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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2 

User Guide 

Macintosh Thumbnail 

Displays the preview in the Open dialog box. 

Windows Thumbnail 

Saves a preview that Windows systems can display. 

To set the History Log preferences 

By default, history log data about each session is saved as metadata embedded in the image file. You can specify where 
the history log data is saved and the level of detail contained in the history log. 

1 

Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > General (Mac OS).

2 

Specify where to save the history log data:

Metadata 

Saves the history log as metadata embedded in the file.

Text File 

Saves the history log to a text file. Select Text File. In the Save dialog box, browse to the destination, give 

the text file a name, and click Save. 

Both 

Saves the history log as metadata and in a text file. Select Both. In the Save dialog box, browse to the desti­

nation, give the text file a name and click the Save button. 

3 

Choose from the Edit Log Items menu to specify the level of detail in the history log: 

Sessions Only 

Records the start time and date of every editing session. Does not include any information about 

edits made to the file. 

Concise 

Records every editing session on the file (both start and end times), and also includes edits recorded in the 

History palette. 

Detailed 

Records the  same  information as the  Concise option,  plus  such  information as the  path  of  the file and  an  

account of every edit made to the file (including detailed edits not recorded in the History palette, such as preference 
changes). 

See also 

“About file information” on page 686 

“To add metadata using the File Info dialog box” on page 98 

Creating multiple-image layouts 

Creating contact sheets 

Contact sheets let you easily preview and catalog groups of images by displaying a series of thumbnails on a single 
page. You can automatically create and place thumbnails on a page using the Contact Sheet II command. 

Summary of Contents for PHOTOSHOP CS2

Page 1: ...Chapter 1 Copyright User Guide ...

Page 2: ... System 1989 All rights reserved Proximity Technology Inc Proximity and Linguibase are registered trademarks of Proximity Technology Inc This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation www apache org This product contains either BISAFE and or TIPEM software by RSA Data Security Inc This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young eay cryptosoft com This...

Page 3: ...very and undo 71 Memory 77 Chapter 4 Adobe Bridge The basics of Bridge 79 Files and folders in Bridge 85 Bridge Center 92 Running automated tasks with Bridge 94 Metadata in Bridge 95 Using Version Cue with Bridge 101 Chapter 5 Adobe Stock Photos Adobe Stock Photos 103 Comp images 106 Buying stock photos 107 Stock Photos accounts 109 Chapter 6 Adobe Version Cue Using Adobe Version Cue 113 Working w...

Page 4: ... High Dynamic Range images 201 Chapter 8 Camera raw files Camera raw files in Photoshop and Bridge 207 Processing and opening camera raw files in Photoshop 210 Making tonal adjustments in Camera Raw 214 Transforming images in Camera Raw 217 Calibrating color in camera raw images 220 Saving camera raw images 221 Camera Raw settings 222 Automating the Camera Raw workflow 226 Chapter 9 Color Color modes ...

Page 5: ...d pasting selections and layers 328 Saving loading and deleting selections 334 Extracting selections 336 Using masks 338 Chapter 13 Transforming and retouching Changing the size of the work canvas 346 Rotating and flipping entire images 347 Cropping images 348 Correcting image distortion 351 Reducing image noise 353 Sharpening images 354 Transforming objects 359 Retouching and repairing images 366 ...

Page 6: ... 492 Filling and stroking selections and layers 497 Creating and managing patterns 500 Choosing foreground and background colors 503 Chapter 18 Applying filters for special effects Filters 509 Applying filters 510 The Filter Gallery 510 Blending filter effects and setting options 513 Tips for creating special effects 514 Filter effects 515 The Lighting Effects filter 527 Loading images and textures 53...

Page 7: ...zing images 625 Web graphics formats and options 632 Using the color table 638 Using weighted optimization 644 Output settings for web images 647 Working with hexadecimal color values 651 Chapter 23 Saving and exporting images Saving images 653 Saving PDF files 656 Saving GIF JPEG and PNG files 665 Saving files in other formats 669 Exporting layers as files 674 Exporting animation frames as files 676 E...

Page 8: ...printing press 718 Printing duotones 725 Chapter 25 Automating Tasks Actions 729 Recording actions 731 Managing actions 737 Processing a batch of files 739 Droplets 742 Scripting 746 Creating data driven graphics 747 Chapter 26 Keyboard Shortcuts Customizing keyboard shortcuts 754 Default keyboard shortcuts 755 Index 780 ...

Page 9: ...ive Suite or Adobe Photoshop the Activation dialog box appears automatically 2 Follow the on screen instructions Important If you intend to install the product on a different computer you must first transfer the activation to that computer To transfer an activation choose Help Transfer Activation For more detailed instructions about activating the product and transferring an activation see the How...

Page 10: ...onals over the web To access links in the Expert Support section you must have an active Internet connection More Resources Provides easy access to the extensive resources on Adobe com including support pages user forums tips and tutorials and training You can also use this area to store contact information for friends colleagues or support professionals or even websites you turn to for inspiratio...

Page 11: ...Center provides easy access to some of the content and services available from the Adobe website including support training and tutorials To display this section click More Resources To add contact information in More Resources 1 Click More Resources and then click Personal Contacts 2 Do any of the following To add a contact click New type the contact information you want to save and click OK To e...

Page 12: ...er window See also To navigate Help on page 4 To search Help topics on page 5 To navigate Help Do any of the following To view Help for a product choose the product name from the Help For menu To view only topics that apply across all Creative Suite products choose Adobe Creative Suite To expand or collapse a section click the blue triangle to the left of the section name To display a topic click ...

Page 13: ... its title 5 To return to the navigation pane do one of the following Click the Home button Click the Back button Click Next Topic or Previous Topic See also To print a topic from Help on page 5 To use bookmarks on page 6 Search tips Adobe Help search works by searching the entire Help text for topics that contain all of the words typed in the Search box These tips can help you improve your search...

Page 14: ...okmark select it and then click the Rename button In the dialog box type a new name for the bookmark and then click OK To move a bookmark select it and then click the Move Up button or the Move Down button Tips and training Learning resources Adobe provides a wide range of resources to help you learn and use Adobe products Tutorials in Help on page 7 Short step by step lessons through Adobe Help C...

Page 15: ...Workshop CD Presented by experts in their fields Total Training videos provide overviews demos of key new features and many useful tips and techniques for beginning and advanced users Look for accompanying step by step instructions to selected Total Training videos in monthly updates to Adobe Studio Short Total Training web videos on a variety of products and topics are also available in Adobe Stu...

Page 16: ...ceptual and reference material on various in depth topics such as scripting transparency and high end printing For complete developer documentation and resources visit the Developers area of the Adobe website at http partners adobe com public developer main html For additional backgrounders and instructional content visit Adobe Studio The Resources and Extras CD also includes the entire Help conte...

Page 17: ... Adobe Bridge Bridge Center is available with Adobe Creative Suite only See also To display More Resources on page 3 Learning resources on page 6 Extras The Resources and Extras CD included with your CS2 product includes a Goodies folder that contains bonus content and files for use with your Adobe product For more free content and add ons visit Adobe Studio Exchange an online community where user...

Page 18: ...destructive edits to batches of images See The Camera Raw plug in on page 207 High Dynamic Range HDR Work with images in 32 bits per channel extended dynamic range Photographers can capture the full dynamic range of a scene with multiple exposures and merge the files into a single image See About High Dynamic Range images on page 201 Optical lens correction Correct for lens aberrations such as bar...

Page 19: ...d font styles directly in the Font menu See To choose a font family and style on page 546 Designer enhancements Vanishing Point Paste clone and paint image elements that automatically match the perspective planes in an image See About Vanishing Point on page 374 Smart Objects Perform nondestructive transforms of embedded vector and of pixel data Create multiple instances of embedded data and easil...

Page 20: ...he Layers palette on page 399 Merging layers To merge all visible layers into a new layer press Alt Windows or Option Mac OS and choose Layer Merge Visible Previously you created a new layer and selected it before merging To merge any two layers select them in the Layers palette and choose Layer Merge Layers You can still merge two adjacent layers in the Layers palette by selecting the top layer a...

Page 21: ...lso Correct color and tone on page 13 Correct defects on page 16 Select areas in an image on page 18 Create an image using layers on page 20 Add shapes to an image on page 24 Print with color management on page 28 Correct color and tone You can fix photos that are dull lack contrast or have a color cast by adjusting the shadows midtones and highlights In this tutorial you ll see how to adjust tona...

Page 22: ...each intensity level It displays the relative number of pixels in the shadows left part of the histogram midtones middle and highlights right You can see that this image is not using the entire tonal range Pixels don t extend across the entire length of the histogram 4 Set the shadows and highlights Move the black point input slider and the white point input slider the black triangle and white tri...

Page 23: ... shadows Move the middle input slider to the left to lighten the image or to the right to darken the image 6 Remove the color cast Select the Set Gray Point Eyedropper tool in the Levels dialog box the middle eyedropper Click an area in the image that should be gray That area becomes neutral gray and the color cast is removed The Set Gray Point Eyedropper tool works best on images with easily iden...

Page 24: ...een one way to adjust the color and tonal values in your image Photoshop has many more tools to make these adjustments For more information see Correcting images in Photoshop on page 274 and Color adjustment commands on page 274 Correct defects Some otherwise excellent photos are marred by blemishes or red eye the reflection of the flash in the retina of the subject The Red Eye tool fixes red eye ...

Page 25: ... setting You can change these settings in the option bar at the top of the application window 2 Fix spots and blemishes Select the Spot Healing Brush tool in the toolbox and then set options for the tool In the options bar at the top of the application window click the triangle next to Brush to open the Brush picker Drag the Diameter slider to change the brush size Use a brush size that is about t...

Page 26: ...ect the background If the object has a well defined shape against a background that s primarily one color you can select the background using the Magic Wand tool Select the Magic Wand tool and then click anywhere in the background The marquee around the background area indicates that the background is now editable Try dragging a paintbrush over the whole image to verify that only the background an...

Page 27: ... and drag the selection border to a new position To move the selection border after it s created click anywhere inside the border and drag 4 Use the Magnetic Lasso to select part of an object Select the Magnetic Lasso tool hidden in the toolbox behind the Lasso tool and then click and drag around part of the object in your photo As you drag Photoshop snaps the selection to the edges of the object ...

Page 28: ...he selection border now includes the area you selected with the Magnetic Lasso tool Create an image using layers Layers give you complete creative control when you construct an image from different elements such as a background color text shapes and selections from other photographs In this tutorial you ll see how to create a multilayered image apply a layer mask and then add a text layer 1 Open a...

Page 29: ...ou want to use without altering the image Here you ll mask the entire image except for a circular area containing the flower Click and hold the Rectangular Marquee tool and then select the Elliptical Marquee tool from the pop up menu Hold down the Shift key to constrain the selection to a circle and then drag an area of the image In the Layers palette click Add Layer Mask Now only the area you sel...

Page 30: ... A New Layer to add a new layer to the image The new layer appears above the selected layer and becomes the selected layer Click the Foreground color swatch and select a color from the Color Picker Select the Paint Bucket tool it s hidden under the Gradient tool click the triangle to show the hidden tools Then click anywhere in the image to create the fill 6 Reorder the layers Drag the new layer b...

Page 31: ...xt select it with the Text tool and then change any of the settings in the options bar To move the text select the Move tool and drag the text 8 Add an effect to the text Click Add A Layer Style and select Drop Shadow from the menu You can change the color or angle of the shadow or make other adjustments in the Layer Style dialog box In the Layers palette you can see which effects were used on any...

Page 32: ...e vector shapes on separate layers for easy modification and overlay effects In this tutorial you ll learn how to place background and foreground shapes in an image and add some flair with gradient and layer effects 1 Open an Image in Photoshop Choose File Open or double click a thumbnail in Adobe Bridge You need to start with an image that has at least two layers First you ll add shapes to create...

Page 33: ...half of the image The rectangle uses the foreground color by default To change the color double click the layer thumbnail to display the Color Picker and select a new color 4 Add gradients to a shape Now add two more rectangle shapes this time with gradient effects Using the Rectangle Shape tool drag a new rectangle to cover the top left quarter of the image Click the foreground color swatch and s...

Page 34: ...ad the full set of custom shapes This loads all the predrawn shapes into the Custom Shapes palette Click Done to close the Preset Manager 6 Draw a custom shape Now add a custom shape to the foreground for an overlay effect Select the top layer of the image and use the foreground color swatch in the toolbox to select a color for the new shape Select a custom shape from the Custom Shapes pop up pale...

Page 35: ...atterns in the Preset Manager and then click Done to close the Preset Manager dialog box In the Pattern Fill dialog box select a pattern and then click OK to apply it to the custom shape To change your shape back to a solid color or to a gradient choose Layer Change Layer Content and then choose either Solid Color or Gradient 8 Add a layer effect to the shape To enhance your shape you can add laye...

Page 36: ...n ICC profile for your printer and paper type For more information see To have Photoshop manage colors when printing on page 715 Note For best results make sure that your monitor is calibrated and profiled correctly 1 Open the Print With Preview dialog box Open your image in Photoshop and choose File Print With Preview The Print Print With Preview dialog box appears Expand the dialog box by clicki...

Page 37: ... your output device from the Printer Profile pop up menu The profile must be installed in the correct location to show up See To install a color profile on page 266 4 Choose a rendering intent from the menu The rendering intent specifies how Photoshop converts colors to the printers color space Perceptual or Relative Colormetric are good choices for most photographs 5 Specify the printer driver se...

Page 38: ...ial you learned how to print your image using a printer profile You ll also want to learn how to preview and adjust your image using softproofing to get the results you want from your printer For more information see Soft proofing colors on page 259 ...

Page 39: ...y work area is arranged to help you focus on creating and editing images A B F E D C G H Photoshop work area A Menu bar B Options bar C Toolbox D Go to Bridge E Palette well F Palettes G Status bar H Active image area The work area has these components Menu bar Contains menus organized by tasks For example the Layers menu contains commands for working with layers In Photoshop you can customize the...

Page 40: ...dates the Copyright URL area of the File Info dialog box To display file information in the document window 1 Click the triangle in the bottom border of the document window File information view options in Photoshop 2 Choose a view option from the pop up menu Note If you have Version Cue enabled choose from the Show submenu Version Cue Displays the Version Cue workgroup status of your document suc...

Page 41: ... The first value indicates the file size of the original image The second value present if the original image has been optimized indicates the file size and file format of the optimized image based on the current settings in the Optimize palette Optimized Information The file format file size number of colors and dither percentage of the optimized image Image Dimensions The pixel dimensions of the...

Page 42: ... jump to other graphics editing applications and HTML editing applications from within Photoshop and ImageReady When you install Photoshop or ImageReady Adobe graphics editing and HTML editing applications currently on your system are added to the Jump To submenu You can add more applications including non Adobe applications to the Jump To submenu When you jump to a graphics editing application th...

Page 43: ... General 2 Select Auto Update Open Documents Palettes and menus To use palettes Palettes help you monitor and modify your work You can customize the default palette arrangement in the following ways To hide or show all palettes including the toolbox and options bar press Tab To hide or show all palettes except for the toolbox press Shift Tab To display a palette menu position the pointer on the tr...

Page 44: ...es to their default sizes and positions choose Window Workspace Reset Palette Locations Photoshop or Window Workspace Default Palette Locations ImageReady ImageReady To show or hide options for palettes that include hidden options the Optimize Layer Options and Slice palettes click the double triangle icon in a palette tab to cycle through palette displays or choose Show Options or Hide Options fr...

Page 45: ... then use the Up Arrow key and the Down Arrow key on the keyboard to increase or decrease the value Select a value from the menu associated with the text box A B C D E Ways to enter values A Menu arrow B Scrubby slider C Text box D Dial E Slider See also About scrubby sliders on page 38 About pop up sliders Some palettes dialog boxes and options bars contain settings that use pop up sliders for ex...

Page 46: ...r of 10 Hovering over the title of a slider or pop up slider shows the scrubby slider About pop up palettes Pop up palettes provide easy access to available options for brushes swatches gradients styles patterns contours and shapes You can customize pop up palettes by renaming and deleting items and by loading saving and replacing libraries You can also change the display of a pop up palette to vi...

Page 47: ... the palette menu Then click OK to replace the current list or click Append to add the current list 4 To save the current list as a library for later use choose the Save command Then enter a name for the library file and click Save Mac OS Include the extension of the library file name so that you can easily share the libraries across operating systems Select Append File Extension Always in the Fil...

Page 48: ...use type select paint draw sample edit move annotate and view images Other tools in the toolbox allow you to change foreground background colors go to Adobe Online work in different modes and jump between Photoshop and ImageReady applications You can expand some tools to show hidden tools beneath them A small triangle at the lower right of the tool icon signals the presence of hidden tools You can...

Page 49: ...pe tools Path Selection Direct Selection Pen Freeform Pen Add Anchor Point Delete Anchor Point Convert Anchor Point Horizontal Type T Vertical Type Horizontal Type Mask Vertical Type Mask Rectangle Rectangle Polygon Custom Shape Annotation measuring and navigation tools Notes Audio Annotation Eyedropper Color Sampler Measure Zoom tools Rectangle Image Circle Image Map P Polygon Image Map P Image M...

Page 50: ...d and magnetic snap tions to selections Crop and slice tools gallery The Crop tool trims images The Slice tool creates slices The Slice Select tool selects slices Retouching tools gallery Tools marked with an asterisk are available in Photoshop only The Spot Healing Brush The Healing Brush tool The Patch tool repairs im The Red Eye tool removes tool removes blemishes and paints with a sample or pa...

Page 51: ...as to trans as a pattern age to a previously saved parency by dragging state The Magic Eraser tool eras The Blur tool blurs hard The Sharpen tool sharpens The Smudge tool smudges es solid colored areas to edges in an image soft edges in an image data in an image transparency with a single click The Dodge tool lightens ar The Burn tool darkens ar The Sponge tool changes eas in an image eas in an im...

Page 52: ...e similarly colored areas with that simulate the look of dif reflected and diamond the foreground color ferent paint styles using a se blends between colors lected state or snapshot Drawing and type tools gallery Tools marked with an asterisk are available in Photoshop only The path selection tools The type tools create type on The type mask tools create The pen tools let you draw make shape or se...

Page 53: ...reduces the view of an image ImageReady only tools gallery The image map tools define The Image Map Select tool The Tab Rectangle tool The Toggle Image Map Visi image map areas in an im selects image maps draws a long rectangle with bility tool toggles between age the top corners rounded showing and hiding image The Pill Rectangle tool maps draws a rectangle with rounded corners The Toggle Slices ...

Page 54: ... tool palette Click the button at the top right Windows or top left Mac OS of the floating tool palette to close it Clicking the triangle to tear off a floating tool palette To cycle through hidden tools You can select a preference that allows you to cycle through a set of hidden tools by holding down the Shift key When this preference is not selected you can cycle through a set of hidden tools by...

Page 55: ...rush shapes representing the size of the current brush Brush Size cursors may not appear for very large brushes 3 Photoshop Select Brush Cursor options if you selected Brush Size as the tool pointer setting Normal The pointer outline corresponds to approximately 50 of the area that the tool will affect This option shows the pixels that would be most visibly affected Full Size The pointer outline c...

Page 56: ...hen click Reset All Tools For more information on setting options for a specific tool search for the tool s name in Photoshop Help Using tool presets Tool presets let you save and reuse tool settings You can load edit and create libraries of tool presets using the Tool Preset picker in the options bar the Tool Presets palette and the Preset Manager To choose a tool preset click the Tool Preset pic...

Page 57: ...ol presets see About pop up palettes on page 38 and About the Preset Manager on page 67 Working with files To close windows Do one of the following Choose File Close to close the active window Photoshop Choose File Close All to close all windows ImageReady and Windows Choose Window Arrange Close All to close all windows To duplicate an image in Photoshop You can duplicate an entire image including...

Page 58: ... 2 Up or 4 Up tab in the duplicate image window To close a file 1 Choose File Close or File Close All Photoshop 2 Choose whether or not to save the file Click Yes Windows or Save Mac OS to save the file Click No Windows or Don t Save Mac OS to close the file without saving it To quit Photoshop or ImageReady 1 Do one of the following Windows Choose File Exit Mac OS Choose Photoshop Quit or ImageRea...

Page 59: ...n With Menu Bar or click the Full Screen With Menu Bar button in the toolbox 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 or click the Full Screen button in the toolbox To view another area of an image Do one of the following Use the window scroll bars Select the Hand tool and drag to pan over the image Draggi...

Page 60: ...s 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 magnifies or reduces the view to the previous preset percentage Note When you use the Zoom or Zoom Out tool each click magnifies or reduces the image to the next preset percentage and centers the display...

Page 61: ...esolution To fit an image to the screen Do one of the following Double click the Hand tool in the toolbox Choose View Fit On Screen Select a zoom tool or the Hand tool and click the Fit On Screen button in the options bar These options scale both the zoom level and the window size to fit the available screen space To automatically resize the window when zooming With the Zoom tool active select Res...

Page 62: ...otoshop You can use the Hand tool s Scroll All Windows option to scroll through all open images Select it in the options bar and drag in one image to scroll through all visible images To zoom into or out of multiple images 1 Open one or more images or copies of a single image 2 Choose Window Arrange Tile Horizontally Tile Vertically to display the images edge to edge 3 Select the Zoom tool and the...

Page 63: ...d 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 the marquee as you drag The palette also shows the angle of rotation of the crop marquee When the Line tool the Pen tool or Gradient tool is being used or when a selection is being moved the Info palette displays the x and y coordinates of your s...

Page 64: ...le dragging in the image 1 Optional Do one of the following if you need to display the Info palette Click the Info palette tab if it s docked with other palettes Choose Window Info File information about the image is displayed at the bottom of the Info palette You can change the information displayed by clicking the triangle in the upper right corner of the palette and choosing Palette Options fro...

Page 65: ...menu 4 For Ruler Units choose a unit of measurement 5 Under Status information select from the following to display file information in the Info palette Document Sizes Displays information on the amount of data in the image The number on the left represents the printing size of the image approximately the size of the saved flattened file in Adobe Photoshop format The number on the right indicates ...

Page 66: ... origin To show or hide rulers choose View Rulers To change a ruler s zero origin 1 Optional Choose View Snap To then choose any combination of options from the submenu This snaps the ruler origin to guides slices or document bounds In Photoshop you can also snap to the grid 2 Position the pointer over the intersection of the rulers in the upper left corner of the window and drag diagonally down o...

Page 67: ... 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 columns 1 Choose Edit Preferences Units Rulers Windows or Photoshop Preferences Units Rulers Mac OS 2 Enter values for Width and Gutter About the Measure tool The Measure tool helps you position images or elements p...

Page 68: ...raighten the image is automatically entered into the Rotate Canvas dialog box About 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 You can also lock them so that you don t move them by accident The grid is useful for laying out elements symmetrically The grid appears ...

Page 69: ...wing to create a guide Photoshop Choose View New Guide In the dialog box select Horizontal or Vertical orientation enter a position and click OK ImageReady Choose View Create Guides In the dialog box specify guide options and click OK Drag from the horizontal ruler to create a horizontal guide Dragging to create a horizontal guide Hold down Alt Windows or Option Mac OS and drag from the vertical r...

Page 70: ...following Windows Choose Edit Preferences Guides Grid Slices Mac OS Choose Photoshop Preferences Guides Grid Slices 2 For Color choose a color for the guides the grid or both If you choose Custom click the color box choose a color and click OK 3 For Style choose a display option for guides or the grid or both 4 For Gridline Every enter a value for the grid spacing For Subdivisions enter a value by...

Page 71: ...w or hide Extras Guides grid target paths selection edges slices image maps text bounds text baselines text selections and annota tions are nonprinting Extras that help you select move or edit images and objects You can turn on or off an Extra or any combination of Extras without affecting the image You can also show or hide Extras by choosing the Extras command in the View menu Hiding Extras only...

Page 72: ...Reset Palette Locations Photoshop or Default Palette Locations ImageReady Photoshop To reset menus to Photoshop defaults choose Reset Menus Photoshop To reset keyboard shortcuts to Photoshop defaults choose Reset Keyboard Shortcuts See also About customizing keyboard shortcuts on page 754 To arrange palettes into a custom workspace on page 64 To define a set of menus on page 65 To use palettes on ...

Page 73: ...Preferences General or choose ImageReady Preferences General and then select deselect Save Palette Locations The change takes effect the next time you start the application To define a set of menus 1 Do one of the following Choose Edit Menus Choose Window Workspace Keyboard Shortcuts Menus and click the Menus tab 2 In the Keyboard Shortcuts and Menus dialog box choose a set of menus from the Set m...

Page 74: ... and click Save Choosing a color for a menu item using the Keyboard Shortcuts Menus dialog box To delete a set of menus 1 Do one of the following Choose Edit Menus Choose Window Workspace Keyboard Shortcuts Menus and click the Menu tab 2 In the Keyboard Shortcuts Menus dialog box choose a set of menus from the Set menu 3 Click the Delete Set icon To temporarily show hidden menu items It s possible...

Page 75: ...ection of the menu Text Only Displays the name of each preset item Small Thumbnail or Large Thumbnail Displays a thumbnail of each preset item Small List or Large List Displays the name and thumbnail of each preset item Stroke Thumbnail Displays a sample brush stroke and brush thumbnail of each brush preset This option is available for brush presets only To rearrange the list of items drag an item...

Page 76: ... hold down Shift and select the items you want to save 2 Click Save Set choose a location for the library enter a file name and click Save You can save the library anywhere However if you place the library file in the appropriate Presets folder inside the Photoshop program folder the library name will appear at the bottom of the palette menu after you restart Photoshop To restore the default libra...

Page 77: ...ssage You can also globally redisplay all messages that have been suppressed 1 Do one of the following Windows Choose Edit Preferences General Mac OS Choose Photoshop Preferences General or choose ImageReady Preferences General 2 Click Reset All Warning Dialogs and click OK About plug in modules Plug in modules are software programs developed by Adobe Systems and by other software developers in co...

Page 78: ...be ImageReady Only folder To specify a legacy serial number 1 Do one of the following Windows Choose Edit Preferences Plug ins Scratch Disk Mac OS Choose Photoshop Preferences Plug ins Scratch Disk 2 Enter the serial number from Photoshop CS or earlier in the Legacy Photoshop Serial Number text box To select an additional plug ins folder 1 Do one of the following Photoshop Choose Edit Preferences ...

Page 79: ... the key to toggle between Undo and Redo See also About the History palette on page 72 To revert to the last saved version Choose File Revert Note Revert is added as a history state in the History palette and can be undone To restore part of an image to its previously saved version Do one of the following Use the History Brush tool to paint with the selected state or snapshot on the History palett...

Page 80: ...the palette When you select one of the states the image reverts to how it looked when that change was first applied You can then work from that state You can also use the History palette to delete image states and in Photoshop to create a document from a state or snapshot To display the History palette choose Window History or click the History palette tab A B C D Photoshop History palette A Sets ...

Page 81: ...e slider at the left of the state up or down to a different state Photoshop Choose Step Forward or Step Backward from the History palette menu or the Edit menu to move to the next or previous state To delete one or more image states in Photoshop Do one of the following Click the name of the state and choose Delete from the History palette menu to delete that change and those that came after it Dra...

Page 82: ... option Automatically Create First Snapshot Automatically creates a snapshot of the initial state of the image when the document is opened Automatically Create New Snapshot When Saving Generates a snapshot every time you save Allow Non Linear History Makes changes to a selected state without deleting the states that come after Normally when you select a state and change the image all states that c...

Page 83: ...ents from the From menu Full Document Makes a snapshot of all layers in the image at that state Merged Layers Makes a snapshot that merges all layers in the image at that state Current Layer Makes a snapshot of only the currently selected layer at that state To work with snapshots Do one of the following To select a snapshot click the name of the snapshot or drag the slider at the left of the snap...

Page 84: ...story Log metadata using Adobe Bridge or the File Info dialog box You can choose to export the text to an external log file or you can store the information in the metadata of edited files Storing many editing operations as file metadata increases 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 t...

Page 85: ...ich the operating system is installed as the primary scratch disk In the Plug ins Scratch Disks preferences in Photoshop you can change the primary scratch disk and designate a second third or fourth scratch disk to be used when the primary disk is full Your primary scratch disk should be your fastest hard disk make sure it has plenty of defragmented space available The following guidelines can he...

Page 86: ...t to clear If it is already empty the item type or buffer is dimmed Note The Purge command permanently clears from memory the operation stored by the command or buffer Purge cannot be undone For example choosing Edit Purge Histories deletes all history states from the History palette Use the Purge command when the amount of information in memory is so large that Photoshop s performance is noticeab...

Page 87: ...idge on page 101 Bridge Center If you have Adobe Creative Suite Adobe Bridge includes Bridge Center the dashboard of Adobe Creative Suite where you can view news readers in your web browser see your most recent activity read about tips and tricks for using Adobe products save groups of files and more Adobe Creative Suite users can also use Bridge to specify color management settings and access scr...

Page 88: ...ions and Bridge Center Adobe Creative Suite only Like all panels it s located on the left side of the Bridge window The Folders panel Shows the folder hierarchy Use it to navigate to the correct folder The Preview panel Displays a preview of the selected file separate from and typically larger than the thumbnail image displayed in the content area You can reduce or enlarge the preview The Metadata...

Page 89: ...indows or Bridge Quit Bridge Mac OS To return to the last open application that started Bridge choose File Return To Application See also About Adobe Bridge on page 79 To manage files with Bridge on page 88 To create and close Bridge windows Do one of the following Choose File New Window to create a full size Bridge window Choose File Close Window In Windows this command quits Bridge as well See a...

Page 90: ...nels outside the Bridge window Do any of the following Drag a panel by its tab up or down into another panel area Drag the horizontal divider bar between panels to make them larger or smaller Drag the vertical divider bar between the panels and the content area right or left to resize the panels or content area Click the Show Hide Panes button at the lower left of the Bridge window to display or h...

Page 91: ...Delete Workspace Deletes the saved workspace If you choose this command choose the workspace from the menu and click Delete Reset To Default Workspace Restores the workspace to the default configuration See also To select Bridge workspaces on page 82 To set Bridge preferences 1 Choose Edit Preferences Windows or Bridge Preferences Mac OS 2 Select any of the preferences categories on the left Gener...

Page 92: ...preferences Set any of the following Advanced preferences and click OK Do Not Process Files Larger Than Specifies the maximum file size of documents for which Bridge automatically creates thumbnails Displaying large files can slow performance Number Of Recently Visited Folders To Display In The Look In Popup Sets the number of most recently viewed folders that appear in the Look In menu Language S...

Page 93: ...ld and needs to be regenerated Purge Central Cache Clears the entire centralized cache and any distributed cache in the currently viewed folder freeing room on the hard drive The command does not otherwise clear local caches Export Cache Exports the cache allowing you to burn a CD with the cache already generated Because the folder cache is written into the folder the thumbnail cache and metadata ...

Page 94: ...creen This is a quick and easy way to display and work with large versions of all the graphics files in a folder Instructions on how to use the slide show are displayed on the screen when you choose this command Depending on the view you re in you can display extra file information by positioning the pointer over a thumbnail in the content area For files in Version Cue projects you can also choose...

Page 95: ... work with a file you need to select it You can select more than one file at a time Do one of the following in the current folder Click the thumbnail of a file To select contiguous files Shift click them To select noncontiguous files Ctrl click Windows or Command click Mac OS them To select all the files choose Edit Select All To select all labeled files choose Edit Select Labeled To select all un...

Page 96: ...nment for collaborative file management in workgroups You can manage not only Adobe Creative Suite files but also non Adobe files Do any of the following To delete files Select the files and click the Delete button click Delete on your keyboard choose File Send To Recycle Bin Windows choose File Move To Trash Mac OS drag the file to the Recycle Bin or Trash or choose Edit Cut To copy files and fol...

Page 97: ...her folder This action copies the file Windows or moves the file Mac OS onto the desktop or folder To drag files into Bridge Select one or more files on the desktop in a folder or in another application that supports drag and drop and drag them into the content area in Bridge The files are moved from their current folder into the one displayed in Bridge If the file you are dragging is in a differe...

Page 98: ...Adobe Bridge on page 79 To manage files with Bridge on page 88 To label files with Bridge Labeling files with a color is a flexible way to quickly mark a large number of files Using the View Sort menu or Unfilter button you can choose to view files according to their label For example suppose you ve just imported a large number of images and are viewing them in Bridge As you review each new image ...

Page 99: ...ge 79 To specify how files and folders are shown in Bridge on page 86 To search for files and folders with Bridge You can perform searches with Bridge You can narrow your search by adding multiple search criteria You can even save your search criteria as a collection so that you can perform the same search again later Note For information on searching for Adobe Stock Photos with Bridge see Help 1 ...

Page 100: ...f you are working with the Adobe Creative Suite Bridge Center gives you quick access to your most recent files and folders RSS newsreaders for the latest information tips and tricks for using Adobe products color management features and Help documentation It even lets you start new Version Cue projects To display Bridge Center select it in the Favorites panel Note If you don t see Bridge Center in...

Page 101: ...tive Suite applications Also displays the Adobe Creative Suite Color Settings state Synchronize or Unsynchronize Open Help Starts Adobe Help Center To work with saved file groups in Bridge Center 1 Click Bridge Center in the Favorites panel Note Bridge Center is available with Adobe Creative Suite only 2 In the Saved File groups do any of the following To save your currently open files as a group ...

Page 102: ...Running automated tasks with Bridge To run automated tasks with Bridge The Tools menu contains submenus for various commands available in the different Adobe Creative Suite applica tions For instance if you have Adobe Photoshop installed you can use the commands under the Tools Photoshop submenu to make picture packages and create Photomerge panoramas using photos you select in Bridge Running thes...

Page 103: ...o be compatible The current operating system is selected by default and you can t deselect it See also About Adobe Bridge on page 79 To manage files with Bridge on page 88 Metadata in Bridge About metadata Metadata is information about the file such as its author resolution color space copyright and keywords applied to it You can use metadata to streamline your workflow and organize your files Thi...

Page 104: ...nding on the selected file the following types of metadata appear in the Bridge Metadata panel File Properties Describes the characteristics of the file including the size creation date and modification date IPTC Core Displays editable metadata You can add captions to your files as well as copyright information IPTC Core is a new specification that was approved by IPTC International Press Telecomm...

Page 105: ...ions And Alternates to display the metadata next to the thumbnails in the content area This is especially useful for viewing Version Cue files Position the pointer over a thumbnail in the content area Metadata appears in a tool tip only if Show Tooltips is selected in General preferences See also About Adobe Bridge on page 79 To create and close Bridge windows on page 81 About the Metadata panel i...

Page 106: ... in the content area 1 Select one or more files 2 Choose File File Info 3 Select any of the following from the list on the left side of the dialog box Description Lets you enter document information about the file such as document title author description and keywords that can be used to search for the document You can also choose text from the menu to the right of the text fields To specify copyr...

Page 107: ...not modifiable by the user such as the f stop and the Photoshop file ID information as well as user modifiable information such as document title and keywords Holding down Option also displays the Reset button to restore the previous settings 4 Click OK to apply the changes See also About Adobe Bridge on page 79 To create and close Bridge windows on page 81 About the Metadata panel in Bridge on pa...

Page 108: ...ayed in Version Cue files in the Other Metadata section of the File Info dialog box Do any of the following To add a keyword to files select one or more files In the Keywords panel click the box next to the name of the keyword you want to add A check mark appears in the box next to the keyword when it s added to a file To add a set of keywords to files select one or more files In the Keywords pane...

Page 109: ...prehensive visualization of and centralized command over all aspects of Version Cue files and projects You can use Bridge to access Version Cue Workspaces create a project in any of those workspaces and create a project folder hierarchy You can drag files into project folders and drag files from a project folder into non project folders on your hard drive You can also copy and move files within an...

Page 110: ... connected to the network on which a particular Version Cue Workspace is located Bridge indicates the availability of the workspaces and projects you ve accessed by displaying different icons of workspaces and projects When your Version Cue Workspace is online you can view up to date status for all files you ve created with Adobe Creative Suite components This helps you understand whether a file i...

Page 111: ...aximum convenience you can open an account with Adobe The benefit of opening an account is that you enter your personal information only once greatly simplifying the checkout process You can also look back at previous purchases and even download photos again after you purchase them See also About comp images on page 106 Benefits of Stock Photos accounts on page 109 Buying stock photos on page 107 ...

Page 112: ...rites pane 2 In the text box at the top of the screen type the word or phrase that describes the subject of the photos you want to search for 3 Click the Search button or press Enter Images matching the search criteria are displayed in batches There is a preference for changing the number of images displayed in a batch To view more images click More Results Click a photo to view more information s...

Page 113: ...t Price Keywords button Right click the image Windows and choose Get Price Keywords from the menu 3 To close the dialog box click the Close button Note The currency displayed in the Price Keywords dialog box may not be the native currency of your billing country it is the supported currency for purchases made from your country When you purchase photos from Adobe Stock Photos your credit card will ...

Page 114: ...to send the photo to be printed InDesign and Illustrator display a warning that you are using a comp image You can view your downloaded comps by clicking Downloaded Comps in the Favorites pane or you can navigate to the default folder where comps are saved My Documents AdobeStockPhotos Windows or Documents Adobe StockPhotos Mac OS You can move downloaded comps to any folder you want To delete a co...

Page 115: ...personal information is kept in strict confidence Any information you enter is used only for Adobe Stock Photos purposes To view your photos click Purchased Images in the Favorites pane or navigate to the default Stock Photos folder My Documents AdobeStockPhotos Windows or Documents AdobeStockPhotos Mac OS See also To buy photos on page 107 To buy photos directly from InDesign or Illustrator on pa...

Page 116: ...art working with them right away 11 To view the receipt for your purchase in the Thank You page click View Receipt You can also monitor the progress of the download by clicking Open Download Status When you finish click Find More Images if you want to find new photos or click Go To Your Account If you have been working with a comp version of the image you purchased you need to replace the comp wit...

Page 117: ...th your account in several ways Manage your profile After you complete the registration process modify your account information anytime by clicking the Your Account link in the navigation bar See your order history Track orders made through Adobe Creative Suite Stock Photos to check the specific items ordered the total cost of the purchase or the order date Download previously purchased items agai...

Page 118: ...t your Stock Photos account profile Your account profile includes your name and password settings 1 Click the Your Account button 2 Log into your account 3 In the Your Account page click Edit Your Profile Do any of the following To change your password type a new word in the Password text box Passwords can contain only letters and numbers and must be at least six characters long To sign up to get ...

Page 119: ...name of the default credit card type a new name in the Payment Nickname text box To change the default credit card number type the new number in the Credit Card Number text box and then choose the expiration date for the new card from the month and year menus To add a new card to your account click Add New Payment Method and then type a nickname and the card number Enter the expiration date To del...

Page 120: ...ing Country To change your default billing country choose the name of the country from the Billing Country menu The currency displayed next to the Billing Country menu may not be the native currency of that country not all currencies are supported Instead it s the currency Adobe allows for that country Your credit card is billed in the supported currency Alert messages To enable or disable the mes...

Page 121: ...vate and shared projects while you browse In addition you can use the Version Cue Workspace Administration for more advanced tasks Initiating and managing online reviews of PDF documents Duplicating exporting backing up and restoring projects Viewing information about projects in the Version Cue Workspace Importing files to the Version Cue Workspace using FTP or WebDAV Deleting file versions in ba...

Page 122: ...text documents billing forms or spreadsheets When you keep all managed files related to a project in one place you eliminate the task of tracking down important files Here s an example of how you might use Version Cue with Adobe Creative Suite You start by creating a new project and adding a Photoshop file containing the main image for a printed piece Then you add art from Illustrator and text fro...

Page 123: ...the View menu options to customize the display You can change back to the OS dialog box at any time by clicking Use OS Dialog B A C The Adobe Dialog Box A Favorites panel B Project Tools menu C View menu You can use the Adobe dialog box to accomplish these tasks Add frequently used files and folders to the Favorites panel for quick access View thumbnail images of files Determine whether a file is ...

Page 124: ...all reviewers can see and reference them as the review progresses Ability to manage non Adobe files Store non Adobe files such as text documents schedule spreadsheets and billing forms in a Version Cue project You can also create versions of non Adobe files See To save a version of a non Adobe file on page 144 See also Initiating a Version Cue PDF review on page 172 Availability of Version Cue fea...

Page 125: ...w Version Cue CS2 Tray Icon Windows or Show Version Cue CS2 Status In Menu Bar Mac OS to keep the Version Cue menu icon visible giving you quick access to Version Cue Administration and preferences 7 Click the Locations tab and do one of the following To move the Data folder where projects file versions and user IDs are stored click the Choose button next to the current folder location Select a ne...

Page 126: ... manually turn Version Cue on in Acrobat 7 to use it Choose Edit Preferences General Windows or Acrobat Preferences General Mac OS Then select or deselect Enable Version Cue Workgroup File Management Bridge Version Cue is always turned on in Bridge GoLive Version Cue is always turned on in GoLive See also Availability of Version Cue features on page 113 Working with Version Cue projects About Vers...

Page 127: ...files in this folder You can create any type and number of subfolders in the web content folder Web data folder Stores different types of reusable site objects such as Smart Objects components and templates This folder contains data used to create the final site To avoid broken links missing styles and similar problems never store final website content in the web data folder Web settings folder St...

Page 128: ... on computers within your subnet should be visible automatically 1 Do one of the following In Illustrator InCopy InDesign or Photoshop choose File Open If you are using the OS Dialog box click Use Adobe Dialog Click Version Cue in the Favorites panel Choose Connect To from the Project Tools menu In Bridge choose Tools Version Cue Connect To In Acrobat choose File Open Click Version Cue Choose Conn...

Page 129: ...ht of the Favorites panel and drag it to the right 4 To change the display of Version Cue Workspaces projects or files in the dialog box do any of the following To view the properties of a file click the toggle to display the Properties panel To change the display of project choose a display option from the View menu To sort items in a column while in detail view click the column heading Click the...

Page 130: ...and editing projects To begin using Version Cue you need to create a Version Cue project When you work with Version Cue you decide what a project entails For example you can create a project to organize files for an entire publishing effort or you can create a project to manage files for specific aspects of an advertising campaign You can use a project to organize assets related to a particular cu...

Page 131: ...feature set available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace See Availability of Version Cue features on page 113 for more information For information on creating a project in Acrobat 7 see Acrobat Help 1 In Illustrator InCopy InDesign or Photoshop choose File Open Click Use Adobe Dialog if you re using the OS dialog box 2 Click Version Cue in the Favorites panel 3 Choose New Project fro...

Page 132: ...ntil you add files to the project See also To add a file or folder to a project in Bridge on page 132 To edit the properties of a project Note You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace See Availability of Version Cue features on page 113 for more information 1 Do one of the following In Illustrat...

Page 133: ...obe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace See Availability of Version Cue features on page 113 for more information At any time you can change a project s shared status Projects on a Version Cue Workspace that other users can access are shared by default and can t be made private Note that unsharing a project does not delete any working copies currently in the working copies project folders of y...

Page 134: ...les reside in the Version Cue Workspace on the host computer The master copies of files added to the project including file versions and other file data such as comments version dates and user IDs are saved on this host computer When you work in files from a Version Cue project you re editing a working copy of the master file on your computer not the master file on the Version Cue Workspace which ...

Page 135: ...so Creating and editing projects on page 122 To create a project on page 123 Disconnecting from projects on page 137 Deleting files and folders on page 139 Editing and synchronizing offline files on page 152 To restore a file or folder deleted from a project on page 142 Version Cue file statuses on page 128 Availability of Version Cue features on page 113 File protection in Version Cue Version Cue...

Page 136: ...ited The Open status is indicated only for files on your computer In Use By Me You are editing the file Version Cue assigns this status to a file when you make an edit to the file that changes its content You can manually mark a file in use before you edit it to indicate to others that you intend to make changes to the content Synchronized The latest known version of the file is available for edit...

Page 137: ...ge 113 To open a file from a project Note You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace See Availability of Version Cue features on page 113 for more information After you add or save a file to a Version Cue project the file is automatically managed by Version Cue Managed files can t be overwritten I...

Page 138: ... possibility of creating conflicting copies Click one of the following Discard Changes Displays the most recent version of the file from the Version Cue Workspace and discards your changes to the working copy Continue Editing Lets you edit the working copy without overwriting the changes made in another user s working copy of the same file Version Cue will prompt each user to save a new version of...

Page 139: ...hem with your workgroup You can also add non Adobe files to Version Cue projects You can add files using any of the following methods Add files one at a time from within InCopy or in Adobe Creative Suite Drag one or more files or folders to a Version Cue project using Bridge Use this method to copy files from one Version Cue project to another Drag files and folders from open windows on your compu...

Page 140: ...om a desktop folder to a project in Bridge Note You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace See Availability of Version Cue features on page 113 for more information 1 Start Bridge and click Version Cue in the Favorites panel 2 Double click Workspaces 3 Double click the Version Cue project and brow...

Page 141: ...o copy or move files between projects or from a project to a desktop folder Do one of the following To copy a file between projects start Bridge and navigate to the project folder that contains the file you want to copy Choose File New Window to open a new Bridge window and navigate to the project folder to which you want to add the file Drag the file from the first project folder to the destinati...

Page 142: ...rsion from the Version Cue Workspace 1 In Illustrator InCopy InDesign or Photoshop choose File Place 2 Click Version Cue in the Favorites panel 3 Double click the host Version Cue Workspace 4 Double click the project containing the file you want to place 5 Select the file and click Place For complete information on placing files into documents in Adobe Creative Suite see the specific application s...

Page 143: ...p for more information about working with the Links palette and placed files See also Availability of Version Cue features on page 113 To view alternates and versions in the Links palette on page 135 To replace a placed file with an alternate on page 136 To replace a placed file with a previous version on page 136 To replace a placed file with an alternate derived from a previous version on page 1...

Page 144: ... in the original folder 4 Close the file 5 In Illustrator InCopy or InDesign select the placed file in the Links palette 6 Choose Alternates from the Links palette menu 7 Select the Alternate you created in step 3 and click Relink See also Using the Links palette with project files on page 135 To view alternates and versions in the Links palette on page 135 To replace a placed file with an alterna...

Page 145: ...ion Cue Workspace 5 Double click the project you want to search 6 Click Project Search 7 Enter information in Project Search If you open an older version of a file found as the result of a search the file name will be prefaced with Version X Note It is best to treat older versions as view only when opened as the result of a search Although you can edit an older version in its native application do...

Page 146: ...sign CS2 GoLive CS2 uses a different method for deleting working copies of site files Disconnect is not available in Acrobat 7 See also Deleting files and folders on page 139 To disconnect from a project in Bridge on page 138 To disconnect from a project on page 138 Using working copies on page 126 Availability of Version Cue features on page 113 To disconnect from a project Note You can perform t...

Page 147: ...s entire contents are erased Any user with appropriate privileges can delete files and folders unless the files or folders are marked In Use In a workgroup if a user is editing a file that you need to delete you can reset the file s lock by using the Version Cue Administration utility You can restore files or folders that have a Deleted status Restoring reinstates Version Cue management Restored f...

Page 148: ...more information For information about deleting a project from Acrobat 7 see Acrobat Help 1 In Illustrator InCopy InDesign or Photoshop choose File Open Click Use Adobe Dialog if you re using the OS dialog box 2 Click Version Cue in the Favorites panel 3 Do one of the following Double click the host Version Cue Workspace and select the project Click the project shortcut 4 Choose Delete from the Pr...

Page 149: ... Note If Show Deleted files is not selected in the Project Tools menu the file will become hidden and removed from view If Show Deleted Files is selected the file or folder will remain visible with the status Deleted See also To view Version Cue Workspace project and file information on page 121 To delete files from a project in Bridge Note You can perform this task only if you have access to the ...

Page 150: ...rst restore the folder Doing so restores the folder and all its contents To delete a file or folder permanently Note You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace See Availability of Version Cue features on page 113 for more information You can permanently delete and erase files or folders that have ...

Page 151: ...e the background color or some text in the layout and then save a version you can go back to the previous version without damaging your file Instead of choosing File Save As and saving a new copy of a design you save a version which allows you to track changes as they occur If you want to continue your work using a previous version instead of the current version promote the previous version to the...

Page 152: ...n Bridge choose Tools Version Cue Save A Version 6 In the Save A Version dialog box enter comments you want to associate with the version and then click Continue Note You can save versions of nonembedded graphics image and text files in InCopy InDesign and Illustrator by using the Edit Original command in the Links palette After editing the file save it in its native application Then in the Links ...

Page 153: ... a file from a Version Cue Workspace you can quickly access the previous version thumbnails version comments and version dates by using the Versions dialog box 1 In Illustrator InCopy InDesign or Photoshop choose File Open Click Use Adobe Dialog if you re using the OS dialog box 2 Click Version Cue in the Favorites panel 3 Double click the host Version Cue Workspace Double click the project to ope...

Page 154: ...d choose Versions To view a previous version in its native application Note You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace See Availability of Version Cue features on page 113 for more information Do one of the following In the Versions dialog box click the version you want to open and click View Note...

Page 155: ... Version Cue Revert To Last Version See also To delete file versions in a project on page 165 To edit Version Cue project properties on page 162 To delete a version Note You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace See Availability of Version Cue features on page 113 for more information Do one of t...

Page 156: ... directors Version Cue protects alternates the same way as other assets When you save an alternate it appears as a separate file in its project but Version Cue maintains a relationship between the original file and any alternates you create Version Cue maintains relationships between alternates by creating alternates groups which you can view together in the Alternates dialog box You can manually ...

Page 157: ...pace See Availability of Version Cue features on page 113 for more information To quickly see which files have alternates use the Versions And Alternates view in Bridge This view includes thumb nails of each alternate shows the number of alternates and indicates which alternate is the primary alternate in the group From this view you can make changes to the alternates groups 1 Start Bridge and the...

Page 158: ...k the Versions And Alternates View icon and then click Alternates View at the top of the screen Right click Windows or Control click Mac OS an alternate and then choose Make Primary Alternate from the menu In the Alternates dialog box select the alternate and then click Make Primary Alternate Click Done to close the dialog box To learn how to access the Alternates dialog box see To view alternates...

Page 159: ...t available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace See Availability of Version Cue features on page 113 for more information When you make alternates in Bridge you can make different files alternates of each other in an alternates group Alternates are not available in Acrobat 7 To make alternates in Bridge do one of the following To make alternates from files in one folder in Bridge navi...

Page 160: ...ronize your files with the workspace to save your latest version to the Version Cue Workspace You can synchronize an entire project just a folder in the project or a selected file Working copies are normally copied on your computer when you open a project from an online workspace However if you haven t yet edited the file you can prepare to work offline by synchronizing the entire Version Cue proj...

Page 161: ... changes you can manually cancel the In Use By Me status by choosing Cancel Mark In Use from the context menu See also To synchronize files on page 154 To synchronize files in Bridge on page 154 To edit working copies of files from an offline project Note You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace...

Page 162: ...ep your edits and disregard the other changes in the master file To synchronize files Note You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set available in Adobe Creative Suite or in a shared workspace See Availability of Version Cue features on page 113 for more information For information on synchronizing files in Acrobat see Acrobat Help 1 In Illustrator InCopy...

Page 163: ...n Adobe Creative Suite component or a WebDAV enabled application Yes Yes Delete a file version Yes Yes Delete multiple file versions at once Yes Yes Create Version Cue projects from remote files via FTP No Yes Create Version Cue projects from remote files via WebDAV No Yes Import Version Cue 1 0 projects No Yes Back up Version Cue projects andrestorebackupversionsof a project No Yes View the amoun...

Page 164: ...n Cue workspace is located on not across a network If the Administration utility is installed on your computer you can start using the web based Version Cue Administration utility with the Version Cue default login ID system and password system Users working in a group with a login ID and password can log into the Version Cue Administration utility The tasks that workgroup users can perform are li...

Page 165: ...n Cue Workspace is installed Precede the address with http and follow it with a colon and the port number for example http 153 32 235 230 3703 IP or http myserver mycompany com 3703 DNS The default port number is 3703 Note If you have Version Cue 1 0 installed on your computer the default port number for Version Cue 2 0 is 50800 Once Version Cue 1 0 is uninstalled Version Cue 2 0 defaults to 3703 ...

Page 166: ... name type a name in the text box This name identifies the Version Cue Workspace in Adobe Creative Suite components using Version Cue Make This Version Cue Workspace Visible To Others When selected gives other computers access to the Version Cue Workspace Note If the Version Cue Workspace is installed on a Windows computer that uses a firewall and you want to share the workspace with others make s...

Page 167: ...s installed Adobe Creative Suite 1 0 components will work with it Adobe Creative Suite 2 0 components work only with Version Cue 2 0 Workspaces Adobe Creative Suite 1 0 components work with both Version Cue 1 0 and Version Cue 2 0 Workspaces simulta neously as long as the workspaces are not located on the same computer You can import Version Cue 1 0 projects and users using the Administration util...

Page 168: ...n your subnetwork or they can be given the Version Cue Workspace IP or DNS address and port number to gain access to the Version Cue Workspace Require Login For This Project Ensures that only users with a Version Cue login ID and password have access to the project Enable Lock Protection For This Project Restricts file versioning to sequential versions URL Encoding Specifies how the content s URL ...

Page 169: ... login ID and password have access to the project Note that if you select this option after a user gains access the user can still gain access without logging in Make sure that you change privileges as needed in the project s list of users Enable Lock Protection For This Project Restricts file versioning to sequential versions URL Encoding Specifies how the content s URL encoding is treated UTF 8 ...

Page 170: ...uire users to log in with a Version Cue login ID and password before accessing the project select Require Login For This Project If selected this option ensures that only Version Cue users you specify can log in and access the project Note If you select this option after other users have already accessed the project without being authenticated those users can still access the project without loggi...

Page 171: ...Cue project on page 166 To duplicate a Version Cue project Duplicate a project to start new project with the same users and privileges Version Cue duplicates the folder hierarchy within the project structure and you can use that as a basis for the new project Delete any files from the duplicated project that are no longer necessary 1 Log into the Version Cue Administration utility 2 Click the Proj...

Page 172: ...cify the folder to which you want to export the project Select any file in the folder and click Open 5 Click Export You can also export a project by using the Version Cue preferences For more information see To set Version Cue Workspace preferences on page 116 To export a Version Cue project to an FTP or WebDAV server 1 Log into the Version Cue Administration utility 2 Do one of the following Clic...

Page 173: ...tration page 2 Click the Advanced tab and then click Remove Old Versions 3 Choose a project from the Project Name menu 4 To delete versions select Delete All Versions Older Than and then choose a month day and year 5 To specify the maximum number of versions to remain in the workspace after you click Delete select Number Of Versions To Keep and then type a number in the text box 6 Click Delete Bac...

Page 174: ...w Project Name box type a name that is different from those of other projects in the Version Cue Workspace 6 Do any of the following and then click Restore To retain the list of users that were assigned to the project select Restore Users To retain the same privileges for each assigned user select Restore User Assignments To add remarks type them in the Comments box To create a new backup configur...

Page 175: ...roject with a previous backup To replace current projects on a Version Cue Workspace with a previous version you first restore the backup When you do this Version Cue Administration turns off automatically You must restart Version Cue on the host workspace it cannot be done remotely 1 Log into the Version Cue Administration utility 2 Click the Advanced tab and then click Administer Backups 3 brows...

Page 176: ...e 3 In the New User content frame choose the level of access to give the user from the Admin Access Level menu None Denies the user access to the Version Cue Workspace Administration utility however the user can access Version Cue projects while working in an Adobe Create Suite component User Gives the user access to some administrator privileges such as viewing other users information creating ne...

Page 177: ... the check box next to the User Name column label 4 Do one of the following Click Duplicate Edit the user s properties in the Duplicate User content frame and click Save Click Delete To confirm the deletion click Delete in the Delete User content frame Choosing user privileges Version Cue user logins are associated with one of three levels of privilege None User or System Administrator Users with ...

Page 178: ... list and then copy it to the UsersExport folder in the Version Cue application folder of another computer with a Version Cue Workspace 1 Log into the Version Cue Administration utility 2 Click the Users tab 3 Select the check box next to each user name you want to export To select all listed user names select the check box next to the User Name column label 4 Click Export List The Export Users co...

Page 179: ...l of detail you specify Display time varies according to the size of the log file The default log file size is 1024K If the log file exceeds a specified size limit the system creates a new log file and saves the old one Log files are saved in the Logs folder located in the Version Cue application folder To view Version Cue Workspace information 1 Log into the Version Cue Administration utility 2 D...

Page 180: ...by e mail create the e mail message in your e mail program and include a direct link to the review document in the e mail Invited reviewers only need Adobe Acrobat software and a Version Cue login to access the PDF document using their web browser As the review progresses reviewers upload their comments to the Version Cue Workspace In an open review all reviewers can see each other s comments in t...

Page 181: ...w Click the Documents tab and choose Not Started from the Review Status menu 4 In the Document List click the name of the PDF document you want to review 5 Choose the version you want to review and then click Start Review 6 In the Start Review page enter review information To set an end date for the review select Deadline and then choose the end date from the Year Month and Day menus To let review...

Page 182: ...name enter the name or part of it in the Document Name field Click Search To set viewing options in the Document List You can filter the Document List in the Documents tab by doing one or more of the following To display only PDF documents in a specific project choose that project from the Project menu To limit the number of documents displayed choose an option from the List Entries menu use the a...

Page 183: ...e See also Deleting files and folders on page 139 To edit review settings 1 Locate the active or completed review see To locate PDF reviews on page 174 2 Click the PDF document name in the Document List 3 Select one of the versions in the Document History list and click Edit Review Settings 4 Do any of the following To set or change an end date for the review select Deadline and then choose the en...

Page 184: ...m the Version Cue Administration utility If you open the review document from the Open dialog box in Acrobat or from Bridge the review comments aren t visible For more information about Acrobat commenting tools search for commenting in Acrobat Help To view or delete PDF review comments 1 Locate the review see To locate PDF reviews on page 174 2 Click the PDF document in the Document List 3 Do one ...

Page 185: ...hotographs or digital paintings because they can represent subtle gradations of shades and color Bitmap images can lose detail when scaled on screen because they are resolution dependent they contain a fixed number of pixels and each pixel is assigned a specific location and color value Bitmapped images can look jagged if they re printed at too low a resolution because the size of each pixel is in...

Page 186: ...age is called the pixel dimensions of an image The number of pixels per inch ppi printed on a page determines the image resolution The amount of detail in an image depends on its pixel dimensions whereas the image resolution controls how much space the pixels are printed over For example you can modify the resolution of an image without changing the actual pixel data in the image all you change is...

Page 187: ...u can change the resolution of an image In ImageReady the resolution of images is always 72 ppi to optimize the images for online media Example of an image at 72 ppi and 300 ppi When printed an image with a high resolution contains more and therefore smaller pixels than an image with a low resolution Higher resolution images can reproduce greater detail and subtler color transitions than lower res...

Page 188: ...detail at a given printed size but they require more disk space to store and may be slower to edit and print Image resolution thus becomes a compromise between image quality capturing all the data you need and file size Another factor that affects file size is file format Because of the varying compression methods used by GIF JPEG and PNG file formats file sizes can vary considerably for the same ...

Page 189: ...s on page 718 Screen frequency Screen frequency is the number of printer dots or halftone cells per inch used to print grayscale images or color separations Also known as screen ruling or line screen screen frequency is measured in lines per inch lpi or lines of cells per inch in a halftone screen The higher the resolution of the output device the finer higher a screen ruling you can use The relat...

Page 190: ...ixel dimensions of a bitmap image can degrade image quality and sharpness In contrast vector data is resolution independent you can resize it without losing its crisp edges To display the current image size You can display information about the current image size using the information box at the bottom of the application window Windows or the document window Mac OS Do one of the following Photosho...

Page 191: ...anging pixel dimensions on screen or to print proofs at different resolutions resample a duplicate of your file See also Sharpening images on page 354 Choosing an interpolation method When an image is resampled an interpolation method is used to assign color values to any new pixels that Photoshop creates based on the color values of existing pixels in the image Photoshop and ImageReady use sophis...

Page 192: ... Sharper oversharpens some areas of an image try using Bicubic To change the pixel dimensions of an image in Photoshop When preparing images for online distribution it s useful to specify image size in terms of pixel dimensions Changing pixel dimensions affects not only the size of an image on screen but also its image quality and its printed characteristics either its printed dimensions or its im...

Page 193: ... dimensions or the resolution Photoshop adjusts the other value automatically to preserve the total pixel count For the highest print quality it s generally best to change the dimensions and resolution first without resampling Then resample only as necessary See also Positioning and scaling images on page 713 To set Photoshop print options on page 712 To change the print dimensions and resolution ...

Page 194: ...or Screen enter the screen frequency for the output device If necessary choose a different unit of measurement Note that the screen value is used only to calculate the image resolution not to set the screen for printing Note To specify the halftone screen ruling for printing you must use the Halftone Screens dialog box accessible through the Print With Preview command 4 For Quality select an optio...

Page 195: ... using WIA Certain digital cameras import images using Windows Image Acquisition WIA support When you use WIA Photoshop works with Windows and your digital camera or scanner software to import images directly into Photoshop Note WIA is available only in Windows XP 1 Choose File Import WIA Support 2 Choose a destination in which to save your image files on your computer 3 Make sure that Open Acquir...

Page 196: ...oose the scanner name from the File Import submenu See your scanner documentation for instructions on installing the scanner plug in If your scanner does not have Photoshop compatible scanner driver import the scan using the TWAIN interface If you can t import the scan using the TWAIN interface use the scanner manufacturer s software to scan your images and save the images as TIFF PICT or BMP file...

Page 197: ...ind of image you want to scan Color Picture Uses the default settings for scanning color images Grayscale Picture Uses the default settings for scanning grayscale images Black And White Picture or Text Uses the default settings Adjust The Quality Of The Scanned Picture Uses custom settings 8 Click preview to view the scan If necessary drag the handles of the bounding box to adjust the size of the ...

Page 198: ...nsions After 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 See also Color modes on page 227 Optimizing the dynamic range of the scan Keep in mind that the human eye can detect a wider tonal range than can be printed If your scanner allows set the black and white poin...

Page 199: ...image and set the width and height Photoshop To match the width and height of the new image to that of any open image choose a file name from the bottom section of the Windows menu 3 Photoshop Set the resolution and mode 4 Select an option for the contents of the background layer Photoshop or first layer ImageReady of the image White Fills the background or first layer with white the default backg...

Page 200: ...files from the Files Of Type Windows or Show Mac OS pop up menu 3 Mac OS Click Show Preview to preview the selected file This option requires the Apple QuickTime extension Note Previews appear faster if they are saved with the file In Photoshop select Always Save For Image Previews in the File Handling preferences to always save a preview select Ask When Saving to save previews on a file by file b...

Page 201: ...hop you can also import PDF data using the Place command the Paste command and the drag and drop feature The page or image is placed on a separate layer as a Smart Object Note You can t bring PDF data into ImageReady See also PDF on page 682 Smart Objects on page 427 Placing files on page 196 Using drag and drop to copy between applications on page 332 Using the clipboard to copy between applicati...

Page 202: ...cify the following under Page Options Resolution Sets the resolution for the new document See also Pixel dimensions and image resolution on page 178 Mode Sets the color mode for the new document See also Color modes on page 227 Bit Depth Sets the bit depth for the new document See also About bit depth on page 231 Anti aliased Minimizes jagged lines at the edges of an image Deselect this option if ...

