Photoshop CC The book that should have been in the box® Lesa Snider Beijing | Cambridge | Farnham | Köln | Sebastopol | Tokyo Photoshop CC: The Missing Manual by Lesa Snider Copyright © 2013 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 June 2013: First Edition Revision History for the First Edition: 2013-05-31 First release See http://oreilly.com/catalog/errata.csp?isbn=0636920027591 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: 978-1-449-34241-8 Contents The Missing Credits xvii Foreword xxi Introduction xxiii What’s New in Photoshop CC xxiii About This Book xxvi About the Outline xxix For Photographers xxx The Very Basics xxxi About→These→Arrows xxxii About MissingManuals.com xxxiii Safari® Books Online xxxiii CHAPTER 1: Photoshop CC Guided Tour Meet the Application Frame The Almighty Options Bar Swapping Screen Modes Changing Photoshop’s Appearance Working with Panels Customizing Your Workspace 10 The Tools Panel 11 Common Panels 13 The Power of Undo 14 Changing How Far Back You Can Go 15 Turning Back Time with the History Panel 15 The History Brush 17 The Revert Command 19 Tweaking Photoshop’s Preferences 19 General 19 Interface 21 Sync Settings 21 File Handling 22 Performance 22 Cursors 24 Transparency and Gamut 24 Units and Rulers 25 iii Guides, Grid, and Slices 25 Plug-ins 26 Type 26 3D 26 Working with Presets 28 Sharing Presets 29 CHAPTER 2: Opening, Viewing, and Saving Files 31 Creating a New Document 31 Photoshop’s Ready-Made Documents 32 Setting Size and Resolution 34 Choosing a Color Mode 35 Choosing a Background 37 Advanced Options 37 Saving Files 38 File Formats 39 Opening an Existing Document 40 The Open Dialog Box 42 Opening Multiple Files within a Single Document 44 Opening Files as Smart Objects 45 Opening Recent Files 46 Working with PDFs 46 Working with Scanned Images 47 Working with Raw Files 48 Duplicating Files 49 Changing Your View 50 Zooming In and Out 50 Moving Around in an Image 53 Getting Oriented with the Navigator Panel 55 Rotating Your Canvas 55 Arranging Open Images 56 Guides, Grids, and Rulers 60 Rulers and Guiding Lines 60 The Ruler Tool 62 CHAPTER 3: Layers: The Key to Nondestructive Editing 65 Layer Basics 67 The Layers Panel 68 Activating Layers 68 Adding New Layers 74 Hiding and Showing Layers 74 Restacking Layers 76 Duplicating and Deleting Layers 80 Copying and Pasting Layers 83 Filling a Layer with Color 83 iv Contents Tweaking a Layer’s Opacity and Fill 90 Resizing and Rotating Layers 91 Moving and Aligning Layers 93 Managing Layers 98 Naming and Color-Coding Layers 98 Linking and Locking Layers 98 Grouping Layers into Folders 100 Layer Comps: Capturing Different Document Versions 102 Rasterizing Layers 105 Merging Layers 106 Layer Blending 108 Layer Masks: Digital Masking Tape 108 Adding Layer Masks 109 Using Layer Masks 110 Editing a Mask 115 Using Smart Objects 118 Creating Smart Objects 120 Managing Smart Objects 122 Layer Styles 124 Managing Layer Styles 128 The Styles Panel 129 CHAPTER 4: Selections: Choosing What to Edit 133 Selection Basics 133 Meet the Marching Ants 134 Selecting by Shape 136 The Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee Tools 136 The Single Row and Column Marquee Tools 142 The Vector Shape Tools 143 Selecting by Color 146 The Quick Selection Tool 146 The Magic Wand Tool 148 The Color Range Command 151 The Background and Magic Erasers 156 Selecting Irregular Areas 160 The Lasso Tools 161 Selecting with the Pen Tool 164 Creating Selections with Channels 165 Using the Selection Tools Together 165 Modifying Selections 165 Refining Edges 165 Fixing Edge Halos 173 Creating a Border Selection 174 Transforming a Selection 174 Using Quick Mask Mode 176 Moving Selections 177 Contents v Saving a Selection 179 Filling a Selection with Color 181 Stroking (Outlining) a Selection 181 CHAPTER 5: Understanding Channels 183 How Color Works 184 RGB Mode vs CMYK Mode 185 The Channels Panel and You 186 Meet the Color Channels 190 RGB Channels 191 CMYK Channels 191 Spot Channels 195 Lab Channels 195 Multichannel Mode 196 Single-Channel Modes 196 The Mighty Alpha Channel 198 Creating an Alpha Channel 198 Editing Alpha Channels 200 Loading an Alpha Channel as a Selection 202 Deleting Alpha Channels 202 Basic Channel Stunts 202 Selecting Objects with Channels 202 Creating a Silhouette Effect 206 Lightening and Darkening Channels 209 Combining Channels 210 Sharpening Individual Channels 211 CHAPTER 6: Cropping, Resizing, and Rotating 215 Cropping Images 216 The Rule of Thirds 216 Creative Cropping 217 The Crop Tool 218 Cropping with Selection Tools 226 Trimming