User manual ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2

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Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, California 95110, USA. iii Contents Chapter 1: Getting started Installation and registration Adobe Help Center Using Help What's new Tips and training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Chapter 2: Tutorials Tutorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Chapter 3: Work area Work area basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Palettes and menus Tools Working with files Viewing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Rulers, the grid, and guides Customizing the work area Preferences Memory Recovery and undo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Chapter 4: Adobe Bridge The basics of Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Files and folders in Bridge Bridge Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Running automated tasks with Bridge Metadata in Bridge Using Version Cue with Bridge Chapter 5: Adobe Stock Photos Adobe Stock Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Comp images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Buying stock photos Stock Photos accounts Chapter 6: Adobe Version Cue Using Adobe Version Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Working with Version Cue projects Working with files in Version Cue Disconnecting from projects Version Cue versions Deleting files, folders, and projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 iv Version Cue alternates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 . . . . . . . 160 . . . . . . . . 165 Editing and synchronizing offline files The Version Cue Administration utility Creating and editing projects in Version Cue Administration Backing up and restoring from Version Cue Administration Working with users and privileges Version Cue PDF reviews Viewing logs, reports, and workspace information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Chapter 7: Getting images into Photoshop and ImageReady Bitmap images and vector graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Image size and resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Changing image size and resolution Getting images from digital cameras Scanning images Placing files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Creating, opening, and importing images High Dynamic Range images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Chapter 8: Camera raw files Camera raw files in Photoshop and Bridge Making tonal adjustments in Camera Raw Transforming images in Camera Raw Calibrating color in camera raw images Saving camera raw images Camera Raw settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Processing and opening camera raw files in Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Automating the Camera Raw workflow Chapter 9: Color Color modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Adjusting the monitor display Channels and bit depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Converting between color modes Converting to indexed color Choosing colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Chapter 10: Color management Understanding color management Keeping colors consistent Color-managing imported images Proofing colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Color-managing documents for online viewing Color-managing documents when printing Working with color profiles Color settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 v Chapter 11: Making color and tonal adjustments Color and tonal corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Viewing histograms and pixel values Understanding color adjustments Targeting images for press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Adjusting images with Levels, Curves, and Exposure Making hue/saturation and color balance corrections Improving shadow and highlight detail Matching, replacing, and mixing colors Applying special color effects to images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 Making quick overall adjustments to images Chapter 12: Selecting Making selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 Adjusting pixel selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Softening and refining the edges of selections Saving, loading, and deleting selections Extracting selections Using masks Moving, copying, and pasting selections and layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 Chapter 13: Transforming and retouching Changing the size of the work canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 Rotating and flipping entire images Cropping images Correcting image distortion Reducing image noise Sharpening images Transforming objects Vanishing Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 Retouching and repairing images Using the Liquify filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Creating panoramic images using Photomerge Chapter 14: Layers Layer Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395 Selecting, grouping, and linking layers Moving, copying, and locking layers Managing layers Merging and stamping layers Layer effects and styles Adjustment and fill layers Smart Objects Layer comps Masking layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Setting opacity and blending options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 vi Chapter 15: Using channels and spot colors Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 Adding spot colors Channel calculations Chapter 16: Drawing About vector graphics Drawing shapes Pen tools Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Editing paths