Page 203: ...eselect the Anti alias option when you open or place a PDF or EPS file 1 Do one of the following Windows Choose Edit Preferences General Mac OS Choose ImageReady Preferences General 2 Deselect Anti alias PostScript To open a Photo CD file You can open Kodak Photo CD PCD files including high resolution files from Pro Photo CD discs Note You cannot save files in PCD format from Photoshop or ImageRea...

Page 204: ...n a file in the PICT Resource file format by choosing File Open choosing All Documents from the Show pop up menu selecting the file you want to open choosing PICT Resource from the Format pop up menu and clicking Open However the Open command automatically opens the first resource in the file and does not display any other PICT resources in the file Placing files Placing files The Place command pl...

Page 205: ...pying and pasting the art from Illustrator into a Photoshop document See To paste Adobe Illustrator art into Photoshop on page 200 5 Optional Reposition or transform the placed artwork by doing any of the following To reposition the placed art position the pointer inside the bounding box of the placed artwork and drag or in the options bar enter a value for X to specify the distance between the ce...

Page 206: ...ith respect to the image In the Pixels text box enter the number of pixels by which to offset the placed image horizontally From the Vertical pop up menu choose an option for placing the file vertically with respect to the image In the Pixels text box enter the number of pixels by which to offset the placed image vertically Note To enter a negative number and offset the placed file to the left or ...

Page 207: ...s to the smallest rectangular region that includes all the text and graphics of the page This option eliminates extraneous white space Media Box Crops to the original size of the page Crop Box Crops to the clipping region crop margins of the PDF file Bleed Box Crops to the region specified in the PDF file for accommodating limitations inherent in production processes such as cutting folding and tr...

Page 208: ...the AICB No Transparency Support options are turned off in the File Handling Clipboard preferences of Adobe Illustrator the art is automatically rasterized as it s pasted into the Photoshop document You can skip the rest of the steps in this procedure 3 In the Paste dialog box select how you want to paste the Adobe Illustrator art and then click OK Smart Object Pastes the art as a Vector Smart Obj...

Page 209: ... in an HDR image adjusting the exposure of an HDR image is like adjusting the exposure when photographing a scene in the real world This capability lets you create blurs and other real world lighting effects that look realistic Currently HDR images are used mostly in motion pictures special effects 3D work and some high end photog raphy A B C Merging images of different exposures to create an HDR ...

Page 210: ... save an HDR image in the LogLuv TIFF file format it can open and read a LogLuv TIFF file Filters Average Box Blur Gaussian Blur Motion Blur Radial Blur Shape Blur Surface Blur Add Noise Fibers Lens Flare Smart Sharpen Unsharp Mask De Interlace NTSC Colors High Pass and Offset Modes RGB Color Grayscale conversion to 8 Bits Channel or 16 Bits Channel Tools Marquee tools Move tool lasso tools Crop t...

Page 211: ...and choose Tools Photoshop Merge To HDR Skip to step 3 2 In the Merge To HDR dialog box click Browse browse to select the images and click Open To remove an item select it in the Merge To HDR dialog box and click Remove Note If you want to add a folder of images or images that are open in Photoshop choose Folder or Open Files from the Use menu 3 Optional Select the Attempt To Automatically Align S...

Page 212: ...the merged image To adjust HDR image viewing The dynamic range of HDR images exceeds the display capabilities of standard computer monitors When you open an HDR image in Photoshop it can look very dark or washed out Photoshop lets you adjust the preview so that the monitor displays an HDR image whose highlights and shadows aren t washed out or too dark The preview settings are stored in the HDR im...

Page 213: ...ues range of the 8 or 16 bits per channel image file No further adjustments are necessary this method is automatic Click OK to convert the 32 bits per channel image Equalize Histogram Compresses the dynamic range of the HDR image while trying to preserve some contrast No further adjustments are necessary this method is automatic Click OK to convert the 32 bits per channel image Local Adaptation Ad...

Page 214: ... the Corner option is used 5 Optional To save your 32 bit toning options as a file click Save Type a name for the file in the Save dialog box and click Save You can reuse the saved 32 bit toning option file Click Load to convert another 32 bits per channel image to an 8 or 16 bits per channel image 6 Click OK to convert the 32 bits per channel image See also About the Curves dialog box on page 286...

Page 215: ... Camera Raw can process many camera raw file formats When you first view thumbnails and preview camera raw files in Bridge you see the files with the default image settings applied By default Camera Raw also uses an Auto Adjustments option that applies image settings to a file by evaluating the image data in addition to using the Camera Raw default settings and the EXIF data You can change the def...

Page 216: ...shop is not installed you can still preview the camera raw files in the Preview tab and as thumbnails If a third party application is associated with the camera raw file type it s possible to open the camera raw file in the third party application from Bridge When you make adjustments including straightening and cropping the image from the Camera Raw dialog box the original camera raw file data is...

Page 217: ... files A camera raw image file contains the unprocessed bits from the camera s CCD or CMOS This data needs significant processing of the type performed by the Camera Raw plug in The Photoshop Raw format raw is a flexible file format for transferring images between applications and computer platforms Caches for camera raw files in Bridge When you view camera raw files in Adobe Bridge the thumbnails...

Page 218: ...ift key and choose File Open Hold down the Shift key and double click a camera raw image file To process camera raw files in Camera Raw 1 Do one of the following Bridge Select one or more camera raw files and choose File Open With Photoshop CS2 The Camera Raw dialog box appears with Open as the default button for opening the images in Photoshop Bridge Select one or more camera raw files and choose...

Page 219: ...e to display the RGB values directly beneath the pointer You can also place up to four color samplers in the preview image The RGB values of each color sampler appear beneath the preview image 9 Make tonal adjustments using the Exposure Shadow Brightness Contrast and Saturation sliders or select the Auto check boxes to make these adjustments automatically There is no Auto check box for Saturation ...

Page 220: ... image files with the Camera Raw settings applied in Photoshop You can edit the image further and save the images in a Photoshop supported format The original camera raw image file remains unaltered The settings applied to the camera raw image are stored either in the camera raw database file or as a sidecar XMP file Done Closes the Camera Raw dialog box and stores file settings either in the came...

Page 221: ... move it over the preview image The values appear when you use the Zoom tool Hand tool White Balance tool Color Sampler tool Crop tool or Straighten tool Shadows and Highlights Displays shadow and highlight clipping Clipped shadows appear in blue and clipped highlights appear in red Highlight clipping is shown if any one of the three RGB channels is clipped fully saturated with no detail Shadow cl...

Page 222: ... printed at 72 dpi is approximately 28 1 2 x 21 1 4 inches When printed at 300 dpi the same image is approximately 6 3 4 x 5 1 8 inches You can also use the Image Size command to adjust resolution in Photoshop Making tonal adjustments in Camera Raw White balance and camera raw files A digital camera records the white balance at the time of exposure as a metadata entry The Camera Raw plug in reads ...

Page 223: ... left corrects a photo taken with a lower color temperature of light C Photo after color temperature adjustment Tint Fine tunes the white balance to compensate for a green or magenta tint Move the slider to the left negative values to add green to the photo move it to the right positive values to add magenta To adjust the white balance quickly select the White Balance tool and then click an area i...

Page 224: ... impression of increased contrast in the image Using the Shadows slider is similar to using the black point slider for input levels in the Photoshop Levels command Hold down Alt Windows or Option Mac OS while moving the Shadow slider to preview where the shadows are clipped Move the slider until the shadows begin to get clipped and then reverse the adjustment slightly Color indicates areas that ar...

Page 225: ... want the crop area constrained to specific proportions click the Crop tool icon and choose a proportion from the pop up menu Choosing Custom opens the Custom Crop dialog box where you can specify the proportions or the dimensions of the crop Click OK 3 Do one of the following To crop the image drag the Crop tool over the image To straighten the image drag the Straighten tool in the preview image ...

Page 226: ...pened 1 Do one of the following In the Camera Raw dialog box click the triangle next to the Settings menu and choose Preferences from the Camera Raw menu Windows In Adobe Bridge choose Edit Camera Raw Preferences Mac OS In Bridge choose Bridge Camera Raw Preferences or with the Camera Raw dialog box opened in Photoshop choose Photoshop Camera Raw Preferences 2 In the Camera Raw Preferences dialog ...

Page 227: ...y see a red fringe on the side of an object toward the center of the image and cyan fringe on the side of the object away from the center of the image Original image left and after fixing chromatic aberration right To compensate for chromatic aberration in Camera Raw 1 Zoom into an area near the corner of the preview image For the best results the area should contain very dark or black detail agai...

Page 228: ...lance using the Temper ature and Tint sliders The Calibrate tab has a Shadow Tint slider to correct this remaining shadow color cast In the Calibrate tab move the Shadow Tint slider to remove the color cast in the shadows The camera s sensor and the white balance affect which colors are adjusted Usually moving the slider to the left negative values adds green to the shadow areas and moving the sli...

Page 229: ...box apply adjustments to one or more camera raw images 2 Click the Save button 3 In the Camera Raw Save Options dialog box specify the following options Destination Specifies where to save the file If necessary click the Select Folder button and navigate to the location File Naming Specifies the naming convention used if you re processing and saving more than one camera raw file 4 Choose a file fo...

Page 230: ...a Raw menu Because Camera Raw can identify which camera was used to take an image you can save different default image settings for different cameras You can also save Camera Raw settings for a specific lighting condition and reapply them to images taken under similar conditions Alternatively you can save only a subset of the Camera Raw plug in settings In this way you can create presets for custo...

Page 231: ...d with a camera raw image file If you open files from a read only volume such as a CD or DVD be sure to copy the files to your hard drive before opening them The Camera Raw plug in cannot write an XMP file to a read only volume and writes the settings to the Camera Raw database file instead You can view XMP files in Bridge by choosing View Show Hidden Files If you store the camera raw settings in ...

Page 232: ...nu in the Camera Raw dialog box Camera Raw Defaults Uses the saved default settings for a specific camera Previous Conversion Uses the settings from the previous image of the same camera A saved setting Uses a setting that you saved Note You can also open the Camera Raw menu choose Load Settings and then browse to select a saved setting To load Camera Raw settings Saved settings are not listed in ...

Page 233: ...ou want to apply 4 Click OK To clear settings applied to camera raw image files You can clear image settings applied to camera raw files and restore the Camera Raw default image settings 1 In Bridge select one or more camera raw image files 2 Choose Edit Apply Camera Raw Settings Clear Camera Raw Settings To delete Camera Raw settings 1 Choose a saved setting from the Settings menu 2 Click the tri...

Page 234: ...actions for opening camera raw image files with different settings When using the Batch command select Override Action Open Commands so that Open commands in the action refer to the batched files rather than the files specified by name in the action Deselect Override Action Open Commands only if the action is to operate on open files or if the action contains Open commands for specific files requi...

Page 235: ...e equal the result is a shade of neutral gray When the values of all compo nents are 255 the result is pure white when the values are 0 pure black RGB images use three colors or channels to reproduce colors on screen In 8 bits per channel images the three channels translate to 24 8 bits x 3 channels bits of color information per pixel With 24 bit images up to 16 7 million colors can be reproduced ...

Page 236: ...d Level 3 printers To print Lab images to other color PostScript devices convert to CMYK first Lab images can be saved in Photoshop Photoshop EPS Large Document Format PSB Photoshop PDF Photoshop Raw TIFF Photoshop DCS 1 0 or Photoshop DCS 2 0 formats You can save 48 bit 16 bits per channel Lab images in Photoshop Large Document Format PSB Photoshop PDF Photoshop Raw or TIFF formats Note The DCS 1...

Page 237: ...stores and indexes the colors in the image If a color in the original image does not appear in the table the program chooses the closest one or uses dithering to simulate the color using available colors Because the palette of colors is limited indexed color can reduce file size yet maintain the visual quality needed for multimedia presentations web pages and the like Limited editing is available ...

Page 238: ... in the preview This option has no effect on the pixels in the file it simply provides faster previews with the tools and commands 1 Do one of the following In Windows choose Edit Preferences Display Cursors In Mac OS choose Photoshop Preferences Display Cursors 2 Select Use Pixel Doubling and click OK Adjusting color display for cross platform variations RGB color display on a computer monitor va...

Page 239: ... use profiles in PNG or TIFF files Channels and bit depth About color channels A working knowledge of color channels and bit depth is key to understanding how Photoshop stores and displays color information in images Every Photoshop image has one or more channels each storing information about color elements in the image The number of default color channels in an image depends on its color mode Fo...

Page 240: ...r channel Additionally Photoshop can work with RGB and grayscale images that contain 32 bits of data per color channel See also About High Dynamic Range images on page 201 Converting between bit depths A 16 or 32 bits per channel image provides finer distinctions in color but larger file size than an 8 bits per channel version of the same image Photoshop provides the following support for working ...

Page 241: ...lors Support for the following built in filters Surface Blur Box Blur Gaussian Blur Motion Blur Sampled Shape Blur Add Noise Unsharp Mask High Pass Offset Save Selection and Load Selection commands To work with certain Photoshop features such as layers filters and adjustments you can convert a 32 bits per channel image to a 16 bits per channel image Do a Save As and convert a copy of the image fil...

Page 242: ... between layer blending modes changes when the mode changes To convert an image to another mode Choose Image Mode and the mode you want from the submenu Modes not available for the active image appear dimmed in the menu Images are flattened when converted to Multichannel Bitmap or Indexed Color mode because these modes do not support layers Making a conditional mode change You can specify conditio...

Page 243: ...de Note Images in Bitmap mode are 1 bit per channel You must convert a 16 or 32 bits per channel image to 8 bit Grayscale mode before converting it to Bitmap mode To convert an image to Bitmap mode 1 Do one of the following If the image is in color choose Image Mode Grayscale Then choose Image Mode Bitmap If the image is grayscale choose Image Mode Bitmap 2 For Output enter a value for the output ...

Page 244: ... gray in Grayscale mode When the image is converted back to Bitmap mode that pixel is rendered as white if its gray value is above the middle gray value of 128 1 Choose Image Mode Grayscale 2 Enter a value between 1 and 16 for the size ratio The size ratio is the factor for scaling down the image For example to reduce a grayscale image by 50 enter 2 for the size ratio If you enter a number greater...

Page 245: ...nd Load buttons in the Halftone Screen dialog box Specifying custom halftone screens for Bitmap mode images The Custom Pattern option in the Bitmap dialog box simulates the effect of printing a grayscale image through a custom halftone screen This method lets you apply a screen texture such as a wood grain to an image To use this option you must first define a pattern You can create a pattern repr...

Page 246: ...ptions you can choose using a local palette based on the current image s colors It s also possible to use a master palette that was created in ImageReady These are the available palette types Exact Creates a palette using the exact colors appearing in the RGB image an option available only if the image uses 256 or fewer colors Because the image s palette contains all colors in the image there is n...

Page 247: ... and Custom lets you define custom colors to add Transparency Specifies whether to preserve transparent areas of the image during conversion Selecting this option adds a special index entry in the color table for transparent colors Deselecting this option fills transparent areas with the matte color or with white if no matte color is chosen Matte Specifies the background color used to fill anti al...

Page 248: ...lor table between the starting and ending colors The first color you choose in the Color Picker is the beginning color for the range When you click OK the Color Picker reappears so that you can choose the last color in the range The colors you selected in the Color Picker are placed in the range you selected in the Color Table dialog box 6 Click OK in the Color Table dialog box to apply the new co...

Page 249: ...ect a color in the Adobe Color Picker either by choosing from a color spectrum or by defining the color numerically Through the Adobe Color Picker you can set the foreground color background color and text color In Photoshop you can also use the Color Picker to set target colors in some color and tonal adjustment commands the stop colors in the Gradient Editor the filter color in the Photo Filter ...

Page 250: ...olor palette click the Set Foreground Color or Set Background Color selection box In the text tool options bar click the color swatch Photoshop In the Layers palette click the color swatch in a fill or shape layer Photoshop In the Gradient Editor double click a color stop Photoshop In the options bar of a shape or pen tool click the color swatch Photoshop In the Layer Style dialog box for certain ...

Page 251: ...ected color is displayed in the Adobe Color Picker You can move the Eyedropper tool anywhere on your desktop by clicking in the image and then holding down the mouse button You can select a color by releasing the mouse button See also Web safe colors on page 245 To specify a color using numeric values In the Adobe Color Picker you can select a color in any of the four color models by specifying nu...

Page 252: ...ed color component R G or B The color field displays the range for the remaining two components one on the horizontal axis one on the vertical For example if you click the red component R the color slider displays the range of color for red 0 is at the bottom of the slider and 255 is at the top The color field displays the values for blue on its horizontal axis and for green on its vertical axis 1...

Page 253: ...resented in the color field with green on the left and red on the right 3 Select a color using a combination of the color slider and the color field or entering numeric values in the L A and B text boxes Web safe colors The web safe colors are the 216 colors used by browsers regardless of the platform The browser changes all colors in the image to these colors when displaying the image on an 8 bit...

Page 254: ...olors are determined by your current CMYK working space as defined in the Color Settings dialog box See also About out of gamut colors on page 283 Choosing custom colors The Adobe Color Picker lets you choose custom colors from the Pantone Matching System the Trumatch Swatching System the Focoltone Colour System the Toyo Color Finder 1050 system the ANPA Color system the HKS color system and the D...

Page 255: ...d matte paper stocks to ensure accurate visualization of the printed result and better on press control You can print a solid Pantone color in CMYK To compare a solid Pantone color to its closest process color match use the Pantone Solid to Process guide The CMYK screen tint percentages are printed under each color For more information contact Pantone Inc in Carlstadt NJ www pantone com TOYO Color...

Page 256: ... the Color Picker menu and click OK Using the color wheel If you re new to adjusting color components it helps to keep a diagram of the standard color wheel on hand when you work on color balance You can use the color wheel to predict how a change in one color component affects other colors and also how changes translate between RGB and CMYK color models 0 360 R B 90 270 Y G M C 180 Color wheel R ...

Page 257: ...ta or by increasing its complement by adding cyan and yellow You can even combine these two corrections minimizing their effect on overall lightness In an RGB image you can decrease magenta by removing red and blue or by adding green All of these adjustments result in an overall color balance containing less magenta ...

Page 258: ...nt color spaces brands of computer monitors the way software applications define color print media newsprint paper reproduces a smaller gamut than magazine quality paper and other natural variations such as manufacturing differences in monitors or monitor age RGB A B C CMYK Color gamuts of various devices and documents A Lab color space B Documents working space C Devices What is a color managemen...

Page 259: ...s especially useful for adjusting color for devices with a relatively limited gamut such as a four color process printing press Accurately soft proof preview a color document on your monitor by making it simulate a specific output device Soft proofing is subject to the limitations of monitor display such as room lighting conditions Accurately evaluate and consistently incorporate color graphics fr...

Page 260: ... on conventions developed by the International Color Consortium ICC a group responsible for standardizing profile formats and procedures so that consistent and accurate color can be achieved throughout a workflow By default color management is turned on in Adobe applications If you purchased the Adobe Creative Suite color settings are synchronized across applications to provide consistent display ...

Page 261: ...out color profiles on page 263 and To install a color profile on page 266 4 Set up color management in Adobe applications The default color settings are sufficient for most users However you can change the color settings by doing one of the following If you use multiple Adobe applications use Bridge to choose a standard color management configuration and synchronize color settings across applicati...

Page 262: ... determines the color working spaces used by the application what happens when you open and import files with embedded profiles and how the color management system converts colors To view a description of a setting select the setting and then position the pointer over the setting name The description appears at the bottom of the dialog box In certain situations such as if your service provider sup...

Page 263: ... Windows or Application name Preferences Appearance Of Black Mac OS 2 Choose an option for On Screen Display All Blacks Accurately Displays pure CMYK black as dark gray This setting allows you to see the difference between pure black and rich black Display All Blacks As Rich Black Displays pure CMYK black as jet black RGB 000 This setting makes pure black and rich black appear the same on screen 3...

Page 264: ...Note You cannot share the following types of swatches between applications patterns gradients and the Registration swatch from Illustrator or InDesign and book color references HSB XYZ duotone monitorRGB opacity total ink and webRGB swatches from Photoshop These types of swatches are automatically excluded when you save swatches for exchange 2 Select Save Swatches For Exchange from the Swatches pa...

Page 265: ...euse a color graphic for multiple final output devices or media such as for print video and the web prepare the graphic using RGB or Lab colors whenever possible If you must save in a color model other than RGB or Lab keep a copy of the original graphic RGB and Lab color models represent larger color gamuts than most output devices can reproduce retaining as much color information as possible befo...

Page 266: ...70 Color managing PDF documents for online viewing When you export Portable Document Format PDF files you can choose to embed profiles PDF files with embedded profiles reproduce color consistently in Acrobat 4 x or later running under a properly configured color management system For information about color management in Acrobat software see Acrobat online Help Keep in mind that embedding color pr...

Page 267: ...rprint Preview to accurately preview overprints in a soft proof Using a soft proof to preview the final output of a document on your monitor A Document in the working space B Document s color values are translated to color space of chosen proof profile usually the output de vice s profile C Monitor displays proof profile s interpretation of document s color values To soft proof colors 1 In Illustr...

Page 268: ...aper and printer combinations create the most accurate soft proof Preserve CMYK Numbers or Preserve RGB Numbers Simulates how the colors will appear without being converted to the color space of the output device This option is most useful when you are following a safe CMYK workflow See Using a safe CMYK workflow on page 256 Rendering Intent Photoshop and Illustrator When the Preserve Numbers opti...

Page 269: ...ement Color management options for printing let you specify how you want Adobe applications to handle the outgoing image data so the printer will print colors consistent with what you see on your monitor Your options for printing color managed documents depend on the Adobe application you use as well as the output device you select In general you have the following choices for handling colors duri...

Page 270: ...es in the following ways Purchase a profile for your type of printer and paper This is usually the easiest and least expensive method Purchase a profile for your specific printer and paper This method involves printing a profiling target on your printer and paper and providing that target to a company that will create a specific profile This is more expensive than purchasing a standard profile but...

Page 271: ...ng and potentially damaging corrections to an already satis factory image With an accurate profile a program importing the image can correct for any device differences and display a scan s actual colors A color management system uses the following kinds of profiles Monitor profiles Describe how the monitor is currently reproducing color This is the first profile you should create because it is abs...

Page 272: ...space profile to display and edit colors See About color working spaces on page 268 To view the current document profile select Document Color Profile in the status bar A B C D Managing color with profiles A Profiles describe the color spaces of the input device and the document B Using the profiles descriptions the color management system identifies the document s actual colors C The monitor s pr...

Page 273: ...ately 1 Make sure your monitor has been turned on for at least a half hour This gives it sufficient time to warm up and produce more consistent output 2 Make sure your monitor is displaying thousands of colors or more Ideally make sure it is displaying millions of colors or 24 bit or higher 3 Remove colorful background patterns on your monitor desktop and set your desktop to display neutral grays ...

Page 274: ...files 1 Save or export the document in one of the following file formats Adobe PDF PSD Photoshop AI Illustrator INDD InDesign JPEG or TIFF 2 Select the option for embedding ICC profiles The exact name and location of this option varies between applica tions Search Help in the relevant CS2 application for additional instructions Changing the color profile for a document There are very few situation...

Page 275: ...ined by the application s working space profiles and you can no longer embed a profile in the document Assign Current Working Space working space Assigns the working space profile to the document Assign Profile Lets you select a different profile The application assigns the new profile to the document without converting colors to the profile space This may dramatically change the appearance of the...

Page 276: ...ve in the Color Settings dialog box To ensure that the application displays the setting name in the Color Settings dialog box save the file in the default location If you save the file to a different location you must load the file before you can select the setting To load a color settings preset that s not saved in the standard location click Load in the Color Settings dialog box select the file ...

Page 277: ...pear in the working space menus 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 contain specifications for translating both into and out of color spaces in order to appear the working space menus Note In Photoshop you can create custom working space pro...

Page 278: ...ng files or importing images into the current document The Grayscale option is available for Photoshop and GoLive only Choose from the following options Preserve Embedded Profiles Always preserves embedded color profiles when opening files This is the recom mended option for most workflows because it provides consistent color management One exception is if you re concerned about preserving CMYK nu...

Page 279: ...n Ensures that the shadow detail in the image is preserved by simulating the full dynamic range of the output device Select this option if you plan to use black point compensation when printing which is recommended in most situations Use Dither Photoshop Controls whether to dither colors when converting 8 bit per channel images between color spaces When the Use Dither option is selected Photoshop ...

Page 280: ... No scaling of colors to destination white point is performed This intent aims to maintain color accuracy at the expense of preserving relationships between colors and is suitable for proofing to simulate the output of a particular device This intent is particularly useful for previewing how paper color affects printed colors Advanced controls In Photoshop you display advanced controls for managin...

Page 281: ...mageReady they are permanently converted to 8 bit images and the discarded data is unrecoverable However if you are editing a 16 bit image in ImageReady and haven t saved it yet you can return to Photoshop Photoshop opens it as a 16 bit image without data loss Duplicate or make a copy of the image file Working on a copy of your image preserves the original in the event you need to use the image in...

Page 282: ... the Levels dialog box or the Curves dialog box to bring important details in the highlights and shadows into the gamut of an output device like a desktop printer Do this if your image is being sent out to a printing press and you know the characteristics of the press Because sharpening increases the contrast of neighboring pixels it s possible that some pixels in critical areas might become unpri...

Page 283: ...a 0 255 tonal scale and provides the greatest control over an image s tonal quality Assign target values to the highlight and shadow pixels using either the Levels or Curves dialog box This can help preserve important highlight and shadow details in images being sent to a printing press or laser printer You might also need to fine tune the target values after sharpening Adjust the tonality in the ...

Page 284: ... adjust the view A B C D E Histogram palette A Channel menu B Palette menu C Uncached Refresh button D Cached Data Warning icon E Statistics To adjust the view of the Histogram palette Choose a view from the Histogram palette menu Expanded View Displays the histogram with statistics and with controls for choosing the channel represented by the histogram viewing options in the Histogram palette ref...

Page 285: ...e document s individual channels including color channels alpha channels and spot channels Depending on the image s color mode choose RGB CMYK or Composite to view a composite histogram of all the channels This is the default view when you first choose Expanded View or All Channels View If the image is RGB or CMYK choose Luminosity to display a histogram representing the luminance or intensity val...

Page 286: ...ogram Level Displays the intensity level of the area underneath the pointer Count Shows the total number of pixels corresponding to the intensity level underneath the pointer Percentile Displays the cumulative number of pixels at or below the level underneath the pointer This value is expressed as a percentage of all the pixels in the image from 0 at the far left to 100 at the far right Cache Leve...

Page 287: ... Memory And Image Cache preference To refresh the histogram so that it displays all of the pixels of the original image in its current state do one of the following Double click anywhere in the histogram Click the Cached Data Warning icon Click the Uncached Refresh button Choose Uncached Refresh from the Histogram palette menu For information about cache level see To view histogram statistics on p...

Page 288: ... work even if you close and reopen the image Color samplers and Info palette To view color values in an image 1 Choose Window Info to open the Info palette 2 Select the Eyedropper tool or Color Sampler tool and if necessary choose a sample size in the options bar Point Sample Reads the value of a single pixel 3 By 3 Average Reads the average value of a 3 by 3 pixel area 5 By 5 Average Reads the av...

Page 289: ...e sampler To delete all color samplers click Clear in the options bar To delete a color sampler while an adjustment dialog box is open hold down Alt Shift Windows or Option Shift Mac OS and click the sampler To hide or show color samplers in an image Choose View Extras A check mark indicates that color samplers are visible To change the display of color sampler information in the Info palette To d...

Page 290: ...is resets the dialog box to the values it had prior to your changes To save and reapply settings in a dialog box The Save and Load buttons in the Levels Curves Photoshop Hue Saturation Match Color Photoshop Replace Color Photoshop Selective Color Photoshop Channel Mixer Photoshop Shadow Highlight Photoshop and Variations dialog boxes let you save your settings and apply them to other images The pr...

Page 291: ...lly brings all colors into gamut when you convert an RGB image to CMYK But you might want to identify the out of gamut colors in an image or correct them manually before converting to CMYK In RGB mode you can tell whether a color is out of gamut in the following ways In the Info palette an exclamation point appears next to the CMYK values whenever you move the pointer over an out of gamut color In...

Page 292: ...els to set highlights shadows and midtones The outer two Input Levels sliders map the black point and white point to the settings of the Output sliders By default the Output sliders are at level 0 where the pixels are completely black and level 255 where the pixels are completely white So in the default position for the Output sliders moving the black input slider maps the pixel value to level 0 a...

Page 293: ...o the right at level 5 Photoshop maps all the pixels at level 5 and lower to level 0 Similarly if you move the white point slider to the left at level 243 Photoshop maps all pixels at level 243 and higher to level 255 The mapping affects the darkest and lightest pixels in each channel The corresponding pixels in the other channels are adjusted proportionately to avoid altering the color balance No...

Page 294: ... color swatch to display the Adobe Color Picker Enter the values you want to assign to the neutral gray and click OK This method has the advantage of showing you a preview of the values you re assigning In general assign equal color component values to achieve a neutral gray For example assign equal red green and blue values to produce a neutral gray in an RGB image About the Curves dialog box The...

Page 295: ...intensity values of the pixels Input levels the vertical axis represents the new color values Output levels By default Curves displays the intensity values for RGB images in a range from 0 to 255 with black 0 at the bottom left corner By default Curves displays percentages for CMYK images in a range from 0 to 100 with highlights 0 at the bottom left corner To reverse the display of intensity value...

Page 296: ...lay levels or percentages The steeper sections of the curve represent portions of an image with more contrast Conversely flatter sections of the curve represent areas of lower contrast If the Curves dialog box is set to display levels rather than percentages the highlights are represented in the top right corner of the graph Moving a point in the top portion of the curve primarily adjusts the high...

Page 297: ...of the curve Ctrl clicking Windows or Command clicking Mac OS three areas of an image to add points to the curve Lightening the highlights and dark ening the shadows is represented by an S curve where the image contrast is increased To determine the lightest and darkest areas in an RGB image drag over the image The intensity values of the area under the pointer and the corresponding location on th...

Page 298: ...or Control Tab Mac OS to move forward through control points on the curve Press Shift Ctrl Tab Windows or Shift Control Tab Mac OS to move backward through control points on the curve To add contrast to a photo You can add contrast to an image in two ways depending on the problem If the image needs overall contrast because it doesn t use the full tonal range choose Image Adjustments Levels Then dr...

Page 299: ...click it with an eyedropper later 2 Open the Levels or Curves dialog box Choose Image Adjustments and then choose Levels or Curves You can also use an adjustment layer 3 Double click the Set Black Point tool the Set Gray Point tool or the Set White Point Eyedropper tool Use the Adobe Color Picker to specify a neutral target color If you re working in RGB enter the same values for R G and B to spec...

Page 300: ...hift to temporarily access the Color Sampler tool 4 To identify a representative shadow drag the slider to the far left until the image becomes pure white Drag the slider slowly toward the center until some solid black areas appear in the image and place a color sampler on one of the areas 5 Click Cancel to close the Threshold dialog box without applying changes to the image You can use the Info p...

Page 301: ... desktop printer and your system is color managed you don t need to set target values The Photoshop color management system automatically makes adjustments to the image you see on the screen so that it prints properly on your profiled desktop printer Using Levels to preserve highlight and shadow details for printing The Output Levels sliders let you set the shadow and highlight levels to compress ...

Page 302: ...t targeted to a printable lower value don t include specular highlights Specular highlights such as the highlight glint in jewelry or a spot of glare are meant to be the brightest points in an image It s usually desirable to clip specular highlight pixels pure white no detail so that no ink is printed on the paper You can also use the Threshold command to identify representative highlights and sha...

Page 303: ...ood shadow in an average key image using CMYK values of 65 53 51 and 95 An approximate RGB equivalent is 10 10 10 and an approximate grayscale equivalent is a 96 dot You can approximate these values quickly by entering 4 in the Brightness B text box under the HSB area of the Color Picker With a high key image you may want to set the shadow to a higher value to maintain detail in the highlights Exp...

Page 304: ...original color A positive value indicates clockwise rotation a negative value counterclockwise rotation Values can range from 180 to 180 0 360 90 270 A B 180 Color wheel A Saturation B Hue 4 For Saturation enter a value or drag the slider to the right to increase the saturation or to the left to decrease it The color shifts away from or toward the center of the color wheel Values can range from 10...

Page 305: ... color component Moving a vertical bar from the center of the adjustment slider and closer to a triangle increases the color range and decreases the fall off Moving a vertical bar closer to the center of the adjustment slider and away from a triangle decreases the color range and increases the fall off Ctrl drag Windows or Command drag Mac OS the color bar so that a different color is in the cente...

Page 306: ...u want to focus the changes 4 Optional Select Preserve Luminosity to prevent changing the luminosity values in the image while changing the color This option maintains the tonal balance in the image 5 Drag a slider toward a color that you want to increase in the image drag a slider away from a color that you want to decrease in the image The values above the color bars show the color changes for t...

Page 307: ...lor cast you can choose a complementary color to neutralize the color cast You can also apply colors for special color effects or enhancements For example the Underwater color simulates the greenish blue color cast in underwater photos Make sure that Preview is selected to view the results of using a color filter If you don t want the image darkened by adding the color filter be sure that the Pres...

Page 308: ...s from image to image Too large a value may introduce halos around very dark or very light edges The default settings attempt to reduce these artifacts Halos may also occur when the Shadow or Highlight Amount values are too large Tonal Width is set to 50 by default If you find that you are trying to lighten a dark subject but the midtones or lighter regions are changing too much try reducing Shado...

Page 309: ...re clipped and rendered as pure black or pure white Matching replacing and mixing colors The Match Color command The Match Color command matches colors between multiple images between multiple layers or between multiple color selections It also lets you adjust the colors in an image by changing the luminance changing the color range and neutralizing a color cast The Match Color command works only ...

Page 310: ...re the selection in the target image and compute the adjustment by using the colors of the entire target image 5 To automatically remove a color cast in the target image select the Neutralize option Make sure the Preview option is selected so that your image is updated as you make adjustments 6 To increase or decrease the brightness in the target image move the Luminance slider Alternatively enter...

Page 311: ...ge and the default is 100 9 To control the amount of adjustment applied to the image adjust the Fade slider Moving the slider to the right reduces the amount of adjustment 10 Click OK To remove a color cast The Match Color command can adjust the brightness color saturation and color balance in an image The advanced algorithms in the Match Color command give you better control over luminance and co...

Page 312: ...review box This option is useful when you are working with a magnified image or have limited screen space 3 To select the areas exposed by the mask do one of the following Use the Eyedropper tool to click in the image or in the preview box to select the areas exposed by the mask Shift click or use the Add To Sample Eyedropper tool to add areas Alt click Windows Option click Mac OS or use the Subtr...

Page 313: ...me image For example in RGB view the image with the Red channel set to 100 and the Green and Blue source channels set to 0 Then view the image with the Green source channel set to 100 and the other two channels set to 0 Finally view the image with Blue source channel set to 100 and the other channels set to 0 When adjusting the percentages of the source channels you often get the best results when...

Page 314: ...ically decrease the cyan in the green component of an image while leaving the cyan in the 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 Selective Color command is available only when you re viewing the composite channel 2 Do one of the following Ch...

Page 315: ... in each channel and maps the lightest and darkest pixels in each color channel to pure white level 255 and pure black level 0 The intermediate pixel values are redistributed proportionately As a result using Auto Levels increases the contrast in an image because the pixel values are expanded Because Auto Levels adjusts each color channel individually it may remove color or introduce color casts A...

Page 316: ...rves dialog boxes Auto Contrast can improve the appearance of many photographic or continuous tone images It does not improve flat color images See also To set Auto Color Correction options on page 309 To use the Auto Contrast command 1 Do one of the following Choose Image Adjustments Auto Contrast The application of Auto Contrast is automatic with this option You cannot adjust any of the options ...

Page 317: ... Find Dark Light option under Algorithms in the Auto Color Correction Options dialog box 4 Select the Snap Neutral 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 To use Levels to correct a color cast on page 286 To set Auto Color Correction options on page 309 T...

Page 318: ... command uses this algorithm 4 To specify how much to clip black and white pixels enter percentages in the Clip text boxes A value between 0 0 and 1 is recommended By default Photoshop clips the black and white pixels by 0 1 that is it ignores the first 0 1 of either extreme when identifying the lightest and darkest pixels in the image Because of the better output quality of today s scanners and d...

Page 319: ...image If you exceed the maximum saturation for a color it may be clipped 4 Drag the Fine Coarse slider to determine the amount of each adjustment Moving the slider one tick mark doubles the adjustment amount 5 Adjust the color and brightness To add a color to the image click the appropriate color thumbnail To subtract a color click the thumbnail for its opposite color For example to subtract cyan ...

Page 320: ...e lightness value of each pixel does not change This command has the same effect as setting Saturation to 100 in the Hue Saturation dialog box Note If you are working with a multilayer image Desaturate converts the selected layer only Choose Image Adjustments Desaturate To invert colors The Invert command inverts the colors in an image You can use this command as part of the process of making an e...

Page 321: ...es If you want a specific number of colors in your image convert the image to grayscale and specify the number of levels you want Then convert the image back to the previous color mode and replace the various gray tones with the colors you want 1 Choose Image Adjustments Posterize 2 Enter the number of tonal levels you want and click OK To apply a gradient map to an image The Gradient Map command ...

Page 322: ...vely to the starting left color midpoint and ending right color of the gradient fill 3 Select either none or both of the Gradient options Dither Adds random noise to smooth the appearance of the gradient fill and reduces banding effects Reverse Switches the direction of the gradient fill reversing the gradient map ...

Page 323: ... saved and stored in an alpha channel Alpha channels store selections as grayscale images You can add alpha channels to create and store masks A mask is a selection that protects portions of an image from any editing or manipulations you apply Note To select a specified color or color subset within an existing selection or an entire image you can use the Color Range command See also About masks an...

Page 324: ... New B Add To C Subtract From D Intersect With 3 Specify a feathering setting in the options bar Turn anti aliasing on or off for the Rounded Rectangle Marquee tool or the Elliptical Marquee tool 4 For the Rectangle Marquee tool the Rounded Rectangle Marquee tool or the Elliptical Marquee tool choose a style in the options bar Normal Determines marquee proportions by dragging Fixed Aspect Ratio Se...

Page 325: ...f your image view To reposition a rectangle rounded rectangle or elliptical marquee first drag to create the border keeping the mouse button depressed Then hold down the spacebar and continue to drag Release the spacebar but keep the mouse button depressed if you need to continue adjusting the selection border To use the Lasso tool The Lasso tool is useful for drawing freeform segments of a select...

Page 326: ...aps to the edges of defined areas in the image The Magnetic Lasso tool is not available for 32 bits per channel images The Magnetic Lasso tool is especially useful for quickly selecting objects with complex edges set against high contrast backgrounds 1 Select the Magnetic Lasso tool and if necessary set options in the options bar 2 Click in the image to set the first fastening point Fastening poin...

Page 327: ... set any of these options Width To specify a detection width enter a pixel value for Width The Magnetic Lasso tool detects edges only within the specified distance from the pointer To change the lasso pointer so that it indicates the lasso width press the Caps Lock key Change the pointer while the tool is selected but not in use Edge Contrast To specify the lasso s sensitivity to edges in the imag...

Page 328: ...ixels in the entire image using the same colors are selected Sample All Layers Selects colors using data from all the visible layers Otherwise the Magic Wand tool selects colors from the active layer only 4 In the image click the color you want to select If Contiguous is selected all adjacent pixels within the tolerance range are selected Otherwise all pixels in the tolerance range are selected Se...

Page 329: ...he Fuzziness slider or by entering a value To decrease the range of colors selected decrease the value The Fuzziness option partially selects pixels by controlling the degree to which related colors are included in the selection whereas the Tolerance option for the Magic Wand tool and the paint bucket increases the range of colors that are fully selected Increasing fuzziness expands selection 6 Ad...

Page 330: ...area 4 To preview the selection in the image window choose an option for Selection Preview None Displays no preview in the image window Grayscale Displays the selection as it would appear in a grayscale channel Black Matte Displays the selection in color against a black background White Matte Displays the selection in color against a white background Quick Mask Displays the selection using the cur...

Page 331: ... apply geometric transformations to change the shape of a selection border See also Applying transformations on page 360 To control the movement of a selection To constrain the direction to multiples of 45 begin dragging and then hold down Shift as you continue to drag To move the selection in 1 pixel increments use an arrow key To move the selection in 10 pixel increments hold down Shift and use ...

Page 332: ... bar and drag Hold down Shift and drag to add another selection A plus sign appears next to the pointer when you re adding to a selection To subtract from a selection 1 Make a selection 2 Using any selection tool do one of the following Select the Subtract From Selection option in the options bar and drag to intersect with other selections Hold down Alt Windows or Option Mac OS and drag to subtrac...

Page 333: ... and after Border command 5 pixels right The Border command creates an anti aliased selection To paint a hard edged border around a selection use the Stroke command See also To fill a selection or a layer with a foreground or background color on page 498 To expand a selection to include areas with similar color Do one of the following Photoshop Choose Select Grow to include all adjacent pixels fal...

Page 334: ...composite images Anti aliasing is available for the Lasso tool the Polygonal Lasso tool the Magnetic Lasso tool the Rounded Rectangle Marquee tool ImageReady the Elliptical Marquee tool and the Magic Wand tool Select a tool to display its options bar You must specify this option before using these tools After a selection is made you cannot add anti aliasing Feathering Blurs edges by building a tra...

Page 335: ...ction These Matting commands let you edit unwanted edge pixels Defringe replaces the color of any fringe pixels with the colors of nearby pixels containing pure colors those without background color For example if you select a yellow object on a blue background and then move the selection some of the blue background is selected and moved with the object Defringe replaces the blue pixels with yello...

Page 336: ...mage The Move tool lets you drag a selection or layer to a new location in the image With the Info palette open you can track the exact distance of the move You can also use the Move tool to align selections and layers and distribute layers within an image See also Selecting layers on page 399 To specify Move tool options 1 Select the Move tool 2 Select any of the following in the options bar Auto...

Page 337: ...elections and layers within an image 1 Do one of the following To align the content of a layer to a selection make a selection in the image Then select a layer in the Layers palette To align the contents of multiple layers to a selection border make a selection in the image In the Layers palette select the layers you want to align Shift click to select contiguous layers Ctrl click Windows or Comma...

Page 338: ...aste command places the copied selection over the current selection Without an active selection Paste places the copied selection in the middle of the view area Paste Into Photoshop Pastes a cut or copied selection inside another selection in the same image or a different image The source selection is pasted onto a new layer and the destination selection border is converted into a layer mask Keep ...

Page 339: ...ction and offset the duplicate by 1 pixel hold 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 Alt or Option each press of an arrow key creates a copy of the selection and offsets it by the specified distance from the last duplicate In this case the c...

Page 340: ...he layer paint the mask with black To reveal more of the image underlying the layer paint the mask 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 with the underlying layer and make the changes permanent See also Masking layers on page 432 Using drag...

Page 341: ...p If you leave this deselected the contents are deleted when you quit the program To paste PostScript artwork from another application 1 In the supporting application select your artwork and choose Edit Copy 2 Photoshop or ImageReady Select the image into which you ll paste the selection 3 Choose Edit Paste 4 Photoshop In the Paste dialog box select from the following Paste As options Smart Object...

Page 342: ...n the destination channel Subtract From Channel Subtracts the current selection from existing selections in the destination channel Intersect With Channel Saves a selection from an area intersected by the current selection and existing selections in the destination channel To remove cut an object from a photo 1 In the Layers palette select the layer containing the object you want to remove 2 Using...

Page 343: ...ection to any existing selections in the image Subtract From Selection Subtracts the loaded selection from existing selections in the image Intersect With Selection Saves a selection from an area intersected by the loaded selection and existing selections in the image See also To save a mask selection on page 343 To load a saved selection in ImageReady Choose Select Load Selection and then choose ...

Page 344: ...s by using the Edit Fade command after an extraction See also To use the Background Eraser tool on page 492 To blend effects on page 513 To extract an object from its background 1 In the Layers palette select the layer containing the object you want to extract If you select a background layer it becomes a normal layer after the extraction If the layer contains a selection the extraction erases the...

Page 345: ...want to extract Drag so that the highlight slightly overlaps both the foreground object and its background Use a large brush to cover wispy intricate edges where the foreground blends into the background as with hair or trees Use either the Zoom tool or the Hand tool to adjust the view as needed If you need to erase the highlight select the Eraser tool and drag over the highlight To erase the enti...

Page 346: ... object or subtracts opacity from the background You can also clean up the image after an extraction by using the Background Eraser and History Brush tools in the toolbox 8 Click OK to apply the final extraction On the layer all pixels outside the extracted object are erased to trans parency Using masks About masks and alpha channels When you select part of an image the area that is not selected i...

Page 347: ...lette Note In Photoshop and ImageReady it s possible to create layer masks to isolate and protect areas of an image Layer masks and also vector masks in Photoshop let you produce a mix of soft and hard masking edges on the same layer By making changes to the layer mask or the vector masks you can apply a variety of special effects Because ImageReady doesn t let you work with channels its layer mas...

Page 348: ...elect a painting tool from the toolbox The swatches in the toolbox automatically become black and white 4 Paint with white to select more of an image the color overlay is removed from areas painted with white To deselect areas paint over them with black the color overlay covers areas painted with black Painting with gray or another color creates a semitransparent area useful for feathering or anti...

Page 349: ...ct only the selected area 7 Choose Select Deselect to deselect the selection or save the selection by choosing Select Save Selection You can convert this temporary mask to a permanent alpha channel by switching to standard mode and choosing Select Save Selection To change the Quick Mask options 1 Double click the Quick Mask Mode button in the toolbox 2 Choose from the following display options Mas...

Page 350: ...n settings begin by typing a name for the alpha channel in the Name text box of the New Channel dialog box 3 To set a display option for the mask select one of the following in the New Channel dialog box Masked Areas Sets masked areas to black opaque and selected areas to white transparent Painting with black Mask button in the toolbox becomes a white circle on a gray background increases the mask...

Page 351: ...channels on page 338 Properties of alpha channels An alpha channel has these properties Each image can contain up to 56 channels including all color and alpha channels You can specify a name color mask option and opacity for each channel The opacity affects the preview of the channel not the image All new channels have the same dimensions and number of pixels as the original image You can edit the...

Page 352: ...saved in ImageReady will appear in a new or existing channel in the Photoshop Channels palette To change an alpha channel s options 1 In the Channel palette do one of the following Select the channel click the triangle in the upper right corner of the Channels palette and choose Channel Options from the palette menu Double click the channel thumbnail in the Channels palette 2 If you want to rename...

Page 353: ...r channel near the top of the palette Drag the channel containing the selection you want to load onto the Load Selection button Ctrl click Windows or Command click Mac OS the channel containing the selection you want to load To add the mask to an existing selection press Ctrl Shift Windows or Command Shift Mac OS and click the channel To subtract the mask from an existing selection press Ctrl Alt ...

Page 354: ...hoose the units of measurement you want from the drop down menus next to the Width and Height boxes Select Relative and enter the amount by which you want to increase or decrease the size of the canvas Enter a negative number to decrease the size of the canvas 3 For Anchor click a square to indicate where to position the existing image on the new canvas 4 Photoshop Choose an option from the Canvas...

Page 355: ...e Rotate Canvas commands let you rotate or flip an entire image The commands do not work on individual layers or parts of layers paths or selection borders A B C D E F Rotating images A Flip Horizontal B Original image C Flip Vertical D Rotate 90 CCW E Rotate 180 F Rotate 90 CW To rotate or flip an entire image Choose Image Rotate Canvas and choose one of the following commands from the submenu 18...

Page 356: ...he image you want to keep to create a marquee The marquee doesn t have to be precise you can adjust it later 4 If necessary adjust the cropping marquee To move the marquee to another position place the pointer inside the bounding box and drag To scale the marquee drag a handle To constrain the proportions hold down Shift as you drag a corner handle To rotate the marquee position the pointer outsid...

Page 357: ... image open the other image select the Crop tool and click Front Image in the options bar In ImageReady you must select the Fixed Size option to access the Front Image button Then make the image you want to crop active Resampling during cropping combines the function of the Image Image Size command with that of the Crop tool Specify whether you want to hide or delete the cropped area Select Hide t...

Page 358: ...his is very useful when working with images that contain keystone distortion Keystone distortion occurs when an object is photographed from an angle rather than from a straight on view For example if you take a picture of a tall building from ground level the edges of the building appear closer to each other at the top than they do at the bottom A B C D Steps to transform perspective A Draw initia...

Page 359: ... Straighten Photos command helps you make separate image files from multiple images in a single scan For best results you should keep 1 8 inch between the images in your scan and the background typically the scanner bed should be a uniform color with little noise The Crop and Straighten Photos command works best on images with clearly delineated outlines If the Crop And Straighten Photos command c...

Page 360: ...st lens correction Any group of custom settings you saved are listed at the bottom of the menu See Setting camera and lens defaults on page 353 4 Set any of the following options to correct your image Remove Distortion Corrects lens barrel or pincushion distortion Move the slider to straighten horizontal and vertical lines that bend either away from or toward the center of the image You can also u...

Page 361: ...ith your image using the Move Grid tool Setting camera and lens defaults You can save the settings in the Lens Correction dialog box to reuse with other images made with the same camera lens and focal length Photoshop saves settings for distortion vignetting and chromatic aberration Perspective correction settings are not saved You can save and reuse settings in two ways menu Manually save and loa...

Page 362: ...ter to restore sharpness Remove JPEG Artifacts Removes blocky image artifacts and halos caused by saving a image using a low JPEG quality setting 4 If luminance noise is more prevalent in one or two color channels click the Advanced button and then choose the color channel from the Channel menu Use the Strength and Preserve Details controls to reduce noise in that channel Sharpening images Sharpen...

Page 363: ... Set the controls in the Sharpen tabs Amount Sets the amount of sharpening A higher value increases the contrast between edge pixels giving the appearance of greater sharpness Radius Determines the number of pixels surrounding the edge pixels affected by the sharpening The greater the radius value the wider the edge effects and the more obvious the sharpening Remove Sets the sharpening algorithm u...

Page 364: ... than in high resolution output If your final destination is print experiment to determine what settings work best for your image To sharpen a photo using Unsharp Mask 1 Optional If your image is multilayered select the layer containing the image you want to sharpen You can apply Unsharp Mask to only one layer at a time even if layers are linked or grouped You can merge the layers before applying ...

Page 365: ...value or 4 or more on a scale of 0 to 255 So if adjacent 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 Threshold values between 2 and 20 The default Threshold value 0 sharpens all pixels in the image If applying Unsharp Mask makes already bright colors appea...

Page 366: ...d choose Filter Stylize Find Edges Choose Image Adjustments Invert to invert the image Find Edges filter applied and image inverted With the inverted image still selected choose Filter Other Maximum Set the radius to a low number and click OK to thicken the edges and randomize the pixels Choose Filter Noise Median Set the radius to a low number and click OK This averages the neighboring pixels Cho...

Page 367: ...red options and click OK To view your results select the RGB channel in the Channels palette and deselect the selection in the image You can create an action to conveniently apply all the steps in the procedure See also About masks and alpha channels on page 338 Transforming objects Specifying an item to transform You can apply transformations to a selection an entire layer multiple layers or a la...

Page 368: ...s connected to the points are transformed Photoshop To transform a selection border make or load a selection Then choose Select Transform Selection Photoshop To transform an alpha channel select the channel in the Channels palette See also To link and unlink layers on page 401 To select a path on page 461 Applying transformations The commands under the Transform submenu let you apply the following...

Page 369: ...form Points menu 3 Optional In the options bar click a square on the reference point locator 4 Do one or more of the following If you chose Scale drag a handle on the bounding box Press Shift as you drag a corner handle to scale proportion ately When positioned over a handle the pointer becomes a double arrow If you chose Rotate move the pointer outside the bounding border it becomes a curved two ...

Page 370: ...d becomes the Transform Path command If you are transforming multiple path segments but not the entire path the Transform command becomes the Transform Points command To repeat a transformation Choose Edit Transform Again Edit Transform Path Again or Edit Transform Points Again To duplicate an item when transforming it Hold down Alt Windows or Option Mac OS when selecting the Transform command To ...

Page 371: ...ragging move the pointer outside the bounding border it becomes a curved two sided arrow and then drag Press Shift to constrain the rotation to 15 increments To rotate numerically enter degrees in the rotation text box in the options bar To distort relative to the center point of the bounding border press Alt Windows or Option Mac OS and drag a handle To distort freely press Ctrl Windows or Comman...

Page 372: ...le to applying each transformation separately The Warp command The Warp command lets you drag control points to manipulate the shape of images shapes or paths and so on You can also warp using a shape in the Warp Style pop up menu in the options bar Shapes in the Warp Style pop up menu are also malleable drag their control points When using the control points to distort an item choosing View Extra...

Page 373: ... the reference point click a square on the Reference point locator in the options bar To specify the amount of warp using numeric values enter the values in the Bend set bend X set horizontal distortion and Y set vertical distortion text boxes in the options bar You can t enter numeric values if you have chosen None or Custom from the Warp Style pop up menu 4 Optional To apply the warp using a mor...

Page 374: ...the options bar to finesse the way you apply the cloned area You can sample from one image and apply the clone in another image as long as both images are in the same color mode Altering an image with the Clone Stamp tool To use the Clone Stamp tool 1 Select the Clone Stamp tool 2 Choose a brush tip and set brush options for the blending mode opacity and flow in the options bar 3 Next determine ho...

Page 375: ...ning tools you use the Healing Brush tool to paint with sampled pixels from an image or pattern However the Healing Brush tool also matches the texture lighting transparency and shading of the sampled pixels to the pixels being healed As a result the repaired pixels blend seamlessly into the rest of the image Sampled pixels and healed image To use the Healing Brush tool 1 Select the Healing Brush ...

Page 376: ...he status of the melding process If there is a strong contrast at the edges of the area you want to heal make a selection before you use the Healing Brush tool The selection should 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 from the outside See also...

Page 377: ...tions bar Proximity Match Uses the pixels around the edge of the selection to find an image area to use as a patch for the selected area If this option doesn t provide a satisfactory fix undo the fix and try the Create Texture option Create Texture Uses all the pixels in the selection to create a texture with which to fix the area If the texture doesn t work try dragging through the area a second ...

Page 378: ... Shift drag in the image to add to the existing selection Alt drag Windows or Option drag Mac OS in the image to subtract from the existing selection Alt Shift drag Windows or Option Shift drag Mac OS in the image to select an area intersected by the existing selection 4 Position the pointer inside the selection and do one of the following If Source is selected in the options bar drag the selectio...

Page 379: ...ash in the subject s retina You ll see it more often when taking pictures in a darkened room because the subject s iris is wide open To avoid red eye use the camera s red eye reduction feature Or better yet use a separate flash unit that you can mount on the camera farther away from the camera s lens To use the Color Replacement tool The Color Replacement tool simplifies replacing specific colors ...

Page 380: ...ptions bar to smudge using color data from all visible layers If this is deselected the Smudge tool uses colors from only the active layer 4 Select Finger Painting in the options bar to smudge using the foreground color at the beginning of each stroke If this is deselected the Smudge tool uses the color under the pointer at the beginning of each stroke 5 Drag in the image to smudge the pixels In P...

Page 381: ...tographers hold back light to lighten an area on the print dodging or increase the exposure to darken areas on a print burning 1 Select the Dodge tool or the Burn tool 2 Choose a brush tip and set brush options in the options bar 3 In the options bar select one of the following Midtones to change the middle range of grays Shadows to change the dark areas Highlights to change the light areas 4 Spec...

Page 382: ...ng Point you re no longer retouching an image as if all its contents are on a single flat plane facing you Instead you re working dimensionally on the perspective planes in the image When you use Vanishing Point to retouch add or remove content in an image the results are more realistic because the edits are properly oriented and scaled to the perspective planes Making edits on the perspective pla...

Page 383: ...ut the results of your Vanishing Point work in a separate layer first create a new layer before choosing the Vanishing Point command If you create a new layer each time you use Vanishing Point the results appear on a separate editable layer You can then use such layer features as opacity layer styles and blending modes Putting the Vanishing Point results in a separate layer also preserves your ori...

Page 384: ...ind that your results depend on how accurately the plane lines up with perspective of the image If there s a problem with the corner node placement the bounding box and grid turn either red or yellow Move a corner node until the bounding box and grid are blue which indicates that the plane is valid See also To define and adjust perspective planes in Vanishing Point on page 378 and Bounding box and...

Page 385: ...hift key to constrain the move To rotate a selection select the Transform tool and move the pointer near a node When the pointer changes to a curved double arrow drag to rotate the selection You can also select the Flip option to flip the selection horizon tally along the vertical axis of the plane or select the Flop option to flip the selection vertically along the horizontal axis of the plane To...

Page 386: ...painting options on page 475 To define and adjust perspective planes in Vanishing Point Vanishing Point lets you define rectangular planes that line up with the perspective in an image The accuracy of the plane determines whether any edits or adjustments are properly scaled and oriented in your image After you establish the four corner nodes you can scale move or reshape to fine tune the perspecti...

Page 387: ...mmand drag Mac OS an edge node along the bounding box You can create as many planes as you want To paint clone or transform and maintain a consistent scale and orien tation it s best to tear off additional planes rather than create unrelated planes If a newly created plane does not properly line up with the image select the Edit Plane tool and move a corner node to adjust the plane Adjustments mad...

Page 388: ...to blend the selection with the color lighting and shading of surrounding pixels Use the Move Mode menu to determine the behavior when you move a selection Select Destination to select the area you move the selection marquee to Select Source to fill an area with a source image that you move the selection marquee to same as Ctrl dragging or Command dragging a selection See also To use the marquee t...

Page 389: ...ghting of the surrounding pixels or choose On to blend the strokes with the color lighting and shading of surrounding pixels The Brush tool honors marquee selections and can be used to paint a hard line along edge of the selection For example if you select an entire plane you can paint a line along the perimeter of the plane Transform tool Scales rotates and moves a floating selection by moving th...

Page 390: ... box and grid change colors to indicate the plane s current condition If your plane is invalid move a corner node until the bounding box and grid are blue Blue Indicates a valid plane Keep in mind that a valid plane doesn t guarantee results with the proper perspective You must make sure that the bounding box and grid accurately line up with geometric elements or a plane area in the image Red Indi...

Page 391: ...ea to duplicate an object or extend a texture or pattern 1 With an image containing perspective planes open in Vanishing Point select the Stamp tool 2 In the tool options area set brush options for Diameter Hardness and Opacity 3 Choose a Healing mode To paint without blending with the color lighting and shading of the surrounding pixels choose Off To paint and blend the strokes with the lighting ...

Page 392: ...ing an image using the Liquify filter Tools options and an image preview for the Liquify filter are available in the Liquify dialog box To display the dialog box choose Filter Liquify C B A Liquify dialog box A Toolbox B Preview image C Options ...

Page 393: ... down the mouse button or drag Push Left tool Moves pixels to the left when you 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 right when you drag straight up or to move pixels left when you drag down hold down Alt Windows or Option Mac OS as you drag ...

Page 394: ...that you don t want to alter 4 Choose any of the liquify tools to distort the preview image Drag in the preview image to distort the image 5 After distorting the preview image you can use the Reconstruct tool or other controls to fully or partially reverse the changes or to change the image in new ways 6 Do one of the following Click OK to close the Liquify dialog box and apply the changes to the ...

Page 395: ...ection mask or transparency in the original image Add To Selection Shows the mask in the original image so that you can add to the selection using the Freeze tool Adds selected pixels in channel to 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 Selection...

Page 396: ... keep distorted 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 the brush center Shift click to reconstruct in a straight line between the current point and the previously clicked point To repeat distortions sampled from a starting point 1 After dist...

Page 397: ...sh using the Reconstruct tool Displace Reconstructs unfrozen areas to match the displacement at the start point for the reconstruction You can use Displace to move all or part 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 Reconstructs unfrozen areas to match t...

Page 398: ...ral photographs into one continuous image For example you can take five 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 Note Photomerge converts 16 bits per channel and 32 bits per channel images to 8 bits per channel images Source images top and completed Photomerge compos...

Page 399: ...void using the flash in some pictures and not in others The advanced blending feature in Photomerge helps smooth out different exposures but extreme differences make alignment difficult Some digital cameras change exposure settings automatically as you take pictures so you may need to check your camera settings to be sure that all the images have the same exposure Using the Photomerge dialog box T...

Page 400: ...erge dialog box choose an option from the Use pop up menu Files Generates the Photomerge composition using individual files Folders Uses all the images stored in a folder to create the Photomerge composition The files in the folder appear in the dialog box Open Files Uses the image files you have open in Photoshop 3 Click the Browse button to navigate to the source files or folder you want to use ...

Page 401: ...final image The results of applying these options are visible only in Preview mode or in the final generated image To change the vanishing point of a composition 1 Select Perspective in the Settings area of the Photomerge dialog box 2 Select the Vanishing Point tool and click an image in the work area to place the vanishing point there 3 If necessary use the Select Image tool to adjust the positio...

Page 402: ... the Perspective option in order to apply cylindrical mapping A B Adding Cylindrical Mapping A Original B Cylindrical Mapping applied Advanced Blending Minimizes color inconsistencies that result from blending images with exposure differences When this option is selected broad colors and tones are blended over a large area while detailed colors and tones are blended over a smaller area 2 Click Pre...

Page 403: ...low A new image in Photoshop or ImageReady has a single layer The number of additional layers layer effects and layer sets you can add to an image is limited only by your computer s memory Layer groups help you organize and manage layers You can use groups to arrange your layers in a logical order and to reduce clutter in the Layers palette You can nest groups within other groups You can also use ...

Page 404: ...off thumbnails to improve performance and save monitor space To expand and collapse groups and layer sets in ImageReady click the triangle to the left of a group folder See To view layers and groups within a group on page 398 About the background layer When you create a new image with a white background or a colored background the bottommost image in the Layers palette is called Background An imag...

Page 405: ...Command click Mac OS the New Layer button or New Group button in the Layers palette to add a layer below the currently selected layer 2 Set layer options and click OK Name Specifies a name for the layer or group Use Layer Below To Create Clipping Mask This option is not available for groups See To create a clipping mask on page 437 Color Assigns a color to the layer or group in the Layers palette ...

Page 406: ...folder icon and choose Open This Group Alt click Windows or Option click Mac OS the triangle to open or close a group and the groups nested within it To sample from all visible layers The default behavior of the Magic Wand Smudge Blur Sharpen Paint Bucket Clone Stamp and Healing Brush tools is to sample color only from pixels on the active layer This means you can smudge or sample in a single laye...

Page 407: ... of the document window Photoshop For other activities such as moving aligning transforming or applying styles from the Styles palette you can select and work on multiple layers at a time You can select layers in the Layers palette or with the Move tool You can also link layers Unlike multiple layers selected at the same time linked layers stay linked when you change the selection in the Layers pa...

Page 408: ...s with this tool ImageReady In the options bar select the Direct Select tool set to select the individual layer To select a layer in a group 1 Click the group in the Layers palette Click the triangle to the left of the folder icon 2 To open the group do one of the following Click in the document on a layer within a layer Right click Windows or Ctrl click Mac OS the triangle to the left of the fold...

Page 409: ...the set With a group the Layer Select tool selects the entire group when you click a layer that is part of the group To make a layer set into a group select the layer set choose Layer Layer Set Options and select the Treat Layer Set As Group option Moving copying and locking layers To change the order of layers and groups 1 Do one of the following Drag the layer or group up or down in the Layers p...

