www.it-ebooks.info www.it-ebooks.info Photoshop CS6 The book that should have been in the box® www.it-ebooks.info www.it-ebooks.info Photoshop CS6 The book that should have been in the box® Lesa Snider Beijing | Cambridge | Farnham | Köln | Sebastopol | Tokyo www.it-ebooks.info Photoshop CS6: The Missing Manual by Lesa Snider Copyright © 2012 Lesa Snider All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472 O’Reilly books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use Online editions are also available for most titles (http://my.safaribooksonline.com) For more information, contact our corporate/institutional sales department: (800) 998-9938 or corporate@oreilly.com May 2012: First Edition Revision History for the 1st Edition: 2012-04-20 First release See http://oreilly.com/catalog/errata.csp?isbn=9781449316150 for release details The Missing Manual is a registered trademark of O’Reilly Media, Inc The Missing Manual logo, and “The book that should have been in the box” are trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks Where those designations appear in this book, and O’Reilly Media is aware of a trademark claim, the designations are capitalized While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained in it ISBN-13: 978-1-449-31615-0 [TI] www.it-ebooks.info Contents Foreword xvi The Missing Credits xviii Introduction What’s New in Photoshop CS6 About This Book Part One: The Basics Chapter 1: Photoshop CS6 Guided Tour 11 Meet the Application Frame 11 The Almighty Options Bar 13 Swapping Screen Modes 14 Changing Photoshop’s Appearance 16 Working with Panels 17 Customizing Your Workspace 21 The Tools Panel 22 Common Panels 23 The Power of Undo 25 Changing How Far Back You Can Go 25 Turning Back Time with the History Panel 25 The History Brush 27 Revert Command 29 Tweaking Photoshop’s Preferences .29 General 30 Interface 31 File Handling 32 Performance 33 Cursors 34 Transparency and Gamut 35 Units and Rulers 35 Guides, Grid, and Slices 36 Plug-ins 36 Type 36 Working with Presets 38 Sharing Presets 39 v www.it-ebooks.info Chapter 2: Opening, Viewing, and Saving Files 41 Creating a New Document 41 Photoshop’s Ready-Made Documents 42 Setting Size and Resolution 44 Choosing a Color Mode 45 Choosing a Background 47 Advanced Options 47 Saving Files 48 File Formats 49 Opening an Existing Document 51 The Open Dialog Box 53 Opening Files as Smart Objects 54 Opening Recent Files 55 Working with PDFs 55 Working with Scanned Images 56 Working with Raw Files 57 Duplicating Files 59 Changing Your View 60 Zooming In and Out 60 Moving Around in an Image 62 Getting Oriented with the Navigator Panel 64 Rotating Your Canvas 65 Arranging Open Images 66 Guides, Grids, and Rulers 69 Rulers and Guiding Lines 69 The Ruler Tool 71 Chapter 3: Layers: The Key to Nondestructive Editing 75 Layer Basics 76 The Layers Panel 78 Activating Layers 78 Adding New Layers 82 Hiding and Showing Layers .84 Restacking Layers 85 Duplicating and Deleting Layers 90 Copying and Pasting Layers 92 Filling a Layer with Color 93 Tweaking a Layer’s Opacity and Fill 97 Resizing and Rotating Layers 98 Moving and Aligning Layers 100 Managing Layers 105 Naming and Color Coding Layers 105 Linking and Locking Layers 106 Grouping Layers into Folders 108 Layer Comps: Capturing Different Document Versions 110 vi Contents www.it-ebooks.info Rasterizing Layers 113 Merging Layers 113 Layer Blending 116 Layer Masks: Digital Masking Tape 116 Adding Layer Masks 117 Using Layer Masks 118 Editing a Mask 123 Using Smart Objects 126 Creating Smart Objects 128 Managing Smart Objects 129 Layer Styles 131 Managing Layer Styles 134 The Styles Panel 135 Chapter 4: Selections: Choosing What to Edit 139 Selection Basics 139 Meet the Marching Ants 140 Selecting by Shape 142 The Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee Tools 142 The Single Row and Column Marquee Tools 148 The Vector Shape Tools 149 Selecting by Color 151 The Quick Selection Tool 151 The Magic Wand Tool 154 The Color Range Command 157 The Background and Magic Erasers 160 Selecting Irregular Areas 165 The Lasso Tools 165 Selecting with the Pen Tool 169 Creating Selections with Channels 169 Using the Selection Tools Together 170 Modifying Selections 171 Refining Edges 171 Fixing Edge Halos 176 Creating a Border Selection 178 Transforming a Selection 178 Using Quick Mask Mode 181 Moving Selections 183 Saving a Selection 184 Filling a Selection with Color 185 Stroking (Outlining) a Selection 186 Contents www.it-ebooks.info vii Part Two: Editing Images Chapter 5: Controlling Color with Channels 187 How Color Works 188 RGB Mode vs CMYK Mode 189 The Channels Panel and You 190 Meet the Color Channels 194 RGB Channels 194 CMYK Channels 196 Spot Channels 199 Lab Channels 199 Multichannel