Photos Down to Size 226 Cropping and Straightening Photos 227 Cropping and Straightening in Camera Raw 229 Resizing Images 232 Pixels and Resolution 233 The Mighty Image Size Dialog Box 234 Resizing Images for Print 240 Resizing for Email and the Web 242 Resizing Web Images for Print 244 Resizing Images for Presentations 245 Resizing Smart Objects 246 Automated Resizing with the Image Processor 247 vi Contents Resizing the Canvas 249 Content-Aware Scaling 251 Rotating and Distorting 254 Simple Rotations 255 The Transformers 255 CHAPTER 7: Combining Images 263 Cut It Out 263 Pasting into a Selection 265 Sky Swapping 270 Fading Images Together 271 Soft Erasers 272 Soft Brushes and Layer Masks 272 Gradient Masks 274 Layer Blend Modes 276 Normal and Dissolve Blend Modes 278 Darken Blend Modes 279 Lighten Blend Modes 282 Lighting (Contrast) Blend Modes 284 Comparative Blend Modes 287 Composite Blend Modes 288 Zapping Backgrounds with Blending Sliders 289 Auto-Aligning Layers and Photomerge 291 Building Panoramas with Photomerge 294 Auto-Blending Layers 294 Cloning Between Documents 296 Combining Vectors and Rasters 300 Mapping One Image onto Another 303 CHAPTER 8: Draining, Changing, and Adding Color 307 Draining Color 307 Black & White Adjustment Layers 308 Gradient Map Adjustment Layers 311 The Lightness Channel 313 Going Grayscale in Camera Raw 315 Partial-Color Effect 316 Fading Color to Black and White 318 High-Contrast Black and White 320 The High-Key Effect 322 Delicious Duotones .323 Changing Color 325 Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layers 325 Hue Blend Mode 332 Replacing Color 332 Selective Color Adjustment Layers 333 Contents vii Matching Colors 335 Photo Filter Adjustment Layers 336 Posterizing: Your Ticket to Cartoon Art 338 Inverting Colors 338 Adding Color 339 Colorizing Images 339 Adding Solid Blocks of Color 343 Building a Better Sunrise (or Sunset) 344 Adding Color to a Semi-Transparent Layer 347 CHAPTER 9: Correcting Color and Lighting 349 Quick Fixer-Uppers 350 Fixing Color 350 Fixing Lighting 353 Correcting Images in Camera Raw 361 Changing White Balance 363 Fixing Exposure 364 Making Colors Pop 367 Camera Raw’s Adjustment Brush 368 Camera Raw’s Graduated Filters 371 More Fun with Camera Raw 372 Using Levels 372 Histograms: Mountains of Information 373 The Levels Sliders 376 The Levels Eyedroppers 379 Correcting by the Numbers 383 Color-Correcting Skin 386 Working with Curves 387 Changing Contrast 393 Creating High Dynamic Range Images 395 Making Colors Pop 399 Intensifying Colors 399 Adjusting Hue/Saturation 400 Adding Lab Pop 401 Rescuing the Unfixables 402 CHAPTER 10: Changing Reality: Removing and Repositioning 405 The Great Healers 406 The Spot Healing Brush 407 Using Content-Aware Fill 408 The Healing Brush 411 The Patch Tool 415 Zapping Shines and Shadows 418 Whitening Teeth 420 Super Slimmers 422 viii Contents HIGH PASS FILTER High Pass filter, 462–463 histograms basics, 373–376 statistics, 379 History & Cache settings (preferences), 23 History panel History Brush, 17–19 History States, 15–16 overview, 14 HUD (heads up display) Color Picker, 19, 502 features, 829–831 Hue blend mode, 288, 332, 342 Hue/Saturation Adjustment layers, 325–332 hyphenating text, 612–614 I ICC profiles, 675 images. See also photos arranging open, 56–59 colorizing. See colorizing images combining. See combining images copyright issues, 245 correcting in Camera Raw. See Camera Raw darkening/lightening with Adjustment layers, 114 exporting from Bridge CS6 as PDFs, 864–866 fixing exposure with adjustment layer and mask, 113–115 flipping, 259 grouping into collections (Bridge), 857–858 grouping into stacks (Bridge), 858– 860 high dynamic range (HDR), 395–399 Image Based Lights (IBLs), 843–844 Image Capture program (Apple), 47 Image Interpolation menu, 20 image layers, 67 Image Processor script, 247–249 Image Rotation command, 255 Image Size dialog box, 234–237, 721 image stacks, 124 moving around in, 53 preparing for Web. See Web-friendly images 880 INDEX proofing onscreen (printing), 707–709 protecting online, 746–750 raster vs vector, 43–44 resizing. See resizing images rotating, 257, 259 sharpening parts of, 468–470 sharpening with minimal noise, 213– 214 size vs canvas space, 60 sorting/filtering in Bridge, 856–857 straightening, 64 warping, 258 watermarking, 747–750 zooming, 50–52 importing 3D models, 836 Import Images from Device command, 47 photos, 855 photos with Bridge, 851–852 presets, 29 video clips, 790–794 indenting text, 615–616 Info panel, 383, 386 inkjet printers, 685–693 installing Adobe Bridge, 848–849 