Page 410: ...age 400 To display the edges of content in a selected layer Choose View Show Layer Edges To display transform handles in a selected layer 1 Select the Move tool 2 Do one of the following Photoshop In the options bar select Show Transform Controls ImageReady In the options bar select Show Transform Box You can resize and rotate layer content using the transform handles See To transform freely on pa...

Page 411: ... 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 or to the left edge of the selection border Horizontal Centers Aligns the horizontal center pixel on the selected layers to the horizontal center pixel of all the selected layers or to the horizontal center of the selection border Right Edges Aligns ...

Page 412: ...defining the boundaries of the layer called a bounding box appears 4 Move the pointer outside of the bounding box the pointer becomes a curved two sided arrow and then drag Press Shift to constrain the rotation to 15 increments 5 When you re satisfied with the results press Enter Windows or Return Mac OS or click the check mark in the options bar To cancel the rotation press Esc or click the Cance...

Page 413: ... select all the pixels on the layer and choose Edit Copy Then choose Edit Paste in the destination image To create a new document from a layer or group 1 Select a layer or group in the Layers palette 2 Choose Duplicate Layer or Duplicate Group from the Layers menu or the Layers palette menu 3 Choose New from the document pop up menu and click OK Locking layers You can lock layers fully or partiall...

Page 414: ...ose Lock Layers or Lock All Layers In Group from the Layers menu or the Layers palette menu 3 Select lock options and click OK Managing layers To rename a layer or group As you add layers to an image it s helpful to give them names that reflect their content Descriptive names make layers easy to identify in the palette Do one of the following Double click the layer or group name in the Layers pale...

Page 415: ...ype on a type layer Doesn t rasterize any other vector data on the layer Shape Rasterizes a shape layer Fill Content Rasterizes the fill of a shape layer leaving the vector mask Vector Mask Rasterizes the vector mask of a shape layer turning it into a layer mask Smart Object Converts a Smart Object to a raster layer Layer Rasterizes all vector data on the selected layers All Layers Rasterizes all ...

Page 416: ... them to reduce the size of your image files When you merge layers the data on the top layers replaces the overlapped data on the lower layers The intersection of all trans parent areas in the merged layers remains transparent Note You cannot use an adjustment 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 conte...

Page 417: ...erge Visible The modified Merge command merges all the visible data into the current target layer To flatten all layers Flattening reduces file size by merging all visible layers into the background and discarding hidden layers Any trans parent areas that remain are filled with white Note Converting an image between some color modes flattens the file Save a copy of your file with all layers intact...

Page 418: ... palette enter a value in the Fill Opacity text box or drag the Fill Opacity pop up slider Double click a layer thumbnail choose Layer Layer Style Blending Options Note To view blending options for a text layer choose Layer Layer Style Blending Options or choose Blending Options from the Add A Layer Style button at the bottom of the Layers palette Enter a value in the Fill Opacity text box About b...

Page 419: ...inal colors As you plan your knockout effect you need to decide which layer will create the shape of the knockout which layers will be punched through and which layer will be revealed If you want to reveal a layer other than the Background you can place the layers you want to use in a group or clipping mask Farm logo with shallow knockout to Field layer To create a knockout 1 Do one of the followi...

Page 420: ...A Layer Style button at the bottom of the Layers palette Note To view blending options for a text layer choose Layer Layer Style Blending Options or choose Blending Options from the Add A Layer Style button at the bottom of the Layers palette menu 2 In the Advanced Blending area of the Layer Style dialog box deselect any channels you do not want to include when the layer is blended Grouping blend ...

Page 421: ...elected by default applies these effects throughout the layer Select Layer Mask Hides Effects to restrict layer effects to the area defined by the layer mask Select Vector Mask Hides Effects to restrict layer effects to the area defined by the vector mask 4 Click OK To specify a tonal range for blending layers The sliders in the Blending Options dialog box control which pixels from the active laye...

Page 422: ...els in the underlying visible layers that will blend in the final image Blended pixels are combined with pixels in the active layer to produce composite pixels whereas unblended pixels show through overlying 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 i...

Page 423: ...t style to a layer Do one of the following Click a style in the Styles palette to apply it to the currently selected layers Drag a style from the Styles palette onto a layer in the Layers palette Drag a style from the Styles palette to the document window and release the mouse button when the pointer is over the layer content to which you want to apply the style Note Hold down Shift as you click o...

Page 424: ...and Emboss Add various combinations of highlights and shadows to a layer Satin Applies interior shading that creates a satiny finish Color Gradient and Pattern Overlay Fill the layer s content with a color gradient or pattern Stroke Outlines the object on the current layer using color a gradient or a pattern It is particularly useful on hard edged shapes such as type To apply a custom style to a l...

Page 425: ...r collapse correspondingly To edit a layer style 1 Do one of the following In the Layers palette double click an effect displayed below the layer name Click the triangle next to the f icon to display the effects contained in the style Choose Layer Layer Style and the effect you want to edit 2 Set one or more options in the Layer Style dialog box See Layer style options on page 418 Layer Style dial...

Page 426: ...lobal Angle to assign a local angle to Drop Shadow Inner Shadow and Bevel effects Gloss Contour Creates a glossy metallic appearance Gloss Contour is applied after shading a bevel or emboss Gradient Specifies the gradient of a layer effect In Photoshop click the gradient to display the Gradient Editor or click the inverted arrow and choose a gradient from the pop up palette In Photoshop you can ed...

Page 427: ...Chisel Hard uses a distance measurement technique and is primarily useful on hard edged mattes from anti aliased shapes such as type It preserves detailed features better than the Smooth technique Chisel Soft uses a modified distance measurement technique and although not as accurate as Chisel Hard is more useful on a larger range of mattes It preserves features better than the Smooth technique Fo...

Page 428: ... load a contour Click the contour in the Layer Style dialog box and in the Contour Editor dialog box choose Load Go to the folder containing the contour library you want to load and click Open To delete a contour Click the inverted arrow next to the currently selected contour to view the pop up palette Press Alt Windows or Option Mac OS and click the contour you want to delete To set a global ligh...

Page 429: ... the Styles area of the Layer Styles dialog box Then choose Rename Style from the pop up menu enter a new name and click OK Photoshop When using a shape or pen tool select a style from the Layer Style pop up palette in the options bar Then choose Rename Style from the pop up palette menu To delete a preset style Do one of the following Drag a style to the Delete icon at the bottom of the Styles pa...

Page 430: ... use the Preset Manager to load and reset style libraries See About the Preset Manager on page 67 To copy layer styles between layers Copying and pasting styles is an easy way to apply the same effects to multiple layers 1 In the Layers palette select the layer containing the style you want to copy 2 Choose Layer Layer Style Copy Layer Style 3 Select the destination layer in the palette and choose...

Page 431: ... by painting or applying commands and filters However you can no longer edit the layer style on the original layer and the layer style no longer updates as you change the original image layer Note The layers produced by this process may not result in artwork that exactly matches the version using layer styles In Photoshop you may see an alert when you create the new layers 1 In the Layers palette ...

Page 432: ... many of the same characteristics as other layers You can adjust their opacity and blending mode and you can group them to apply the adjustment to specific layers You can turn their visibility on and off to apply their effect or to preview the effect Original left adjustment layer applied to barn only center which brings out detail in the barn and adjustment layer applied to entire image right whi...

Page 433: ...nd choose a gradient from the pop up palette Set additional options if desired Style specifies the shape of the gradient Angle specifies the angle at which the gradient is applied Scale changes the size of the gradient Reverse flips the orientation of the gradient Dither reduces banding by applying dithering to the gradient Align With Layer uses the bounding box of the layer to calculate the gradi...

Page 434: ...e click the adjustment or fill layer s thumbnail in the Layers palette Choose Layer Layer Content Options 2 Make the desired adjustments and click OK Note Inverted adjustment layers do not have editable settings To change the type of adjustment or fill layer 1 Select the adjustment layer or fill layer that you want to change 2 Choose Layer Change Layer Content and select a different fill or adjust...

Page 435: ... are useful because they allow you to do the following Perform nondestructive transforms For instance you can scale a layer as much as you want without losing original image data Preserve data that Photoshop doesn t handle natively such as complex vector artwork from Illustrator Photoshop automatically transforms the file into something that it recognizes Edit one layer to update multiple instance...

Page 436: ...e in Photoshop on page 197 To paste Adobe Illustrator art into Photoshop on page 200 To edit the source contents of a Smart Object Smart Objects let you edit their source contents When making edits the source content file is opened in either Photoshop if the content is raster data or a camera raw file or Adobe Illustrator if the content is vector PDF or EPS data Editing Smart Objects in Photoshop ...

Page 437: ... Smart Objects Convert To Layer or Layer Rasterize Smart Object The Smart Object is converted to a layer again and the Smart Object thumbnail disappears If you want to re create the Smart Object reselect the layers and start from scratch However the new Smart Object won t have the trans forms you applied to the original one To create a new Smart Object from an existing Smart Object You can copy a ...

Page 438: ...e Layer Comps palette You view comps by applying them in the document You can export layer comps to separate files to a single PDF or to a web photo gallery Choose Window Layer Comps to show the palette B C D A Layer Comps palette A Apply Layer Comp icon B Last Document State C Selected comps D Layer Comp Cannot Be Fully Restored icon To create a layer comp 1 Choose Window Layer Comps to display t...

Page 439: ... the palette menu and select additional options to record layer position and style 4 Click the Update Layer Comp button at the bottom of the palette To clear layer comp warnings Certain actions create a state where the layer comp can no longer be fully restored This happens when you delete a layer merge a layer convert a layer to a background or convert a color mode In such instances a caution ico...

Page 440: ...ting or selection tools Photoshop Vector masks are resolution independent and are created with a pen or shape tool 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 the grayscale channel that is created when you add the layer mask The vector mask thumbnail represents a path that c...

Page 441: ... add a layer mask that shows or hides part of a layer 1 In the Layers palette select the layer or group 2 Select the area in the image and do one of the following Click the New Layer Mask button in the Layers palette to create a mask that reveals the selection Choose Layer Layer Mask Reveal Selection or Hide Selection To apply a layer mask from another layer Do one of the following To move the mas...

Page 442: ...to disable or enable and choose Layer Layer Mask Disable or Layer Layer Mask Enable A red X appears over the mask thumbnail in the Layers palette when the mask is disabled and the layer s content appears without masking effects To change the rubylith display for a layer mask 1 Do one of the following Alt click Windows or Option click Mac OS the layer mask thumbnail to select the layer mask channel...

Page 443: ... you want to disable or enable and choose Layer Vector Mask Disable or Layer Vector Mask Enable A red X appears over the mask thumbnail in the Layers palette when the mask is disabled and the layer s content appears without masking effects To convert a vector mask to a layer mask Select the layer containing the vector mask you want to convert and choose Layer Rasterize Vector Mask Important After ...

Page 444: ...when you want to exclude transparent areas from a selection You can also load the bound aries of a layer mask as a selection Do one of the following In the Layers palette Ctrl click Windows or Command click Mac OS the layer thumbnail or layer mask thumbnail To add the pixels to an existing selection press Ctrl Shift Windows or Command Shift Mac OS and click the layer thumbnail or layer mask thumbn...

Page 445: ...s and click Select a layer in the Layers palette and choose Layer Create Clipping Mask The clipping mask is assigned the opacity and mode attributes of the bottommost layer in the group To duplicate a clipping mask to another layer 1 Select the clipping mask 2 Alt click Windows or Option click Mac OS the mask and drag it to the destination layer Make sure the desti nation layer is highlighted befo...

Page 446: ...p menu 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 TIFF or raw formats DCS 2 0 format preserves only spot channels Saving in other formats may cause channel information to be discarded See also About spot colors on page 442 About masks and alpha chan...

Page 447: ...xels appear as gray These are the channel default options If you display an alpha channel at the same time as color channels the alpha channel appears as a transparent color overlay analogous to a printer s rubylith or a sheet of acetate To change the color of this overlay or set other alpha channel options choose Channel options from the Channels palette menu Viewing thumbnails is a convenient wa...

Page 448: ... the selected channel s color at 100 intensity Paint with a value of gray to add the channel s color at a lower intensity Paint with black to fully remove the channel s color To rearrange and rename alpha and spot channels You can move alpha or spot channels above the default color channels only if the image is in Multichannel mode To change the order of alpha or spot channels drag the channel up ...

Page 449: ...rwrites the existing channel To split channels into separate images You can split channels of flattened images only Splitting channels is useful when you want to retain individual channel information in a file format that doesn t preserve channels To split channels into separate images choose Split Channels from the Channels palette menu The original file is closed and the individual channels appe...

Page 450: ... longer need before saving an image Complex alpha channels can substantially increase the disk space required for an image 1 In Photoshop select the channel in the Channels palette and do one of the following Alt click Windows or Option click Mac OS the Delete icon Drag the channel name in the palette to the Delete icon Choose Delete Channel from the Channels palette menu Click the Delete icon at ...

Page 451: ...nnel You can create a new spot channel or convert an existing alpha channel to a spot channel 1 Choose Window Channels to display the Channels palette 2 To fill a selected area with a spot color make or load a selection 3 Do one of the following to create a channel Ctrl click Windows or Command click Mac OS the New Channel button in the Channels palette Choose New Spot Channel from the Channels pa...

Page 452: ...or click Color Libraries and choose a custom color Click OK 4 Rename the channel if needed 5 Click OK The areas of the channel containing grayscale values are converted to spot color 6 To apply the color to the selected area of the channel choose Image Adjustments Invert See also To create a new spot channel on page 443 To edit a spot channel to add or remove color 1 Select the spot channel in the...

Page 453: ...g spot colors To prevent overlapping spot colors from either printing over or knocking out the underlying spot color remove one of the spot colors where they overlap Use a printed sample of the 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 1 In the...

Page 454: ...the pixels in two or more channels Thus the images used for calculations must have the same pixel dimensions To use the Apply Image command The Apply Image command lets you blend one image s layer and channel the source with a layer and channel of the active image the destination 1 Open the source and destination images and select the desired layer and channel in the destination image The pixel di...

Page 455: ...nding choose a blending mode For information on the Add and Subtract options see About the Add and Subtract blending modes on page 447 For information on other blending options see List of blending modes on page 487 8 Enter an Opacity value to specify the effect s strength 9 If you want to apply the blending through a mask select Mask Then choose the image and layer containing the mask For Channel...

Page 456: ...es lighten 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 to the Offset value The Scale factor may be any number between 1 000 and 2 000 The Offset value lets you lighten or darken the pixels in the destination channel by any brightness value between 25...

Page 457: ...he shape tools or the pen tools to create shape layers Because they are easily moved resized aligned and distributed shape layers are ideal for making graphics for web pages In Photoshop you can choose to draw multiple shapes on a layer A shape layer consists of a fill layer that defines the shape color and a linked vector mask that defines the shape outline The outline of a shape is a path which ...

Page 458: ...or from the Color Picker 3 Optional Set tool options in the options bar In Photoshop click the inverted arrow next to the shape buttons to view additional options for each tool See Shape tool options on page 452 4 Optional To apply a style to the shape select a preset style from the Style pop up menu in the options bar See To apply a preset style to a layer on page 415 5 Drag in your image to draw...

Page 459: ...ation or use the arrow keys on the keyboard to nudge it a pixel at a time Shift click to select more than one path See also To create a shape on a shape layer on page 450 To draw multiple shapes in a layer You can draw separate shapes on a layer or use the Add Subtract Intersect or Exclude options to modify the current shape on a layer 1 Select the layer to which you want to add shapes 2 Select a ...

Page 460: ... Aliased Blends the edge pixels with the surrounding pixels 4 Set additional tool specific options See Shape tool options on page 452 5 Draw the shape To create a rasterized shape ImageReady 1 Select a layer that contains the shape you want to rasterize 2 Choose Layer Rasterize Shape Shape tool options Arrowheads Start And End Adds arrowheads to a line Select the Line tool and then select Start to...

Page 461: ...gle to a square Unconstrained Photoshop Lets you set the width and height of a rectangle rounded rectangle ellipse or custom shape by dragging Weight Determines the width in pixels of a line To edit a shape A shape is a fill layer linked to a vector mask You can easily change the fill to a different color a gradient or a pattern by editing the shape s fill layer You can also edit the shape s vecto...

Page 462: ...m the path To close a path position 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 Create a new path in the Paths palette before you begin drawing to automatically save the work path as a named path See also Path segments components and points on page 460 To create a new work path on page 459 To draw stra...

Page 463: ...he tip of the curve To decrease the file size and reduce the potential for printing errors use as few anchor points as possible and place them as far apart as possible See also Path segments components and points on page 460 To draw a curve 1 Position the pointer where you want the curve to begin and hold down the mouse button The first anchor point appears 2 Drag in the direction you want the cur...

Page 464: ...curve Release the key and drag in the opposite direction To draw with the Freeform Pen tool The Freeform Pen tool lets you draw as if you were drawing with a pencil on paper Anchor points are added automat ically as you draw You do not determine where the points are positioned but you can adjust them once the path is complete To draw with greater precision use the Pen tool 1 Select the Freeform Pe...

Page 465: ...be considered an edge Use a higher value for low contrast images For Frequency enter a value between 0 and 100 to specify the rate at which the Pen sets anchor points A higher value anchors the path in place more quickly If you are working with a stylus tablet select or deselect Pen Pressure When this option is selected an increase in pen pressure causes the width to decrease 2 Click in the image ...

Page 466: ... and select a size or select None to turn off the display of thumbnails To change a path s stacking order select the path in the Paths palette and drag the path up or down When the heavy black line appears in the desired location release the mouse button Note You cannot change the order of vector masks or working paths in the Paths palette Managing paths When you use a pen or shape tool to create ...

Page 467: ...an easily switch between drawing tools by clicking a tool button in the options bar Choose a path area option to determine how overlapping path components intersect Add To Path Area Adds the new area to overlapping path areas Subtract From Path Area Removes the new area from the overlapping path area Intersect Path Areas Restricts the path to the intersection of the new area and the existing area ...

Page 468: ...ays one or two direction lines ending in direction points The positions of direction lines and points determine the size and shape of a curved segment Moving these elements reshapes the curves in a path E A B C D A path A Curved line segment B Direction point C Direction line D Selected anchor point E Unselected anchor point A path can be closed with no beginning or end for example a circle or ope...

Page 469: ...ction points if the selected segment is curved Direction points appear as filled circles selected anchor points as filled squares and unselected anchor points as hollow squares 1 Do one of the following To select a path component including a shape in a shape layer select the Path Selection tool and click anywhere inside the path component If a path consists of several path components only the path...

Page 470: ...he options bar Add To Shape Area Adds the path area to overlapping path areas Subtract From Shape Area Removes the path area from overlapping path areas Intersect Shape Areas Restricts the area to the intersection of the selected path area and overlapping path areas Exclude Overlapping Shape Areas Excludes the overlap area To show or hide the selected path component Do one of the following Choose ...

Page 471: ...irect Selection tool and select the curved segment you want to adjust Direction lines appear for that segment 2 Adjust the curve To adjust the position of the segment drag the segment Click to select the curve segment Then drag to adjust To adjust the shape of the segment on either side of a selected anchor point drag the anchor point or the direction point Hold down Shift as you drag to constrain...

Page 472: ...ation such as Adobe Illustrator See also Path segments components and points on page 460 To move a path or path component 1 Select the path name in the Paths palette and use the Path Selection tool to select the path in the image To select multiple path components Shift click each additional path component to add it to the selection 2 Drag the path to its new location If you move any part of a pat...

Page 473: ... the source image use the Path Selection tool to select the entire path or the path components that you want to copy 3 To copy the path component do any of the following Drag the path component from the source image to the destination image The path component is copied to the active path in the Paths palette In the source image select the path name in the Paths palette and choose Edit Copy to copy...

Page 474: ...nter 2 Do one of the following To add an anchor point without changing the shape of the segment click the path To add an anchor point and change the shape of the segment drag to define direction lines for the anchor point Note If you have selected Auto Add Delete in the options bar for the Pen tool or Freeform Pen tool a point is added when you click a line segment and an existing point is deleted...

Page 475: ... lines To convert a corner point to a smooth point drag away from the corner point to make direction lines appear Click to create a corner point Drag to create a smooth point Converting between paths and selection borders borders into paths using the Direct Selection tool Converting paths to selection borders Paths provide smooth outlines that you can convert into precise selection borders You als...

Page 476: ...the path and the original selection If the path and selection do not overlap nothing is selected 5 Click OK To convert a selection to a path Any selection made with a selection tool can be defined as a path The Make Work Path command eliminates any feathering applied to the selection It can also alter the shape of the selection depending on the complexity of the path and the tolerance value you ch...

Page 477: ...Important When you fill or stroke a path the color values appear on the active layer Make sure that the layer you want is active before beginning You cannot fill or stroke a path when a layer mask or text layer is active To fill a path using the current Fill Path settings 1 Select the path in the Paths palette 2 Click the Fill Path button at the bottom of the Paths palette To fill a path and speci...

Page 478: ...he current Stroke Path settings 1 Select the path in the Paths palette 2 Click the Stroke Path button at the bottom of the Paths palette Each click of the Stroke Path button builds up the opacity of the stroke and in some cases makes it look thicker See also To stroke a path and specify options on page 470 To stroke a path and specify options 1 Select the path in the Paths palette 2 Select the pai...

Page 479: ...reset other options from the options bar such as opacity or blending mode and paint color Brushes palette Contains numerous options for setting brush painting characteristics such as color dynamics brush shape dynamics texture and paint scattering The Brushes palette also contains a panel from which you can choose a brush tip preset To use the Brush tool or Pencil tool The Brush tool and the Penci...

Page 480: ...d the Other Cursors area The sample cursors change to reflect your choices Click OK The Art History Brush tool The Art History Brush tool paints with stylized strokes using the source data from a specified history state or snapshot By experimenting with different paint style size and tolerance options you can simulate the texture of painting with different colors and artistic styles Like the Histo...

Page 481: ...l presets for the Brush tool that you can select from the Tool Preset menu in the options bar When you change the size shape or hardness of a preset brush the change is temporary The next time you choose that preset the brush uses its original settings To make your changes permanent you need to create a new preset See To create a new preset brush on page 485 1 Select a painting tool or editing too...

Page 482: ...the current list Select the library file you want to use and click Load Replace Brushes to replace the current list with a different library Select the library file you want to use and click Load A library file displayed at the bottom of the palette menu Click OK to replace the current list or click Append to append the current list 2 To return to the default library of preset brushes choose Reset...

Page 483: ...me to enable or disable the item without viewing its options To create a custom brush from an image 1 Use any selection tool to select a part of an image to use as a custom brush Feather should be set to 0 pixels if you want to create a brush with a sharp edge The brush shape can be up to 2500 pixels by 2500 pixels in size If you want to define a brush with soft edges select pixels with gray value...

Page 484: ...ions on page 483 Other Brush options on page 484 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 5 To lock brush tip shape attributes click the unlock icon See also About the Brushes palette on page 474 To create a custom brush from an image on page 475 Brush tip shape options You can set the following brush tip shape op...

Page 485: ... horizontal Type 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 value or drag the points in the preview box A value of 100 indicates a circular brush a value of 0 indicates a linear brush and interme diate values indicate elliptical brushes j Ad usting...

Page 486: ...ushes palette provides many options 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 components when adding dynamics elements to a brush Jitter percentages specify the randomness of dynamic elements At 0 an element does not change over the course of a stroke...

Page 487: ...e by which brush marks can scale when Size Jitter or Size Control is enabled Type a number or use the slider to enter a value that is a percentage of the brush tip diameter Tilt Scale Specifies the scale factor applied to the height of the brush prior to rotation when Size Control is set to Pen Tilt Type a number or use the slider to enter a value that is a percentage of the brush diameter Angle J...

Page 488: ... options on page 475 Brush scattering Brush scattering determines the number and placement of marks in a stroke Brush strokes without scattering left and with scattering right Scatter and Control Specifies how brush marks are distributed in a stroke When Both Axes is selected brush marks are distributed in a radial direction When Both Axes is deselected brush marks are distributed perpendicular to...

Page 489: ...ght Click the pattern sample and select a pattern from the pop up palette Set one or more of the following options Invert Inverts the high and low points in the texture based on the tones in the pattern When Invert is 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...

Page 490: ...ond brush tip from the Dual Brush section of the Brushes palette 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 dual tip See List of blending modes on page 487 Diameter Controls the size of the dual tip Enter a value in pixels drag the slider or click...

Page 491: ...an vary in a stroke Type a number or use the slider to enter 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 percentage by which the saturation of the paint can vary in a stroke Type a number or use the slider to enter a value A lower value changes the sat...

Page 492: ...ow 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 bar to 0 in the specified number of steps Pen Pressure Pen Tilt Stylus Wheel Rotation Varies the flow of paint based on the pen pressure pen tilt the position of the pen thumbwheel or rotation of the ...

Page 493: ...mics be sure to click the word not just the check box in the Brushes palette Then choose Pen Pressure from the Controls menu under the Size Jitter slider control 4 To make the opacity change with pressure select Other Dynamics Then choose Pen Pressure from the Controls menu under the Opacity Jitter slider control Note You can set pen pressure for other brush characteristics as well The Brush palet...

Page 494: ...et brushes as a library 1 Choose Save Brushes from the Brush Preset picker menu or Brushes palette menu 2 Choose a location for the brush library enter a file name and click Save You can save the library anywhere However if you place the library file in the Presets Brushes folder inside the Photoshop program folder the library name will appear at the bottom of the Brush Preset picker menu and Brus...

Page 495: ...and darkens the base color to reflect the blend color by increasing the contrast Blending with white produces no change Linear Burn Looks at the color information in each channel and darkens the base color to reflect the blend color by decreasing the brightness Blending with white produces no change Lighten Looks at the color information in each channel and selects the base or blend color whicheve...

Page 496: ...blend color is darker than 50 gray pixels lighter than the blend color are replaced and pixels darker than the blend color do not change This is useful for adding special effects to an image Difference Looks at the color information in each channel and subtracts either the blend color from the base color or the base color from the blend color depending on which has the greater brightness value Ble...

Page 497: ...E PHOTOSHOP CS2 User Guide Original Image Normal 100 opacity Normal 50 opacity Dissolve 50 opacity Behind Clear Darken Multiply Color Burn Linear Burn Lighten Screen Color Dodge Linear Dodge Overlay Soft Light ...

Page 498: ...se a brush and set brush options Photoshop or choose a preset brush ImageReady This option is not available for Block mode Choose a mode for the eraser Brush Photoshop Paintbrush ImageReady Airbrush ImageReady Pencil or Block Specify an opacity to define the strength of the erasure An opacity of 100 erases pixels completely A lower opacity erases pixels partially This option is not available for B...

Page 499: ...s contiguous to the one you click or deselect to erase all similar pixels in the image Select Sample All Layers to sample the erased color using combined data from all visible layers Specify an opacity to define the strength of the erasure An opacity of 100 erases pixels completely A lower opacity erases pixels partially 3 Click in the part of the layer you want to erase The Background Eraser tool...

Page 500: ... the slider A low tolerance limits erasure to areas that are very similar to the sampled color A high tolerance erases a broader range of colors Select Protect Foreground Color to prevent the erasure of areas that match the foreground color in the toolbox Choose a Sampling option Continuous to sample colors continuously as you drag Once to erase only areas containing the color that you first click...

Page 501: ...om the starting point to the ending point in a circular pattern Angle gradient Shades in a counterclockwise sweep around the starting point Reflected gradient Shades using symmetric linear gradients on either side of the starting point Diamond gradient Shades from the starting point outward in a diamond pattern The ending point defines one corner of the diamond 5 Do the following in the options ba...

Page 502: ...he pointer over the gradient bar the pointer turns into the eyedropper and click to sample a color or click anywhere in the image to sample a color from the image 7 To define the ending color click the right color stop under the gradient bar Then choose a color 8 To adjust the location of the starting point or ending point do one of the following Drag the corresponding color stop left or right to ...

Page 503: ...he Stops section of the dialog box enter a value in the Opacity text box or drag the Opacity pop up slider 4 To adjust the opacity of the endpoint click the right transparency stop above the gradient bar Then set the opacity in the Stops section 5 To adjust the location of the starting or ending opacity do one of the following Drag the corresponding opacity stop to the left or right Select the cor...

Page 504: ...the Randomize button until you find a setting you like 10 To create a preset gradient enter a name in the Name text box and click New This creates a new preset gradient with the settings you specified To 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 Choose a location for the gra...

Page 505: ...adient enter a new name inline and press Enter Windows or Return Mac OS Filling and stroking selections and layers To use the Paint Bucket tool The Paint Bucket tool fills adjacent pixels that are similar in color value to the pixels you click Note The Paint Bucket tool cannot be used with images in Bitmap mode 1 Choose a foreground color See To choose colors in the toolbox on page 504 2 Select th...

Page 506: ...u can load additional patterns using the pop up palette menu Select the name of a library of patterns or choose Load Patterns and navigate to the folder containing the patterns you want to use History Restores the selected area to a state or snapshot of the image set as the source in the History palette Note If you fill a CMYK image using the Black option Photoshop fills all the channels with 100 ...

Page 507: ... border than one created using the Stroke layer style The Stroke layer style provides a resolution independent method to stroke a shape You can use the Stroke layer effect when you want to stroke the entire layer If you want a quick way to create a stroke on the current layer without necessarily following the edge of the layer use the Stroke command To stroke a selection or layer 1 Choose a foregr...

Page 508: ...olor remains in the bottom half Click OK 7 Set the location for the stroke in relationship to the marquee by choosing Inside Center or Outside Adjust the other settings as desired and click OK Photoshop strokes the line using the color and stroke settings you set See also Stroking a selection or layer with color on page 499 Creating and managing patterns About patterns A pattern is an image that i...

Page 509: ...t the library file you want to use and click Load A library file displayed at the bottom of the palette menu Click OK to replace the current list or click Append to append the current list To save a set of preset patterns as a library 1 Choose Save Patterns from a Pattern pop up palette menu 2 Choose a location for the pattern library enter a file name and click Save You can save the library anywh...

Page 510: ...d a layer to the image or create a new file with the dimensions you want the final image to have 2 Choose Filter Pattern Maker 3 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 with the Pattern Maker s Marquee tool To move the selection marquee drag ...

Page 511: ...you want to delete and click the Delete icon To save a tile as a preset pattern navigate to the tile you want to save and click the Preset Pattern button Enter a preset name and click OK When you save a tile as a preset pattern only a single tile is saved not the full generated pattern A B C D E F Tile History buttons A Preset Pattern B First Tile C Previous Tile D Next Tile E Last Tile F Delete i...

Page 512: ...ples color to designate a new foreground or background color You can sample from the active image or from anywhere else on the screen 1 Select the Eyedropper tool 2 To change the sample size of the eyedropper choose an option from the Sample Size menu Point Sample Reads the precise value of the pixel you click 3 by 3 Average or 5 by 5 Average Reads the average value of the specified number of pixe...

Page 513: ...ent color models You can also choose a foreground or background color from the spectrum of colors displayed in the color ramp at the bottom of the palette To display the Color palette choose Window Color or click the Color palette tab To change the color model of the color sliders choose a Sliders option from the Color palette menu A B C D Color palette A Foreground color B Background color C Slid...

Page 514: ...sliders By default the slider colors change as you drag In Photoshop you can turn off this feature to improve performance by deselecting Dynamic Color Sliders in the General section of the Preferences dialog box Enter values next to the color sliders Click the color selection box choose a color using the color picker and click OK Position the pointer over the color ramp the pointer becomes the eye...

Page 515: ...f the following Decide which color you want to add and make it the foreground color and then click the New Swatch button in the Swatches palette Alternatively choose New Swatch from the Swatches palette menu Photoshop Decide which color you want to add and make it the foreground color Position the pointer over an empty space in the bottom row of the Swatches palette the pointer turns into the Pain...

Page 516: ...as a library 1 Choose Save Swatches from the Swatches palette menu 2 Choose a location for the swatch library enter a file name and click Save You can save the library anywhere However if you place the library file in the Presets Swatches folder inside the Photoshop program folder the library name will appear at the bottom of the Swatches palette menu after you restart the application To return to...

