette menu 2 Do one of the following Click the column to the...

Page 360: ...executed To play an action or set on a single file 1 Open the file 2 Specify what to play To play a set of actions select the set name To play an entire action select the action name To play only part...

Page 361: ...The Batch command lets you play an action on a folder of files and subfolders If you have a digital camera or a scanner with a document feeder you can also import and process multiple images with a si...

Page 362: ...record the Save As or Save a Copy command and then Close command as part of your original action Then choose None for the Destination when setting up the batch process 7 For Errors choose an option St...

Page 363: ...ands 4 Click the Stop button to stop recording Note You can also insert nonrecordable commands see page 349 or drag commands from other actions see the procedure for duplicating a set action or comman...

Page 364: ...drag a set to the New Set button at the bottom of the Actions palette The copied action appears at the bottom of the Actions palette The copied command appears after the original command The copied S...

Page 365: ...ons file so you can load them later and to keep them safe Replacing a saved set of actions replaces all existing actions Loading a saved set adds to existing actions with new ones appearing at the bot...

Page 366: ...g the amount of data in the image Multi Page PDF to PSD converts each page of the PDF document you select to a separate Photoshop file To use an automated command Choose File Automate and then choose...

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Page 369: ...ling or reinstalling Photoshop delete all of your Photoshop applications files including the prefer ences file Do this by using Add Remove Programs located in the Control Panels Folder Windows or by d...

Page 370: ...for your video card To obtain the latest video driver for your hardware contact the manufacturer of your video card Check for a software conflict In Windows remove items that will launch at startup Us...

Page 371: ...ly remove all your plug ins and restart Photoshop To confirm that no plug ins are loading after restarting Photoshop select About Plug ins from the Help Menu Windows or the Apple menu Mac OS If About...

Page 372: ...open the system creates a temporary tmp file to hold the information about the open images Normally this temporary file is deleted when you quit the program However sometimes when the system crashes t...

Page 373: ...an appropriate printer driver Do one of the following Specify a different default printer To do so choose Start Settings Printers from the Windows desktop Then right click a PostScript printer other t...

Page 374: ...een CMYK and RGB modes is determined by the parameters specified in the Profile Setup RGB Setup and CMYK Setup dialog boxes Depending on the settings of these parameters CMYK values specified in RGB m...

Page 375: ...h size Mac OS only Disabling the Direct Cursors extension restricts the number of pixels available for the brush size To fix this problem turn on the Direct Cursors extension by placing it in the Exte...

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Page 377: ...sk 283 merging 284 Adobe Acrobat 324 Adobe Certification program 5 Adobe Gamma control utility 3 Adobe Gamma utility 6 79 82 Adobe Home Page 4 Adobe Illustrator artwork compared to Photoshop artwork 4...

Page 378: ...ze command 50 Auto Screens dialog box 336 auto kerning 297 Automate commands 358 automatic snapshots and efficiency See online help Automatically Create First Snapshot option 170 353 average key image...

Page 379: ...lejet printer 90 canvas filling 212 resizing 59 60 Canvas Size command 59 60 333 Caption options 335 captions 326 entering 313 printing 335 Cascade command 33 category file information 314 CCITT encod...

Page 380: ...e color corrections color balance 122 126 and selective color 127 monitor 82 Color Balance command 123 Color Burn mode 206 color casts correcting 53 122 126 225 identifying 122 in scanner 53 removing...

Page 381: ...n image and monitor 79 controlling when exchanging files 99 101 converting for open images 100 101 converting when printing images 338 defined 79 native 81 See also individual color space names color...

Page 382: ...122 curves drawing 155 Custom black generation option 91 Custom Color Selector dialog box 221 Custom color table option 75 custom ink colors 96 219 221 Custom Palette option 73 Custom Pattern option 7...

Page 383: ...73 layers 264 paths 153 See also copying Dynamic Color Sliders option 216 dynamic range 53 E edge effects 305 edge sensitivity lasso tool 141 edges smoothing 162 163 editing background and foreground...

Page 384: ...ing and 48 51 resolution and 46 47 scanning images and 53 files adding information 313 314 batch processing 353 354 exporting 317 326 finding 55 opening 55 57 saving 311 317 Fill command 212 213 Fill...

Page 385: ...also individual gradient tool names gradients applying 208 creating 208 210 deleting 211 editing 208 210 reducing banding 307 saving and loading 211 transparency 210 Graphic Pen filter 305 gray compon...

Page 386: ...HSB filter 3 HTML 323 hue adjusting 124 126 defined 63 Hue mode 206 Hue slider 126 Hue Saturation command 124 126 I ICC profiles 81 99 101 accuracy of 93 black generation 90 CMYK color space and 80 l...

Page 387: ...g color values in 67 out of gamut colors 31 out of gamut warning 110 previewing color changes in 107 109 problems with color display 366 information See Info palette Ink Colors option 88 96 inkjet pri...

Page 388: ...l color 270 flattening 269 flipping or rotating 184 grouping 268 275 276 hiding and showing 260 in channel calculations 274 linking and unlinking 262 loading boundaries as selection 281 masking 276 28...

Page 389: ...story Items option 170 measure tool 174 measuring 174 angle of rotation 31 changing units 173 color values 67 cropping marquee 31 using line tool 31 Median option Histogram 113 Memory Image Cache pref...

Page 390: ...58 online display pixel dimensions 42 online distribution file formats for 235 323 324 pixel dimensions 42 online help 32 opacity gradient fill 210 layer effect 286 layer mask 280 layers 271 masks 252...

Page 391: ...150 selecting 149 157 selecting in document window 157 Stroke Path command 162 stroking 162 transforming 185 187 transparency 326 328 work path 150 Paths palette 149 Paths to Illustrator module 328 P...

Page 392: ...5 338 Precise pointer 27 preferences 29 Clipboard 180 color picker 216 221 222 deleting 363 display options 68 file extensions 312 grid and guides 176 image previews 312 interpolation method 51 palett...

Page 393: ...tion 4 registration marks 334 Remove Black Matte command 181 Remove Layer Mask command 280 Remove White Matte command 181 Render Layer command 294 rendering options 162 189 Repeat Edge Pixels option 3...

Page 394: ...color tables 76 duotone curves 341 duotone settings 342 files 311 317 flattened image data 312 layered documents 269 printing inks settings 89 restoring a saved image 168 RGB color space settings 86 s...

Page 395: ...176 pasting 178 179 previewing 143 refining 142 removing halos around 181 replacing in channel 253 saving 253 saving as channel 253 snapping behavior 175 softening 143 softening edges of 147 stroking...

Page 396: ...delines 245 246 merging 247 248 options 247 See also alpha channels channels See also custom colors spot colors defined 245 preventing knockout 248 trapping 249 sRGB color space 82 84 Standard deviati...

Page 397: ...tools color correction 105 112 default settings 30 displaying name 26 editing masks 250 focus 191 hidden 25 26 layer sampling 270 marquee 137 138 147 148 modal 348 opacity 203 204 painting 197 198 36...

Page 398: ...292 293 vertical type tool 292 VGA color palette 324 Video LUT Animation option 107 116 video table lookup See VLUT Video Toaster 323 view box 34 View Single Gamma Only option 83 viewing images 33 34...

Page 399: ...113 Southwest Ruins p 113 Door Knockers p 115 Orange p 226 Window p 128 Lion Door Knocker p 131 Cat Statue p 137 Button p 137 Key p 137 Frame p 143 Flower Jar p 144 Flower p 149 Teapot p 155 Mug p 17...

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