Interface preferences, 21 interpolation (upsampling), 236 intersect mode (paths), 560–563 Inverse command (selections), 153 inverting colors, 338–339 Iris Blur filter, 654–655 J jitter controls (brush strokes), 518 JPEGs conversion to 8-bit files, 40 increased size limit for, 40 Preset menu options, 725 printing, 685 raw files vs., 366 for Web, 721 justification (text), 612–613 K kerning (text), 603–605 keyboard shortcuts actions, 761 activating layers with, 765 activating/moving layers, 76 adding to/subtracting from selections, 416 arranging layers, 77 Auto Color, 351 baseline shift, 606 Bicubic Sharper/Bicubic Smoother, 236 brush sizing, 148 Brush tool, 495 Burn tool, 18 Camera Raw buttons, 231 changing canvas color, 6 Character panel text controls, 607– 608 color modes, 191 Color Picker, 489 Comparative blend modes, 287–288 Composite blend modes, 288–289 Content-Aware Scale, 254 creating new documents, 31 creating new layers, 74 Curves, 395 customizing, 27 cycling through open documents, 60 Darken blend modes, 279–280 deleting preferences file, 21 duplicating layers, 17, 80 Eraser tools, 18, 156 Fit to Screen, 257 Free Transform command, 226 grouping/ungrouping layers, 101–102 guides, 62 hiding Options bar/panels, 4 hiding Photoshop CS, 4 History Brush, 18 Image Size dialog box, 235 inverting layer masks, 110 kerning, 604 lasso tools, 162 leading, changing, 603 Levels adjustments, 376 Lighten blend modes, 282–284 Lighting blend modes, 284–287 Liquify tools, 425–426 Move tool, 70 Normal/Dissolve blend modes, 279 opening files, 42 opening Preferences dialog box, 19 paths and selections, 567 preventing panel docking, 8 Quick Selection tool, 147 Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee tools, 139 Refine Edge dialog box, 166 resizing brushes, 113 rulers turning off, 6 rulers, turning on, 60 Ruler tool, 62 saving files, 38 searching layers by name, 71 sizing fonts, 588 stamping layers, 107 swapping screen modes, 4 symmetrical shapes, 552 text alignment, 601 text background, 586 toggling precise cursor, 24 Tools panel, 407 tracking text, 606 Type tool, 80 Undo command, 14 zooming, 50 keyframes adding/deleting, 806–809 editing/copying, 808 Linear Interpolation, 809–810 Keynote (Apple), 246 Kuler panel, 487–489 LAYERS L lab channels, 195 Lab Color mode, 35 language menu (Character panel), 608 Large Document Format (.PSB format), 40 Lasso tool, 160–161 layers activating, 68–70 activating with keyboard shortcuts, 765 adding drop shadows to, 125–126 adding new, 74–75 auto-aligning, 291–293 auto-blending, 294–295 Black and White adjustment, 308–311 blending, 108 Brightness/Contrast Adjustment, 354–356 Color Lookup Adjustment, 337 INDEX 881 LAYER BLEND MODES 882 color-coding, 98 combining into Smart Objects, 468 combining multiple into new layer, 466–468 copying/pasting, 83 cutting holes in, 263–265 duplicating/deleting, 80–83 exporting to separate files, 97 filling with color, 83–87 filtering, 70–73 Gradient Map Adjustment, 311–314, 344–346 grouping into folders, 100–102 Hue/Saturation Adjustment, 325–332 Invert Adjustment, 338–339 keyboard shortcuts for activating/ moving, 76 layer comps, 102–106 Layers panel, 68–69 Layer Style dialog box, 289–290 layer styles, 124–126 layer thumbnails, 69 Layer Unavailable error (actions), 765 linking, 99–100 loading as selections, 136 locking, 99–100 merging, 106–108 moving/aligning, 93–96 moving between documents, 95–96 naming/color-coding, 98 nested layer groups, 102 Opacity and Fill settings, 90–91 overview, 65–67 Photo Filter Adjustment, 336–337 Posterize Adjustment, 338 rasterizing, 105 resizing/rotating, 91–93 restacking, 76–80 Selective Color Adjustment, 333–334 sharpening layered files, 466–468 showing/hiding, 74–75 Smart Objects. See Smart Objects stamping, 107 Type, 582–583, 586 types of, 67–68 unlinking from masks, 116 layer blend modes basics, 276–279 Comparative blend modes, 287–288 Composite blend modes, 288–289 INDEX Darken blend modes, 279–282 Lighten blend mode, 282–284 Lighting (Contrast) blend modes, 284–287 Normal and Dissolve blend modes, 278–279 layer masks adding, 109–110 vs clipping masks, 119 editing, 115–118 fading images together with, 272– 274 fixing exposure with, 113–115 overview unlinking layers from, 116 using to hide bits of text, 110–114 leading (text), 602–603 Lensbaby, 654 Lens Blur filter, 657–661 Lens Correction filter, 639–641 Lens Flare filter, 662 Levels adjustments applying with eyedroppers, 379–383 histograms and, 373–376 Output settings, 377–378 overview, 372 sliders, 376–380 libraries, preset, 28 Lighten blend mode, 282–284 lightening channels, 209–211 