Page 517: ...applied to 16 bit images Liquify Average Blur Bilateral Blur Blur Blur More Box Blur Gaussian Blur Lens Blur Motion Blur Radial Blur Sampled Blur Lens Correction Add Noise Despeckle Dust Scratches Median Reduce Noise Fibers Lens Flare Sharpen Sharpen Edges Sharpen More Smart Sharpen Unsharp Mask Emboss Find Edges Solarize De Interlace NTSC Colors Custom High Pass Maximum Minimum and Offset Photosh...

Page 518: ...1 Do one of the following To apply a filter to an entire layer make sure that the layer is active or selected To apply a filter to an area of a layer select that area 2 Choose a filter from the submenus in the Filter menu If no dialog box appears the filter effect is applied 3 If a dialog box appears enter values or select options and then click OK The Filter Gallery The Filter Gallery The Filter ...

Page 519: ...centage Click the Show Hide button at the top of the dialog box to hide the filter thumbnails Hiding the thumbnails expands the preview area Drag in the preview area with the Hand tool to see a different area of the image Applying and arranging filter effects Filter effects are applied in the order you select them You can rearrange filters after you apply them by dragging a filter name to another ...

Page 520: ...gle next to the filter category to see the complete list of filters Once added the filter appears in the applied filter list at the lower right corner of the Filter Gallery dialog box 4 Enter values or select options for the filter you selected 5 Do any of the following To apply filters cumulatively click the New Effect Layer icon and choose an additional filter to apply Repeat this procedure to a...

Page 521: ...e 486 Creating adjustment layers or fill layers on page 424 Defining undistorted areas The Displace Shear and Wave filters in the Distort submenu and the Offset filter in the Other submenu let you treat areas undefined or unprotected by the filter in the following ways Wrap Around Fills the undefined space with content from the opposite edge of the image Repeat Edge Pixels Extends the colors of pi...

Page 522: ...lter but with different settings Creating backgrounds By applying effects to solid color or grayscale shapes you can generate a variety of backgrounds and textures You might then blur these textures Although some filters have little or no visible effect when applied to solid colors for example Glass others produce interesting effects Combining multiple effects with masks or duplicate images Using ...

Page 523: ...ge 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 effect Brush types include Simple Light Rough Dark Rough Wide Sharp Wide Blurry and Sparkle Palette Knife Reduces detail in an image to give the effect of a thinly painted canvas that reveals the t...

Page 524: ... of a narrower depth of field so that some objects in the image stay in focus and others areas are blurred You can use a simple selection to determine which areas are blurred or you can provide a separate alpha channel depth map to describe exactly how you want the blur added The Lens Blur filter uses the depth map to determine the position of pixels in an image With a depth map selected you can a...

Page 525: ...ur The Threshold option controls how much the tonal values of neighboring pixels must diverge from the center pixel value before being part of the blur Pixels with tonal value differences less than the Threshold value are excluded from the blur To use the Lens Blur filter 1 Choose Filter Blur Lens Blur 2 For Preview Choose Faster to generate quicker previews Choose More Accurate to view the final ...

Page 526: ...e filters can be very memory intensive The Diffuse Glow Glass and Ocean Ripple filters can be applied through the Filter Gallery Diffuse Glow Renders an image as though it were viewed through a soft diffusion filter The filter adds see through white noise with the glow fading from the center of a selection Displace Uses an image called a displacement map to determine how to distort a selection For...

Page 527: ...e pixels in your selection The Ridges option sets the number of direction reversals of the zigzag from the center of the selection to its edge You also specify how to displace the pixels Pond Ripples displaces pixels to the upper left or lower right Out From Center displaces pixels toward or away from the center of the selection and Around Center rotates pixels around the center To use the Displac...

Page 528: ... the image See also To use the Dust And Scratches filter on page 520 Median Reduces noise in an image by blending the brightness of pixels within a selection The filter searches the radius of a pixel selection for pixels of similar brightness discarding pixels that differ too much from adjacent pixels and replaces the center pixel with the median brightness value of the searched pixels This filter...

Page 529: ...n angle value the angle of the dot from the true horizontal for one or more channels For Grayscale images use only channel 1 For RGB images use channels 1 2 and 3 which correspond to the red green and blue channels For CMYK images use all four channels which correspond to the cyan magenta yellow and black channels Click Defaults to return all the screen angles to their default values 4 Click OK Re...

Page 530: ...ignificant color changes occur and sharpen them The Sharpen Edges filter sharpens only edges while preserving the overall smoothness of the image Use this filter to sharpen edges without specifying an amount For professional color correction use the Unsharp Mask filter to adjust the contrast of edge detail and produce a lighter and darker line on each side of the edge This process emphasizes the e...

Page 531: ... areas are recessed Reticulation Simulates the controlled shrinking and distortion of film emulsion to create an image that appears clumped in the shadows and lightly grained in the highlights Stamp Simplifies the image so that it appears to be created with a rubber or wood stamp This filter is best used with black and white images Torn Edges Reconstructs the image so that it appears composed of r...

Page 532: ...dblown effect Methods include Wind Blast for a more dramatic wind effect and Stagger which offsets the lines in the image See also To invert colors on page 312 To use the Extrude filter 1 Choose Filter Stylize Extrude 2 Choose a 3D type Blocks creates objects with a square front face and four side faces To fill the front face of each block with the average color of the block select Solid Front Fac...

Page 533: ...oreground color Texturizer Applies a texture you select or create to an image Video filters The Video submenu contains the De Interlace and NTSC Colors filters De Interlace Smooths moving images captured on video by removing either the odd or even interlaced lines in a video image You can choose to replace the discarded lines by duplication or interpolation NTSC Colors Restricts the gamut of color...

Page 534: ...age is flipped horizontally and vertically to create an abstract design To create a Custom filter 1 Choose Filter Other Custom The Custom dialog box displays a grid of text boxes into which you can enter numerical values 2 Select the center text box which represents the pixel being evaluated Enter the value by which you want to multiply that pixel s brightness value from 999 to 999 3 Select a text...

Page 535: ...ding slider for the following options Gloss Determines how much the surface reflects light as on the surface of a piece of photographic paper from Matte low reflectance to Glossy high reflectance Material Determines which is more reflective the light or the object on which the light is cast Plastic reflects the light s color Metallic reflects the object s color Exposure Increases positive values o...

Page 536: ...d drag 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 intense one A very short line produces pure white light a very long one no light Shift drag to keep the angle constant and change the height of the light line length To adjust the spotlight using the pr...

Page 537: ... 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 Lights Two unfocused white and blue directional lights White has a soft 20 intensity Blue has a medium 67 intensity Soft Omni A soft omni light of medium 50 intensity Soft Spotlight A white spotligh...

Page 538: ... channel and add a mask on page 342 Loading images and textures To load images and textures To produce their effects some filters load and use other images such as textures and displacement maps These filters include the Conté Crayon Displace Glass Lighting Effects Rough Pastels Texture Fill Texturizer Underpainting and Custom filters Not all of these filters load images or textures in the same wa...

Page 539: ...Glass Chrome Ripple Spatter Sprayed Strokes and Glass filters For example with the Stained Glass filter increase cell size With the Cutout filter increase Edge Simplicity decrease Edge Fidelity or both If you plan to print to a grayscale printer convert a copy of the image to grayscale before applying filters However applying a filter to a color image and then converting to grayscale may not have ...

Page 540: ...to control the flow of characters either horizontally or vertically Entering text this way is useful when you want to create one or more paragraphs such as for a brochure Type entered as point type top and in a bounding box bottom Photoshop Type on a path flows along the edge of an open or a closed path When you enter text horizontally the characters are parallel to the baseline When you enter tex...

Page 541: ... in the toolbox click in the Layers Channels Paths Actions History or Styles palette or select any available menu command To enter point type When you enter point type each line of type is independent the line expands or shrinks as you edit it but it doesn t wrap to the next line The type you enter appears in a new type layer 1 Do one of the following Photoshop Select the Horizontal Type tool or t...

Page 542: ...e following Photoshop Select the Horizontal Type tool or the Vertical Type tool ImageReady Select the Type tool Note To change between horizontal or vertical text in ImageReady click the Change Text Orientation button in the tool options bar or choose Change Text Orientation from the Character palette menu 2 Do one of the following Drag diagonally to define a bounding box for the type Hold down Al...

Page 543: ...the bounding box hold down Ctrl Shift Windows or Command Shift Mac OS and drag a side handle The pointer turns into an arrowhead with a small double arrow Skewing type using the bounding box Photoshop To scale the type as you resize the bounding box Ctrl drag Windows or Command drag Mac OS a corner handle Photoshop To resize the bounding box from the center point Alt drag Windows or Option drag Ma...

Page 544: ...yer To convert a type layer to a normal layer select the type layer and choose Layer Rasterize Type To change the orientation of a type layer The orientation of a type layer determines the direction of type lines in relation to the document window 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 ...

Page 545: ...risp to make type appear somewhat sharp Strong to make type appear heavier Smooth to make type appear smoother To apply anti aliasing to a type layer 1 Select the type layer in the Layers palette 2 Do one of the following Choose an option from the anti aliasing menu in the options bar or the Character palette Choose Layer Type and choose an option from the submenu To convert between point type and...

Page 546: ...ocument Photoshop questions any words that aren t in its dictionary If a questioned word is spelled correctly you can confirm its spelling by adding the word to the dictionary If a questioned word is misspelled you can correct it 1 If necessary in the Character palette choose a language from the pop up menu at the bottom of the palette This is the dictionary Photoshop uses to check spelling 2 Opti...

Page 547: ...ed text To repeat the search select Find Next Change All Searches for and replaces all occurrences of the found text Change Find Replaces the found text with the revised text and then searches for the next occurrence Search options for finding and replacing text Search All Layers Searches all layers in a document This option is available when a nontype layer is selected in the Layers palette Forwa...

Page 548: ...bottom left corner of the palette Note If you select text with multiple languages or if the type layer has multiple languages the pop up menu in the Character palette is dimmed and displays the word Multiple Warping type Warping type Warping lets you distort type to conform to a variety of shapes for example you can warp type in the shape of an arc or a wave The warp style you select is an attribu...

Page 549: ...type 1 Select a type layer that has warping applied to it 2 Select a type tool and click the Warp button in the options bar or choose Layer Type Warp Text 3 Choose None from the Style pop up menu and click OK Creating type on a path Entering type on a path You can enter type that flows along the edge of a work path created by a pen or a shape tool When you enter type along a path the type flows in...

Page 550: ...r 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 Baseline Shift option in the Character palette For example type a negative value in the Baseline Shift text box to lower the type See also To shift the baseline on page 551 To move or flip type on a path 1 Select the Direct Selection tool or Path Select...

Page 551: ... beam with an arrow or you ll move the type along the path To 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 to change the shape of the path Creating paths shapes and selections from type To create a work path from type Creating a work path from type lets you work with the characters as vector shapes A work path is a ...

Page 552: ...e at a point or in a bounding box A red mask appears over the active layer as you enter the type After you click the Commit button the type selection border appears in the image on the active layer Formatting characters Formatting characters Photoshop and ImageReady give you precise control over individual characters in type layers including their font size color leading kerning tracking baseline ...

Page 553: ...acters Some formatting options are also available in the options bar You can display the Character palette by doing one of the following Choose Window Character or click the Character palette tab if the palette is visible but not active With a type tool selected click the Palette button in the options bar To set an option in the Character palette choose a value from the pop up menu on the right si...

Page 554: ...ype OpenType or CID font into the local Fonts folder the font appears in Adobe appli cations only About character sets and alternate glyphs Typefaces include many characters in addition to the ones you see on your keyboard Depending on the font these characters can include ligatures fractions swashes ornaments ordinals titling and stylistic alternates superior and inferior characters old style fig...

Page 555: ... Small Medium or Large from the Font Preview Size menu To change the font on multiple layers 1 In the Layers palette select the text layers you want to change 2 In the Character palette select type characteristics from the pop up menus About type size The type size determines how large the type appears in the image Photoshop The default unit of measurement for type is points One PostScript point i...

Page 556: ...ou can t apply an overlay layer style selectively it affects all characters in the type layer Click the foreground color selection box in the toolbox and select a color using the Adobe Color Picker Alterna tively click a color in the Color palette the Swatches palette or in ImageReady the Color Table palette If you use this method to change the color of an existing type layer you must first select...

Page 557: ...or from the top of one line to the top of the next Five point type with 6 point leading left and with 12 point leading right See also About Asian type on page 563 To set the leading 1 Select the characters you want to change If you don t select any text the leading applies to new text you create 2 In the Character palette do one of the following Choose the desired leading from the Leading menu Sel...

Page 558: ...and 40 manual kerning between A and C and between U and S bottom Positive kerning or tracking values move characters apart adding to the default spacing negative values move characters closer together reducing the default spacing Kerning and tracking values are measured in units that are 1 1000 of an em space The width of an em space is relative to the current type size In a 1 point font 1 em corr...

Page 559: ... expand selected characters in both width and height Scaling distorts the type so it is generally preferable to use a font that is designed as condensed or expanded if one is available 1 Select the type 2 Enter a new percentage for Horizontally Scale or Vertically Scale in the Character palette To shift the baseline Baseline shift controls the distance of type from its baseline either raising or l...

Page 560: ...menu only when a type layer containing vertical type is selected When working with vertical Asian type you can add an underline on either side of the type line To apply a horizontal line through horizontal type or a vertical line through vertical type click the Strikethrough button in the Character palette You can also choose Strikethrough from the Character palette menu To rotate type Do the foll...

Page 561: ...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 layers show through the angle of the light and its distance from the text or object 5 When you re satisfied with the drop shadow click OK To use the same drop shadow settings on another layer drag the Drop Shadow layer in the Layers palette to the other ...

Page 562: ...d choose Layer Create Clipping Mask The image appears inside the text 11 Select the Move tool and then drag the image to adjust its placement within the text To move the text instead of the image select the text layer in the Layers palette and then use the Move tool to move the text See also Clipping masks on page 436 About the type tools in Photoshop on page 533 Formatting characters on page 544 ...

Page 563: ...points displayed online fractional widths could cause type 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 together The fractional character width setting applies to all characters on a type layer you cannot set the option for selected characters To tu...

Page 564: ...nt file for both Windows and Macintosh computers so you can move files from one platform to another without worrying about font substitution and other problems that cause text to reflow When working with an OpenType font you can automatically substitute alternate glyphs such as ligatures small capitals fractions and old style proportional figures in your text For Japanese OpenType fonts you can us...

Page 565: ...ures appear to be joined they are fully editable and do not cause the spelling checker to flag a word erroneously Swash Substitutes swash glyphs stylized letterforms with extended strokes exaggerated flourishes Old Style Are numerals shorter than regular numerals with some old style numerals descending below the type baseline Stylistic Alternates Formats stylized characters that create a purely ae...

Page 566: ...ing to all paragraphs in the layer select the type layer in the Layers palette About the Paragraph palette type tool and click the Palette button You use the Paragraph palette to change the formatting of columns and paragraphs To display the palette choose Window Paragraph or click the Paragraph palette tab if the palette is visible but not active You can also select a in the options bar To set op...

Page 567: ...xt in a paragraph excluding the last line or you can justify text in a paragraph including the last line The settings you choose for justi fication affect the horizontal spacing of lines and the aesthetic appeal of type on a page Justification options are available only for paragraph type and determine word letter and glyph spacing Justification settings apply only to Roman characters double byte ...

Page 568: ...s the width of characters a glyph is any font character Glyph Spacing values can range from 50 to 200 at 100 the width of characters is not scaled Auto Leading Adjusts the leading automatically based on a percentage of the type size For justified type enter Minimum and Maximum values to define a range of acceptable spacing For both justified and unjustified paragraphs enter Desired values to set t...

Page 569: ...mas periods hyphens em dashes en dashes colons and semicolons When a punctuation character is followed a quotation mark both characters hang Keep in mind that the paragraph alignment determines the margin from which the punctuation hangs For left aligned and right aligned paragraphs punctuation hangs off the left and right margin respectively For top aligned and bottom aligned paragraphs punctuati...

Page 570: ...2 Enter values for the following options Words Longer Than Letters Specifies the minimum number of characters for hyphenated words The default value is five letters After First Letters and Before Last Letters Specifies the minimum number of characters at the beginning or end of a word that can be broken by a hyphen For example by specifying three for these values aromatic would be hyphenated as ar...

Page 571: ...est importance is given to evenness of letter and word spacing Possible breakpoints are evaluated and penalized according to how much they deviate from optimal spacing Hyphenation is avoided when possible Breakpoints that require hyphenation are penalized more than those that create uneven spacing Good breakpoints are preferred over bad breakpoints After breakpoint penalty values are identified fo...

Page 572: ...you want to adjust 2 In the Character palette enter or select a percentage for Tsume The greater the percentage the tighter the compression between characters At 100 the maximum value there is no space between the character s bounding box and its em box To specify how leading is measured in Asian type 1 Select the paragraphs you want to adjust 2 From the Paragraph palette menu choose one of the fo...

Page 573: ...cters in the line to the top center or bottom of the em box right center and left for vertical frames to the roman baseline or to the top or bottom of the ICF box right or left for vertical frames The ICF is the space where characters can be placed A B C Character alignment options A Small characters aligned to the bottom B Small characters aligned to the middle C Small characters aligned to the t...

Page 574: ... and KozGoPro OpenType fonts These fonts have the largest collection of glyphs of the Asian fonts produced by Adobe 1 Select the characters or type objects to which you want to apply the setting If you don t select any text the setting applies to new text you create 2 In the Character palette make sure that an Asian OpenType Pro font is selected 3 From the Character palette menu choose an OpenType...

Page 575: ... options Additional OpenType options are available depending on the font Japanese 78 Substitutes the standard glyph with the jp78 variant glyph Japanese Expert Substitutes the standard glyph with the expert variant glyphs Japanese Traditional Substitutes the standard glyph with the traditional variant glyph Proportional Metrics Substitutes the half width and the full width glyph with the proportio...

Page 576: ...Standard JIS X 4051 1995 In the Paragraph palette choose an option from the Mojikumi pop up menu None Turns off the use of mojikumi Mojikumi Set 1 Uses half width spacing for punctuation Mojikumi Set 2 Uses full width spacing for most characters except the last character in the line j j Mo ikumi Set 1 and Mo ikumi Set 2 Mojikumi Set 3 Uses full width spacing for most characters and the last charac...

Page 577: ...rom beginning or ending a line JIS Weak Set Characters that can t begin a line Characters that can t end a line JIS Maximum Set Characters that can t begin a line Characters that can t end a line To select a kinsoku line breaking option Kinsoku shori or mojikumi must be selected to use the following line breaking options From the Paragraph palette menu choose Kinsoku Shori Type and then choose one...

Page 578: ...cters on or immediately outside the text frame Regular Enables Japanese hanging punctuations but allows burasagari characters to hang as little as possible This is the default Burasagari setting With the Regular option the behavior varies according to whether the line is justified or not Force Enables Japanese hanging punctuation but forces the punctuation outside of the text frame when it needs t...

Page 579: ...ctivities in those states Animations You can create simple web animations both in Photoshop and ImageReady with the Animation palette You use this palette to determine frame by frame the appearance of an animation You can export an animation as an animated GIF from Photoshop and as an animated GIF or SWF file from ImageReady In ImageReady you can create animation in conjunction with sets of slices...

Page 580: ...can isolate the animation using a slice Web page divided into slices with a highlighted rollover slice 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 can select it using the Slice Select tool and then move it resize it or align it with other slices You can set options for each slice s...

Page 581: ...tte in ImageReady See also Slice content types on page 588 Creating slices To create a slice with the Slice tool 1 Select the Slice tool Any existing slices automatically appear in the document window 2 Choose a style setting in the options bar Normal Determines slice proportions as you drag Fixed Aspect Ratio Sets a height to width ratio Enter whole numbers or decimals for the aspect ratio For ex...

Page 582: ... pixels However do not use a layer based slice when you plan to move the layer over a large area of the image during an animation because the slice dimension may exceed a useful size Layer based slices are less flexible and have fewer options however you can convert promote a layer based slice or an auto slice to a user slice at any time To create a slice from a layer 1 Select a layer in the Layer...

Page 583: ...ary of the slice Solid lines indicate that the slice is a user slice or layer based slice dotted lines indicate that the slice is an auto slice Slice colors Differentiate user slices and layer based slices from auto slices By default user slices and layer based slices have blue symbols and auto slices have gray symbols In addition ImageReady and the Photoshop Save For Web dialog box use color adju...

Page 584: ...ces Do one of the following Select the Slice Select tool and click Show Auto Slices or Hide Auto Slices in the options bar Choose View Show Slices Auto slices appear with the rest of your slices ImageReady Choose View Show Auto Slices To show or hide slice numbers 1 Do one of the following In Windows choose Edit Preferences Guides Grid Slices In Mac OS choose Photoshop Preferences Guides Grid Slic...

Page 585: ...es option controls color adjustments for both user slices and layer based slices This value determines the brightness and contrast dimming of unselected slices Selecting and organizing slices To select one or more slices Do one of the following Select the Slice Select tool and click the slice in the image When working with overlapping slices click the visible section of an underlying slice to sele...

Page 586: ...fferent configurations for your web page which is especially powerful when you combine this feature with layer compositions You can create unique slice sets to match your various layer compositions Note You can place a slice in only one slice set at a time To create a slice set select one or more slices and choose Slices New Slice Set or click the New Slice Set button in the Web Content palette To...

Page 587: ...chosen objects within 4 pixels See also To show or hide a grid guides or smart guides on page 61 To resize or move a user slice using numeric coordinates 1 Select one or more user slices 2 Do one of the following Photoshop Click the Options button in the options bar You can also double click a slice to show the options ImageReady Choose Window Slice to open the Slice palette and then choose Show O...

Page 588: ...Divide Slice from the Slice palette menu 3 Select Preview in the Divide Slice dialog box to preview the changes 4 In the Divide Slice dialog box select one or both of the following options Divide Horizontally Into Divides the slice lengthwise Divide Vertically Into Divides the slice widthwise 5 Define how you want to divide each selected slice Select and enter a value for Slices Down or Slices Acr...

Page 589: ...you copy and paste in the same image the pasted slice appears on top of the original The Copy Slice and Paste Slice commands have the same keyboard shortcuts as the regular Copy and Paste commands To combine slices ImageReady In ImageReady you can combine two or more slices into a single slice ImageReady determines the dimensions and position of the resulting slice from the rectangle created by jo...

Page 590: ...cal or horizontal centers By aligning user slices you can eliminate unneeded auto slices and generate a smaller more efficient HTML file Note To align layer based slices align the contents of the layers 1 Select the user slices you want to align 2 Do one of the following Choose the Slice Select tool and select an alignment option in the options bar A B C D E F Alignment options A Top B Vertical Ce...

Page 591: ... a layer based slice does delete the layer based slice Note You cannot delete auto slices If you delete all user slices and layer based slices in an image one auto slice layer remains 1 Select one or more slices 2 Do one of the following Choose the Slice or Slice Select tool and press the Backspace key or the Delete key ImageReady Choose Slices Delete Slices or choose Delete Slices from the Slice ...

Page 592: ...ageReady You share optimization settings between linked slices When you apply optimization settings to a linked slice all slices in the set are updated Linked slices in GIF and PNG 8 format share a color palette and dither pattern The dither pattern is applied across adjacent slice boundaries to prevent the appearance of seams between the slices Note You can also link slices in the Photoshop Save ...

Page 593: ...Group Slice Into Table button in the Web Content palette Select multiple slices and then choose Slices Group Slices Into Table Select a slice and change the slice type from Image to Table in the Slice palette Switch to the Table palette to set its attributes ImageReady automatically creates a user slice to fill the table in certain browsers If this happens to your table a yellow warning icon Note ...

Page 594: ...eight as a percentage the dimensions of the exported table are adjusted dynamically to accommodate the browser window in which it is displayed Choose Slices Resize Table To Slices If your table is larger than the slices this command shrinks the table to fit the slices If the slice area is larger than the table the table expands to reveal all of the child slices To set table export options ImageRea...

Page 595: ...ings in tables containing Image slices can have undesirable results To delete a nested table ImageReady You can delete tables you ve nested inside slices with or without deleting the slices that contain them In other words you can ungroup the slices so that they are no longer a table 1 In the Web Content palette select the nested table slice 2 Do one of the following Choose Delete Slice from the W...

Page 596: ...amed according to the settings in the Output Options dialog box Layer based slices are given the name of the layer from which they are derived Do one of the following Select a slice If you are working in Photoshop double click the slice with the Slice Select tool to display the Slice Options dialog box In the Slice Options dialog box Photoshop or the Slice palette ImageReady type a new name in the...

Page 597: ...for the document When a user clicks the link the specified file appears in the new frame Note For more information on frames see an HTML reference To specify browser messages and Alt text You can specify what messages appear in the browser These options are available only for Image slices and appear only in exported HTML files 1 Select a slice If you are working in Photoshop double click the slice...

Page 598: ...area Default Uses the browser s default for vertical alignment Top Aligns the text to the top of the slice area Baseline Sets a common baseline for the first line of text in cells in the same row of the resulting HTML table Each cell in the row must use the Baseline option Middle Centers the text vertically in the slice area Bottom Aligns the text to the bottom of the slice area Image maps About i...

Page 599: ...olygon 3 Do one of the following to define the image map area With the Rectangle or Circle Image Map tool drag over the area you want to define Shift drag to constrain the area to a square or circle Alt drag Windows or Option drag Mac OS to drag an image map area from its center With the Polygon Image Map tool click in the image to set the starting point Position the pointer where you want the fir...

Page 600: ... Click the Image Map Visibility button in the toolbox This button works like a toggle to show or hide image map areas Choose View Show Image Maps Choose View Extras This command also shows or hides selection edges slices text bounds text baseline and text selections Note When you select the Image Map Select tool image map areas are automatically shown To set image map display preferences ImageRead...

Page 601: ...rent frame is a child The linked file appears in the current parent frame _top Replaces the entire browser window with the linked file removing all current frames The name of the frame must match a frame name previously defined in the HTML file for the document When a user clicks the link the specified file appears in the new frame Note For more information on frames see an HTML reference 4 In the...

Page 602: ...angular image map area or the center point of a circular image map area and the origin of the ruler in the document window Note The default origin of the ruler is the upper left corner of the image W Specifies the width of a rectangular image map area H Specifies the height of a rectangular image map area R Specifies the radius of a circular image map area To duplicate an image map area ImageReady...

Page 603: ...dows or Control click Mac OS with the cursor in one of the image maps This brings up the context menu for image maps Select an Align option Top Edges Vertical Centers Bottom Edges Left Edges Horizontal Centers Right Edges See also To align tool based image map areas ImageReady on page 595 To use the Web Content palette ImageReady on page 606 To align tool based image map areas ImageReady You can a...

Page 604: ...ge map type in the Output Settings dialog box If you select a server side image map ImageReady generates a separate map file based on the server option you select However you ll need to update the path to the map file in your HTML file See also HTML output options on page 647 Previewing web graphics Previewing an image in a browser To get an idea of how an optimized image will look in a web page y...

Page 605: ...rom the submenu choose Other to select a browser not listed in the submenu or select a browser from the Preview In Browser tool in the toolbox Creating web photo galleries Web photo galleries A web photo gallery is a web site that features a home page with thumbnail images and gallery pages with full size images Each page contains links that allow visitors to navigate the site For example when a v...

Page 606: ...ge Uses images you selected before opening the Web Photo Gallery dialog box Folder Uses images from folders you select using the Browse Windows or Choose Mac OS buttons Select Include All Subfolders to include images inside any subfolders of the selected folder 6 Click Destination and then select a folder in which to store the images and HTML pages for the gallery Then click OK Windows or Choose M...

Page 607: ...or the banner that appears on each page in the gallery Enter text for each of these Site Name The name of the gallery Photographer The name of the person or organization receiving credit for the photos in the gallery Contact Info The contact information for the gallery such as a telephone number or a business address Date The date appearing on each page of the gallery By default Photoshop uses the...

Page 608: ...f the caption Rotation options Place the text on the image at an angle Web photo gallery styles Photoshop provides a variety of styles for your web photo gallery If you are an advanced user who knows HTML you can create a new style or customize a style by editing a set of HTML template files The web photo gallery styles provided by Photoshop are stored in individual folders in the following locati...

Page 609: ...cters and begin and end with the percent symbol For information on the tokens that you can use in the template files see Web photo gallery style tokens on page 602 To customize or create a web photo gallery style 1 Locate the folder that stores the existing web photo gallery styles 2 Do one of the following To customize a style create a copy of the style folder and store it in the same location as...

Page 610: ...character set used on each page CONTENT_GENRATOR Expands to Adobe Photoshop CS Web Photo Gallery CURRENTINDEX Determines the link for the current home page CURRENTINDEXANCHOR Resides in SubPage htm and points to the first index page DATE Determines the date that appears on the banner FILEINFO Determines the image file information for a caption FILENAME Determines the file name of an image Use this...

Page 611: ...BORDER Determines the size of thumbnail borders THUMBNAIL_HEIGHT Enables the Add Width And Height Attributes For Images check box This allows the user to download the attributes reducing download time THUMBNAIL_HEIGHT_NUMBER This token is replaced with a numeral only representing the height of the thumbnail THUMBNAILS This token is replaced with thumbnails using the Thumbnail htm file for the fram...

Page 612: ...m the Styles palette to an image layer Rollover styles are a quick and easy way to create rollovers or to reuse a rollover you ve create with other graphics See To copy and paste rollover states ImageReady on page 612 Rollover states Every rollover has two or more states that you create and manage in the Web Content palette A state is defined by a specific configuration of the Layers palette inclu...

Page 613: ... saves GoLive automatically recognizes the related state files See also Editing layers in rollover states and animation frames ImageReady on page 613 To create Selected state rollovers ImageReady on page 610 About the Web Content palette ImageReady The Web Content palette lets you create view and set options for the rollover states in an image In addition to rollover states the Web Content palette...

Page 614: ...mation frames in the Web Content palette choose Palette Options from the Web Content palette menu Select or deselect Include Animation Frames and click OK To change the size of rollover thumbnails choose Palette Options from the Web Content palette menu and select a thumbnail size For sizes other than None select Object Bounds or Entire Document to determine the contents of thumbnails To expand an...

Page 615: ...nvisible and the second visible for that state For more information on changes you can make to each state see Editing layers in rollover states and animation frames ImageReady on page 613 You can use layer styles to create instant rollover effects When working with layer based slices you can also save the series of states as a rollover style See To apply a rollover style to a layer ImageReady on p...

Page 616: ...elected for the second rollover state Down Activates the image when the viewer presses the mouse button while rolling over the slice or image map area The state persists as long as the viewer keeps the mouse button pressed and the pointer is over the area Click Activates the image when the viewer clicks the mouse while the pointer is over the slice or image map area The state persists until the vi...

Page 617: ...ette by a triangle in the upper left corner of the style thumbnail 1 Select a layer in the Layers palette 2 Choose Window Styles or click the Styles palette tab to display the Styles palette 3 Click the thumbnail for the rollover style you want to apply Rollover style thumbnails have a triangle in the upper left corner To create a rollover style ImageReady You can save rollover states and their ef...

Page 618: ...o to the Web Content palette menu and choose Find All Remote Slices To let ImageReady automatically find and mark remote slices for a selected state go to the Web Content palette menu and choose Find Remote Slices For State 5 Preview the remote rollover in a browser See To preview rollovers ImageReady on page 611 To create Selected state rollovers ImageReady You can create a rollover button that s...

Page 619: ...ndow by switching to document preview mode All remote rollovers affect a previewed document If a slice has a change that is ignored not targeted you can see it in an ImageReady preview but not in a browser To preview the rollover effect in your computer s default web browser click the Preview In Default Browser button in the toolbox 1 To view rollovers in document preview mode do one of the follow...