Converting between paths and selection borders Adding color to paths Chapter 17: Painting Painting tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 Selecting brush presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485 Creating brushes and setting options Creating and managing preset brushes Blending modes Erasing Gradients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Filling and stroking selections and layers Creating and managing patterns Choosing foreground and background colors Chapter 18: Applying filters for special effects Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 Applying filters The Filter Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514 Blending filter effects and setting options Tips for creating special effects Filter effects The Lighting Effects filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 Loading images and textures Improving filter performance Chapter 19: Type Creating type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 Type layers Editing text Warping type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544 Specifying a language for text Creating type on a path Formatting characters Special characters Creating paths, shapes, and selections from type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 vii OpenType character features Formatting paragraphs Asian type Hyphenation and line breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Chapter 20: Designing web pages Designing for the web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571 Creating slices Viewing slices Modifying slices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597 Selecting and organizing slices Converting slices to nested HTML tables Slice output options Image maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590 Previewing web graphics Creating web photo galleries Chapter 21: Rollovers and animations Rollovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .604 Animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623 Opening and importing files as animations Chapter 22: Preparing Graphics for the Web Optimizing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 Web graphics formats and options Using the color table Using weighted optimization Output settings for web images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651 Working with hexadecimal color values Chapter 23: Saving and exporting images Saving images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653 Saving PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 Saving GIF, JPEG, and PNG files Saving files in other formats Exporting layers as files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674 Exporting animation frames as files File formats Exporting images in ZoomView format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678 Displaying and adding file and image information Adding and viewing digital copyright information Preferences for saving files Creating a PDF presentation Creating multiple-image layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .698 Placing Photoshop images in other applications Saving images for use in video and motion graphics viii Chapter 24: Printing Printing from Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718 Printing with color management Printing duotones Printing images to a commercial printing press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725 Chapter 25: Automating Tasks Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729 Recording actions Managing actions Droplets Scripting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .731 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 Processing a batch of files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .746 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747 Creating data-driven graphics Chapter 26: Keyboard Shortcuts Customizing keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754 Default keyboard shortcuts Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780 1 Chapter 1: Getting started Installation and registration To install 1 Close any Adobe® applications that are open. 2 Insert the product CD into your computer's CD drive. 3 Double-click the CD icon, and then follow the on-screen instructions. After the installation, you may be prompted to activate your copy of the product. (See "To activate" on page 1.) For more detailed instructions about installing the product, see the How To Install file on the product CD. For instructions about uninstalling the product, see the How To Uninstall file on the product CD. To activate Activation is a simple, anonymous process you must complete within 30 days of installing the product. Activation allows you to continue using the product, and it helps prevent casual copying of the product onto more computers than the license agreement allows. To learn more about activation, visit the Adobe website at www.adobe.com/activation/main.html. 1 Start the product to access the Activation dialog box. (If you've just installed Adobe Creative Suite or Adobe Photoshop®, the Activation dialog box appears automatically.) 2 Follow the on-screen instructions. Important: If you intend to install the product on a different computer, you must first transfer the activation to that computer. To transfer an activation, choose Help > Transfer Activation. For more detailed instructions about activating the product and transferring an activation, see the How To Install file on the product CD. To register Register your Adobe product to receive complimentary support on installation and product defects and notifications about product updates. Registering your product also gives you access to the wealth of tips, tricks, and tutorials in Adobe Studio® and access to Adobe Studio Exchange, an online community where users download and share thousands of free actions, plug-ins, and other content for use with Adobe products. Adobe Studio is available in English, French, German, and Japanese. Find it from the home page of the Adobe website. Do one of the following: · Install and activate the software to access the Registration dialog box, and then follow the on-screen instructions. An active Internet connection is required. · Register at any time by choosing Help > Registration. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2 2 User Guide See also "Adobe Studio" on page 7 "Extras" on page 9 Adobe Help Center About Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center is a free, downloadable application that includes three primary features. Product Help Provides Help topics for Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe CS2 products installed on your system. (If none of these products are installed, Help topics for them aren't available.) Help topics are updated period ically and can be downloaded through Adobe Help Center preferences. Expert Support Provides information about Adobe Expert Support plans and lets you store details about plans you've purchased. If you have an active support plan, you can also use the Expert Support section to submit web cases--questions sent to Adobe support professionals over the web. To access links in the Expert Support section, you must have an active Internet connection. More Resources Provides easy access to the extensive resources on Adobe.com, including support pages, user forums, tips and tutorials, and training. You can also use this area to store contact information for friends, colleagues, or support professionals, or even websites you turn to for inspiration or troubleshooting information. Product Help, Expert Support, and More Resources in Adobe Help Center See also "Using Help" on page 3 "To search Help topics" on page 5 "To navigate Help" on page 4 To check for updates Adobe periodically provides updates to software and to topics in Adobe Help Center. You can easily obtain these updates through Adobe Help Center. An active Internet connection is required. 1 Click the Preferences button . 2 In the Preferences dialog box, click Check For Updates. If updates are available, follow the on-screen directions to download and save them. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2 3 User Guide To set Adobe Help Center preferences 1 Click the Preferences button . Set any of the following options: Region Specifies your geographical location. Changing this option may affect which services are available to you. Language Specifies the language in which Expert Support content is displayed. Display Renewal Reminders For Expert Support Contracts Displays reminder screens when your Expert Support plan has almost expired. Deselect this option if you'd like to turn off these reminders. Enable Auto Login For Web Case Submission Allows you to submit support questions over the web. This option is available only if you have an active Expert Support plan. User Interface Language Specifies the language in which Adobe Help Center interface text is displayed. Check For Updates Searches for new updates to software and Help topics as they become available from Adobe. Network Administrators Displays options for network administration. 2 Click OK. To display More Resources The More Resources section in Adobe Help Center provides easy access to some of the content and services available from the Adobe website, including support, training, and tutorials. To display this section, click More Resources. To add contact information in More Resources 1 Click More Resources, and then click Personal Contacts. 2 Do any of the following: · To add a contact, click New, type the contact information you want to save, and click OK. · To edit a contact, click a contact in the list, click Edit, make changes to the information, and click OK. · To delete a contact, click a contact in the list, and then click Delete. To confirm the deletion, click Yes when prompted, or click No to cancel. Using Help Using Help The complete documentation for using your Adobe product is available in Help, a browser-based system you can access through Adobe Help Center. Help topics are updated periodically, so you can always be sure to have the most recent information available. For more information, see "To check for updates" on page 2. Important: Adobe Help systems include all of the information in the printed user guides, plus additional information not included in print. The Resources and Extras CD included with the software also includes a PDF version of the complete Help content, optimized for printing. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2 4 User Guide A B C D E Product Help section of Adobe Help Center A. Returns you to Help home page B. Adds bookmark for current topic C. Prints contents of right pane box E. Opens About Adobe Help Center window D. Opens Preferences dialog See also "To navigate Help" on page 4 "To search Help topics" on page 5 To navigate Help Do any of the following: · To view Help for a product, choose the product name from the Help For menu. (To view only topics that apply across all Creative Suite products, choose Adobe Creative Suite.) · To expand or collapse a section, click the blue triangle to the left of the section name. · To display a topic , click its title. See also "To use bookmarks" on page 6 ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2 5 User Guide To search Help topics Search using words or phrases to quickly find topics. You can search Help for one product or for all Adobe products you've installed. If you find a topic that you may want to view again, bookmark it for quick retrieval. 