lighting 3D scenes, 841–843 global (videos), 811–812 Lighting (Contrast) blend modes, 284–287 Lighting Effects filter, 662–663 lighting, fixing Auto Contrast adjustment, 354 Auto Tone adjustment, 353 blend modes, 361 Brightness/Contrast Adjustment layers, 354–356 Dodge and Burn tools, 354 Equalize adjustment, 354–355 Shadows/Highlights adjustment, 357–362 Lightness channel, 313–314 Linear Burn blend mode, 281–282 Linear Burn effect, 289 Linear Dodge blend mode, 283 Linear Interpolation (keyframes), 809–810 Linear Light blend mode, 286 Line tool, 550 linking layers, 99–100 Liquify filter, 640 liquifying bulges, 422–428 Live 3D Painting mode, 841 Load Files into Stack command, 45 Localized Color Clusters checkbox, 154 local sharpening (Camera Raw), 479 locking layers, 99–100 Lookup Tables (LUTs), 337 lossy compression, 685 lpi (lines per inch), 238 Luminance settings (Camera Raw), 478–479 Luminosity blend mode, 288, 342 M Magic Eraser tool, 156–161 Magic Wand tool, 148–152 Magnetic Lasso tool, 162–165 Magnetic Pen mode (Freeform Pen tool), 549 Make Selection dialog box, 567 mapping images onto each other, 303–305 Marquee tool, 646–647 masks animating, 809 channel (alpha channels), 198 gradient, 274–276 plug-ins for, 780–782 Match Color command, 335–337 materials (3D objects), 839–841 Maximize PSD and PSB File Compatibility menu, 22 Maximum and Minimum filters, 671– 672 medical scans (3D modeling), 836 Memory Usage settings, 22–23 merging channels, 190 layers, 106–108 Merge to HDR Pro dialog box, 397 metadata, 48 midtones, 350 Migrate Presets option, 29 Mini Bridge, Adobe, 866–868 Minimum filter, 671 Mixer Brush, 498–503 Motion Blur filter, 648–649 Motion panel (videos), 802 moving layers, 93–96 layers between documents, 95–96 Move tool, 60 objects in 3D space, 827–831 paths, 558–560 selections, 177–179 text, 585–586 Multichannel mode, 196–198 multiple files, opening in single document, 44–45 multiple images, printing, 713–715 multiple layers activating, 70–71 converting into Smart Objects, 123 duplicating, 81 multiple raw images, opening, 49 Multiply blend mode, 280–281 multi-stroked text effect, 620–622 NUMBERS, CORRECTING COLOR BY N naming documents, 31 layers, 98 multiple files in Bridge, 861 Navigator panel, 55–56 nested layer groups, 102 nested Smart Objects, 125 New dialog box, 31–32 New Layer Comp dialog box, 103 New Layer dialog box, 75 No Break option (text hyphenation), 610–611 noise checkbox (brushstrokes), 524 filters, 661 vs grain, 211 noise-reducing plug-ins, 778–779 reducing before sharpening, 455 nondestructive editing, 65 Normal blend mode (layers), 278–279 numbers, correcting color by, 383– 386 INDEX 883 OBJECTS O objects altering perspective of, 257 making sparkle, 513–514 moving in 3D space, 827–831 reshaping with Puppet Warp, 445– 449 selecting with channels, 202–206 shading by hand, 510 skewing/distorting, 257 Oil Paint filter, 640–641 onion skins (animation), 809–810 online photo galleries, 750–752 Opacity settings (layers), 90–91 OpenGL/OpenCL, 58 opening documents basics, 40–42 duplicating open files, 50 multiple files in single document, 44–45 Open dialog box, 42–44 PDF files, 46–47 raw files, 48–50 recent files, 46–47 scanned images, 47–48 as Smart Objects, 45 OpenType fonts, 608–609 OpenType format, 579 Options bar formatting text with, 598–601 Magic Eraser settings, 160 Magic Wand settings, 149–150 overview, 2–3 out-of-gamut warnings, 697 output profiles (printing), 676 Overlay blend mode, 284 P page-curl effect, 176 painting on 3D objects, 841–842 with Brush tool. See Brush tool paint dabs, 528 Paint Daubs filter, 648 Painter program, 517 paintings, turning photos into, 498– 502 panels Actions, 756–758 Audio, 796 884 INDEX Channels, 186–190 Character. See Character panel (text) Character Styles, 613 Color, 494–495 common (Essential workspace), 13– 14 Kuler, 487–489 Layer Comps, 104 overview, 7–11 Properties, 116 Swatches, 492–494 Timeline, 793–794, 804 Tools, 11–12 panoramas (Photomerge), 294–295 Pantone’s Guide to Communicating with Color (Eiseman), 483 paper profiles, 675 Paragraph panel aligning text, 611–612 hyphenation/justification, 612–613 indenting text, 615–616 overview, 611 paragraph styles, 613 spacing around paragraphs, 616–617 paragraph text, 583–584 partial-color effect, 316–319 Pass Through mode (layer groups), 289 pasting into selections, 265–272 Patch tool, 415–418 paths activating/moving, 558–560 adding/deleting/converting points, 557–558 adding strokes to, 562–563 aligning/rearranging, 562 creating clipping paths, 568–571 creating text on, 593–595 drawing with Pen tool. See drawing filling, 