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Part Number: 90024592 (09/00) iii Contents Getting Started Registration ............................................ 1 ........... 1 ........... 1 Installing Adobe Photoshop and ImageReady Learning Adobe Photoshop and ImageReady Using Web resources Customer support Other learning resources ................................... 3 ............................... 4 ...................................... 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Adobe Photoshop Basics Using tools and palettes Opening images in Photoshop and ImageReady Streamlining your workflow Retouching images Making edits Using layers Painting Making tonal and color adjustments Making pixel selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Compositing images Drawing shapes Creating type Editing type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . . . . . 47 Designing Web graphics Optimizing Web graphics Creating animations (ImageReady) What's New in Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Superb vector support Enhanced vector output Layer styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Interactive image warping Enhanced slicing capabilities Weighted optimization Improved Web workflow Streamlined interface Enhanced support for image maps and rollovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 iv CONTENTS Enhanced layer management Expanded text features Preset Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Other new and enhanced features Looking at the Work Area Chapter 1 Using the toolbox Using palettes Viewing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Using the tool options bar Using context menus Correcting mistakes Duplicating images Working with Extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 . . . . . 74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Reverting to any state of an image Using rulers, the measure tool, guides, and the grid Displaying status information Displaying file and image information Annotating images (Photoshop) Jumping between applications Previewing an image in a browser Managing libraries with the Preset Manager (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Setting preferences Monitoring operations Closing files and quitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Resetting all warning dialogs Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady Chapter 2 About bitmap images and vector graphics About image size and resolution Scanning images Changing image size and resolution Creating new images Placing files . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Opening and importing images Managing files with WebDAV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 v Working with Color Chapter 3 About color modes and models (Photoshop) Color gamuts (Photoshop) Adjusting the monitor display . . . . . . . . . . 109 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 . . . . . . . . 117 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Channels and bit depth (Photoshop) Converting between color modes (Photoshop) Converting to indexed color (Photoshop) Applying colors Making color and tonal adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop) Chapter 4 Why colors sometimes don't match About color management Do you need color management? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Creating a viewing environment for color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Setting up color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 . . . . . . . . . 124 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 . . . 130 . . . . . . . 130 Using predefined color management settings Customizing color management settings Specifying working spaces Specifying color management policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Customizing advanced color management settings Saving and loading color management settings Synchronizing color management between applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Soft-proofing colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 . . . . . . 134 Changing the color profile of a document Embedding profiles in saved documents Creating an ICC monitor profile Obtaining, installing, and updating color profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Selecting Chapter 5 About selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 . . . . 149 Making pixel selections Adjusting pixel selections Softening the edges of a selection Working with snap Moving, copying, and pasting selections and layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 vi CONTENTS Saving and loading selections Deleting selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Removing fringe pixels from a selection (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Extracting objects from their background (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Drawing and Editing Chapter 6 About drawing and painting Drawing shapes and paths Using the shape tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Using the pen tools (Photoshop) Drawing overlapping shapes (Photoshop) Using the Paths palette (Photoshop) Editing paths (Photoshop) Managing paths (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . ...