User manual ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 5.0

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 . . . . . . . . . . 214 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Using the Brushes palette Using the paint bucket tool Using the gradient tools Using the Options palette for painting and editing tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Filling and stroking selections and layers Using the Adobe Photoshop Color Picker Using other color pickers Choosing the foreground and background colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Color Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Using Channels and Masks Chapter 10 About channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 About channels and file size Using the Channels palette Adding spot colors About masks Saving and managing channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Using Quick Mask mode Using alpha channels Using Layers Chapter 10 Using the Layers palette Creating a layered image Managing layered images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Moving and aligning layer contents vii Editing layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 . . . . . 273 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 Specifying layer options Creating clipping groups Using layer masks Using channel calculations to blend layers and channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 Selecting opaque areas on a layer Using adjustment layers Using layer effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Using Type Chapter 12 About type Creating type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Setting type attributes Using Filters Chapter 13 Previewing and applying filters Tips for creating special effects Choosing a filter effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Improving performance with filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Saving and Exporting Images Chapter 14 Saving files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 . . . . . . . . . . . 326 Exporting images About file formats Placing Photoshop images in other applications Printing Chapter 15 Printing: an overview General printing options Additional printing options Creating color traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 . . . . . . . . 338 . . . . . . . 339 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Selecting halftone screen attributes Converting the color space of images while printing Using monotones, duotones, tritones, and quadtones Printing color separations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 viii CONTENTS Automating Tasks Chapter 16 Creating and recording actions Playing actions Editing actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Organizing sets of actions External automation Using the Automate commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Troubleshooting Appendix Before you call Adobe Technical Support Setup and performance problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 Problems starting Photoshop or opening or saving files (Windows 95 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 Problems with image appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 1 Introduction elcome to the Adobe® Photoshop® program--extraordinary photo retouching, image editing, and color painting software. Whether you are a novice or an expert in image editing, the Adobe Photoshop program offers you the tools you need to get professional-quality results. You'll find that Photoshop excels as an art production tool, whether you are a graphics producer who needs to merge and edit color images, a photographer who wants to retouch proofs, or a graphic designer who is creating original or composite artwork, collages, or photo montages for print or on the Web. Photoshop is equally useful to printers and service bureaus that want to generate color separations, to animators who want to colorize images and produce audiovisual materials quickly, and to artists who want to create new artwork using the latest media and tools. W Before using this manual, you need to install the program by following the instructions given in this chapter. This chapter also describes system requirements, and provides information on new features in Adobe Photoshop 5.0. This manual assumes you have a working knowledge of your operating system and its conventions, including how to use a mouse and standard menus and commands and how to open, save, and close files. For help with any of these techniques, please see your Windows or Mac OS documentation. Learning Adobe Photoshop Adobe Photoshop 5.0 includes the following printed and online documentation. For information on troubleshooting and technical support, see Appendix, "Troubleshooting." The Adobe Photoshop User Guide Contains infor- About this manual The Adobe Photoshop User Guide provides detailed information about the Adobe Photoshop tools and commands. It is designed to be used as a reference tool in your everyday work with Adobe Photoshop. This cross-platform manual provides instructions for using Adobe Photoshop on both the Microsoft® Windows® and Mac OS platforms. Any differences in procedures and commands between platforms are noted in the text. mation on using all Adobe Photoshop commands and features. The user guide also indicates when further information on a topic is available in the Help system. The Adobe Photoshop Help system Contains all of the information in the Adobe Photoshop user guide, optimized for use online. In addition, the Help system includes a description of the Adobe Photoshop shortcuts, and more detailed information on some commands and filters. 2 Introduction The Adobe Photoshop Tutorials On the Tour and Training CD-ROM contain step-by-step tutorials in PDF format. These are some of the same tutorials included in Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book. For more information, see the Classroom in a Book section when viewing the tutorials. For information on how to install and use Adobe Acrobat® and QuickTime to view these tutorials, see the Read Me file for these programs. The Adobe Photoshop Movies On the Tour and · A hard drive with at least 60 MB of free space. You'll need additional disk space if you work with very large image files. · An 8-bit (256-color) display adapter card. · A CD-ROM drive. · A sound card (required to use the Adobe Photoshop Tour and Training CD-ROM). For the best performance, Adobe Systems recommends the following hardware and software: · 64 MB or more of RAM. · A 24-bit (millions of colors) video display card. · A PostScript® printer. Training CD-ROM are QuickTime movies that provide a general tour of Photoshop's features, demonstrate new features, and show how to use layers in Photoshop 5.0. The Adobe Photoshop Quick Reference Card Contains basic information about the Adobe Photoshop tools and palettes, and shortcuts for using them. The Electronic Publishing Guide On the Tour and Adobe Photoshop performance improves with more RAM, faster CPUs, and faster and larger hard disk drives. Multiprocessor systems and systems with Intel's MMX® technology can also speed performance. For the latest system requirements, see the Read Me file. Training CD-ROM gives an overview of electronic publishing design issues and publishing with Adobe Acrobat on the Web and on CD-ROM. Windows system requirements To use Adobe Photoshop, you need the following hardware and software: · An Intel® Pentium®-class or faster processor. · Windows 95 (or later), or Intel-based Mac OS system requirements To use Adobe Photoshop, you need the following hardware and software: · An Apple® Power Macintosh® computer. · At least 32 megabytes (MB) of random-access memory (RAM). · Mac OS version 7.5 or later. · A color monitor with an 8-bit (256-color) or Windows NT® version 4.0 or later. · At least 32 megabytes (MB) of random-access memory (RAM). better video display card. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 5.0 3 User Guide · A hard drive with at least 60 MB of free space. You'll need additional disk space if you work with very large image files. · A CD-ROM drive. Contents of the Adobe Photoshop Application CD-ROM The Application CD-ROM contains the following software: The Adobe Photoshop installer Includes every- For the best performance, Adobe Systems recommends the following hardware and software: · Mac OS version 8.1 or later. · At least 64 MB of RAM. · A 24-bit (millions of colors) video display card. · A PostScript® printer. thing needed to install Adobe Photoshop 5.0 on your hard drive--the installer, the Adobe Photoshop program, Adobe Gamma control utility, plug-in modules, the Adobe Photoshop tutorial files, and numerous sample files. Goodies (Windows)\Other Goodies (Mac OS) folder Adobe Photoshop performance improves with more RAM, faster CPUs, and faster and larger hard disk drives. Multiprocessor systems can also speed performance. For the latest system requirements, see the Read Me file. The Adobe Photoshop package contents The Adobe Photoshop software package includes the following software and documentation: · The Adobe Photoshop CD-ROM Set consisting Includes textures for use with the Lighting Effects plug-in filter, third-party plug-in modules, the HSL and HSB filter for converting Adobe Photoshop RGB images to HSL or HSB mode (Mac OS only), the Filter Factory plug-in which lets you create your own plug-in filters, and the Adobe PSPrinterTM driver. Documentation is included in Adobe Acrobat electronic format (PDF). QuickTime® software (QuickTime for Windows, Apple QuickTime for Mac OS) Enables you to view the movies included in the Adobe Photoshop CD-ROM Set. Adobe technical notes Written by the Adobe of the Application and Tutorial CD-ROM discs. (For a description of their contents, see the following sections.) · Adobe Photoshop User Guide. · Adobe Photoshop Quick Reference Card. · Registration card. (The card is not included technical staff, this information appears on-screen as Acrobat PDF files. You can print the sections you refer to regularly. Stock art Includes many high-resolution digitized images, backgrounds, and textures for your personal, non-commercial use. Tryout versions of other Adobe applications in upgrades from previous versions.) 4 Introduction Adobe Acrobat Reader® software Lets you view PDF files online and is required to use the Tour and Training CD-ROM. Registration Adobe is confident you will find that the Adobe Photoshop program greatly increases your productivity. So that Adobe can continue to provide you with the highest-quality software, offer technical support, and inform you about new Photoshop software developments, please register your copy using the online registration software (if you have a modem and the software is available in your version of the program), or fill out and return the enclosed warranty registration card. Contents of the Adobe Photoshop Tour and Training CD-ROM The Tour and Training CD-ROM contains the following documentation and software: The Adobe Photoshop Overview Is a set of inter- active movies and links to tutorials, as described in this section. The Photoshop Quick Tour movie Gives a basic overview of Adobe Photoshop's features. A stepby-step description of the techniques shown in this movie is in Chapter 1 of this user guide. The New Features movie Introduces and demon- About Adobe products and services For more information about Adobe products and services, you can use forums through Internet services such as CompuServe® and America OnlineSM, and the Adobe Home Page on the World Wide Web. Forums vary by country. To open the Adobe Home Page, enter the URL http://www.adobe.com in your Web browser. To launch the Adobe Photoshop Home Page from within Photoshop, with links to relevant Photoshop information and the Adobe site, choose File > Adobe Online or click the image at the top of the tool bar. For more information about Adobe technical support resources, see the notice that came with Adobe Photoshop. strates new features in Adobe Photoshop 5.0, including re-editable type, layer effects, the history palette, and new transformation commands. The Layers movie Teaches you how to use layers in Photoshop. A series of tutorials in PDF format Is an excerpt from Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book. The Electronic Publishing Guide Explains how to use Adobe products to produce art and documentation for online display. The Photoshop Digital Art show Displays examples of digital art. Adobe Acrobat Reader software. QuickTime software for Windows and Mac OS. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 5.0 5 User Guide Adobe Systems training opportunities The Adobe Photoshop 5.0 Tutorials have been excerpted from Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book. Classroom in a Book is the official training series for Adobe graphics and publishing software developed by experts at Adobe and published by Adobe Press. For information on purchasing Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book, contact Macmillan Computer Publishing in the U.S. at 800-428-5331 or http://mcp.com, or contact your local book distributor. The Adobe Certification program offers endusers, instructors, and training centers the opportunity to demonstrate their product proficiency and promote their software skills as Adobe Certified Experts, Adobe Certified Instructors, or Adobe Authorized Learning Providers. Visit the U.S. web site at http://www.adobe.com to learn how you can become certified. For tips on installing the software, see "Before you call Adobe Technical Support" on page 361. To install the Adobe Photoshop program: 1 Do one of the following: · Start Windows, if necessary. · In Mac OS, turn off or remove any virusprotection software, and restart your computer. 2 Insert the Application CD-ROM disc into your CD-ROM drive. 3 Start the Adobe Photoshop installer: · In Windows, follow the on-screen instructions to start the installer; or open the Photoshp folder and double-click the Setup.exe file. · In Mac OS, double-click the Install Adobe Photoshop 5 icon. 4 Follow the on-screen instructions to install the program files. A message appears when the installation is complete. Installing and starting Adobe Photoshop You must install the application from the Application CD-ROM onto your hard drive; you cannot run the program from the CD-ROM. If you're upgrading to Adobe Photoshop 5 from an earlier version, the installer creates by default a new folder containing the new Adobe Photoshop files. Your current Adobe Photoshop files are not affected. The following sections provide more information on the installation procedure. Installation setup When prompted, specify an installation option: · Typical (Windows) or Easy Install (Mac OS) installs the complete set of Photoshop program files and system support files. · Compact (Windows only) installs the minimum options required to use Photoshop. 6 Introduction · Custom (Windows) or Custom Install (Mac OS) Starting Adobe Photoshop Follow these steps to start the program. To start Adobe Photoshop in Windows: lets you choose the options you want to install. Note: In the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean versions of Photoshop, the Typical or Easy Install option also installs CMap files that enable the use of double-byte fonts in Photoshop images. To install the CMap files in any other version of Photoshop, you must use the Custom or Custom Install option. Registration When prompted, enter your name and company information. Type the serial number exactly as it appears on the registration card or on the inside front cover of the user guide (including the hyphen). Choose Start > Programs > Adobe > Adobe Photoshop 5.0. (If you installed the program in a folder other than Adobe, choose that folder from the Start > Programs menu.) The Adobe Photoshop window appears. You can now open an image and start working. To start Adobe Photoshop in Mac OS: If you're upgrading to Adobe Photoshop 5 from an earlier version, the serial number is also located on the first page of your original user guide. If you're upgrading from the LE version, use the serial number that you received with the upgrade. Your original LE serial number won't work. Gamma utility (Mac OS only) If you have installed Open the Adobe Photoshop folder, and doubleclick the Adobe Photoshop program icon. The Adobe Photoshop window appears. You can now open an image and start working. earlier versions of Adobe Photoshop on your system, perform this step after completing the version 5 installation: Open your System Folder and drag the Gamma control panel to the Trash. This step prevents conflicts with the new Adobe Gamma utility installed with Photoshop 5. QuickTime To view the movies in the Adobe Photoshop CD-ROM Set and to show previews when opening images in Mac OS, you also must install QuickTime, located on the CD-ROM. What's new in Adobe Photoshop 5.0 Adobe Photoshop 5.0 includes new features for undoing changes made during the working session, transforming paths and selection borders, applying interactive effects to a layer, re-editing text, managing color, creating spot colors, selecting images and drawing paths, and rotating images in three dimensions. This version of Adobe Photoshop also enhances support for file formats and includes many new commands, palette features, and keyboard shortcuts that simplify common tasks. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 5.0 7 User Guide History palette Photoshop's new History palette allows multiple undos by tracking and listing recent changes you make to an image during the current working session. Selecting any change listed in the History palette returns the image to that earlier state. (See "Reverting to any state of the image" on page 168.) Reselect command The new Reselect command Improved color management With new ICC profile support, you can more easily maintain consistent color in your images, regardless of the monitor or printer you use. (See Chapter 5, "Reproducing Color Accurately.") Expanded support for 16-bit color Support for lets you easily retrieve the last selection used on your image in the current work session. (See "Making selections" on page 137.) Path and selection transformation In addition to 16-bit channels is increased and can now be used with more commands and tools. Both 48-bit RGB and 64-bit CMYK images are supported. (See "Converting between bit depths" on page 69.) Color samplers To monitor color changes more easily, you can place up to four non-printing color samplers into your image. These samplers display color information in the Info palette, showing before-and-after color data as you make color adjustments. (See "Previewing color adjustments" on page 106.) Enhanced Hue/Saturation command The updated Hue/Saturation dialog box now gives you special color range controls for much finer and more targeted adjustments of hue, saturation, and lightness. (See "Using the Hue/Saturation command" on page 124.) Channel Mixer Photoshop's new Channel Mixer transforming images, you can now rotate, resize, and reshape paths and selection borders. (See "Transforming objects in two dimensions" on page 182.) Layer effects New in Photoshop 5.0, layer effects automatically apply complex effects such as beveling, embossing, and drop shadows to any layer. You can turn these effects on and off. You don't have to reapply these effects each time you change the artwork--Photoshop automatically updates the effect when you make changes to the layer. (See "Using layer effects" on page 284.) Type layers with re-editable text You can now create type on a type layer, with character-level formatting and precise control over kerning and tracking. Type layers can be re-edited at any time. (See Chapter 12, "Using Type.") Alignable layers New Layer alignment commands let you align and distribute linked layers by edges and centers. (See the procedure to align or distribute layers on page 266.) command enables blending one or more channels into an existing channel. For example, you can use this command to blend parts of the cyan, magenta, yellow, and black channels to create a grayscale image. (See "Mixing channels" on page 243.) Spot color Photoshop images can now be separated to one or more spot color plates. (See"Adding spot colors" on page 245.) 8 Introduction Measure tool The measure tool lets you measure the length, angle, and location of areas in the image. (See "Using the measure tool" on page 174; "Using rulers, the measure tool, guides, and grids" on page 173.) Magnetic lasso tool Because it discriminates 3-D transformation The new 3D Transform filter can map parts of an image to a cube, sphere, or cylinder, enabling you to rotate an image in three dimensions. (See "Transforming objects in three dimensions" on page 187.) Expanded scratch space support Photoshop now supports up to four scratch volumes, for a total of up to 200 GB of scratch space. Interface improvements Photoshop's interface is between different levels of contrast in an image, the magnetic lasso tool snaps a selection border to the edge of the area you drag around. (See "Using the lasso, polygon lasso, and magnetic lasso tools" on page 139.) Magnetic pen tool The magnetic pen tool works much like the magnetic lasso tool, but lets you draw a path that snaps to the edge of a defined area in your image. (See "Drawing freehand paths" on page 151.) Freeform pen tool The freeform pen tool lets you further improved, including an updated Curves dialog box and changes to the Path tools to make them more consistent with Adobe Illustrator®. More live previews The Color Settings, Duotone, and Indexed Color dialog boxes now provide live previews, making it easier to see the results before applying the change. PDF import Any PDF file can now be opened and create paths simply by drawing the shape of the path you want. As you drag, the tool automatically places anchor points, which you can then adjust. (See "Drawing freehand paths" on page 151.) Action palette enhancements You can now record rasterized in Photoshop. Support for Adobe Illustrator and generic EPS files also is improved. (See Chapter 14, "Saving and Exporting Images.") New Save As options New Save As options make it easy to minimize file size by excluding unwanted options. (See "About file formats" on page 321.) DCS 2.0 support The EPS export module now includes support for DCS (Desktop Color Separations) 2.0 format, which permits more than four separated plates. (See "Saving files in Photoshop EPS or DCS format" on page 315.) PostScript Level 3 support Photoshop supports more tools and palettes in actions. For easier organization, you can now also create sets of actions. (See Chapter 16, "Automating Tasks.") Wizards (Windows) and Assistants (Mac OS) New commands in the File > Automate and Help menus simplify multi-step operations such as exporting transparent images, resizing images, and creating contact sheets. (See "Using the Automate commands" on page 358.) printing to PostScript Level 3 printers. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 5.0 9 User Guide Changed keyboard shortcuts, tools, and commands The following are some of the Photoshop 4.0 shortcuts, tools, and commands that have been changed for Photoshop 5.0. For a complete list of shortcuts, see the online help: · To cycle through a series of related tools on the Tool palette, press Shift+(the shortcut key for the tool). · To select the add-anchor-point tool while the delete-anchor-point tool is selected, press +. · To select the subtract-anchor-point tool while another tool is selected, press -. · To select the direct-selection tool while another tool is selected, press A. · To scroll forward or backward through the blend modes for the current tool, press Shift+(+) or Shift+(-). · To select the airbrush tool while another tool is selected, press J. · To repeat the last transformation, press Ctrl+Shift+T (Windows) or Command+Shift+T (Mac OS). This shortcut no longer displays the Numeric Transformation dialog box. · Pressing Option while choosing Apply Images no longer provides additional options to the dialog box. · The image transformation commands are now located under the Edit menu. · The functions of the rubber stamp tool are now split into three tools: the rubber stamp tool, the pattern stamp tool, and the history brush. 1