563–565 intersect mode, 560–563 loading as selections, 566–568 making from selections, 568 Path drawing mode, 536 Path Selection tool, 558 Paths panel, 546 saving, 546–547 vector images and, 43 work paths, 456 patterns creating custom, 85–89 creating with shape tools, 551 Pattern Fill dialog box, 86–87 PDF files exporting images from Bridge CS6 as, 864–866 exporting layer comps as, 104 opening, 46–47 PDF Presentations, 713–714 printing, 679 resizing/saving images as, 680–684 saving spot colors as, 702–703 Pen tool drawing paths with. See drawing Freeform Pen tool, 549 selecting with, 164 Perfect Mask plug-in, 782–783 Perfect Resize plug-in, 786 Performance preferences, 22–24 perspective altering object’s, 257 cropping images with, 223–224 perspective distortion, 636 Photographic Toning, 313–314, 703 Photomerge (panoramas), 294–295 Photo Filter Adjustment layers, 336– 337, 352–353 Photo Ninja plug-in, 780 photos. See also images adding creative edges to, 172–173 browsing with Bridge, 849–851 building online galleries, 750–752 converting into pencil sketches, 666– 667 creating Polaroid-style photo frames, 224–227 fading to white/adding text, 79–80 importing with Bridge, 851–852 painting edges of, 509–513 placing inside text, 626–627 rounding corners of, 143–146 selecting two objects in, 139–140 straightening, 227–229 straightening in Camera Raw, 232– 233 text-shaped photo fade effect, 590– 593 texturizing text from, 622–624 tips for importing, 855 trimming, 226–227 turning into paintings, 498–502 Photoshop CC 64-bit/32-bit modes, 775, 776 hiding vs quitting, 4 new features in, xxiii–xxvi preferences. See preferences, Photoshop CC Pinch filter, 422–423 pincushion distortion, 636 Pin Light blend mode, 286 pixels dimensions of, 718 pixel aspect ratio, 37 Pixelate filters, 662 Pixels drawing mode, 536 resolution and, 233–234 turning off pixel grid, 50 Plastic Wrap filter, 648 plug-ins 32-bit/64-bit modes, 777 adding/removing, 776–777 color correction/enhancement, 782– 784 Dashboard Pro, 786 disabling, 778 Eye Candy, 786 HDR Efex Pro, 786 location of built-in, 781 noise-reducing, 778–779 Perfect Portrait, 783–784 Perfect Resize, 786 selections/masking, 780–782 settings for, 26–27 Silver Efex Pro, 785 SiteGrinder, 786 storing, 777–778 PNG files Preset menu options, 726–727 for Web, 723–724 point text, 583–584 Polaroid-style photo frames, 224–227 Polygonal Lasso tool, 162 portraits adding digital makeup to, 341–342 Andy Warhol-style, 343–345 Perfect Portrait plug-in, 783–784 sharpening, 458–459 Posterize Adjustment layers, 338 PostScript format, 578–579 INDEX POSTSCRIPT FORMAT 885 POWERPOINT SLIDE DIMENSIONS 886 PowerPoint slide dimensions, 246 preferences, Photoshop CC 3D, 26, 838 changing interface, 6–7 Cursor settings, 24–25 File Handling settings, 22 General settings, 19–21 Guides/Grids/Slices settings, 25, 62–63 Interface settings, 21 overview, 19–20 Performance settings, 22–24 Plug-in settings, 26–27 resetting, 21 Sync settings, 21 Transparency and Gamut settings, 37 Transparency settings, 24 Type settings, 26 Units & Rulers settings, 25–26 prepress process, 195 presentations, resizing images for, 245–246 Preserve Details option (resampling), 236 presets basics, 28–29 document recipes, 32 pattern, 85 Photographic Toning, 313 saving settings as, 38 sharing, 29 video document, 788–790 workspace, 10 printing 3D printers, 838 on commercial offset presses color separations, 706–707 converting RGB to CMYK, 693– 694 custom RGB to CMYK profile conversions, 695–696 duotone (multitonal) images, 703–707 overview, 693–695 printing proofs, 709–711 proofing images onscreen, 707– 709 spot colors. See spot colors on digital presses, 711–712 on inkjet printers, 685–693 INDEX JPEG files, 685 multiple images, 713–715 Photoshop Print dialog box, 686 Photoshop text, 577 preparing grayscale images for, 314 printer drivers, 675 printer-friendly formats, 678 proofing images onscreen for, 707– 709 proofs, 709–711 resizing/formatting files, 240–243, 678 resizing/saving images as PDFs, 680–684 resizing/saving images as TIFFs, 679–681 resizing Web images, 244–245 resolution guidelines for, 239–240 tips, 715 WYSIWYG. See WYSIWYG printing process versions (Camera Raw), 367 profiles, color, 37 projectors, 246 Properties panel Black and White Adjustment Layer settings, 309 Hue/Saturation Adjustment layer settings, 328–329 layer mask options, 117–118 layer masks and Adjustment layers, 116 overview, 14 Protect Texture checkbox (brushstrokes), 525 protractors (Ruler tool), 64 proxy preview (Navigator panel), 55– 56 PSAutoRecover folder, 41 PSD/PSB files, 22, 39–40 Pucker tool, 425–426 Puppet Warp command, 445–449 Q Quick Mask mode changing color of, 179 modifying selections with, 176–177 Quick Selection tool, 146–148 R Radial Filter (Camera Raw), 372 Radius setting (Refine Edges), 168 range indicator (colors), 330 raster images combining with vectors, 300–304 vs vectors, 43–44 rasterizing 3D layers, 845–846 layers, 105 text, 589 raw files, opening, 48–50 ray tracing, 837 Real World Image Sharpening, Second Edition, 471 recolorizing images Color Lookup Adjustment layers, 337 Hue blend mode, 332 Hue/Saturation Adjustment layers, 325–332 Invert Adjustment layers, 338–339 Match Color command, 335–337 Photo Filter Adjustment layers, 336– 337 Posterize Adjustment layers, 338 Replace Color command, 332 Selective Color Adjustment layers, 333–334 Reconstruct tool, 425 recording actions, 759–762 recovered documents, 41 Rectangular/Elliptical Marquee tools, 136–142 red eye, fixing, 438–441 Reduce Noise filter, 455 reference points (transformations), 259 refining edges (selections), 165–171 reflections, creating with Transform command, 260–261 rendering 3D scenes, 837–838 Render filters, 662–664 videos, 818 Replace Color command, 332 repositioning with Content-Aware Move tool, 443–445 resampling, 235, 237–238, 240–241 reshaping objects with Puppet Warp, 445–449 resizing handles, 174 layers, 91–93 text, 587–588 resizing images automated with Image Processor, 247–249 canvas, 248–249 for email and Web, 242–245 Image Size dialog box, 234–238, 242 overview, 232–233 pixels and resolution, 233–234 for presentations, 245–246 for print, 240–243 resolution guidelines for print, 239– 240 Smart Objects, 246–247 with Transform commands, 257–259 upsampling, 238 for Web, 718–721 Web images for print, 244–245 resolution cropping to specific, 220–222 guidelines for print, 239–240 pixels and, 233–234 setting for documents, 34–35 restacking layers, 76–80 retouching images Content-Aware option (Fill command), 408–409 Diffuse Glow filter (skin), 432–433 eyes enhancing, 436–438 fixing animal white-eye, 440–442 fixing red eye, 438–441 flabby chins, 422–423 Healing Brush, 411–415 liquifying bulges, 422–428 overview, 406–407 Patch tool, 415–418 removing shines/shadows, 418–421 slimming with Free Transform tool, 428–429 smoothing skin with Gaussian Blur filter, 431–433 softening skin, 430–431 softening wrinkles with faux Dodge and Burn, 432–436 Spot Healing Brush, 407–409 whitening teeth, 420–422 Revert command, 19 Review mode (Bridge), 854–856 INDEX REVIEW MODE (BRIDGE) 887 RGB COLOR RGB Color basics, 35 channels, 191–192 vs CMYK, 185–186 colorizing images and, 340 converting to CMYK, 693–694 correcting images by numbers, 384– 386 custom RGB to CMYK profile conversions, 695–696 printing on digital presses, 712–713 RIPs (Raster Image Processors), 712 rotating canvas, 250 images, 255, 257, 259 layers, 91–93 Rotate View tool, 55 rotoscoping (animation), 809–810 Rounded Rectangle tool, 143–146, 555 rule of thirds (cropping), 216–217 rulers and guides, 60–63 Ruler tool, 62–64 turning off, 6 S sampled brushes, 526–527 sample points, setting, 411–412 sampling colors, 157 sampling ring (eyedropper tool), 491– 492 Saturation blend mode, 288 saving 3D objects, 838 actions as sets, 773 and compressing files for Web, 723– 731 documents with spot channels, 701– 702 files, 38–40 GIF animations, 734–735 images as PDFs (printing), 680–684 images as TIFFs (printing), 679–681 paths, 546–547 Save Adobe PDF dialog box, 683 Save As dialog box, 39 Save Curves Preset, 393 Save for Web dialog box, 242–244 Save Options dialog box (Camera Raw), 231 888 INDEX selections, 179–180 selections as channels, 188 settings as presets, 38 slices of images, 745 spot colors in PDF format, 702–703 Scale Styles menu (Image Size dialog box), 237 scanning 3D scanners, 838 basics, 48 opening scanned images, 47–48 scanned sketches, 503 Scattering options (brushstrokes), 518 scratch disks, 23–24 screen modes Screen blend mode, 282 swapping, 4–7 scripted patterns, 88–89 Scroll All Windows checkbox, 53 scrubby cursors, 90 Scrubby Zoom, 51–52 searching with Bridge, 851 Secondary View window, 828 selections basics, 133–134 Border, 174 changing shape of, 175 commands for making, 135–136 creating soft vignette, 140–141 cropping with selection tools, 226 feathering, 141 filling with color, 181 Inverse command, 153 loading alpha channels as, 202–203 loading paths as, 566–568 making paths from, 568 marching ants for active, 134–135 moving, 177–179 pasting into, 265–272 plug-ins for, 780–782 Quick Mask mode and, 176–177 Rectangular/Elliptical Marquee tools, 136–142 refining edges, 165–171 