Mode 201 Single-Channel Modes 201 The Mighty Alpha Channel 201 Creating an Alpha Channel 202 Editing Alpha Channels 204 Loading an Alpha Channel as a Selection 205 Deleting Alpha Channels 206 Basic Channel Stunts 206 Selecting Objects with Channels 206 Creating a Silhouette Effect 212 Lightening and Darkening Channels 213 Combining Channels 215 Sharpening Individual Channels 216 Chapter 6: Cropping, Resizing, and Rotating 219 Cropping Images 220 The Rule of Thirds 220 Creative Cropping 221 The Crop Tool 222 Cropping with Selection Tools 230 Trimming Photos Down to Size 230 Cropping and Straightening Photos 231 Cropping and Straightening in Camera Raw 233 Resizing Images 236 Pixels and Resolution 237 The Mighty Image Size Dialog Box 238 Resizing Images for Print 243 Resizing for Email and the Web 246 Resizing Web Images for Print 248 Resizing Images for Presentations 249 Resizing Smart Objects 250 Automated Resizing with the Image Processor 251 Resizing the Canvas 253 Content-Aware Scaling 254 viii Contents www.it-ebooks.info grayscale grayscale channel info as, 192 converting images to, 318–319 images, preparing for printing, 319 in Camera Raw, 318–320 mode, 45 noise, 459 green channel (RGB mode), 196 grid, 71–72 grouping images in Bridge into collections, 827–829 into stacks, 829–830 layers into folders, 108–110 panels, 18–19 Grow command, 157 guides, 69–71 H halos edge (selections), 176–177 sharpening, 457 Hand tool enlarging images with, 62 Liquify Filter and, 431 moving around images with, 62 in “Save for Web” dialog, 730 in Vanishing Point dialog box, 648 hanging indents, 616 Hard Light blend mode, 289–290 Hard Mix blend mode, 290–291 HDR Efex Pro plug-in, 399, 784 HDR (high dynamic range) images, 398–403 HDR Toning option, 401 healing tools Healing Brush, 416–419 using on video clips, 815 hex numbers, 731 hiding guides, 70 layer styles with masks, 134 Options bar, 15 Photoshop, 13 and showing layers, 84–85 high contrast black-and-white images, 324–327 high-contrast edge masks, 479 High Dynamic Range (HDR) images, 398–403 848 photography, 784 high-key effect, 198–199, 327 highlighting text, 586–587 highlights, image, 352 High Pass filter, 457, 467–469 histograms, 375–378, 380 History Brush, 27–29 History & Cache preferences, 33 History panel, 25–27 Hold Interpolation (video), 803 hollow text, 590–593, 621 Horizontal Type Mask tool, 591 Horizontal Type tool, 582–583 Horizontal/Vertical Scale options (Character panel), 608 HUD Color Picker, 31, 504 Hue blend modes, 292–293, 336–337, 344 hue, defined, 330, 486 Hue/Saturation Adjustment layers changing colors with, 329–332 whitening teeth with, 425–426 hyphenation settings, 614–616 hyphens, proper use of, 576 I ICO Format plug-in, 736 images adding to video clips, 798 arranging open, 66–69 colorizing, 343–344 combining See combining images composite, 76 converting from RGB to CYMK, 693–695 copying, 44 creating black-and-white, 313–315 cropping See cropping images distorting See rotating/distorting images exporting as PDFs (Bridge), 834–835 fading together See fading images together filtering with Bridge, 826–828 fixing exposure with layer masks, 121–123 flattening, 198 grouping in Bridge into collections, 827–829 into stacks, 829–830 Index www.it-ebooks.info high contrast black-and-white, 324–327 High Dynamic Range, 398–403 Image Interpolation menu, 31 Image Processor automated resizing with, 251–253 script, 748 Image Quality pop-up menu (printing), 681 maps, 737, 742 moving around in, 62 opening in Camera Raw, 830–832 in Photoshop, 51–59 as Stacks, 59 pasting over one another in perspective, 644–649 preparing for web See websites, preparing images for printing on commercial offset presses, 691–709 on digital presses, 710–711 duotone, 702–706 on inkjet printers, 684–691 multiple, 712–714 proofing onscreen, 706–708 protecting online See protecting online images raster vs vector, 52–53 resizing See resizing images rotating See rotating/distorting images scanned, 56–57 shallow field depth effect on, 652–653 sharpening parts of, 471–473 using copyrighted from web, 248 Image Size dialog box, 238–246 importing images from scanners, 57 photos with Bridge, 823–825 presets, 39 video clips, 788–791 indenting text, 616–617 inkjet printers, 684–692 Inner Shadow layer style, 813–814 installing new brushes, 531 printer drivers/color profiles, 675 Interface preferences, 31–32 Interlaced checkbox (web images), 727 interpolation methods (animations), 803 intersecting selections, 144 intersect mode (paths), 560–562 Inverse command, 141 Invert checkbox (Color Range dialog box), 160 inverting colors, 341–343 Iris Blur filter, 655–657 ‌k eyboard shortcuts J JavaScript & jQuery: The Missing Manual, 96 JPEG files opening in Camera Raw, 319 overview, 50 for photos, 721 preset