[...]... above is a short way of saying: “At the top of the Photoshop window, locate the Filter menu Click it and, in the list that appears, look for the Blur category Point to the word Blur without clicking and, in the resulting submenu, click Gaussian Blur” (see Figure I-1) About MissingManuals.com On the Missing Manuals website (www.missingmanuals.com), you’ll find this book’s Missing CD page, which includes... and then launch the other On a Mac, open your Applications folder and then locate the Adobe Photoshop CS5 folder Open the folder by double-clicking it, find the application icon (it looks like a tiny blue suitcase), click it once to select it and then choose File➝Get Info In the resulting dialog box, locate the General section (it’s in the middle) and turn on the “Open in 32-bit mode” checkbox Quit Photoshop, ... can start branching out into other 8 Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual Introduction parts of the program to broaden your skills Here’s a suggested roadmap for quickly learning the most useful aspects of the program: 1 Read all of Chapters 1 and 2 (or at the very least skim them) These two chapters show you where to find all of Photoshop s tools and features and explain how the program is organized You’ll... way The only missing ingredients are time, some photos to work on, and a little good taste You’ll have to supply those yourself Good luck! —David Pogue David Pogue is the weekly tech columnist for the New York Times, an Emmy-winning TV correspondent (CBS News and CNBC), and the creator of the Missing Manual series xviii Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual Introduction C ongratulations on buying one of the. .. access to this book and others on similar topics from O’Reilly and other publishers, sign up for free at http://my.safaribooksonline.com 12 Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual chapter 1 Photoshop CS5 Guided Tour P hotoshop CS5 is bursting with amazing features that’ll help you edit and create your very own digital masterpieces If this is your first foray into the world of Photoshop, all these features will... faster Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual Introduction About the Outline This hefty book is divided into six parts, each devoted to the type of things you’ll do in Photoshop CS5: • Part One: The Basics Here’s where you’ll learn the essential skills you need to know before moving forward Chapter 1 gives you the lay of the land and teaches you how to work with panels and make the Photoshop workspace your... 782 Note: Head to www.missingmanuals.com and click the Missing CD link to download five appendixes Part Six: Appendixes Appendix A: Installing Photoshop see www.missingmanuals.com/cds Appendix B: Troubleshooting and Getting Help see www.missingmanuals.com/cds Appendix C: Using Adobe Bridge see www.missingmanuals.com/cds Appendix D: Photoshop s Tools Panel... (page 16) options In the Windows version of Photoshop CS5, the Application bar is also home to all the program’s main menus (File, Edit, Image, Layer, and so on); in the Mac version, those menus appear at the top of your screen instead Note: In CS4, the Hand and Rotate Canvas tools also roosted in the Application bar However, in CS5 Adobe took them out in order to make room for the new Live Workspace... consciousness Dudes: Photoshop CS5 has over 500 menu commands In short, installing Photoshop is like being told that you’ve just won a 747 jumbo jet You sit down in the cockpit and survey the endless panels of controls and switches Now what? You don’t even get a printed manual anymore xvii Foreword If there were ever a piece of software that needed the Missing Manual treatment, it was Photoshop And yet,... complete (hence the thickness of the book in your hands) And above all, don’t just identify a feature: tell us what it’s for Tell us when to use it (And if the answer is, “You’ll never use it,” tell us that, too.) The resulting book, Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual, was a critical and popular hit And now Lesa is back, thank heaven, with a new edition to demystify Photoshop CS5 Now, I’ll be the first to . h1" alt="" Photoshop CS5 Beijing   •   Cambridge   •   Farnham   •   Köln   •   Sebastopol   •   Taipei   •   Tokyo Lesa Snider THE MISSING MANUAL ® Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual by Lesa. corporate@oreilly.com. May 2010: First Edition. 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. www.missingmanuals.com and click the Missing CD link to download five appendixes. Part Six: Appendixes Appendix A: Installing Photoshop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see www.missingmanuals.com/cds Appendix