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PHOTOSHOP ® CS4

QuickSteps

About the Authors

Gary Bouton has been illustrating and producing videos for over 30 years; the co-author came from a background in advertising and has been teaching his crafts through books for the past 18 years To his credit, the titles include guides to Adobe Photoshop, CorelDraw, modeling and animation software,

and Xara Xtreme: The Offi cial Guide, for McGraw-Hill With his wife Barbara, the

Boutons support Gary’s books through www.theboutons.com, where readers can also fi nd a lively discussion forum dedicated to digital graphics, free content downloads, and several non-free commercial goods Currently, Gary

is working on post-production editing and CG effects for music videos for

Australia-based Monkey Pants Media.

analyst, technical consultant, and founder, co-owner, and vice president of a software company She has been on all sides of computer software products, from designer and builder to an accomplished user of software in her business Together with Marty Matthews, her husband, she has authored or co-authored

over 50 books, including Adobe Photoshop CS QuickSteps, Adobe Photoshop

Elements QuickSteps, Microsoft Offi ce PowerPoint 2010, and Microsoft Word 2010 QuickSteps.

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Contents at a Glance

Get acquainted with Photoshop CS4; use its tools, panels, and screens; navigate; assign keyboard shortcuts; work with colors

Learn about dimension, resolution, compression; understand differences

in vector and bitmap images; use scanners; import digital images

Use Photoshop’s Bridge to organize, search, and work with files; enhance your photographic images by manipulating Camera Raw “negatives.”

Learn about color tones, gamma, and channels; adjust hue and saturation; calibrate your monitor; build a color-editing profile

Use Photoshop’s selection tools; modify, crop, and manipulate selections; extract images from backgrounds; use Quick Masks

Add and flatten layers; use layer masks; change selections into layers; select using masks; link, merge, and group layers

Retouch and create new effects using Photoshop’s Blend Mode feature; learn differences between the many paint tools

Erase, blur, sharpen, and smudge images using various tools; crop

or resize images; explore Presets for unique brush tips, gradients, patterns, and more

Restore vintage photos; remove dust and scratches; fix flash and red-eye reflections; edit colorcasts; remove or modify image components

Chapter 10 Using Filters 215

Create artistic effects with filters; remove halftones; match perspectives; create lighting effects, and more

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Chapter 11 Using Type and Type Effects 239

Create and edit text; use text tasks, such as check spelling; warp text; transform text; use paths, layer styles, and text masks

Find out about printing—print all or part of an image, prepare for commercial printing; create a contact sheet or a Web Gallery

Optimize images for the Web; use slice images; use rollovers and states; animate your images

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A wonderful part of working with this QuickSteps series is

the people who have worked on it This book, as the others

in the series, has been blessed with an exceptionally talented

and hard-working team Each person has been dedicated

to making this book one to match their capabilities, which

are substantial One by-product of the book has been the

supportive and cohesive team that has been developed

Although many members of the team may never personally

meet, they have interacted in a professional and caring way

We offer a heart-felt thank-you to all on the team.

We would also like to thank Lyra Ziegler, who helped make

this book better with her comments and technical corrections

Mark Clarkson, an author on the fi rst edition of this book,

kindly gave us permission to use some of his photos We

are very appreciative of his generosity And a very special

thanks to our friends and families for allowing the authors to

use their pictures in this book They worked hard and were

compensated usually with pizza with all the toppings, except

anchovies.

Introduction

QuickSteps books are recipe books for computer users They answer the question “How do I ?” by providing quick sets

of steps to accomplish the most common tasks in a particular program The sets of steps are the central focus of the book QuickSteps sidebars show you how to quickly do many small functions or tasks that support the primary functions Notes, Tips, and Cautions augment the steps, yet they are presented

in such a manner as to not interrupt the fl ow of the steps The brief introductions are minimal rather than narrative, and numerous illustrations and fi gures, many with callouts, support the steps.

QuickSteps books are organized by function and the tasks needed to perform that function Each function is a chapter Each task, or “How To,” contains the steps needed for accomplishing the function along with relevant Notes, Tips, Cautions, and screenshots Tasks will be easy to fi nd through:

• The Table of Contents, which lists the functional areas (chapters) and tasks in the order they are presented

• A How To list of tasks on the opening page of each chapter

• The index with its alphabetical list of terms used in describing the functions and tasks

• Color-coded tabs for each chapter or functional area, with an index to the tabs just before the Table of Contents

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Conventions Used

in This Book

Photoshop CS4 QuickSteps uses several conventions designed to make the book

easier for you to follow Among these are

• A or a in the Table of Contents or the How To list in each chapter references a QuickSteps or a QuickFacts sidebar in a chapter.

• Bold type is used for words on the screen that you are to do something

with, such as click Save As or open File.

• Italic type is used for a word or phrase that is being defined or otherwise

deserves special emphasis.

• Underlined type is used for text that you are to type from the keyboard.

• When you see the command, CTRL /CMD, you are to press the CTRL key

in Windows or the CMD key on the Mac; ALT /OPT, press the ALT key in

Windows or the OPTIONS key on the Mac.

• small capital letters are used for keys on the keyboard such as ENTER and SHIFT.