menu options, 725–726 printing limitations of, 684 vs Raw format, 365 JPS file format, 51 justifying text, 614–616 K Kelby, Scott, 462 kerning text, 604–605, 608 keyboard shortcuts accessing tools, 22 activating/moving layers, 85 adding to/subtracting from selections, 419 aligning text, 602 All Caps, 608 brush cursor sizes, 153 brush sizing, 121, 474 Brush tool, 497 Camera Raw window buttons, 235 closing paths, 547 Color blend mode, 293 Color Burn blend mode, 284 color channels, 196 Color Dodge blend mode, 286 color themes, 16 creating new layers, 83–84, 336 Curves, 397 customizing, 37 for cycling through open documents, 68 Index www.it-ebooks.info 849 ‌k eyframes (video) 850 deleting preferences file, 31 Difference blend mode, 291–292 duplicating layers, 90 Eraser tool, 160, 336 Exclusion blend mode, 291 expanding/collapsing actions, 756 faux-bolding text, 608 filling selections with color, 346 filtering pop-up menu, 81 font sizes, 589 function keys as, 760 grouping images into stacks (Bridge), 830 Hard Light blend mode, 289–290 Hard Mix blend mode, 290–291 hiding panels, 15 hyphenation, 614 Image Size dialog box, 678 kerning text, 605 leading text, 604 Linear Burn blend mode, 284 Linear Dodge blend mode, 287 Linear Light blend mode, 289 Luminosity blend mode, 293 Multiply blend mode, 283 opening multiple files, 53 overview, Pin Light blend mode, 290 Preferences dialog box, 30 Quick Selection/Magic Wand tools, 152 Rectangular/Elliptical Marquee tools, 145 rerunning last filter, 627 resetting vertical/horizontal scales, 608 resizing document window, 272 restacking layers, 86 rulers, 16 Saturation blend mode, 292 saving files, 48 screen blend mode, 286 selection commands, 140 selections and paths, 567 shifting baselines (text), 607 Small Caps, 608 Soft Light blend mode, 288 superscript/subscript, 609 tracking text, 606 Undo command, 25 Vivid Light blend mode, 289 zooming, 60 keyframes (video) creating/deleting, 801–802 editing/copying, 803–804 Keynote (Apple), 249 Kodak NexPress, 710 Kubota, Kevin, 782 Kuler panel, 489–491 L Lab Color mode, 45, 199–201, 361– 362, 404–406 language setting, 609 Large Document Format, 50 Lasso tool, 166–167 layer blend modes See also specific blend modes adding color with, 343 Comparative, 291–292 Darken, 283–286 defined, 280–282 fixing lighting with, 364 Hue, 292–293 Lighten, 286–288 Lighting (Contrast), 288–291 neutral colors for, 282 normal/dissolve, 282–283 overview, 280–282 Pass Through, 292 layer groups, 108–110 layer masks adding, 117–118 basics, 116–117 editing, 123–126 fixing image exposures with, 121–123 hiding layer styles with, 134 unlinking layers from, 123 using, 118–121 layer opacity/fill, 97 layers activating/moving, 78–81, 85 adding new, 82–84 adjusting opacity and fill of, 97–98 Auto-Blend Layers command, 299–300 blending, 116 blend modes See layer blend modes combining into Smart Objects, 470–472 Index www.it-ebooks.info combining multiple, 469–470 copying/pasting, 92 deleting, 90–93 duplicating, 90–93 exporting to separate files, 105 filling with color, 93–96 filtering, 80–81 hiding/showing, 84–85 loading as selections, 141 locking, 106–108 moving/aligning, 100–105 moving between documents, 103–105 overview, 75–76 panel, 24, 78–79, 791 resizing/rotating, 98–100 restacking, 85–89 sharpening layered files, 468–472 thumbnails, 78 types of, 76–77 layers, managing grouping into folders, 108–110 layer comps, 110–113 linking/locking, 106–108 merging, 113–116 naming/color-coding, 105 rasterizing, 113 layer styles adding to video clips, 813–814 drop shadows, 132–135 hiding with masks, 134 managing, 134–135 overview, 131 Styles panel, 135 layer thumbnails, 78 layer visibility, 84 leading (text), 603–604 left alignment (text), 613 Legacy Macintosh (No Color Management) setting, 729 Lens Blur filter, 465, 656–658 Lens Correction filter, 641–643 Lens Flare filter, 662 Levels adjustments color-correcting skin, 389–390 correcting by numbers, 385–390 eyedroppers, 382–386 histograms, 375–378 output levels, 381 overview, 375 sliders, 378–382 libraries color, 494–495 preset, 39–40 ligatures (text), 609 Lighten blend modes, 286–288 lightening/darkening channels, 213–215 lighting blend modes, 288–291 fixing, 355–357 fixing with blend modes, 364 Lighting Effects filter, 662–663 Lightness channel, 200, 317 Lightness slider (Properties panel), 331 Linear Burn blend mode, 284 Linear Dodge blend mode, 287 Linear Interpolation (video), 803 Linear Light blend mode, 289 lines per inch (printing), 242 Line tool, 550–551 linked layers, 106–108 Liquify filter, 428–432, 643 Load Layers dialog box, 59 localized sharpening in Camera Raw, 470, 482 locking layers, 106–108 lossless file formats, 722 lossy compression, 684 Lossy slider (GIF files), 727 Luminance setting (Camera Raw), 481 luminosity, 192 Luminosity blend mode, 293, 344, 458, 472 ‌masks M Magic Eraser tool, 164 Magic Wand tool, 154–158 Magnetic Lasso tool, 167–169 Magnetic Pen tool, 549 mapping images together, 307–309 marquee tools, 142–146 masks animating, 806 clipping, 126, 627–628 edge, 475–478 editing, 323 gradient, 278–280 high-contrast edge, 479 layer See layer masks Index www.it-ebooks.info 851 matching colors 852 making with paths, 566–568 masking plug-ins, 777–778 Masking setting (Camera Raw), 481 masking with paths, 572 matching colors, 339–341 Maximum filter, 671 Measurement Scale (CS6 Extended), 63 Measure tool (Vanishing Point dialog box), 648 Memory Usage preferences, 33 menus, customizing, 37 merging channels, 194 layers, 113–116 “Merge to HDR Pro” feature, 399 Merge Visible option (layers), 469 Metadata layout (Bridge), 822 metrics kerning, 608 midtones, 352 Migrate Presets option, 39, 769 Mini Bridge panel basics, 836–837 docking, 20 searching for images with, 54 Minimum filter, 176, 671–672 Mixer Brush, 500–504 Mixer Brush Cloning Paint Setup action, 757 Moiré Reduction adjustment, 371 monitors, calibrating, 675–676 Motion Blur filter, 650 setting, 465 Motion panel, 804–805 Motion workspace, 21 moving layers, 100–105 paths, 558–560 selections, 183–184 text, 585–586 Multichannel mode, 201 multiple images, printing, 712–714 multiple layers, activating, 79–81 Multiply blend mode, 283–284 multi-stroked text effect, 621–623 multitonal images, 706 N naming documents print files, 678 recommendations for, 41 layers, 105 native font styles, 581 Navigator panel, 64 Nearest Neighbor option (image quality), 240 nesting layer groups, 109 Smart Objects, 130 neutral colors (blend modes), 282 neutral grays, 385 Nik Software, 776 No Break option (text), 611 noise filters, 459, 662 vs grain, 217 plug-ins for reducing, 775–776 setting (brushes), 526 nonconsecutive layers, activating, 79 nondestructive editing, 75 Normal blend mode, 282–283 O objects adding sparkles to, 514–516 reshaping with Puppet Warp tool, 448–453 selecting with channels, 206–210 Offset option (Clone Source panel), 302 Oil Paint filter, 643–644 Oldstyle option (text), 611 On-Image Adjustment tool (Properties panel), 314–315 onion skins (animations), 806–807 online photo galleries, 749–752 Opacity setting (layers), 97–98, 474 Open dialog box, 53–54 OpenGL, 64 opening files See files, opening video clips, 788–791 OpenType font formats, 579 Options bar, 13–14, 600–603 Ornaments option (text), 611 Index www.it-ebooks.info out-of-gamut warnings, 696 Output layout (Bridge), 822 overprint effect, 283 P painting from scratch, 505–511 paint dabs, 528–530 Painter (Corel), 518 new General preference for, 31 workspace, 21 painting with Brush tool basic settings, 497–499 brush cursor appearance, 499–500 creating paintings from scratch, 505–511 loading built-in brushes, 512–514 making objects sparkle, 514–516 Mixer Brush, 500–504 panels Actions, 754–756 Channels, 190–194 Character, 602–612 collapsing/expanding, 18–19 Color, 496 common, 23–24 customizing, 21–22 Export (Bridge), 832–834 Layers, 78–79 Mini Bridge, 836–837 Motion, 804–805 Navigator, 64 overview, 17 panel groups, 18–19 Paragraph, 612–618 Paths, 548 Timeline, 790–791, 799 Tools, 22–23 undocking/redocking/closing, 20–21 panoramas (Photomerge), 298–299 Pantone HueyPro, 676 Pantone Matching System (PMS), 494 Pantone (PMS) colors, 696, 698 paper (printing), 674, 676 paragraphs panel, 612–618 styles, 613 paragraph text, 584–585 partial color effect, 320–322 Pass Through blend mode, 292 pasting images into selections, 270–277 Paste Special option, 92 Patch tool, 419–422 paths adding/deleting/converting points on, 557–558 adding strokes to, 562–563 changing intersect mode of, 560–562 closing, 546–547 creating type on, 593–596 filling, 564–565 making clipping paths, 568–571 making from selections, 568 making masks with, 566–568 making selections with, 566–568 making vector masks with, 572 masking with, 572 panel, 24, 548 Path drawing mode, 538 Path Selection tool, 558–560, 594 saving, 547–549 selecting/moving, 558–560 Pattern Fills, 95, 96 PDF files advantages of, 677–678 basics, 55–56 exporting images as (Bridge), 834–835 exporting layer comps as, 112–113 PDF presentations, 712–713 resizing/saving images as, 679–683 saving spot colors as, 701–702 pencil sketch technique, 666–668 Pencil tool, 506 Pen tool basics, 538–539 converting anchor points, 542–544 drawing curved paths with basics, 541–542 tips for, 546–547 drawing French curves with, 545 drawing straight paths with, 540–541 Freeform pen tool, 549 selecting with, 169–170 Perfect Mask (Mask Pro) plug-in, 778 Perfect Portrait plug-in, 780 Perfect Resize plug-in, 783 Performance preferences, 33–34 Index www.it-ebooks.info Performance preferences 853 perspective 854 perspective