Photoshop cs5 by steve Johnson part 5 pdf

When you’re done, click the Close button Win or click the Adobe Help menu Mac, and then click Quit Adobe Help.. Click the Help menu, and then click Photoshop Online requires an Inter

Getting Help While

You Work

Get Help Information

Click the Help menu, and then

click Photoshop Help.

TIMESAVER Press F1 (Win) or

A+/ (Mac)

The Adobe Community Help

window opens, displaying

product help information

Click Help categories (plus sign

icons) until you display the topic

you want

Click the topic you want

Read the topic, and if you want,

click any links to get information

on related topics or definitions

When you’re done, click the Close

button (Win) or click the Adobe

Help menu (Mac), and then click

Quit Adobe Help.

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Did You Know?

You can get help with Photoshop

through the Internet Click the Help

menu, and then click Photoshop Online

(requires an Internet connection) to

display Photoshop help resources from

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Click to collapse/

expand panel

Click to open help in a PDF

At some time, everyone has a question or two about using a program

When you start Photoshop Help, the Adobe Community Help window opens (New !), displaying help categories and topics You can search product help from Local Help, Community Help, or Adobe.com by using keywords or phrases or browsing through a list of categories and top-ics to locate specific information Local Help accesses product help on your local computer, Community Help accesses product help online, and Adobe.com accesses related help information on Adobe.com

When you perform a search using keywords or phrases, a list of possi-ble answers is shown from the search location with the most likely responses at the top Along with help text, some help topics include links to text and video tutorials In addition, comments and ratings from users are available to help guide you to an answer You can add feed-back and suggestions by signing in to Adobe.com using an Adobe ID

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Search for Help Information

Click the Help menu, and then

click Photoshop Help.

The Adobe Community Help

window opens, displaying

product help information

To search another CS product,

click the Select Product list arrow,

and then select a CS product

Type one or more keywords in the

Search box, and then press Enter

(Win) or Return (Mac)

To refine a search, click Search

Options to expand it, and then

select any of the following options:

◆ Search This Help System Only

Select to constrain the search

to the selected product

◆ Search Location Select Local

Help, Community Help, or

Adobe.com

◆ Filter Results For Adobe.com,

select a filter option

Click the link to the topic you want

from the search list of results

◆ What’s New Click the plus sign

(+) next to Resources, and then

click What’s New.

Read the topic, and if you want,

click any links to get information

on related topics or definitions

◆ Next and Previous Topics Click

the Previous or Next button on

the right side of the Help web

page

When you’re done, click the Close

button (Win) or click the Adobe

Help menu (Mac), and then click

Quit Adobe Help.

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Participating in Adobe Product Improvement

You can participate in the Adobe Product Improvement Program Click the Help menu, click Adobe Product Improvement Program, and then follow the onscreen instructions This is an opt-in program that allows you to test Adobe products and make suggestions for future products

This program enables Adobe to collect product usage data from cus-tomers while maintaining their privacy

For Your Information

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Saving a Document

Save a Document

Click the File menu, and then click

Save.

Enter a name for the file in the File

Name (Win) or Save As (Mac) box

Click the Format list arrow, and

then select a format

Click the Save In (Win) or Where

(Mac) list arrow, and then choose

where to store the image

Select from the available Save

options:

◆ As A Copy Saves a copy of the

file while keeping the current

file on your desktop

◆ Alpha Channels Saves or

removes alpha channel

information for the image

◆ Layers Maintains all layers in

the image If this option is

cleared or unavailable, all

visible layers are flattened or

merged (depending on the

selected format)

◆ Notes Saves notes with the

image

◆ Spot Colors Saves or removes

spot channel information for

the image

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When you finish working on your Photoshop document, you need to save it before you close the document or exit Photoshop While this may seem like a simple task, there are questions that must be asked before saving a file, like What is the intended final output of the image?

For example, if the document is destined for the Internet, you'll proba-bly save the document using the JPEG, GIF, or PNG formats Each out-put device, whether monitor or paper-based, requires a specific format, and it's best to know this information at the beginning of the creation process Knowing the eventual destination of an image helps you cre-ate the design with the output in mind

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Understanding the Save Commands

When you use the Save command from the File menu to save an existing document, Photoshop performs the save without opening a dialog box That means the original document file has been replaced with the current state of the image To preserve the original docu-ment, use the Save As command from the File menu, and then give the document a new name For example, a file originally named land-scape.psd could be saved as landscape_1.psd You could keep cre-ating new files with new names using the Save As command as you make changes, or you could use Layer Comps or Adobe Drive to keep track of different versions of the same file

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Select from the available Color

options:

◆ Use Proof Setup Creates a

color-managed document

◆ Embed ICC Profile (Win) or

Color Profile (Mac) Embeds

proof profile information in an

untagged document If the

document is tagged, the profile

is embedded by default

Select from other available options

(Win):

◆ Thumbnail Saves thumbnail

data for the file

To use this option, you need to

select Ask When Saving for the

Image Previews option in the

File Handling area of the

Preferences dialog box

◆ Use Lower Case Extension

Makes the file extension

lowercase

Click Save.

If prompted, select the Maximize

Compatibility check box, and then

click OK to maximize the

compatibility of the file save

◆ To not show the dialog box in

the future, select the Don’t

show again check box (New!)

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See Also

See “Saving a Document with a

Different File Format” on page 392 for

information on the save options

See “Understanding File Formats” on

page 391 for information on the

differ-ent file formats

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Select to not show the dialog box in the future

Maximizing Compatibility When Saving

When you save a Photoshop PSD or PSB file, you can set an option

to maximize compatibility for use in other programs Click the Edit (Win) or Photoshop (Mac) menu, point to Preferences, click File Handling, click the Maximize PSD and PSB File Compatibility list arrow, and then select Always or Ask This saves a composite (flat-tened) image along with the layers of the document, which also increases the file size If you select Ask, a dialog box appears when you save a PSD or PSB file, prompting you for options (which includes a Don’t show again check box (New !)) If you only work with files in Photoshop or file size is not an issue, you can select Never to not use the option

For Your Information

Using the Status Bar

Use the Status Bar

Click the black triangle near the

Status bar info box, and then select

from the following options:

◆ Adobe Drive Indicates whether

Version Cue file management has

been enabled

◆ Document Sizes The left number

indicates the flattened size of the

image file, and the right number

indicates the size of the open file,

based on layers and options

◆ Document Profile Displays

information on the color profile

assigned to the document

◆ Document Dimensions.

Represents the width and height

of the image

◆ Measurement Scale Shows the

scale of the document

◆ Scratch Sizes The left number

indicates the scratch disk space

required by Photoshop, and the

right number indicates the

available scratch disk space

◆ Efficiency Displays a percentage

that represents Photoshop

efficiency based on available

RAM and scratch disk space

◆ Timing Records the amount of

time required to perform the last

command or adjustment

◆ Current Tool Displays the current

tool

◆ 32-bit Exposure Lets you control

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To work efficiently in Photoshop you need information about the active document Details about the document's size, resolution, color mode, and current size all help in the design and preparation of the final image Photoshop displays current information about the active docu-ment through the Status Bar, located at the bottom of the docudocu-ment window

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To conserve your computer's resources, close any Photoshop docu-ments you are not working on You can close open docudocu-ments one at a time (choose Close from the File menu or click the Close button on the Document tab), or you can use one command to close all open docu-ments without closing the program (choose Close All from the File menu) and apply the save option all of them at once (New !) Either way, if you try to close a document without saving, a dialog box appears, prompting you to save your changes

Closing a Document

Close a Document

Click the Close button on the

Document tab or click the File

menu, and then click Close or

Close All.

TIMESAVER Press Ctrl+W

(Win) or A+W (Mac) to close the

active document

If necessary, click Yes (Win) or

Save (Mac) to save your changes.

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Did You Know?

You can close all documents in one

step Click the File menu, and then

click Close All If necessary, click Yes

or Save to save your changes for each

document To apply the option to all

open documents, click the Apply to All

check box (New!) You can also press

Alt+Ctrl+W (Win) or Option+A+W

(Mac) to close all documents

You can close documents and open

Bridge in one step If you wish to close

the open document or documents and

then open Bridge, click the File menu,

and then click Close And Go To Bridge

Close button on the Document tab

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Close All command option

Now that you've decided how you want to save your document, it's time to leave Photoshop You'll want to make sure that all of your docu-ments have been properly saved and closed before you exit Photoshop

Photoshop performs a bit of memory management, saves the current location of the panels and toolbox, and then quits

Finishing Up

Exit Photoshop from Windows

Click the File menu.

Click Exit.

TIMESAVER Click the Close

button on the program window or

press Ctrl+Q to exit Photoshop

If necessary, click Yes to save

your changes

Photoshop closes and you are

brought back to your desktop

Quit Photoshop from Macintosh

Click the Photoshop menu.

Click Quit Photoshop.

TIMESAVER Press A+Q to

exit Photoshop

If necessary, click Save to save

your changes

Photoshop closes and you are

brought back to your desktop

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