• When you are expected to enter a command, you are told to press the key(s) If you are to enter text or numbers, you are told to type them Specific letters or numbers to be entered will be underlined.

• When you are to click the mouse button on a screen command or menu,

you will be told to “Click File | Open,” which means, “Click File, then click Open.”

QUICK FACTS

ONLINE EXTRA!

For everyone who loves creating superb photography,

the authors have written a free bonus chapter you

can download in PDF format With more than 30 pages

of advanced tutorials, “Tricks of the Trade” shows

you professional methods for editing in 3D, using

Content-Aware Scaling, creating high dynamic range

(HDR) photos, and more

The bonus chapter is available on the book’s home page

at the McGraw-Hill web site: www.mhprofessional.com/

computingdownload.

You can also visit Gary Bouton’s web site at

www.theboutons.com to get the chapter and join

The Pixel Dust Forum for graphics discussions and

special member downloads

Carole Matthews’ web site at www.quicksteps.org

also hosts the bonus material and provides a wealth

of additional information about the QuickSteps series

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How to…

• Start and Close Photoshop

• Learn About the Photoshop

Workspace

• Open and Create Images

• Customize Photoshop

Understanding Interpolation

Methods

• Work with Photoshop’s Interface

Navigating Within a Document

• Work with Photoshop Controls

Using Photoshop’s Online Help

Using Kulor

• Work with Panels

Using Scrubby Sliders

Selecting Screen Modes

• Display the Tools in Two

Columns

• Work with Tool Options

• Switch Tools in a Menu

• Set Foreground and

Background Colors

• Use the History Panel

Undoing and Redoing Actions

Chapter 1

Stepping into Photoshop CS4

This chapter will introduce you to some of Photoshop’s basic capabilities and its user interface You will learn how to open and close Photoshop, how to navigate and use its screens and toolbars, and how to set up the program according to your personal needs You will learn how to use Photoshop’s Help and how to find additional help and tutorials online You will also get a glimpse at the tools that Photoshop offers and

an introduction to working with color and calibration.

Get Acquainted with Photoshop

Getting acquainted with Photoshop involves starting and closing it; setting preferences, such as how to display the mouse pointer; working with the Photoshop workspace and its menus, panels, and other components; opening and creating images; and using Photoshop’s interface, including navigating, zooming, and working with panels.

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This chapter assumes that you already know how to turn on the computer and load Windows and that Photoshop has been installed on your computer Once Photoshop is installed, you start it as you would any other program.

Start and Close Photoshop

You can start Photoshop with a menu, shortcut, or keyboard combination Figure 1-1 shows the Photoshop CS4 screen that awaits your creative efforts Here are some common ways to start Photoshop:

• Double-click the Photoshop icon on your desktop

• In Windows, click Start | All Programs | Adobe Photoshop CS4

• In Mac OS X, either double-click the Photoshop icon in the Finder toolbar or on the

Dock, or click Go | Favorites if you’ve made Photoshop a Favorite.

TIP Click Help to find many great tutorials, such as “How

to Create Web Images” or “How to Customize and

Automate” (a task, panels, or tool presets, for instance)

NOTE

The figures and illustrations in this book use Vista as an

operating system If you are using a different operating

system, or a Mac, your screens might differ

Figure 1-1: Photoshop CS4 displays a window that

is open and waiting for your creativity.

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Here are some common ways to close Photoshop:

• Click File | Exit You will be prompted to save any unsaved work

• In Windows, you can also click the Close icon in the upper-right corner of the Photoshop CS4 window

• On the Mac, you can also click Quit from the menu bar.

• In both operating systems, press CTRL / CMD + Q

Learn About the Photoshop Workspace

Figure 1-2 shows an example of the Photoshop workspace Yours may look slightly different, depending on what tools, documents, and windows you

Figure 1-2: The Photoshop workspace looks something like this.

Collapse to Icons button reduces panels to icons

Panel Dock

Document window holds the image

Docked panels contain resources and image information

Status bar contains

image information such

as Zoom percentage and

document information

Tools panel contains

tools to change the

active image

Document tabs identify which image is active

Workplace Switcher switches between workplace views

Options bar contains

information about

the selected tool

Application bar contains

application-wide options

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have open Any of the items can be closed or moved about on the screen, as you’ll see In Windows, the empty workspace is gray.

The Status bar, shown in Figure 1-3, gives useful information about your currently selected document and tool You can change the information displayed by opening the Options flyout menu on the Status bar and choosing the information to be displayed.

Open and Create Images

You open a file in Photoshop in much the same way you open a file in almost any program.

OPEN AN IMAGE USING PHOTOSHOP OR BRIDGE

To open a file in Photoshop from the Application bar:

1 With Photoshop open, click File | Open

2 Navigate the Open dialog box to find the folder containing your image

3 Select the filename Click Open or double-click the file’s name to open the file

in Photoshop

TIP

You can create a new file by pressing CTRL / CMD + N You

need to have a new or existing image in Photoshop’s

workspace or else the tools and most menus will be

dimmed or unavailable

Figure 1-3: The Status bar gives useful information about the current document and tool.

Status bar Options flyout menu

Information available to be displayed on the Status bar

Zoom percentage

Information contained in the document profile

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