cropping images with, 226–228 Perspective alignment method, 296 Perspective Crop tool, 226–227 Photographic Toning gradient presets, 317, 349, 702 Photomatix plug-in, 399 Photomerge, 295–299 photos adding creative edges to, 176 adding painted edges to, 512–514 browsing with Bridge, 820–821 converting to pencil sketches, 666–667 cropping/straightening, 231–233 fading to white and adding text, 88–89 framing with illustrations, 305–308 grabbing texture from, 623–625 importing with Bridge, 823–825 online galleries, 749–752 Photo Filter Adjustment layers, 340–341, 354 PhotoTools plug-in, 782 PhotoTune plug-in, 781–782 placing inside text, 627–629 Polaroid-style photo frames, 227–230 renaming multiple (Bridge), 828 text-shaped photo fade, 591–592 trimming, 230–231 turning into paintings, 501–504 Photoshop 3D for Animators, 36 Photoshop CS6 changing appearance of, 16–17 hiding vs quitting, 13 new features in, 1–5 Pinch filter, 427–428 pincushion distortion, 636 Pin Light blend mode, 290 pixels aspect ratio, 47 dimensions, 718–719 Pixelate filters, 662 resolution, 237–238 pixels per inch (ppi), 238 Place command, 128, 251 plug-ins 64-bit mode and, 771, 773 adding/removing, 772–773 color correction/enhancement, 778–782 disabling, 774 locating built-in, 775 managing, 774–776 noise reducing, 775–776 preferences, 36 selecting/masking, 777–778 PNG files advantages of, 51 preset menu options, 726–728 when to use, 722 PNS files, 51 point text, 584–585 Polaroid-style photo frames, 227–230 Polygonal Lasso tool basics, 167 creating blocks of color with, 346 portraits, sharpening, 463 Posterize Adjustment layers, 341 PostScript font formats, 578 PostScript Options (Print Settings dialog box), 690 PowerPoint 2010 (Microsoft), 249 Practical HDRI, 402 preferences, Photoshop cursor, 34–35 file handling, 32–33 general, 30–31 guides/grid/slices, 36 interface, 31–32 overview, 29–30 performance, 33–34 plug-in, 36 text, 36 transparency, 35 units and rulers, 35–36 prepress, 199 presentations PDF, 712–713 resizing images for, 249–250 presets basics, 38–39 document, 42–43 PDF Preset pop-up menu, 683 Photographic Toning, 702 sharing, 39–40 swapping workspaces with, 21 previewing fonts, 582–583 Index www.it-ebooks.info Preview In Other Browser dialog box (web images), 730 printing calibrating monitors, 675–676 color gamuts and profiles, 674–676 on commercial offset presses, 691–709 on digital presses, 710–712 grayscale images, 319 on inkjet printers, 684–692 JPEGs, limitations of, 684 lines per inch (lpi), 242 multiple images, 712–714 Photoshop text, 577 printer-friendly file formats, 677–678 Print Settings dialog box, 685, 686–687 Print Size button, 62 resizing images for, 243–246 resizing/saving images as PDFs, 679–683 resizing/saving images as TIFFs, 678–679 resizing web images for, 248–249 resolution guidelines for, 242–243 Scale to Fit Media setting, 689 subtractive color system, 189–190 tips, 714–715 WYSIWYG printing, 673–674 process inks, 692 profiles, color (printing), 674–676 projectors, slide sizes, 250 proofing images onscreen, 706–708 printing proofs, 708–710 Properties panel, 24, 123–125 protecting online images copyright info, 745–746 overview, 745 watermarking images, 746–750 Zoomify feature, 749 Protect Texture setting (brushes), 527 proximity rule (text), 618 proxy preview (Navigator panel), 64 PSB files, 50 PSD files, 49, 718 Pucker tool (Liquify Filter), 431 pupils, copying from channels, 443 Puppet Warp tool, 448–453 Q quadtones, 328 Quick Mask mode basics, 181–182 editing alpha channels with, 204 Quick Selection tool, 151–154 reshaping objects with Puppet Warp tool R Radius setting (sharpening), 466 raster images basics, 52 combining with vectors, 304–308 rasterizing images, 52 layers, 113 text, 588 Raw files, 57–59 Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS5, 374 Real World Image Sharpening, 474 Recent files menu, 33 Reconstruct tool (Liquify Filter), 431 Rectangular Marquee tool, 142–148 red channel (RGB mode), 196 red eye, fixing, 441–445 redocking panels, 20–21 Reduce Noise filter, 459 Redundant Pixel Removal setting (animations), 735 reference layers, 296 Refine Edge dialog box, 154, 171–176, 727 Refine Radius tool, 173 reflections, creating, 263–265 registration marks (printing), 690 renaming channels, 203 multiple files (Bridge), 828 Render filters, 662–664 Render Video dialog box, 815–816 replacing color, 336–337 Reposition alignment method, 297 Required folder, 775 Resample Image checkbox, 680, 720 resampling images, 239–240 Reset Character option, 612 resetting white point, 208 reshaping objects with Puppet Warp tool, 448–453 Index www.it-ebooks.info 855 resizing 856 resizing brushes, 121 layers, 98–100 text, 588–589 resizing images canvases, 253–254 Content-Aware Scaling, 254–258 for email