Page 620: ...elect a state in the current rollover Open or display another rollover and select a state 3 Choose Paste Rollover State from the Web Content palette menu To duplicate a rollover state ImageReady Duplicating a state is an easy way to add existing animation frames to a new state Select a rollover state and do one of the following Choose Duplicate Rollover State from the Web Content palette menu Drag...

Page 621: ...tion and style apply only to the frame or state unless you are working with the Normal state or Frame 1 However you can use the unify buttons in the Layers palette to apply changes to all states in a rollover and all frames in an animation When a unify button is selected changes apply to all states and frames when a button is deselected changes apply to only the active state or frame 1 Select the ...

Page 622: ... toggling it in the Layers palette pop up menu Animations Creating an animation An animation is a sequence of images or frames that is displayed over time Each frame varies slightly from the preceding frame creating the illusion of movement when the frames are viewed in quick succession You use the Animation palette and the Layers palette to create animation frames In ImageReady you can also use t...

Page 623: ...ion Use the controls in the animation palette to play the animation as you create it Then preview the animation in your web browser In Photoshop use Save For Web to preview in a web browser See To preview an animation on page 621 6 Optimize the animation for efficient download See Optimizing animations on page 622 7 Save the animation You can save the animation as an animated GIF In Photoshop use ...

Page 624: ...tte click the Selects Next Frame button to select the next frame in the series as the current frame In the Animation palette or the Layers palette click the Selects Previous Frame button to select the previous frame in the series as the current frame In the Animation palette click the Selects First Frame button to select the first frame in the series as the current frame To select multiple frames ...

Page 625: ...and click Yes to confirm the deletion Drag the selected frame onto the Delete icon See also To select multiple frames on page 616 To delete an entire animation Select Delete Animation from the Animation palette menu or the Web Content palette menu ImageReady To copy and paste layers between frames To understand what happens when you copy and paste a frame think of a frame as a duplicate version of...

Page 626: ...cally add or modify a series of frames between two existing frames varying the layer attributes position opacity or effect parameters evenly between the new frames to create the appearance of movement For example 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 fr...

Page 627: ...d the following frame This option is not available when you select the last frame in the Animation palette First Frame Adds frames between the last frame and first frame This option is available only if you select the last frame in the Animation palette Previous Frame Adds frames between the selected frame and the preceding frame This option is not available when you select the first frame in the ...

Page 628: ... select the frame in the Animation palette and then hide the desired layer in the Layers palette You can use the Create Layer For Each New Frame option to automatically add a new layer to the image every time you create a frame The new layer is visible in the new frame but hidden in other frames Using this option saves time when you are creating an animation that requires you to add a new visual e...

Page 629: ... displayed at any time and the current frame does not appear through the transparent areas of the next frame To flatten frames into layers You can flatten animation frames into layers A single composite layer is created for each frame containing all of the layers in the frame The original layers in the frame are hidden but preserved in case they are needed for another frame Note If you save an ani...

Page 630: ...ps each frame 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 selected by default and is recommended Redundant Pixel Removal Makes transparent all pixels in a frame that are unchanged from the preceding frame This option is selected by default and is recom...

Page 631: ...n the Animation palette The bottom layer in the Photoshop image is Frame 1 in the Animation palette Choose Reverse Frames from the Animation palette menu to reverse the order of frames To import a folder of files as frames ImageReady You can import a folder of files and use each file as a frame Files can be in any format that Photoshop supports Each file becomes a frame in the Animation palette Th...

Page 632: ...port From Beginning to End to open the full file Selected Range Only to open selected frames Drag the slider below the movie thumbnail to specify the starting point for the range and then Shift drag to specify the ending point A black bar on the slider indicates the range you select 3 Select Limit To Every Frame to specify which frames to include from the selected range You can use this option wit...

Page 633: ...t on page 654 For precise optimization you can use the optimization features in Photoshop Save For Web or ImageReady to preview optimized images in different file formats and with different file attributes You can view multiple versions of an image simultaneously and modify optimization settings as you preview the image to select the best combi nation of settings for your needs You can also specif...

Page 634: ...and compare them side by side If you work in 2 Up or 4 Up view you must select a version before you apply optimization settings A colored frame indicates which version is selected To quickly transition to ImageReady click the Edit In ImageReady button at the lower right of the dialog box Navigating in the dialog box If the entire artwork is not visible in the Save For Web dialog box you can use th...

Page 635: ...box Preview pop up menu Photoshop or by choosing an option from the View Preview menu ImageReady Uncompensated Color Makes no adjustments to image gamma Uncompensated Color is the default setting Standard Windows Color Displays an adjustment based on the default Windows gamma Standard Macintosh Color Displays an adjustment based on the default Macintosh gamma Use Document Color Profile or Use Embe...

Page 636: ...ptimization settings until you are satisfied with the balance of image quality and file size If your image contains multiple slices be sure to optimize all the slices 6 Do one of the following Photoshop Click Save in the Save For Web dialog box ImageReady Choose File Save Optimized Choose File Save Optimized As to save an alternate version of the file with a different file name 7 In the Save Optim...

Page 637: ...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 displays the term Unnamed 1 Set optimization options as desired and choose Save Settings from the Optimize palette menu 2 Name the settings and save them in the Presets Optimized Settings folder inside the Photoshop program folder Note If you save the settings in...

Page 638: ...t 4 Up select the preview you want to optimize 3 Optional Select the slices you want to optimize and the file format you want to use 4 Select Optimize To File Size from the Optimize menu to the right of the Settings menu 5 Enter the desired file size 6 Select a Start With option Current Settings Uses the current file format Auto Select GIF JPEG Automatically selects the format 7 Select a Use optio...

Page 639: ...ne set of options click the Show Options control triangle for that set of options To choose an option from the Optimize palette menu click the triangle in the upper right corner of the palette To optimize and save images as SWF files ImageReady In ImageReady you can save image and animation files in the Macromedia Flash SWF format Choose Export Macromedia Flash SWF and set output options See SWF I...

Page 640: ...ption is available for the second third and fourth panes Named presets Select one of the named settings to display the optimized image with those settings This option is available for the second third and fourth panes 4 Click OK Web graphics formats and options Comparing web graphics formats The file format that you choose depends largely on the characteristics of the image JPEG JPEG is the standa...

Page 641: ... level of compression The higher the Quality setting the more detail the compression algorithm preserves However using a high Quality setting results in a larger file size than 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 size The Optimized JPEG...

Page 642: ...lor and deselect Transparency To select a matte color click the Matte color swatch and select a color in the color picker Alternatively select an option from the Matte menu Eyedropper to use the color in the eyedropper sample box White Black or Other to use the color picker Interlace Displays a low resolution version of the image in a browser while the full image file is downloading Inter lacing c...

Page 643: ...s a method for generating the color lookup table and the number of colors you want in the color lookup table You can select one of the following color reduction methods Perceptual Creates a custom color table by giving priority to colors for which the human eye has greater sensi tivity Selective Creates a color table similar to the Perceptual color table but favoring broad areas of color and the p...

Page 644: ...ct one of the following dithering methods Diffusion Applies a random pattern that is usually less noticeable than Pattern dither The dither effects are diffused across adjacent pixels Pattern Applies a halftone like square pattern to simulate any colors not in the color table Noise Applies a random pattern similar to the Diffusion dither method but without diffusing the pattern across adjacent pix...

Page 645: ...ion Transparency 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 to control the amount of dithering that is applied to the image Pattern Transparency Dither applies a halftone like square pattern to partially transparent pixels Noise Transparency Dithe...

Page 646: ...te colors in the color table shift selected colors to web safe colors and lock selected colors to prevent them from being dropped from the palette To view the color table for an optimized slice The color table for a slice appears in the Color Table panel in the Save For Web dialog box Photoshop or the Color Table palette ImageReady Note In ImageReady be careful not to confuse the Color Table palet...

Page 647: ...ker Select the Eyedropper tool in the Save For Web dialog box Photoshop or the toolbox ImageReady and click in the image Select the Eyedropper tool in the toolbox click in the image hold the mouse down and drag anywhere on the desktop You can use this option to select a color displayed in another application such as a color in a web page displayed in a browser ImageReady Select a color from the Co...

Page 648: ...vert the color in the optimized image enabling you to see which areas of the image contain the color To view a contiguous group of colors press Shift and click and hold another color All colors in the rows between the first and second selected colors are inverted To view a discontiguous group of colors press Ctrl Windows or Command Mac OS and click each color that you want to select and hold the m...

Page 649: ...ors Do one of the following Select a web shifted color in the color table and click the Web Shift button in the Color Table palette To revert all web shifted colors in the color table choose Unshift All Web Shifted Colors from the Color Table palette menu To map colors to transparency You can add transparency to an optimized image by mapping existing colors to transparency 1 Select one or more col...

Page 650: ...Adaptive Perceptual and Selective palettes automatically add the deleted color back into the palette when you reoptimize the image the Custom palette does not change when you reoptimize the image 1 Select one or more colors in the color table 2 Delete the color by doing one of the following Click the Delete icon Choose Delete Color from the Color Table palette menu To save a color table You can sa...

Page 651: ...ose Image Master Palette Add To Master Palette All color information for the current image is added to the master palette 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 for all images whose colors you want to include in the master palette 5 In the Optimize palette select optimization settings for the master palette 6 Choose Image Master Palette Build Master Palette to create a new color table from the color information o...

Page 652: ...ization settings the white areas of the mask describe the highest level of image quality whereas the black areas for the mask describe the lowest level of image quality The level of optimization in gray areas of the mask decreases by a linear scale Weighted optimization is available for specific settings in the Optimize panel palette as indicated by the Mask button To access the Weighted Optimizat...

Page 653: ...n the slider enter a value in the Minimum text box or use the arrows to change the current value 6 Click OK To use masks to modify GIF lossiness When you use masks to optimize the amount of lossiness or quality reduction in a GIF image white areas of the masks yield the highest quality and black areas of the masks yield the lowest quality You can adjust the maximum and minimum level of quality red...

Page 654: ...efine the dithering range To set the highest percentage of dithering drag the right white tab on the slider enter a value in the Maximum text box or use the arrows to change the current percentage To set the lowest percentage of dithering drag the left black tab on the slider enter a value in the Minimum text box or use the arrows to change the current percentage 6 Click OK To use masks to modify ...

Page 655: ...e an options set from the pop up menu below the Settings menu Alternatively click Next to display the next set in the menu list click Prev to display the previous set 4 Optional To save output settings set the options as desired and click Save Type a file name choose a location for the saved file and click Save You can save the output settings anywhere However if you place the file in the Presets ...

Page 656: ...mpty Cells Specifies how empty slices are converted to table cells Select GIF IMG W H to use a 1 pixel GIF with width and height values specified on the IMG tag Select GIF TD W H to use a 1 pixel GIF with width and height values specified on the TD tag Select NoWrap TD W H to place a nonstandard NoWrap attribute on the table data and also place width and height values specified on the TD tags TD W...

Page 657: ...ication for server side image maps Image Map Placement Specifies the location of the image map declaration the MAP tag in the HTML file Top Places the image map declaration at the top of the HTML body section Body Places the image map declaration above the IMG SRC tag for the associated slice Bottom Places the image map declaration at the bottom of the HTML body section Setting background output o...

Page 658: ...extensions for JPEG and WBMP files if desired Copy Background Image When Saving copies the background image file specified in the Background set into the images folder for the web page Include Copyright Photoshop includes copyright information with the image See To add metadata using the File Info dialog box on page 98 To include title and copyright information with an image You can add title and ...

Page 659: ... XMP a block of information that provides the path to the original document Write XMP to separate files Writes XMP data for the file to a separate file instead of being embedded in the image file Working with hexadecimal color values To view hexadecimal color values in the Info palette In ImageReady hexadecimal values for colors are displayed automatically at the right of the Info palette next to ...

Page 660: ...color first to make it the foreground color 3 To paste the color into an HTML file open a destination application and choose Copy Paste with the HTML file displayed To copy a color as a hexadecimal value by dragging ImageReady Drag the Foreground Color from the toolbox or a selected color from the Color Table palette or the Swatches palette into the HTML file in the destination application Note Th...

Page 661: ...command Photoshop OperEXR Portable Bit Map Radiance and TIFF You can use the following commands to save images Save Saves changes you ve made to the current file In Photoshop the file is saved in the current format in ImageReady the Save command always saves to PSD format Save As Saves an image in a different location or under another file name In Photoshop the Save As command lets you save an ima...

Page 662: ...mat Mac OS menu Note In Photoshop if you choose a format that does not support all features of the document a warning appears at the bottom of the dialog box If you see this warning it s best to save a copy of the file in Photoshop format or in another format that supports all of the image data 3 Specify a file name and location 4 Photoshop In the Save As dialog box select saving options 5 Click S...

Page 663: ...ing is selected for the Image Previews and Append File Extension options in the File Handling Preferences dialog box Thumbnail Windows Saves thumbnail data for the file Image Previews options Mac OS Save thumbnail data for the file Thumbnails appear in the Open dialog box Use Lower Case Makes the file extension lowercase File Extension options Mac OS Specify the format for file extensions Select A...

Page 664: ...mode Lab color and duotone images in Photoshop PDF format Because the Photoshop PDF document can preserve Photoshop data such as layers alpha channels spot color and annotations you can open the document and edit the images in Photoshop CS2 You can also use the Photoshop PDF format to save multiple images in a multipage document or slide show presentation For advanced users the Photoshop PDF forma...

Page 665: ...e PDF dialog box to set general PDF file saving options For details of each option see General options for Adobe PDF on page 660 Note Users of previous Photoshop versions can open a PDF containing Photoshop data as a generic PDF with the layers flattened Choose File Open As and then choose Generic PDF from the Files Of Type menu Windows or choose File Open and choose Generic PDF from the Format me...

Page 666: ...g a file that is not marked as PDF X compliant Like PDF X 1a PDF X 3 is an ISO standard for graphic content exchange The main difference is that PDF X 3 allows the use of color management and device independent color in addition to CMYK and spot colors PDF files created with this settings file can be opened in Acrobat 4 0 and Acrobat Reader 4 0 and later Press Quality Creates PDF files for high qu...

Page 667: ...r graphic content exchange The main difference is that PDF X 3 allows the use of color management and device independent color CIE Lab ICC based color spaces CalRGB and CalGray in addition to CMYK and spot colors You can use ICC color profiles to specify color data later in the workflow at the output device PDF files created with PDF X 3 compliance can be opened in Acrobat 4 0 and Acrobat Reader 4...

Page 668: ... PDF documents such as Illustrator CS or InDesign CS Illustrator CS or InDesign CS DeviceN color space with 8 colo DeviceN color space with 8 colo DeviceN color space with up to DeviceN color space with up to rants is supported rants is supported 31 colorants is supported 31 colorants is supported Pages can be up to 45 inches Pages can be up to 200 inches Pages can be up to 200 inches Pages can be...

Page 669: ...significantly reduces the conversion time compared with downsampling but results in images that are less smooth and continuous Subsampling is the same as Nearest Neighbor resampling Compression Determines the type of compression that is used The Automatic option automatically sets the best possible compression and quality for the artwork contained in the file For most files this option produces sa...

Page 670: ... the process color equivalents convert to the designated color space No Conversion Preserves color data as is This is the default when PDF X 3 is selected Convert To Destination Converts all colors to the profile selected for Destination Whether the profile is included or not is determined by the Profile Inclusion Policy Note When Convert To Destination is selected and the Destination doesn t matc...

Page 671: ...ent Lets the viewer access content in the PDF document Enable Text Access Of Screen Reader Devices For The Visually Impaired Lets screen readers read the content of the PDF document Enable Plaintext Metadata Lets applications access or search for metadata in the PDF document To save an Adobe PDF preset Although the default PDF presets are based on best practices you may discover that your workflow...

Page 672: ... you save load edit or delete Adobe PDF presents Choose Edit Adobe PDF Presets and do any of the following To save settings as a new preset click the New button specify settings in the Edit PDF Preset dialog box and click OK To edit an Adobe PDF preset select the preset in the Preset window click the Edit button and change settings in the Edit PDF Preset dialog box Note Although you can t edit the...

Page 673: ... color images on page 238 To save a file in JPEG format You can use the Save As command to save CMYK RGB and grayscale images in JPEG format JPEG compresses file size by selectively discarding data Note You can also save an image as one or more JPEG files using the Save For Web command Photoshop or the Save Optimized command ImageReady 1 Choose File Save As and choose JPEG from the Format menu 2 I...

Page 674: ...ile name and location select saving options and click Save The JPEG 2000 dialog box opens Note If you want to save a JP2 compatible file you must select the ICC Profile option Windows or the Embed Color Profile option Mac OS in the Save As dialog box Otherwise the JP2 Compatible option will be unavailable in the JPEG 2000 dialog box The JP2 compatible option slightly increases the JPF file size Ke...

Page 675: ...adata Format Specifies the metadata formats to include in the image file JPEG2000 XML is JPEG 2000 specific XML data this option is available only if the image file contains this data XMP is File Info data and EXIF is digital camera data Color Settings Format Specifies the Color Settings Format to include in the image file ICC Profile the default option includes the full ICC profile specified in t...

Page 676: ... viewing You can also use the Zoom tool and the Hand tool to adjust the viewing area of your preview 8 Click OK to generate the JPEG 2000 image file See also JPEG format on page 681 To save a file in PNG format You can use the Save As command to save RGB Indexed Color Grayscale and Bitmap mode images in PNG format Note You can also save an image as one or more PNG files using the Save For Web comm...

Page 677: ...nverts file data to the printer s color space Do not select this option if you plan to place the image in another color managed document Note Only PostScript Level 3 printers support PostScript Color Management for CMYK images To print a CMYK image using PostScript Color Management on a Level 2 printer convert the image to Lab mode before saving in EPS format Include Vector Data Preserves any vect...

Page 678: ...isk space You can also include a grayscale or color composite See also Photoshop DCS 1 0 and 2 0 formats on page 680 To save a file in Photoshop Raw format The Photoshop Raw format is a file format for transferring images between applications and computer platforms 1 Choose File Save As and choose Photoshop Raw from the Format menu 2 In the Photoshop Raw Options dialog box do the following Mac OS ...

Page 679: ...hen working in Photoshop you must jump to ImageReady before saving a document such as an animation in QuickTime format Saving files in SWF format ImageReady In ImageReady you can export a document as a SWF file which can then go directly to the web or be imported into the Macromedia Flash application In a multilayered PSD file each layer of the PSD file can be exported as one SWF object or each la...

Page 680: ...ose a file format used for bitmap images If you choose JPEG use the JPEG Quality option to specify how much compression to apply 5 Under Text Options specify which characters to embed by choosing either None Full Set or Partial Set from the Embed Fonts menu If you choose Partial Set click any combination of the Include All Uppercase Characters Include All Lowercase Characters Include All Numbers o...

Page 681: ...ation and click Save 3 In the Targa Options dialog box select a resolution select the Compress RLE option if you want to compress the file and then click OK See also Targa on page 685 To save a file in TIFF format using Photoshop TIFF is a flexible raster bitmap image format supported by virtually all paint image editing and page layout appli cations 1 Choose File Save As choose TIFF from the Form...

Page 682: ...page 685 About file compression on page 678 To save a file in TIFF format using ImageReady 1 Choose File Export Original Document and choose TIFF from the Save As Type Windows or Format Mac OS menu 2 Specify a file name and location and click Save 3 Select a compression method and click OK See also TIFF on page 685 Exporting layers as files To export layers to files in Photoshop In Photoshop you c...

Page 683: ... fields to be combined into the default names for all files Elements include layer name document name layer number file creation date punctuation and file extension 4 Specify how you want to save the files by choosing from the following options For Export select the layers to be exported by choosing either All Layers Top Level Layers And Layer Sets or Selected Layers The Selected Layers option is ...

Page 684: ...he File Name Prefix text box to specify a common name for the files 6 Select the Visible Layers Only option to export layers that have visibility enabled in the Layers palette Use this option so that only the layers created from the animation frames are exported 7 Choose a file format from the File Type menu Set any options if necessary 8 Select the Include ICC Profile option if you want the worki...

Page 685: ...the following options and click OK Template Specifies a template for generating the MTX HTML and auxiliary files Choose a template Plain or With Instructions from the pop up menu or click the Load button to choose a different ZoomView Template ZVT file You can download additional templates from the Viewpoint website Output Location Specifies an output location Click Folder and enter a name in the ...

Page 686: ...rmats Recommended for continuous tone images such as photographs JPEG uses lossy compression To specify image quality choose an option from the Quality menu drag the Quality pop up slider or enter a value between 0 and 12 Photoshop or 0 and 100 ImageReady in the Quality text box For the best printed results choose maximum quality compression JPEG files can be printed only on Level 2 or later PostS...

Page 687: ...application supporting only Photoshop 2 0 files Saving in Photoshop 2 0 format flattens your image and discards layer infor mation Adobe Digital Negative format DNG Adobe Digital Negative DNG is a file format that contains the raw image data from a digital camera and metadata that defines what the data means DNG Adobe s publicly available archival format for camera raw files is designed to provide...

Page 688: ...f the standard EPS format that lets you save color separations of CMYK images You can use DCS 2 0 format to export images containing spot channels To print DCS files you must use a PostScript printer Cineon format Developed by Kodak Cineon is a 10 bits per channel digital format suitable for electronic composition manipu lation and enhancement Using the Cineon format you can output back to film wi...

Page 689: ...iewing JPEG 2000 files Unlike traditional JPEG files which are lossy the JPEG 2000 format 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 CMYK and Lab are the only modes supported by the JPEG 2000 format The JPEG 2000 format also supports using a region ...

Page 690: ...isions to images and objects It s best to do image editing in Photoshop before saving as PDF Photoshop and ImageReady recognize two types of PDF files Photoshop PDF files and Generic PDF files You can open both types of PDF files however you can save images only to Photoshop PDF format Photoshop PDF files Created using the Photoshop Save As command Photoshop PDF files can contain only a single ima...

Page 691: ...ixel The format can be used for lossless data transfer because many applications support this format You can even edit or create such files within a simple text editor The Portable Bit Map format serves as the common language of a large family of bitmap conversion filters including Portable FloatMap PFM Portable Graymap PGM Portable Pixmap PPM and Portable Anymap PNM While the PBM file format stor...

Page 692: ...ed sequentially Your choice depends on requirements of the application that will open the file Note A Photoshop Raw image is not in the same file format as a camera raw image file from a digital camera A camera raw image file is in a camera specific proprietary format that is essentially a digital negative with no filtering white balance adjustments or other in camera processing See also Saving la...

Page 693: ...format is designed for systems using the Truevision video board and is commonly supported by MS DOS color applications Targa format supports 16 bit RGB images 5 bits x 3 color channels plus one unused bit 24 bit RGB images 8 bits x 3 color channels and 32 bit RGB images 8 bits x 3 color channels plus a single 8 bit alpha channel Targa format also supports indexed color and grayscale images without...

Page 694: ...palette The Info palette displays information about the color values beneath the pointer and depending on the tool in use other useful measurements In Photoshop the Info palette also displays a hint for using a selected tool document status information and can display 8 bit 16 bit or 32 bit values In addition Photoshop automatically scans opened images for Digimarc watermarks If a watermark is det...

Page 695: ...te a Photoshop document for review in Acrobat save the document in Portable Document Format PDF and ask reviewers to use Acrobat to add notes or audio annotations Then import the annotations into Photoshop Notes and audio annotations appear as small nonprintable icons on the image They are associated with a location on the image rather than with a layer You can hide and show annotations open notes...

Page 696: ...witch 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 To create an audio annotation 1 Make sure that your computer has a built in microphone or attach a microphone 2 Select the Audio Annotation tool 3 In the options bar enter or specify the following as needed Autho...

Page 697: ...s and add delete or change the text You can use the same editing commands that you use when creating a note To delete notes and audio annotations Do any of the following To delete a note or audio annotation select either the Notes or the Audio Annotation tool right click Windows or Control click Mac OS the Note or Audio Annotation icon in the image and choose Delete Note or Delete Audio Annotation...

Page 698: ...e to be cropped rotated compressed or otherwise modified after watermarking 750 pixels by 750 pixels if you expect the image to appear ultimately in printed form at 300 dpi or greater There is no upper limit on pixel dimensions for watermarking File compression In general a Digimarc watermark will survive lossy compression methods such as JPEG though it is advisable to favor image quality over fil...

Page 699: ...ear 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 Content Labels the image contents as suitable for adults only Within Photoshop this option does not limit access to adult only images but future versions of other applications may limit their display 6...

Page 700: ...ave files without previews Always Save to save files with specified previews or Ask When Saving to assign previews on a file by file basis In Mac OS you can select one or more preview types File Extension Windows Choose an option for the three character file extensions that indicate a file s format Use Upper Case to append file extensions using uppercase characters or Use Lower Case to append file...

Page 701: ...owse to the desti nation give the text file a name and click the Save button 3 Choose from the Edit Log Items menu to specify the level of detail in the history log Sessions Only Records the start time and date of every editing session Does not include any information about edits made to the file Concise Records every editing session on the file both start and end times and also includes edits rec...

Page 702: ...dge All images in Bridge are used unless you select specific images before choosing the Contact Sheet II command Images in subfolders are not included 3 In the Document area specify the dimensions resolution and color mode for the contact sheet Select Flatten All Layers to create a contact sheet with all images and text on a single layer Deselect Flatten All Layers to create a contact sheet in whi...

Page 703: ...ur package layout A picture package layout To put multiple photos into a picture package 1 Do one of the following Photoshop Choose File Automate Picture Package If you have multiple images open Picture Package uses the frontmost image Bridge Choose Tools Photoshop Picture Package The Picture Package command uses the first image listed in Bridge unless you select a specific image before giving the...

Page 704: ... the right side of the dialog box You can also create your own custom layouts 4 Select Flatten All Layers to create a picture package with all images and label text on a single layer Deselect Flatten All Layers to create a picture package with separate image layers and text layers for labels If you place each image and label on a separate layer you can update your picture package after it s been s...

Page 705: ...ight text boxes You can use the Units menu to specify inches centimeters pixels or millimeters Dragging a placeholder to a new location in the Picture Package layout 6 In the Grid area of the Picture Package Edit Layout dialog box select the Snap To option to display a grid to help you position the elements in the custom layout Enter a value in the Size text box to change the appearance of the gri...

Page 706: ... displayed in Bridge Note Click a file to select it Shift click to select a series of files Ctrl click Windows or Command click Mac OS to select noncontiguous files 2 In the PDF Presentation dialog box click Browse and navigate to add files to the PDF presentation Select the Add Open Files option to add files already open in Photoshop You can remove any unwanted file by selecting it in the Source ...

Page 707: ...Specifies that the presentation automatically starts over after reaching the end Deselect this option to stop the presentation after the final image is displayed Transition Specifies the transition when moving from one image to the next Choose an transition from the Transition menu 5 Click Save 6 In the Save dialog box enter a name for the PDF presentation select a destination for the saved file a...

Page 708: ...for your page layout program to determine the best format for importing Photoshop images If the page layout program cannot place Photoshop PSD files follow these steps 1 If your image contains a transparent background or areas that you want to be transparent create a clipping path around the opaque areas of the image Even if you have deleted the background around the image you must define the area...

Page 709: ...tes it is linked and not editable 3 If you opened or placed the image without linking the Photoshop Import dialog box appears Choose the appro priate option as follows and click OK Convert Photoshop Layers To Objects to convert the layers to Illustrator objects This option preserves masks blending modes transparency and optionally slices and image maps However it does not support Photoshop adjustm...

Page 710: ...rt the file to CMYK mode 5 Save the file by doing one of the following To print the file using a PostScript printer save in Photoshop EPS DCS or PDF format To print the file using a non PostScript printer save in TIFF format and export to Adobe InDesign or to Adobe PageMaker 5 0 or later See also About work paths on page 450 To prepare images for page layout programs on page 700 To convert a selec...

Page 711: ...ned provided you don t change the crop marks or move the path Object linking and embedding OLE Windows only Photoshop is an OLE 2 0 server which means it supports embedding or linking an image in an OLE container appli cation usually a word processing or page layout program For example you can insert Photoshop files and selec tions into other OLE applications such as Adobe PageMaker Adobe FrameMak...

Page 712: ...file sizes in the Preset menu of the New file dialog box to create images at a size and pixel aspect ratio that compensates for scaling when the images are incorporated into video The presets also create a document with nonprinting guides that delineate the action safe and title safe areas of the image Using the preset file sizes you can produce images for specific video systems NTSC PAL or HDTV T...

Page 713: ... want to include a flattened copy of the PSD file in the PSD format to maximize backward compatibility In this way you will be able to import your Photoshop file successfully into video editing applications such as Adobe Premiere Photoshop provides actions that are useful for creating images for video The actions automate tasks such as constraining the luminance range and saturation levels in an i...

Page 714: ...quare pixel computer monitor with Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction turned on top and Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction turned off bottom You can simultaneously view an image with the Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction turned on and turned off With the nonsquare pixel image open and Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction enabled choose Window Arrange New Window for name of document With the new window active choose Vie...

Page 715: ...atio dialog box enter a value in the Factor text box name the custom pixel aspect ratio and click OK The new custom pixel aspect ratio will appear in the both the Pixel Aspect Ratio menu of the New dialog box and in the Pixel Aspect Ratio submenu of the Image menu To delete a pixel aspect ratio 1 With a document open choose Image Pixel Aspect Ratio Delete Pixel Aspect Ratio 2 In the Delete Pixel A...

Page 716: ...images The Video Preview plug in supports RGB grayscale and indexed images either 8 or 16 bits per channel The plug in converts 16 bits per channel images to 8 bits per channel images The Video Preview plug in does not support alpha channels Trans parency is displayed as black Note The Video Preview plug in does not lock the display device When Photoshop goes into the background on your computer a...

Page 717: ...4 3 for the device aspect ratio Crop To 14 9 Letterbox Displays a widescreen image cropped to a 14 9 aspect ratio with black bands on the top and bottom of the image This maintains the display aspect ratio without distorting the image This option is available only if you chose Standard 4 3 for the device aspect ratio 5 Choose an option from the Image Size menu to control whether the document pixel...

Page 718: ... break images down 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 illusion of variations of gray or continuous color in the image Note Although inkjet printers also use dots to create the illusion of continuous tones those dots are of uniform size and much smaller than the dots used by most p...

Page 719: ... on Using the profile supplied with your printer although better than using no profile at all yields only mediocre results See also Soft proofing colors on page 259 About color profiles on page 263 Printing images Photoshop provides the following printing commands Page Setup and Print Display options specific to your printer printer drivers and operating system Print With Preview Displays Photosho...

Page 720: ...t be printed at the intended size To set Photoshop print options 1 Choose File Print With Preview A C D B Print With Preview dialog box A Preview print B Position and scale image C Specify options to prepare a file for prepress D Specify the document s working space and choose a color management profile for printing on a desktop printer 2 Make sure that More Options is selected if it is the Fewer ...

Page 721: ... ppi however the document size settings in the Image Size dialog box will not change Many printer drivers such as AdobePS and LaserWriter provide a scaling option in the Page Setup dialog box This scaling affects everything on the page including the size of all page marks such as crop marks and captions whereas the scaling percentage provided by the Print With Preview command affects only the size...

Page 722: ...f your image file 1 Choose File Print With Preview 2 Make sure that More Options is selected if it is Fewer Options is displayed and choose Output from the pop up menu 3 Select the Include Vector Data option If necessary you can select an encoding algorithm ASCII ASCII85 Binary or JPEG from the Encoding pop up menu This allows you to choose the way the data is saved and how much disk space it requ...

Page 723: ...ually labeled ColorSync Mac OS or ICM Windows 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 to turn on color management consult your printer documentation 8 Click Print Note If you get a warning that your image is larger than the paper s printable area ...