1 In Adobe Help Center, click Product Help. 2 Type one or more words in the Search box. To search across Help for all Adobe products you have installed, click the black triangle to the left of the Search box and choose Search All Help. Search Help for one product or for all products you've installed 3 Click Search. Topics matching the search words appear in the navigation pane. 4 To view a topic, click its title. 5 To return to the navigation pane, do one of the following: · Click the Home button. · Click the Back button. · Click Next Topic or Previous Topic. See also "To print a topic from Help" on page 5 "To use bookmarks" on page 6 Search tips Adobe Help search works by searching the entire Help text for topics that contain all of the words typed in the Search box. These tips can help you improve your search results in Help: · If you search using a phrase, such as "shape tool," put quotation marks around the phrase. The search returns only those topics containing all words in the phrase. · Make sure that the search terms are spelled correctly. · If a search term doesn't yield results, try using a synonym, such as "web" instead of "Internet." To print a topic from Help 1 Select the topic you want to print, and click the Print button. 2 Choose the printer you'd like to use, and then click Print. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2 6 User Guide To change the view By default, Adobe Help Center opens in Full view. Full view gives you access to the Product Help, Expert Support, and More Resources sections. Switch to Compact view when you want to see only the selected Help topic and you want to keep the Help window on top of your product workspace. Click the view icon to switch between Full and Compact views. To use bookmarks You can bookmark especially helpful topics for easy access, just as you bookmark pages in a web browser, and reread them at another time. 1 Click the Bookmarks tab in the navigation pane to view the bookmarks. 2 Do any of the following in the Bookmarks pane: · To create a bookmark, select the topic you want to mark, and click the Bookmark button . When the Bookmark dialog box appears, type a new name in the text box if desired, and then click OK. · To delete a bookmark, select it and click the Delete button. Click Yes to confirm the deletion. · To rename a bookmark, select it and then click the Rename button . In the dialog box, type a new name for the or the Move Down button . bookmark and then click OK. · To move a bookmark, select it and then click the Move Up button Tips and training Learning resources Adobe provides a wide range of resources to help you learn and use Adobe products. · "Tutorials in Help" on page 7: Short step-by-step lessons through Adobe Help Center. · "Total Training Video Workshop CD" on page 7: Professional training videos from experts. · "Adobe Studio" on page 7: Videos, tips and tricks, and other learning material on Adobe products. · Adobe Creative Suite Design Guide (Adobe Creative Suite only): A full-color printed book about using Adobe Creative Suite 2 as a complete design and publishing toolbox, including five guided projects on print, web, and mobile workflows. · "Technical information" on page 8: Reference material, scripting guides, and other in-depth information. · "Other resources" on page 9: Training, books, user forums, product certification, and more. · Support: Complimentary and paid technical support options from Adobe. · "Extras" on page 9: Downloadable content and software. See also "About Adobe Help Center" on page 2 ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2 7 User Guide Tutorials in Help The Help system for each Adobe CS2 product includes several step-by-step tutorials on key features and concepts. These tutorials are also available in the complete, printable, PDF version of the Help contents, included on the Resources and Extras CD. To use these tutorials with the product, select the tutorial you want from the Contents pane in Adobe Help Center, to switch to Compact view. Compact view keeps the Help window on top of the appli and click the View icon cation windows, regardless of what window or application is selected. Drag an edge or a corner of the Help window to resize it. See also "Adobe Studio" on page 7 "Total Training Video Workshop CD" on page 7 "Other resources" on page 9 Total Training Video Workshop CD Presented by experts in their fields, Total Training videos provide overviews, demos of key new features, and many useful tips and techniques for beginning and advanced users. Look for accompanying step-by-step instructions to selected Total Training videos in monthly updates to Adobe Studio. Short Total Training web videos on a variety of products and topics are also available in Adobe Studio, and complete Total Training courseware can be purchased online from the Adobe Store. See also "Adobe Studio" on page 7 "Other resources" on page 9 Adobe Studio Adobe Studio provides a huge wealth of tips and tricks, tutorials, and instructional content in video, Adobe PDF, and HTML, authored by experts from Adobe and its publishing partners. You can search the entire collection or sort by product, topic, date, and type of content; new content is added monthly. Adobe Studio is available in English, French, German, and Japanese. Find it from the home page of the Adobe website. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2 8 User Guide Tips and tutorials in Adobe Studio See also "Total Training Video Workshop CD" on page 7 "Other resources" on page 9 Technical information The Technical information folder on the Resources and Extras CD included with your Adobe product includes several useful documents in PDF, fully searchable and optimized for printing. These documents provide conceptual and reference material on various in-depth topics, such as scripting, transparency, and high-end printing. For complete developer documentation and resources, visit the Developers area of the Adobe website at http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/main.html. For additional backgrounders and instructional content, visit Adobe Studio. The Resources and Extras CD also includes the entire Help content optimized for printing. Note that the Help content includes everything in the printed Adobe user guides, plus much more. See also "Adobe Studio" on page 7 "Other resources" on page 9 ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2 9 User Guide Other resources Additional sources of information and help are available for Adobe products. · Visit the Training area of the Adobe website for access to Adobe Press books; online, video, and instructor-led training resources; Adobe software certification programs; and more. · Visit the Adobe user forums, where users share tips, ask questions, and find out how others are getting the most out of their software. User forums are available in English, French, German, and Japanese on the main Support page of your local Adobe website. · Visit the Support area of the Adobe website for additional information about free and paid technical support options. Top issues are listed by product on the Adobe U.S. and Adobe Japan websites. · Visit the Developers area of the Adobe website to find information for software and plug-in developers, including SDKs, scripting guides, and technical resources. · Click More Resources in Adobe Help Center to access many of the resources on the Adobe website and to create your own list of frequently visited user groups and websites and valuable contacts. · Look in Bridge Center for RSS feeds on the latest technical announcements, tutorials, and events. To access Bridge Center, select it in the Favorites panel in Adobe Bridge. (Bridge Center is available with Adobe Creative Suite only.) See also "To display More Resources" on page 3 "Learning resources" on page 6 Extras The Resources and Extras CD included with your CS2 product includes a Goodies folder that contains bonus content and files for use with your Adobe product. For more free content and add-ons, visit Adobe Studio Exchange, an online community where users download and share thousands of free actions, plug-ins, and other content for use with Adobe products. To visit Adobe Studio Exchange, go to Adobe Studio from the home page of the Adobe website. In addition, your CS2 product includes Adobe Stock Photos, an integrated service available within Adobe Bridge that lets you search, view, try, and buy royalty-free stock photography from leading stock libraries. Because of the tight integration between Stock Photos and CS2 products, you can download images directly into your Adobe Illustrator®, Adobe InDesign®, and Adobe GoLive® projects. From Photoshop, you can open any downloaded image. See also "Adobe Studio" on page 7 "About Adobe Stock Photos" on page 103 "About Adobe Bridge" on page 79 Other downloads The Downloads area of the Adobe website includes free updates, tryouts, and other useful software. In addition, the Plug-ins section of the Adobe Store provides access to thousands of plug-ins from third-party developers, helping you automate tasks, customize workflows, create specialized professional effects, and more. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2 10 User Guide See also "About Adobe Stock Photos" on page 103 "Other resources" on page 9 What's new New features Workflow improvements Adobe Bridge Simplify file handling in Photoshop and within Adobe Creative Suite with Adobe Bridge, the next generation file browser. Efficiently browse, tag, search, and process your images. (See "About Adobe Bridge" on page 79.) Color management improvements Maintain common color settings throughout the Adobe Creative Suite compo nents. Print with the simplified printing interface for color management. (See "To synchronize color settings across Adobe applications" on page 254.) Version Cue® 2.0 Manage files and versions as a single user or in a small workgroup. Integrate with Adobe Bridge to manage files for your Photoshop and Adobe Creative Suite projects. (See "Version Cue managed projects" on page 113.) Enhanced photo capabilities Multi-image Camera Raw Process an entire photo shoot in a fraction of the time. With support for a comprehensive range of digital cameras, you can automatically adjust settings, convert to universal Digital Negative (DNG) format, and apply nondestructive edits to batches of images. (See "The Camera Raw plug-in" on page 207.) High Dynamic Range (HDR) Work with images in 32-bits-per-channel, extended dynamic range. Photographers can capture the full dynamic range of a scene with multiple exposures and merge the files into a single image. (See "About High Dynamic Range images" on page 201.) Optical lens correction Correct for lens aberrations such as barrel and pincushion distortion, chromatic aberration, and lens vignetting. Easily correct image perspective using the filter's grid. (See "The Lens Correction filter" on page 351.) Noise reduction Reduce digital image noise, JPEG artifacts, and scanned film grain. (See "Reducing image noise" on page 353.) Smart Sharpen filter Sharpen images with new algorithms for better edge detection and reduced sharpening halos. Control the amount of sharpening in the highlights and shadows. (See "To use the Smart Sharpen filter" on page 355.) Spot Healing tool Quickly heal spots and blemishes without selecting source content. (See "To use the Spot Healing Brush tool" on page 369.) One-click red-eye correction Fix red eyes with one click. Set options to adjust pupil size and darkening amount. (See "To remove red eye" on page 371.) Blur filters Apply blur effects using new blur filters: Box Blur, Shape Blur, and Surface Blur. (See "Blur filters" on page 515.) ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2 11 User Guide Productivity boosters Customizable menus Set up and save custom menus and workspaces, highlight new or commonly used menu items, and reduce on-screen clutter for easier access to the tools you need. (See "To define a set of menus" on page 65.) Image Processor Process a batch of files to multiple file formats. (See "About the Image Processor" on page 739.) All new PDF engine Comprehensive, customizable presets and PDF 1.6/Acrobat 7.0 compatibility. (See "Saving files in Photoshop PDF format" on page 656.) Script and action event manager Set JavaScripts and Photoshop actions to run automatically when a specified Photoshop event occurs. (See "To set scripts and actions to run automatically" on page 747.) UI font size customization Customize the size of text in the options bar, palettes, and the Layer Style dialog box. (See "To change the font size in the work area" on page 64.) Update Manager Automatically search for Photoshop updates. Variables Create data-driven graphics in Photoshop as you now do in ImageReady. (See "About data-driven graphics" on page 747.) Video preview Display your document on a video monitor using a Firewire (IEEE1394) link. (See "To preview your document on a video monitor" on page 708.) WYSIWYG Font menu Preview font families and font styles directly in the Font menu. (See "To choose a font family and style" on page 546.) Designer enhancements Vanishing Point Paste, clone, and paint image elements that automatically match the perspective planes in an image. (See "About Vanishing Point" on page 374.) Smart Objects Perform nondestructive transforms of embedded vector and of pixel data. Create multiple instances of embedded data and easily update all instances at once. (See "Smart Objects" on page 427.) Multiple layer control Work with layers as objects. Select multiple layers and move, group, align, and transform them. (See "Selecting layers" on page 399 and "To group and ungroup layers" on page 400.) Image Warp Easily create packaging mock-ups or other dimensional effects by wrapping an image around any shape or stretching, curling, and bending an image using Image Warp. (See "The Warp command" on page 364.) Animation Create animated GIF files in Photoshop much as you create animation in ImageReady. (See "Creating an animation" on page 614.) Japanese type features Format text with new character alignment (Mojisoroe) and more Kinsoku Shori types. (See "About Asian type" on page 563.) Smart Guides Align the content of layers as you move them using guidelines that appear only when you need them. (See "About guides and the grid" on page 60.) Integrated Adobe Online Services Access and download professional Adobe Stock Photos and share and print online with Adobe Photoshop Services. (See "About Adobe Stock Photos" on page 103.) ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2 12 User Guide What's changed If you've worked with a previous version of Photoshop, you'll find that some things work a little differently in Photoshop CS2. Layer grouping You can group layers using the keyboard shortcut Control+G (Windows) or Command+G (Mac OS). The shortcut for creating a clipping mask is now Control+Alt+G (Windows) or Command+Option+G (Mac OS). Layer linking and multiple layer selection Working with multiple layers is easier now because you can select multiple layers in the Layers palette or in the document window using the Move tool. The layer linking column was removed. To link layers, select multiple layers and click the link icon at the bottom of the Layers palette. Some menu commands that work on linked layers have been changed to work on multiple layers. To add or subtract layers from a selection in the Layers palette, Shift-click (or drag) in the document with the Move tool, with the Auto Select Layer option selected. Previously, Shift-clicking linked and unlinked layers. For more infor mation, see "To select layers in the Layers palette" on page 399. Merging layers To merge all visible layers into a new layer, press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and choose Layer > Merge Visible. Previously you created a new layer and selected it before merging. To merge any two layers, select them in the Layers palette and choose Layer > Merge Layers. You can still merge two adjacent layers in the Layers palette by selecting the top layer and choosing Layer Merge Down. Loading a selection To load a layer as a selection, Control-click (Windows) Command-click (Mac OS) the layer's thumbnail in the Layers palette. Previously you could click anywhere in the layer. Clipping mask visibility To hide all layers except the clipping mask layer and the layer it is clipped to, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the layer's visibility icon. Previously, Alt-clicking or Option-clicking hid all layers. File Browser Adobe Bridge handles all the tasks that you previously did in the File Browser. Flagging is now handled by the star ratings. Files previously flagged are now marked with one star. In Bridge, Control+D (Windows) or Command+D (Mac OS) now duplicates an image rather than deselecting it in the thumbnail view. Placing a file Files that you place into Photoshop with the Place command now become Smart Objects.