saving, 179–180 saving as channels, 188 Single Row/Single Column Marquee tools, 142–143 stroking (outlining), 181–182 transforming, 174–177 using selection tools together, 165– 166 vector shape tools, 143–146 selecting with lightest channels, 213 objects with channels, 202–206 subjects with wispy hair, 171–172 two objects in same photo, 139–140 selecting by color Background Eraser/Magic Eraser tools, 156–161 Color Range command, 151–154 Magic Wand tool, 148–152 Quick Selection tool, 146–148 skin tones and faces, 155 selecting irregular areas Lasso tool, 160–161 Magnetic Lasso tool, 162–165 Pen tool, 164 Polygonal Lasso tool, 162 Selective Color Adjustment layers, 333–334 sepia tones, 311 setting sample points, 411–412 shading objects by hand, 510 shadows defined, 350 Shadows/Highlights adjustment, 357–362 and shines, removing, 418–421 Shake Reduction filter, 453, 462–465 Shape Dynamics options (brushstrokes), 516–518 shapes 3D vector, 834 converting text to, 627–628 filling with text, 595 Shape drawing mode, 535–536 Shape layers, 68 shape tools, drawing with. See drawing wrapping art around 3D, 835–836 sharing actions, 772–773 droplets (actions), 774 presets, 29 sharpening basics, 453–454 in Camera Raw, 475–479 edge masks, 472–475 with High Pass filter, 462–463 individual channels, 211–213 layered files, 466–468 overview, 452–453 parts of images, 468–470 Real World Image Sharpening, Second Edition, 451 reducing noise before, 455 Shake Reduction filter, 462–465 Sharpen filters, 664 Sharpen tool, 472 Smart Sharpen filter, 459–462 tips on, 457–458 with Unsharp Mask, 456–459 shines and shadows, removing, 418– 421 showing/hiding layers, 74–75 Show Transform Controls checkbox, 92 silhouette effects, 206–207 Silver Efex Pro plug-in, 785 Similar command, 151 Single-Channel modes, 196 Single Row/Single Column Marquee tools, 142–143 SiteGrinder plug-in, 738, 786 sizing Application Frame window, 10 document canvas, 34–35 Sketch filters, 664–666 skewing objects, 257 skin correcting color of, 386 Diffuse Glow filter for, 432–433 selecting skin tones, 155 smoothing with Gaussian Blur filter, 431–433 softening, 430–431 sky swapping technique, 270–272 Slice tool, 738–744 slideshows (Bridge), 863 slides (Keynote/PowerPoint), 246 slimming with Free Transform tool, 428–429 Smart Filters basics, 632–634 running Unsharp Mask filter as, 458 using instead of duplicate image layers, 463 using with videos, 816–817 INDEX SMART FILTERS 889 SMART GUIDES 890 Smart Guides aligning layers with, 95 overview, 62 Smart Objects basics, 118–120 combining layers into, 468 creating, 120–122 editing/duplicating, 122–124 layer, 67 nested, 125 opening files as, 45 raw files and, 120 resizing, 246–247 videos as, 792 Smart Radius checkbox (Refine Edges), 168 Smart Sharpen filter, 453, 459–462 smooth anchor points, 537 Smoothing checkbox (brushstrokes), 525 Smooth tool, 426 snapshots, marking editing points with, 16 snap to feature, 62 soft brushes, 272–274 softening skin, 430–431 soft erasers, 272 Soft Light blend mode, 285 Solid Color Adjustment layers, 181 Solid Color Fill layers, 208 spacing, paragraph, 616–617 spell checking, 598 spot channels creating, 699–701 editing, 701 overview, 188 printing proofs, 711 saving documents with, 701–702 spot colors and, 195–196 spot colors basics, 195–196, 697–699 printing on digital presses, 712 saving in PDF format, 702–703 Spot Healing Brush, 407–409 Spot Removal tool (Camera Raw), 412 stacks grouping images into (Bridge), 858– 860 image, 124 stamping layers, 107 method, 466 INDEX Standard Screen Mode, 5–6 status bar, 54–55 Step Backward command, 14–15 sticky settings, 3, 237 storing plug-ins, 777–778 straightening photos, 227–229, 232–233 straight paths, drawing, 538–540 stroked text effect, 618–621 strokes, adding to paths, 562–563 stroking (outlining) selections, 181– 182 styles, layer adding to videos, 816–817 basics, 124–126 Stylize filters, 666–670 subtractive color system, 184 sunrise photo, adding color to, 344– 345 Superscript/Subscript buttons (text), 607–608 Swatches panel (color), 492–494 Sync preferences, 21 System Layout option (text), 610 T Targeted Adjustment tool, 391 teeth, whitening, 420–422 Temperature slider, 364 templates, creating with Smart Objects, 121 text 3D, 833–834 adding to videos, 799–803, 806 automatic rasterizing of, 589 Character panel. See Character panel composition methods, 617 converting to shapes, 627–628 creating on paths, 593–595 faded text effect, 617–618 filling shapes with, 595 Find and Replace feature, 597 fonts, 578–582 formatting. See formatting text hiding with layer masks, 110–114 