and web, 246–248 for presentations, 249–250 with Image Processor, 251–253 Image Size dialog box, 238–241 overview, 236–237 pixels and resolution, 237–238 for print, 243–246 resolution guidelines for printing, 242–243 and saving as PDFs, 679–683 and saving as TIFFs, 678–679 Smart Objects, 250 for web, 718–721 web images for print, 248–249 resolution defined, 238 guidelines for printing, 242–243 pixels and, 237–238 setting, 44–45 restacking layers, 85–89 retouching skin Content-Aware Fill, 414–416 Healing Brush, 416–419 overview, 410–411 Patch tool, 419–422 shines and shadows, 422–424 Spot Healing Brush, 411–414 Revert command, 29 Review mode (Bridge), 825–827 RGB images channels, 194–196 vs CMYK, 189 colors, 45–46 converting to CYMK, 693–695 correcting by numbers, 387–389 custom conversions to CMYK, 694–695 printing on digital presses, 711 right alignment (text), 613 RIP (Raster Image Processor), 711 Roman Hanging Punctuation, 617 rotating layers, 98–100 Rotate View tool, 65 rotating/distorting images Image Rotation command, 258 overview, 258–259 Transform commands, 259–266 rotoscoping (animations), 806–807 Rounded Rectangle tool, 149–151 rounding photo corners, 150–151 rule of proximity (text), 618 rule of thirds (cropping), 220–221 Ruler tool, 71–73 rules, 69–70 S Safari Books Online, 10 sampled brushes, 527 sample points, setting (skin retouching), 416 sans-serif fonts, 579 saturation (color) defined, 486 Saturation blend mode, 292 Saturation slider (Properties panel), 330 saving actions as sets, 769–770 Curves, 398 custom documents settings, 48 files, 48–51 GIF animations, 735–736 images as PDFs, 679–683 images as TIFFs, 678–679 paths, 547–549 preferences, 32 “Save for Web” dialog box, 246–248, 723–731 selections, 184–185 slices, 744–745 documents with spot channels, 700–701 spot colors in PDF format, 701–702 “Scale to Fit Media” option (Print dialog box), 244 scanned images, 56–57 scanning with Auto-Blend Layers command, 300 scratch disks, 33, 50 Screen blend mode, 286 screen mode, switching, 14–17 scripted Pattern Fills, 96 Index www.it-ebooks.info script fonts, 580 scroll wheels (zooming), 61 scrubby cursors, 331 Scrubby Zoom, 60–61 selecting vs activating layers, 79 with lightest channel, 215 objects with channels, 206–210 opposite, 156 paths, 558–560 plug-ins, 777–778 skin tones and faces, 159 two objects in single photo, 144–146 selections adding/subtracting from, 143, 153 Background Eraser, 160–164 basics, 139–142 border selections, 178 Color Range command, 157–161 commands used for, 140–141 constraining, 144 creating paths from, 568 creating with channels, 169 creating with paths, 566–568 cropping with selection tools, 230 drawing square/circular, 146 edge halos, 176–177 expanding (Magic Wand), 156–157 feathering, 144, 145 filling with color, 185 intersecting, 144 Lasso tool, 166–167 Magic Eraser tool, 164 Magic Wand tool, 154–158 Magnetic Lasso tool, 167–169 making paths from, 568 making with paths, 566–568 moving, 183–184 pasting images into, 270–277 Pen tool, 169–170 Polygonal Lasso tool, 167 Quick Mask mode, 181–182 Quick Selection tool, 151–154 Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee tools, 142–148 Refine Edge dialog box, 171–176 saving, 184–185 selection tools, using together, 170–171 Single Row/Single Column Marquee tools, 148–149 soft oval vignette, creating, 146 transforming, 178–180 vector shape tools and, 149–151 Selective Color Adjustment layers, 337–338 serif fonts, 579 shadows defined, 352 Shadows/Highlights adjustments, 358–362 shapes attaching text to, 594–596 converting type to, 630–631 cropping to specific, 225–226 filling with text, 596–597 layers, 76 Shape drawing mode, 537 Shape Dynamics settings (brushes), 519–520 shape tools basics, 550–551 Custom Shape tool, 555–557 Line tool, 550–551 modifying shapes, 553–554 multiple shapes on one layer, 555 using, 550–551 sharing presets, 39–40 sharpening advanced techniques, 474 in Camera Raw, 479–482 defined, 456–457 determining degree of, 462–463 with edge masks, 475–478 filters for, 457 guidelines for protecting images, 458–459 with high-contrast edge masks, 479 with High Pass Filter, 467–469 in Camera Raw turning off, 480 individual channels, 216 layered files, 468–472 overview, 455–456 parts of images, 471–473 reducing noise before, 459 Sharpen filters, 664 Sharpen tool, 477 skin, 217 Smart Objects, 470 Index www.it-ebooks.info sharpening 857 shields (cropping) 858 Smart Sharpen filter, 463–466 with Unsharp Mask filter, 460–463 shields (cropping), 222 shines and shadows, 422–424 silhouette effect, 212–213 Silver Efex Pro plug-in, 783 simulated font styles, 581 single-channel modes (color), 201 Single-Line Composer method (text), 617 Single Row/Single Column Marquee tools, 148–149 SiteGrinder plug-in, 738, 784 sizing