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Part Number: 90011345 iii Contents Introduction About this manual ................................... 1 ............................1 ..........................2 ...........................2 ...................3 Learning Adobe Photoshop Windows system requirements Mac OS system requirements Registration The Adobe Photoshop package contents About Adobe products and services Adobe Systems training opportunities Installing and starting Adobe Photoshop Starting Adobe Photoshop What's new in Adobe Photoshop 5.0 ........................................ 4 ......................4 .....................5 ...................5 .....................6 ..........9 .............................6 Changed keyboard shortcuts, tools, and commands A Quick Tour of Adobe Photoshop Chapter 1 Selecting Layers Filters Painting Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . 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. . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Using Adobe online services Using plug-in modules iv CONTENTS Getting Images into Photoshop Chapter 3 About bitmap images and vector graphics About image size and resolution Changing image size and resolution Scanning images Creating new images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Opening and importing images Cropping an image Viewing copyright and file information Increasing the size of the work canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Choosing a Color Mode Chapter 4 Color modes and models Color gamuts Color channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 . . . . . . 70 Measuring color values in the Info palette Adjusting the monitor display Converting between bit depths Converting images from one mode to another Converting to indexed color Converting between Grayscale mode and Bitmap mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Reproducing Color Accurately Chapter 5 About workflow About calibration About ICC profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 . . . . . 81 Choosing a color management module Calibrating your monitor About the RGB, Grayscale, and CMYK Setup dialog boxes Entering RGB setup information Entering CMYK setup information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 . . . . . . . . . . 87 . . . . . 88 Using ICC profiles to define the CMYK color space Adjusting separation options Printing a color proof Using the Built-in option to define the CMYK color space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Calibrating the screen image to the proof v Converting to CMYK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Managing ICC profiles in files Converting the color space of open images Making Color and Tonal Adjustments Chapter 6 Using the Adobe Photoshop color correction tools Comparing CMYK and RGB mode corrections Step 1: Calibrate your system Step 2: Check the scan quality and tonal range Step 3: Set the highlight and shadow values Step 5: Adjust the color balance Step 6: Sharpen the image . . . . . . . . . 105 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 119 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Step 4: Adjust the midtones and fine-tune the tonal correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 . . . . . 129 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 General-purpose color and tonal adjustment commands Special-purpose color adjustment commands Selecting Chapter 7 Making selections Adjusting selections About paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Softening the edges of a selection Using the Paths palette Drawing freehand paths Drawing with the pen tool Adjusting path segments Moving and copying paths Filling and stroking paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 . . . . . . . . . . 163 Converting between paths and selection borders Editing and Retouching Chapter 8 Monitoring operations Correcting mistakes Duplicating images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 . . . . . . . . . . . 173 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Reverting to any state of the image Using rulers, the measure tool, guides, and grids Moving, copying, and pasting selections vi CONTENTS Deleting a selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 . . . . . . . . 190 Removing fringe pixels from a selection Transforming objects in two dimensions Transforming objects in three dimensions Using other retouching tools Using the rubber stamp tool and pattern stamp tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Painting Chapter 9 Using the painting tools Using the line tool Erasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 . . . . . 203 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 . . . . . . . . ...