highlighting, 585–588 hollow selections of, 589–593 improved appearance in CC, 584 moving, 585–586 Paragraph panel. See Paragraph panel placing photos inside, 626–627 point vs paragraph, 583–584 printing, 577 resizing, 587–588 stroked text effect, 618–621 texturizing, 622–626 Type layers, 582–583, 586 Type Mask tool, 589–593 type warnings, 592 typography tips, 575–577 warping, 596–597, 809–810 texture duplicating between images, 412 options (brush strokes), 520–523 Texture filters, 669–670 texturizing text, 622–626 Threshold Adjustment layers, 320–322 TIFFs printing, 679 resizing/saving images as, 679–681 Tilt-Shift filter, 817, 654–655 Timeline panel, 793–794, 804 tinting black and white images, 311 Tint checkbox (Properties panel), 814 Tint slider, 364 Tolerance setting Background Eraser, 158 Magic Eraser, 160 Magic Wand, 149 paths, 568 tonal range (images), 374 tone-mapping in Camera Raw, 366 plug-ins, 398 Tools panel, 11–12, 407 tooltips hiding, 3 turning off, 21 using on preference settings, 19 tracking, text, 605–606 Transfer options (brushstrokes), 523– 524 Transform commands basics, 255–260 creating reflections with, 260–261 transforming selections, 174–177 transitions, video, 796–798 transparency of background layers, 37 Transparency preferences, 24 trimming photos, 226–227 TrueType format, 579 tweening, 734 type layers, 68 Type Mask tool, 589–593 Type preferences, 26 Type tool, 582–585 warnings, 592 VIDEOS U Underlying Layer slider, 289–291 Underpainting filter, 648 Undo command, 14–15, 761 Units and Rulers preferences, 25–26, 64 unlocking Background layers, 78 Unsharp Mask filter, 453–454, 456– 459 upsampling, 236, 238 V Vanishing Point filter, 643–648 Variations adjustment, 351 vectors combining with rasters, 300–304 vs rasters, 43–44 vector paths, 537–538 vector shape tools, 143–146 vector text, 589 Version Cue, 54 Vertical/Horizontal Scale settings (text), 607 Vibrance Adjustment layers, 399 videos adding color tints to, 814 adding comments to, 812–813 adding/controlling audio, 803–804 adding Fill/Adjustment layers, 813– 815 adding layer styles to, 816–817 adding text/logos/still images to, 799–803, 806 adding transitions to, 796–798 animating objects/ effects. See animations exporting, 818 filters, 670 global lighting angles, 811–812 layers, 68 opening/importing clips, 790–794 overview, 787–788 preparing for projects, 788 INDEX 891 VIGNETTES splitting/trimming clips, 794–796, 798–801 Timeline panel, 793–794, 804 turning into Smart Objects, 792 using cloning/healing tools on, 817– 818 using Smart Filters with, 816–817 video card, 58 video document presets, 788–790 vignettes creating with Elliptical Marquee tool, 140–141 Vignette Removal checkbox, 293 visibility layer, 74–76 Viveza plug-in, 782 Vivid Light blend mode, 285 VRAM (video card memory), 26 VueScan software, 47 W warping images, 258 text, 596–597, 809–810 watermarking images, 747–750 WBMP (Wireless Bitmap) format, 723, 728 Web resizing images for, 242–245 resizing Web images for print, 244– 245 Web Photo Gallery (WPG) files, 104 Web-friendly images animating GIFs. See GIFs creating, 718 resizing, 718–721 saving/compressing files, 723–731 selecting file formats, 721–723 Web pages creating mockups and image maps modifying slices, 740–745 overview, 738 slicing existing images, 738–739 matching/snatching colors on, 731 protecting images on, 746–750 Web-safe colors, 724 websites, designing favicons for, 736– 738 websites for downloading actions, 772 display calibration software, 676 font managing software, 581 free audio files, 805 892 INDEX Painter program, 517 plug-ins, 778 stock-images, 300 tone-mapping plug-ins, 398 VueScan, 47 websites for further information 3D modeling, 845 3D printing, 838 Adobe Drive option, 22 Behance, 2 color effects in Camera Raw, 316 color management, 689 color schemes, 489 Curves adjustments, 390 digital painting techniques, 509 Graphic Design for Everyone workshop, 485 HDR images, 399 Import Images from Device command, 47 International Color Consortium Registry, 675 Missing Manuals CDs, 12 online video workshops, 372 OpenGL, 58 Photoshop Deep Dive: Filters, 631 typography, 630 Zoomify feature, 750 Wet Edges checkbox (brushstrokes), 524 When Conflicts Occur menu, 21 white balance (Camera Raw), 363–365 white-eye in animals, 440–442 white point, resetting, 204–205 whitening teeth, 420–422 workflow recommendations, 353 workspaces, customizing, 10 wrapping art around 3D shapes, 835– 836 wrinkles, softening, 432–436 WYSIWYG printing calibrating displays, 675–677 color gamuts and profiles, 674–675 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