cropping images to specific sizes, 225–226 documents, 44–45 sketches scanned, 507 Sketch filters, 664–666 skies, swapping, 274–276 skin color-correcting, 389–390 retouching See retouching skin selecting, 159 softening with Diffuse Glow filter, 435–436 with Gaussian Blur filter, 434–435 wrinkles, 436–438 slab serif fonts, 580–581 Slice Select tool Hand tool, 730 modifying slices, 740–744 saving slices, 744–745 Slice Options dialog, 742–744 slicing existing images, 738–739 uses for, 738 slide projectors, 249–250 slideshows (Bridge), 832 slimming techniques bulges, 428–432 flabby chins, 427–428 with Free Transform, 431–433 Small Caps option, 608 Smart Collections (Bridge), 827–828 Smart Filters basics, 634–635 for video clips, 814–815 Smart Guides, 70, 102 Smart Objects applying masks to, 129 combining layers into, 470–472 creating, 128–130 functions of, 126–128 layer, 77 managing, 129–130 nesting, 130 opening files as, 54–55 resizing, 250 Unsharp Mask filter and, 461–462 video clips as, 790 Smart Radius checkbox, 173 Smart Sharpen filter, 457, 463–466 smooth anchor points, 539, 542–544 Smoothing setting (brushes), 527 Smudge tool, 510 snap feature basics, 70 preferences, 31 Snap To, 740 snapshots (History panel), 27 softening skin, 433–439 soft erasers, 276–278 Soft Light blend mode, 288 soft oval vignette, 146 soft-proofing (printing), 675, 706–707 solid blocks of color, adding, 345–348 Solid Color Fill layer, 345 solid leading, 604 sorting images with Bridge, 826–828 spacing text, 618–619 spectrophotometers, 675 spell checking, 599 Spherical alignment method, 297 splitting channels, 193 video clips, 795–798 spot channels (color) adding, 697–698 basics, 191, 193, 199 editing, 699 proofs, printing, 710 saving documents with, 700–701 spot colors basics, 695–698 printing on digital presses, 711–712 saving in PDF format, 701–702 Spot Healing Brush, 411–414 spot inks, 692–693 spring-loaded tools feature, 23 Index www.it-ebooks.info Spyder calibration device, 676 square/circular selections, 146 sRGB color profile, 676 stacks grouping images into (Bridge), 829 opening images as, 59 Stack Images option (AutoBlending), 299 stacking order of layers, 85 stamping layers, 114 Stamp tool (Vanishing Point dialog box), 648 Standard Screen Mode, 15–16 status bar (documents), 63 Step Backward command, 25 sticky settings (Option bar), 14 straightening in Camera Raw, 236–237 and cropping, 231–234 straight paths, drawing, 540–541 strikethrough style (text), 608 strokes adding to paths, 562–563 adding to selections, 186 Stroke dialog box, 553–555 stroked text, 620–623 Stroke Path dialog box, 563 styles, layer See layer styles Styles panel, 24, 135 Stylistic Alternates feature (text), 610 Stylize filters, 666–669 subtractive color system, 189–190 Super/Subscript buttons, 609 Swash feature (text), 610 Swatches panel, 23, 494–496 System Layout option (text), 611 T tabbed documents, 68 Targeted Adjustment tool, 332–335, 393 teeth, whitening, 425–427 text adding to video clips, 798–799, 801 aligning, 602, 612–613 appearance in CS6, 583 attaching to shapes, 594–596 baseline shift, 606–607 Character panel, 602–603, 607–611 character styles, 613 committing, 620 composition methods, 617 converting to shapes, 630–631 creating on paths, 593–596 faded, 618–620 filling shapes with, 596–597 Find and Replace command, 597 fonts See fonts formatting with Options bar, 600– 603 highlighting, 586–587 hollow, 590–593, 621 hyphenation, 614–616 indenting, 616–617 justification, 614–616 kerning, 604–605 leading, 603–604 loading as selections, 587 moving, 585–586 multi-stroked effect, 621–623 Paragraph panel, 612–613 paragraph styles, 613 placing photos inside, 627–629 point vs paragraph, 584–585 preferences, 36 printing, 577 rasterizing, 588 resizing, 588–589 shortcut menu, 587 spacing, 618–619 special effects for, 618 spell checking, 599 stroked, 620–623 text-shaped photo fade, 591–592 texturizing See texturizing text tracking, 606 Type layers adding, 585 editing, 582–583 type warning symbols, 590 typography errors, 575–576 typography/font resources, 632 warping, 597–599 Texture filters, 669–670 Texture settings (brushes), 521–522 texturizing text from brushes, 625–627 from filters, 627–628 from photos, 623–625 Threshold adjustments, 324–325, 624 Index www.it-ebooks.info Threshold adjustments 859 thumbnails 860 thumbnails defined, 64 enlarging, 321 layer, 78 TIFF files basics, 677 BIGTIFF format, 50 layers and, 87 opening in Camera Raw, 319 resizing/saving images as, 678–679 Tilt-Shift Blur filter, 656–657 Timeline panel, 20, 732–733, 790–791, 799 tinting images, 315–316 video clips, 811–812 Toggle Slices Visibility tool (“Save for Web” dialog box), 730 tolerance setting (Magic Wand), 155 Tonal Width setting (sharpening), 466 tone mapping, 368, 399–400 Tool Preset picker, 601 Tools panel, 22–23 tooltips defined, 13 preferences and, 30 Show Tool Tips checkbox, 32 tool keyboard shortcuts, 23 touching-up alpha channels, 211 tracking text, 606 Transfer settings (brushes), 525–526 Transform commands, 259–266 transforming selections, 178–180 Transform tool (Vanishing Point dialog box), 648 transitions (video), 793–795 transparency, 47 Transparency preferences, 35 Trim command, 230–231, 721 tritones, 328 TrueType fonts, 579–580 TWAIN plug-in, 57 tweening frames (GIF animations), 734–735 Type layers adding, 585 aligning, 614 defined, 76 editing, 582–583 Type Mask tool, 591–592 Type tool, 582–583 Type Tool Preset picker, 600 typography errors, 575–576 U underline style (text), 608 Underlying Layer sliders, 294 undocking panels, 20–21 Undo features “Erase to History” feature, 29 History Brush, 27–29 History panel, 25–27 overview, 25–26 preferences, 25 Revert command, 29 Undo command, 25, 92 Units and Rulers preferences, 35–36 unlinking layers from masks, 123 Unsharp Mask filter, 457, 460–463 upsampling images, 240, 241 user-defined collections (Bridge), 827–828 user slices, 739 V Vanishing Point filter, 644–650 Variations adjustment, 343 vectors combining with rasters, 304–308 drawing See drawing images, 52 masks, 572 vector shape tools, 149–151 Version Cue, 32, 63 Vertical Type tool, 582–583 Vibrance Adjustment layers, 403 video clips adding audio to, 799–801 adding comments to, 809–810 adding Fill and Adjustment layers to, 810–813 adding layer styles to, 813–814 adding text/logos/still images to, 798–799 adding transitions to, 793–795 animating masks, 806 changing length of, 791–793 creating new, 786–787 exporting, 815–816 filters for, 670, 814–815 Index www.it-ebooks.info Global Lighting track, 807–809 importing, 788–791 interpolation methods, 803 keyframes creating/deleting, 801–802 editing/copying, 803–804 onion skins, 806–807 opening, 788–791 overview, 785–786 as Smart Objects, 790 splitting/removing sections from, 795–798 text animating, 804–805 tips for using, 801 Timeline panel, 790–791, 799 trimming, 791 using cloning/healing tools on, 815 Video layers, 77 views View menu, 69 zooming in/out, 60–63 vignetting, 642 visual watermarking, 746 Viveza plug-in, 778–779 Vivid Light blend mode, 289 VueScan plug-in, 57 W warping text, 597–599 Warp transformation (selections), 180 watermarking images, 746–750, 782 WBMP (Wireless Bitmap) format, 723, 727 web copyrighted images from, 248 image size guidelines, 719 matching/snatching colors on, 731 photo galleries, 749–752 readers, 743 web page mockups, 737 web-safe colors, 723 Web Snap slider, 727 websites favicons for, 735–737 resizing images for, 246–248 websites, for downloading Adobe Drive, 32 brush sets, 531 color correction/enhancement plug- ins, 778–782 color scheme applications, 491 Fluid Mask, 777 font-management programs, 581 ICO Format plug-in, 736 noise reducing plug-ins, 775–776 Painter software (Corel), 518 SiteGrinder plug-in, 738 VueScan plug-in, 57 websites, for further information Creative Commons license, 248 Digimarc filters, 746 digital painting techniques, 511 Mastering Curves DVD, 397 Missing Manuals, NEC monitors, 676 OpenGL, 64 Pantone HueyPro, 676 plug-ins, 775 skin tone/hair color chart, 390 Spyder, 676 typography/font resources, 632 Wacom interactive pen display, 536 websites, preparing images for creating for downloading, 718 GIFs, animating See animating GIFs matching/snatching colors on Web, 731 overview, 717 resizing images, 718–721 saving/compressing files, 723–731 selecting file formats, 721–723 web-safe color palette, 723 Wet Edges setting (brushes), 526 white balance (Camera Raw), 365–367 white eye in animals, 445–447 whitening teeth, 425–427 white point, resetting, 208 Window menu, 18 Windows Icon (ICO) file format, 736 workflow, suggested, 352 workspace, customizing, 21–22 wrinkles, reducing, 436–438 WYSIWYG printing, 673–674 WYSIWYG printing Index 861 www.it-ebooks.info zapping backgrounds Z zapping backgrounds, 293–295 Zoomify feature, 749 Zoom tool basics, 60–63 Liquify Filter and, 431 “Save for Web” dialog box, 730 in Vanishing Point dialog box, 648 V413HAV 862 Index www.it-ebooks.info ... alike Some of the tutorials in this book refer to files you can download from this book’s Missing CD page on the Missing Manuals website (www.missingmanuals.com/cds) so you can practice the techniques... in the cockpit and survey the endless panels of controls and switches Now what? You don’t even get a printed manual anymore If there were ever a piece of software that needed the Missing Manual. .. is the weekly tech columnist for the New York Times, an Emmy-winning TV correspondent (CBS News and NOVA on PBS), and the creator of the Missing Manual series Foreword www.it-ebooks.info xix The