Page 724: ...tions If it s not clear how to turn off color management consult your printer documentation 8 Click Print Note If you get a warning that your image is larger than the paper s printable area click Cancel choose File Print With Preview and select the Scale To Fit Media box Click Page Setup to make any changes to your paper size and layout and attempt to print the file again See also Printing with co...

Page 725: ...ttings don t override your profile settings Every printer driver has different color management options If it s not clear how to turn off color management consult your printer documentation 10 Click Print Note If you get a warning that your image is larger than the paper s printable area click Cancel choose File Print With Preview and select the Scale To Fit Media box Click Page Setup to make any ...

Page 726: ...accurate conversion to CMYK before producing the film and printing plates Work in RGB mode until you finish editing your image Then convert the image to CMYK mode and make any additional color and tonal adjustments Especially check the highlights and shadows of the image Use the Levels Curves or Hue Saturation command to make corrections These adjustments should be very minor Then send the CMYK fi...

Page 727: ...k C D B A carnival series Olé No Moire cyan yellow E F G H Page marks A Gradient tint bar B Label C Registration marks D Progressive color bar E Corner crop mark F Center crop mark G Description H Star target To set output options 1 Choose File Print With Preview 2 Select More Options it is already selected if Fewer Options is displayed and choose Output from the pop up menu Note Options not suppo...

Page 728: ...stration marks on the image including bull s eyes and star targets These marks are used primarily for aligning color separations Corner Crop Marks Prints crop marks where the page is to be trimmed You can print crop marks at the corners Center Crop Marks Prints crop marks where the page is to be trimmed You can print crop marks at the center of each edge Description Prints any description text ent...

Page 729: ...d then exposing the film In Photoshop you specify the halftone screen attributes just before producing the film or paper output For best results your output device a PostScript imagesetter for example should be set to the correct density limit and your processor should be properly calibrated otherwise results can be unpredictable Before creating your halftone screens check with your print shop for...

Page 730: ...ape select Use Same Shape For All Inks Choosing Custom from the Shape menu displays the Custom Spot Function dialog box You can define your own dot shapes by entering PostScript commands useful for printing with nonstandard halftone algorithms For infor mation about using PostScript language commands see the PostScript Language Reference published by Addison Wesley or consult the imagesetter s man...

Page 731: ...designated printer and printer drivers on your computer these options may also appear in the Print dialog box for setting printer options In Windows click the Properties button to access the printer driver options in Mac OS use the pop up menu in the second Print dialog box that appears 4 Click Print Separations are printed for each of the colors in the image To prepare an image with spot channels...

Page 732: ...es or JPEG encoded files Also some PostScript output devices accept binary and JPEG encoded image data only through their AppleTalk and Ethernet ports not their parallel or serial ports In these situations you can select the ASCII85 encoding method However ASCII85 files contain about twice as many characters and take twice as long to transfer as binary files To change the encoding method 1 Choose ...

Page 733: ...on duotone refers to monotones tritones and quadtones as well as duotones Duotones increase the tonal range of a grayscale image Although a grayscale reproduction can display up to 256 levels of gray a printing press can reproduce only about 50 levels of gray per ink For this reason a grayscale image printed with only black ink can look significantly coarser than the same image printed with two th...

Page 734: ...nal image map to an equal percentage of ink At this setting a 50 midtone pixel is rendered with a 50 tint of the ink a 100 shadow is rendered in 100 color and so on 3 Adjust the duotone curve for each ink by dragging a point on the graph or by entering values for the different ink percentages In the curve graph the horizontal axis moves from highlights at the left to shadows at the right Ink densi...

Page 735: ...cale images Photoshop includes several sample sets of duotone tritone and quadtone curves These sets include some commonly used curves and colors Use these sets as starting points when you create your own combinations To view the individual colors of a duotone image Because duotones are single channel images your adjustments to individual printing inks are displayed as part of the final composite ...

Page 736: ... images to CMYK to print separations simply choose Separations from the Profile pop up menu in the Color Management section of the Print dialog box for setting printer options Converting to CMYK mode converts any custom colors to their CMYK equivalents Exporting duotone images to other applications To export a duotone image to a page layout application you must first save the image in EPS or PDF f...

Page 737: ...lets which are small applications that automatically process all files that are dragged onto their icon See About droplets on page 742 To use the Actions palette You use the Actions palette to record play edit and delete individual actions This palette also lets you save and load action files A B C D E Photoshop Actions palette A Action set B Action C Recorded commands D Excluded command E Modal c...

Page 738: ...ommand in an action 1 Select the command you want to play 2 Do one of the following Ctrl click Windows or Command click Mac OS the Play button in the Actions palette Press Ctrl Windows or Command Mac OS and double click the command To undo an entire action Do one of the following Photoshop Take a snapshot in the History palette before you play an action and then select the snapshot to undo the act...

Page 739: ...anged value is recorded Note Most dialog boxes retain the settings specified at the previous use Check carefully that those are the values you want to record Modal operations and tools as well as tools that record position use the units currently specified for the ruler A modal operation or tool is one that requires you to press Enter or Return to apply its effect such as transforming or cropping ...

Page 740: ...e recorded path You can insert a path when recording an action or after it has been recorded 1 Do one of the following Start recording an action Select an action s name to record a path at the end of the action Select a command to record a path after the command 2 Select an existing path from the Paths palette 3 Choose Insert Path from the Actions palette menu If you record multiple Insert Path co...

Page 741: ... modal control To set a modal control Do one of the following Click the box to the left of the command name to display the dialog box icon Click again to remove the modal control To turn on or disable modal controls for all commands in an action click the box to the left of the action name Photoshop To turn on or disable modal controls for all actions in a set click the box to the left of the set ...

Page 742: ...ette menu 3 With the Insert Menu Item dialog box open choose a command from its menu 4 Click OK To overwrite a single command 1 In the Actions palette double click the command 2 Enter the new values and click OK To add commands to an action 1 Do one of the following Select the action name to insert a new command at the end of the action Select a command in the action to insert a command after it 2...

Page 743: ... conditional action to be executed Use the remaining options Image Aspect Ratio Image Width Image Height and so on to define the condition that must be met for the conditional actions to be performed 4 In the Perform The Following Actions area of the dialog box choose an action to perform if the condition is met Play Action Performs the action you choose from the pop up menu Include Specifies the ...

Page 744: ...oportions using the new width value Height Constrains proportions using the new height value Width Height Constrains proportions using either the new width value or the new height value Percent Constrains proportions using the new percentage value 5 Select Do Not Enlarge to prevent images that are smaller than the new dimensions from being resized 6 Click OK and continue recording the action To in...

Page 745: ...the Actions palette select the action or command you want to delete 2 Delete the action or command Click the Delete icon on the Actions palette Click OK to delete the action or command Alt click Windows or Option click Mac OS the Delete icon to delete the selected action or command without displaying a confirmation dialog box Drag the action or command to the Delete icon on the Actions palette to ...

Page 746: ...he file in the Presets Photoshop Actions folder inside the Photoshop program folder the set will appear at the bottom of the Actions palette menu after you restart the appli cation Press Ctrl Alt Windows or Command Option Mac OS when you choose the Save Actions command to save the actions in a text file You can use this file to review or print the contents of an action However you can t reload the...

Page 747: ...t of files to either JPEG PSD or TIFF format or convert files simultaneously to all three formats Process a set of camera raw files using the same options Resize images to fit within specified pixel dimensions Embed a color profile or convert a set of files to sRGB and save them as JPEG images for the web Include copyright metadata into the converted images To convert files with the Image Processo...

Page 748: ...ick Run Before you process your images click Save to save the current settings in the dialog box The next time you need to process files using this group of settings click Load and navigate to your saved Image Processor settings The Batch command The Batch command runs an action on a folder of files If you have a digital camera or a scanner with a document feeder you can also import and process mu...

Page 749: ...ss File Open Options Dialogs Hides File Open Options dialog boxes This is useful when batching actions on camera raw image files The default or previously specified settings will be used 5 Choose a destination for the processed files from the Destination menu None Leaves the files open without saving changes unless the action includes a Save command Save And Close Saves the files in their current ...

Page 750: ...ou confirm the error message Log Errors To File Records each error in a file without stopping the process If errors are logged to a file a message appears after processing To review the error file open with a text editor after the Batch command has run To batch process files in nested folders into different formats 1 Process your folders as you would normally until the Destination step 2 Choose Sa...

Page 751: ...e Open Options Dialogs Hides File Open Options dialog boxes This is useful when batching actions on camera raw image files The default or previously specified settings will be used 5 Choose a destination for the processed files from the Destination menu None Leaves the files open without saving changes unless the action includes a Save command Save And Close Saves the files in their current locati...

Page 752: ... the Optimize palette onto the part of the Actions palette where you want to add that command If you do not add a Set Optimization command to the droplet ImageReady processes files using the optimization settings in effect at the time the droplet was created 2 Create the droplet Drag the name of the action from the Actions palette onto the desktop The droplet has the same name as the action it was...

Page 753: ...e droplet window in which you want the command recorded To adjust droplet batch options ImageReady You can set batch options for a droplet before or after you create it For example you can set the droplet to operate in the background during execution so that you can work in other applications while ImageReady processes images 1 Do one of the following Before you create the droplet select an action...

Page 754: ...ou apply the compression settings to an image or batch of images that you drag onto the droplet icon 1 With an image displayed in the image window choose a compression format and desired compression options in the Optimize palette See About optimization on page 625 2 Create a droplet Drag the droplet icon from the Optimize palette onto the desktop ImageReady names the droplet according to its comp...

Page 755: ...e Events To Run Scripts Actions 3 From the Photoshop Event menu choose the event that will trigger the script or action 4 Select either Script or Action and then choose the script or action 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 first pop up m...

Page 756: ...can export them as Photoshop PSD files In ImageReady you can also export optimized GIF and JPEG files or SWF files See To generate graphics using data sets on page 751 A B Daisy Daisy Rose Rose Lily Lily Fl Flower C 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 with a different...

Page 757: ...Visibility Shows or hides the content of the layer Pixel Replacement Replaces the pixels in the layer with pixels from another image file Text Replacement Replaces a string of text in a type layer 4 Do one of the following Choose New Variable from the Name pop up menu and enter a name for the variable Variable names must begin with a letter underscore or colon and cannot contain spaces or special ...

Page 758: ...nu 3 To rename the variable enter a name in the Name text box Variable names must begin with a letter underscore or colon and cannot contain spaces or special characters except for periods hyphens underscores and colons 4 To remove the variable deselect it To define a data set A data set is a collection of variables and associated data You define a data set for each version of the graphic that you...

Page 759: ...se Image Preview Document A check mark appears next to the command when Preview Document mode is enabled Click the Preview Document button in the tool box 2 In the options bar choose a data set from the Data Set pop up menu click the Previous Data Set button or click the Next Data Set button The data changes in the document window Saving templates for use with other Adobe products You can save a t...

Page 760: ...l Value1 2 sep Value2 2 sep sep ValueN 2 nl Value1 M sep Value2 M sep sep ValueN M nl All the variable names are listed on the first line in the order that the values are given in subsequent lines Each subse quent line represents one data set with the values for each variable given External text file syntax elements sep Either a comma separated CSV or a tab tab delimited file that separates each v...

Page 761: ... be true VIOLET violet jpg To import a data set 1 Do one of the following Choose File Import Variable Data Sets Choose Image Variables Data Sets and click the Import button 2 Navigate to the text file to import 3 Set up your import options Use First Column For Data Set Names Names each data set using the content of the first column of the text file the values for the first variable listed Otherwis...

Page 762: ...ose a shortcut type from the Shortcuts For menu Application 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 shortcuts for tools in the toolbox 4 In the Shortcut column of the scroll list select the shortcut you want to modify 5 Type a new shortcut If the keyboard s...

Page 763: ...ete 3 Click Delete Shortcut To delete a set of shortcuts 1 Choose Edit Keyboard Shortcuts 2 In the Set pop up menu choose the shortcut set that you want to delete 3 Click the Delete icon and then OK to exit the dialog box Default keyboard shortcuts Keys for selecting tools In Photoshop shortcuts are customizable by using the Keyboard Shortcuts command Choose Edit Keyboard Shortcuts For more inform...

Page 764: ...ools point tools Rectangular Marquee tool M M Rounded Rectangle Marquee tool Elliptical Marquee tool Single Row Marquee tool M M Single Column Marquee tool M M Move tool V V Lasso tool L L Polygonal Lasso tool Magnetic Lasso tool Magic Wand tool W W Crop tool C C Slice tool K K Slice Select tool K O K O Spot Healing Brush tool J J Healing Brush tool Patch tool Red Eye tool Brush tool B B Pencil to...

Page 765: ...P P Rectangle tool Rounded Rectangle tool Ellipse tool Polygon tool Line tool Custom Shape tool U U S U U S Notes tool Audio Annotation tool N N Eyedropper tool Color Sampler tool Measure tool I I Hand tool H H Zoom tool Z Z Rectangle Image Map tool Circle Image Map tool Polygon Image Map tool P P Image Map Select tool J J Tab Rectangle tool Pill Rectangle tool R R Not in ImageReady ImageReady onl...

Page 766: ...r tool S S Bloat tool B B Push Left tool O O Mirror tool M M Turbulence tool T T Freeze Mask tool F F Thaw Mask tool D D Keys for working with Extract Liquify and Pattern Maker Result Extract Liquify and Pattern Maker Windows Mac OS Cycle through controls on right from top Tab Tab Cycle through controls on right from bot tom Shift Tab Shift Tab Temporarily activate Hand tool Spacebar Spacebar Chan...

Page 767: ... Shift X Shift X before preview Cycle through Display menu in preview F F from top to bottom Cycle through Display menu in preview Shift F Shift F from bottom to top Decrease increase brush size by 1 Down Arrow Up Arrow in Brush Size text Down Arrow or Up Arrow in Brush Size text box box Decrease increase brush size by 1 Left Arrow Right Arrow with Brush Size Left Arrow Right Arrow with Brush Size...

Page 768: ...story End End Go to previous tile in Tile History Left Arrow Page Up Left Arrow Page Up Go to next tile in Tile History Right Arrow Page Down Right Arrow Page Down Delete current tile from Tile History Delete Delete Nudge selection when viewing the original Right Arrow Left Arrow Up Arrow or Down Right Arrow Left Arrow Up Arrow or Down Arrow Arrow Increase selection nudging when viewing Shift Righ...

Page 769: ...rve in Curves panel Control click in preview Control click in preview Move selected point in Curves panel 1 unit Arrow keys Arrow keys Move selected point in Curves panel 10 units Open selected images in Camera Raw dia Control R Command R log box from Bridge Open selected images from Bridge bypass Control O Command O ing Camera Raw dialog Change Cancel button to Reset and Save Alt Option button to...

Page 770: ...yphen Alt spacebar Command hyphen Option spacebar Fit in view Control 0 zero Double click Hand tool Command 0 zero Double click Hand tool Zoom to center at 100 Double click Zoom tool Double click Zoom tool Increase brush size Brush Clone tools Decrease brush size Brush Clone tools Increase brush hardness Brush Clone tools Shift Shift Decrease brush hardness Brush Clone tools Shift Shift Undo last ...

Page 771: ...Windows Mac OS Cycle through blending modes Shift plus or minus Shift plus or minus Normal Shift Alt N Shift Option N Dissolve Shift Alt I Shift Option I Behind Brush tool only Shift Alt Q Shift Option Q Clear Brush tool only Shift Alt R Shift Option R Darken Shift Alt K Shift Option K Multiply Shift Alt M Shift Option M Color Burn Shift Alt B Shift Option B Linear Burn Shift Alt A Shift Option A ...

Page 772: ...s is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips Result Windows Mac OS Cycles through open documents Control Tab Control Tab Close a file in Photoshop and open Bridge Shift Control W Shift Command W Toggle between Standard mode and Quick mask mode Q Q TogglebetweenStandardscreenmode Full screen mode and Full s...

Page 773: ...uts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips Result Windows Mac OS Reposition marquee while selecting Any marquee tool except single column Any marquee tool except single column and single row spacebar drag and single row spacebar drag Add to or intersect a selection Any selection tool Shift drag Any selection tool Shift drag Subtract from a select...

Page 774: ...ks except when Shift drag guide Shift drag guide View Snap is unchecked Convert between horizontal and vertical Alt drag guide Option drag guide guide Not in ImageReady ImageReady only Hold down Shift to move 10 pixels Applies to shape tools Keys for editing paths This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool...

Page 775: ... Sets flow for painting mode Any painting or editing tool Shift num ber keys e g 0 100 1 10 4 then 5 in quick succession 45 When airbrush option is enabled omit Shift Any painting or editing tool Shift num ber keys e g 0 100 1 10 4 then 5 in quick succession 45 When airbrush option is enabled omit Shift Cycles through blending modes Shift plus or minus Shift plus or minus Fills selection layer wit...

Page 776: ...word left right Arrow or Control Left Arrow Right Arrow Arrow or Command Left Arrow Right Arrow Create a new text layer when a text layer is Shift click Shift click selected in the Layers palette Select word line paragraph or story Double click triple click quadruple click Double click triple click quadruple click or quintuple click or quintuple click Show Hide selection on selected type Control H...

Page 777: ... baseline shift 2 points or pixels Shift Alt Down Arrow or Up Arrow Shift Option Down Arrow or Up Arrow Decrease or increase kerning tracking 20 1000 ems Alt Left Arrow or Right Arrow Option Left Arrow or Right Arrow Not in ImageReady Hold down Alt Win or Option Mac OS to decrease increase by 10 Hold down Ctrl Windows or Command Mac OS to decrease increase by 10 Keys for slicing and optimizing Res...

Page 778: ...r thumbnail Intersect with current selection Control Shift Alt click channel path or Command Shift Option click channel layer thumbnail path or layer thumbnail Show Hide all palettes Tab Tab Show Hide all palettes except the toolbox Shift Tab Shift Tab and options bar Highlight options bar Select tool and press Enter Select tool and press Return Increase decrease units by 10 in a pop up Shift Up A...

Page 779: ...frames Command click multiple frames frames Paste using previous settings without dis Alt Paste Frames command from the pal Option Paste Frames command from the playing the dialog ette pop up menu palette pop up menu Keys for using the Brushes palette Result Windows Mac OS Delete brush Alt click brush Option click brush Rename brush Double click brush Double click brush Decrease increase brush siz...

Page 780: ...s Shift click color bar Shift click color bar Keys for using the Color Table palette ImageReady Result Windows Mac OS Select background color Alt click swatch Option click swatch Select multiple contiguous colors last color Shift click a second swatch Shift click a second swatch clicked becomes foreground color Select discontiguous colors last color Control click multiple swatches Command click mu...

Page 781: ...ayer comp Rename inline Double click 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 Keys for using the Layers palette Result Windows Mac OS Load layer transparency as a selection Control click layer thumbnail Command click layer thumbnail Group layers...

Page 782: ...er style Double click layer Double click layer Disable enable vector mask Shift click vector mask thumbnail Shift click vector mask thumbnail Open Layer Mask Display Options dialog 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 between layer mask composite Alt click layer mask thu...

Page 783: ...with Brush but ton Load Path as a Selection button Make Work Path from Selection button and Cre ate New Path button Alt click button Option click button Keys for using the Swatches palette Result Windows Mac OS Create new swatch from foreground color Click in empty area of palette Click in empty area of palette Select background color Control click swatch Command click swatch Delete color Alt clic...

Page 784: ...n Function keys Result Windows Mac OS Invoke Help F1 Help key Undo Redo F1 Cut F2 F2 Copy F3 F3 Paste F4 F4 Show Hide Brushes palette Show Hide Slice palette F5 F5 Show Hide Color palette F6 F6 Show Hide Layers palette F7 F7 Show Hide Info palette F8 F8 Show Hide Actions palette F9 Option F9 Control F9 Show Hide Optimize palette F10 Control F10 Show Hide Animation palette F11 Control F11 Revert F1...

Page 785: ...ntrol 6 Option Command 6 Show files with label 2 Alt Control 7 Option Command 7 Show files with label 3 Alt Control 8 Option Command 8 Show files with label 4 Alt Control 9 Option Command 9 Open selected image in the Camera Raw dialog box in Bridge Control R Command R Open selected image with saved camera raw settings in Photoshop Shift Control O Shift Command O Copy camera raw settings from selec...

Page 786: ...imized state and Control click the Open Bridge icon in the Command clicktheOpenBridgeiconinthe auto hide palettes options bar options bar Open File Info dialog box Control Alt I Command Option I Display Help F1 F1 Keys for selecting in Version Cue Result Windows Mac OS Select all A Control click A Command click Select entries selective Control click Command click Select entries range Shift click S...

Page 787: ...ted file Enter Return Delete selected file or files Delete Command backspace Cancel dialog Escape Escape Keys for viewing in Version Cue Result Windows Mac OS Details Control 1 Command 1 Icons Control 2 Command 2 Thumbnails Control 3 Command 3 Tiles Control 4 Command 4 ...

Page 788: ...ng Version Cue projects in 124 Creative Suite color settings 252 254 deleting Version Cue files in 141 142 deleting Version Cue projects in 140 revealing Version Cue files in 130 Adobe Color Picker about 241 alerts 246 choosing 248 choosing a custom color with 246 displaying 242 out of gamut alert in 243 RGB Color mode 244 selecting a CMYK color with 243 selecting HSB colors with 243 selecting web...

Page 789: ... appearance of selected pixels in 439 calculating 446 converting to spot channel 444 creating 342 deleting 442 file formats for saving 438 file size of 438 in JPEG 2000 files 667 loading a saved selection from 345 options for 344 saving 655 saving selection in 344 ALT HTML element 589 593 alternate glyphs about 546 in OpenType fonts 556 alternates groups in Version Cue 151 in Version Cue 148 makin...

Page 790: ...ts 752 saving templates for other Adobe applications 751 through scripting 746 using actions 729 using droplets 742 automating contact sheets 693 Average Blur filter 516 B background color choosing 503 507 editing with Color palette 506 filling selections with 498 Background Eraser tool 491 backgrounders 8 backgrounds converting from layer 397 converting to layer 396 erasing 492 from filter effect...

Page 791: ...r cast in shadows 220 copying and pasting settings in Bridge 224 correcting a color cast in 220 cropping and straightening images 217 Digital Negative saving options 222 export settings 225 from non square pixel cameras 214 from square pixel cameras 214 histogram and RGB values 213 in Bridge 79 opening directly in Photoshop 210 pixel size in 214 printing resolution for 214 processing 210 reducing ...

Page 792: ... adjusting automatically 307 adjusting with Curves 288 generalized adjustments 311 Replace Color command 304 scanning and 190 Color Balance command 298 Color Burn mode 487 color casts See also color balance correcting with eyedroppers 291 correcting with Levels 286 Color Channels In Color option 440 color channels See channels color corrections See tonal and color adjustments color depth See bit d...

Page 793: ...ther applications 254 working spaces 268 269 Color Table command 240 Color Table palette 638 color tables adding colors to 639 Black Body option 240 customizing 240 deleting colors from 642 dithering 239 editing colors in 240 640 for assigning transparency to colors 240 for indexed color conversions 238 Grayscale option 240 loading 642 643 locking colors in 641 master palette for 643 matte color 2...

Page 794: ...menu 743 in Optimize palette 746 Create Layers command 423 Create Slice From Guides command 573 Create Slice From Selection command 574 Create Work Path command for type 543 Creative Suite color settings 254 Crop command 349 Crop tool 55 348 350 Crosshatch filter 518 Crystallize filter 521 curly quotes 538 Current Path command 435 curves creating smooth and sharp 460 drawing 455 reshaping 463 Curv...

Page 795: ...splacement maps 518 Display Cursors preference 440 Dissolve mode 487 Distort filters 518 distortions applied with Liquify filter 385 reconstructing 387 Distribute Layers command 403 Distribute Slices command 583 distributing image maps 595 layers 403 shapes 465 dithering about 239 browser 636 in animations 622 in linked slices 584 modifying with masks 646 No Dither setting 634 shifting to web safe...

Page 796: ... command 85 Export Layers As Files command in ImageReady 675 Export Layers To Files command in Photoshop 674 Export Original Document command 653 654 674 exporting animation frames as files 676 duotones 728 layers as files 408 paths 703 transparency 701 Version Cue projects 164 Extensible Metadata Platform XMP 95 Extract command previewing with 337 Extract filter 336 extracting objects from backgr...

Page 797: ... filter 524 Find Remote Slices For State command 610 finding files and folders with Bridge 91 Fine Grain filter 515 Finger Painting option 372 Fit On Screen command 53 Flash file format See SWF format Flatten Frames Into Layers command 621 Flatten Image command 409 flattening images 409 flipping images 347 FOCOLTONE color system 247 folders finding 91 managing 89 navigating 87 understanding in Ver...

Page 798: ...lftone screens about 181 for Bitmap mode conversions 237 halftones about 721 Custom Spot Function option 722 saving settings of 722 selecting attributes for 721 Hand tool 51 handtinted images 305 hanging punctuation 561 Hard light mode 488 hard proof 716 Hardness option 477 HDR images about 201 converting to 8 or 16 bits per channel 205 Merge To HDR command 202 203 viewing 204 working with 202 Hel...

Page 799: ...nverting between color modes 234 copying selections between 331 creating from history state 74 creating from snapshot 74 creating monochrome 305 creating new 191 displaying size of 182 flattening 409 for video 704 grayscale 228 handtinted 305 high key 275 indexed color conversion options 238 loading selections into 335 low key 275 maximum size of 180 noise in 218 pixel dimensions of 184 posterizin...

Page 800: ... in EPS and DCS files 669 JPEG format about 681 compression 678 optimization options 633 options for saving 665 saving files in 665 specifying image quality 665 web optimization settings 632 weighted optimization and 645 JPF format See JPEG 2000 format Jump To command 34 jumping between applications 34 justifying type 559 K keyboard shortcuts 754 keystone distortion correcting 350 keywords applyin...

Page 801: ...cts 423 renaming 406 rotating 360 404 sampling 398 saving 655 scaling 360 scaling effects in 422 selecting 399 selecting directly in document 400 showing edges 402 stroking 497 thumbnails 396 unifying 399 unlinking masks in 435 using masks to select opaque areas of 436 viewing 398 viewing groups 398 Layers As Files command 672 Layers palette about 395 keyboard shortcuts for 773 legacy Photoshop se...

Page 802: ...s in Version Cue 158 171 looping in animations 619 lossless compression CCITT 678 LZW 678 RLE 678 ZIP 678 lossy compression JPEG format and 678 modifying with masks in GIF format 645 weighted optimization and 645 low key images 275 lpi lines per inch 181 Luminosity mode 488 luminosity viewing in Histogram palette 277 M Mac OS System color palette 238 241 Macromedia Flash file format See SWF format...

Page 803: ...0 159 Minimum and Maximum filter 526 modal controls 733 modes See blending modes color modes Modify Lossiness Setting dialog box 645 Modify Quality Setting dialog box 646 moiré patterns in printing 721 Mojikumi about 568 mojisoroe 565 monitor profiles 263 264 265 monitors adjusting display 230 cross platform differences between 230 Photoshop and ImageReady differences 230 monochrome converting to ...

Page 804: ...phics automating 736 742 basic procedure for 628 canceling 631 compressing to specific file size 630 in ImageReady 631 preferences 632 restoring to original version 629 saving presets 629 slices 583 using Color Table panel for slices 638 viewing optimized images in ImageReady 631 weighted optimization 644 options bar about 31 changing font size in 64 moving 48 ordinals 546 Original view creating a...

Page 805: ...ipt Pattern folder 501 saving library of 501 PCD format 195 PCX file format 682 PDF files Adobe PDF preset 663 color management considerations 258 262 compliance with PDF X standard 659 compression 661 downsampling 661 opening 193 Photoshop PDF 682 presets 658 saving 656 security 663 PDF presentations about 698 creating 698 PDF version capabilities 659 PDF choosing which version to save in 659 PDF...

Page 806: ...oints fastening 318 Polar Coordinates filter 518 Polygon Image Map tool 591 Polygonal Lasso tool 317 pop up palettes about 38 changing display of 39 customizing list of items in 39 68 474 Portable Bit Map format 683 Portable Document Format PDF about 682 saving files in 656 positives creating 312 Poster Edges filter 515 Posterize command about 313 scanning and 190 posterizing images 313 PostScript...

Page 807: ...y with 342 options 341 turning off 341 QuickTime movies about 683 opening as animations 624 saving as 671 quotation marks about 538 R Radial Blur filter 517 Radial Gradient tool 493 Radiance format 684 Randomize option 496 raster images See bitmap images rasterizing Illustrator artwork 333 layers 407 PDF files 196 PostScript artwork 194 196 type layers 536 rating files in Bridge 91 Rebuild Color T...

Page 808: ...s about 604 animated GIF in 611 copying and pasting 612 creating 606 creating remote 609 designing pages with 571 editing layers in 613 previewing 611 rearranging 612 saving 605 Rotate 180 command 90 Rotate 90 Clockwise command 90 Rotate 90 Counter clockwise command 90 Rotate Canvas command 347 rotating images 347 363 layers 360 layers and selections 363 rotating images 90 Rough Pastels filter 513...

Page 809: ...ing See also selections selection borders channels 445 color ranges 320 colors from all visible layers 320 contiguous pixels 320 371 files in Bridge 87 keyboard shortcuts for 765 layers 399 layers in a group 400 pixels 315 RGB colors 243 snapshots 75 type 544 selection borders closing 317 converting to paths 468 defining paths 468 for type 544 framing with selection 325 from paths 467 snapping beh...

Page 810: ...hear filter 519 shifting colors to another RGB value 640 shifting colors to prevent dithering 641 shortcuts 754 Show All Files command 86 Show All Layer Styles command 416 Show Auto Slice command 576 Show Camera Raw Files Only command 86 Show Channels command 439 Show Character command 545 Show Color Table command 638 Show File In Browser command 149 Show Folders command 86 Show Graphic Files Only...

Page 811: ...pecial effects with filters 514 spell checking about 538 Spherize filter 519 Splatter filter 518 Split Channels command 441 Sponge filter 515 Sponge tool 373 spot channels See also channels adding 443 merging 445 options 445 saving 655 spot colors about 442 color management considerations 255 trapping 445 Spotlight effect 528 Sprayed Strokes filter 518 square pixels 704 squares drawing 500 sRGB co...

Page 812: ...1 in Lighting Effects filter 530 protecting in brush strokes 484 Texturizer filter 513 525 thirty two bits per channel images converting to 8 or 16 bits per channel 205 support for 232 Threshold command 292 313 Threshold mode 291 Threshold slider 520 thumbnails in PDF file 660 layer 396 resizing in Channels palette 440 resizing in Paths palette 458 saving 655 viewing in Open dialog box 192 TIFF fo...

Page 813: ...tional character widths 555 hanging punctuation 561 keyboard shortcuts for 768 on a path 541 orientation of 536 paragraph type 534 resizing 535 selecting 544 selection border around 544 setting Asian OpenType font attributes 566 size of 547 spell checking 538 style of 546 transforming 535 underlining or striking through 552 unwarping 541 warping 540 work path for 543 Type 1 fonts 546 type layers a...

Page 814: ...gs showing and hiding 69 Warp Text command 540 Warp tool 385 warping type layers 540 Water Paper filter 523 Watercolor filter 515 watermarks embedding 689 691 viewing in status bar 32 Watermark Durability Setting 691 Wave filter 519 WBMP format 686 web color palettes 238 Web Color Sliders command 246 Web Content palette 605 web file formats GIF and PNG 8 632 JPEG 632 PNG 24 633 web graphics color ...

Page 815: ...64 changing font size in 64 customizing menus in 65 deleting menus from 66 in Bridge 82 menu colors in 66 XHTML XHTML compliant web pages 647 XMP eXtensible Metadata Platform about 95 XMP sidecar files in Camera Raw 223 viewing in Bridge 223 Z zero origin rulers 58 ZigZag filter 519 ZIP compression 678 Zoom tool 55 zooming dragging 53 in and out 52 ZoomView format about 677 exporting images in 677...

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