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Jennifer Smith & the AGI Creative Team Jennifer Smith is Executive Vice President for Aquent Graphics Institute as well as an Adobe Certifi ed Instructor.. • Edit images exactly where you

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If you want expert instruction that fi ts into your schedule, Digital Classroom delivers

Adobe Certifi ed Experts guide you through 13 lessons, helping you learn essential

Photoshop CS4 skills at your own speed Full-color, step-by-step instructions in the

book are enhanced with video tutorials on the DVD With Digital Classroom, you have

your own private instructor showing you the easiest way to learn Photoshop CS4.

Jennifer Smith & the AGI Creative Team

Jennifer Smith is Executive Vice President for Aquent Graphics Institute as well as an Adobe Certifi ed Instructor She

is a member of the AGI Creative Team, which develops and delivers training programs for creative, marketing, and

communications professionals through the Aquent Graphics Institute

• Edit images exactly where you want

using selections, layers, and masking

features

• Use Adobe Bridge to work faster and

keep your images organized

• Make an image look great using expert

color correction and retouching tips

• Explore improved nondestructive

editing capabilities

• Learn to prepare images for print,

Web, and video

• Combine images, adjust image sizes,

add text, use layers, and create eff ects

Adobe

Photoshop® CS4

Digital

Classroom

Adobe Photoshop® CS4 Digital Classroom

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-About the Authors

Jennifer Smith has more than two decades of design and electronic publishing experience Jennifer

delivers professional development education for companies around the world relating to effective

ways to use creative technology to achieve design and user experience objectives She is a founding

member of Aquent Graphics Institute (AGI) and serves as Vice President of AGI Prior to founding AGI

she worked in advertising as an art director and served as a principal in a Pennsylvania-based design

firm Jennifer is widely regarded as one of the foremost authorities in electronic publishing and design

and is often requested as a speaker at seminars and conferences around the world Jennifer is the

author of more than ten books on electronic publishing, including Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design

Premium for Dummies and Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium for Dummies, both published by

Wiley She has also written several of the Classroom in a Book series for Adobe Press Jennifer bridges

the gap between technical and creative, working easily with both developers and designers Her

ability to translate technical skills to address business issues allows organizations to reach their

objectives with effective design and creativity She uses technology to achieve design objectives

for use on-line or in print A renaissance artist with technology, you’ll find Jennifer integrating her

Photoshop work in interactive projects using Flash or Silverlight, and finessing her creations using

her skills with coding, creating 3-D renderings for product designers, or working with graphics

professionals to achieve the highest quality and most accurate color

Chad Chelius received his formal education in publishing technology but it is his trial-by-fire

production experience that makes him a valuable contributor to this project Chad has served as the

lead consultant for major InDesign migrations and Digital Asset Management implementations for

clients such as Rodale Press, publishers of Prevention Magazine, Runner’s World, and multiple other

magazine titles, and the publishing group of the National Geographic Society He’s skilled in all aspects

of print production and web, working with automation, XML, Flash, and Dreamweaver Chad holds

professional certifications from both Adobe and Apple, which he uses as a consultant and instructor

for Aquent Graphics Institute

Aquent Creative Team is composed of Adobe Certified Experts and Adobe Certified Instructors from

Aquent Graphics Institute (AGI) The Aquent Creative Team has authored many of Adobe’s official

training guides, and works with many of the world’s most prominent companies, helping them to use

creative software to communicate more effectively and creatively They work with marketing, creative,

and communications teams around the world, and teach regularly scheduled classes at AGI’s locations

More information at agitraining.com.

Thanks to our many friends at Adobe Systems, Inc who made this book possible and assisted with

questions and feedback during the writing process To the many clients of AGI who have helped us

better understand how they use Photoshop and provided us with many of the tips and suggestions

found in this book A special thanks to the instructional team at AGI for their input and assistance in

the review process and for making this book such a team effort Thanks also to John, Steve, Mia, Ann,

Mike, Nunzio, Greg, Cheryl, and the hundreds of Aquent employees around the world who support

our efforts to provide professional development training for creative, marketing, and communications

professionals

Thanks to iStockPhoto and these exclusive iStockPhoto.com photographers: Lesson 1: Boy Riding

His Bike by DIGIcal; Abstract Blue Background by moorsky; Happy mountain biker on mountain by

mbbirdy (Matjaz Boncina) Lesson 3: Music images by Larry Happy, Aquent Graphics Institute Lesson

5: Kite Photo by Chad Chelius, Aquent Graphics Institute; Red Apple Explosion by gbrundin Lesson 10:

Butterfly images by Jeremy Osborn, Aquent Graphics Institute Lesson 10: Butterfly images by Jeremy

Osborn, Aquent Graphics Institute Lesson 11: Crazy Critters by eb75 (Elise Beaudry) Lesson 12: Kite

Surfing at Bantham by eddyfish; Kiteboard Starting by vvooki (Lukasz Gumowski) Lesson 13: Guitarist

by 1001nights

Cathy Auclair, Larry Happy, Greg Heald,

Sean McKnight, Haziel Olivera, Eric Rowse

IX Table of Contents

Starting Up

About Photoshop Digital Classroom 1

Prerequisites 1

Adobe Photoshop CS4 versions 1

System requirements 2

Starting Adobe Photoshop CS4 2

Resetting Adobe Photoshop CS4 preferences 3

A note about color warnings 4

Loading lesson fi les 5

Working with the video tutorials 6

Setting up for viewing the video tutorials 6

Viewing the video tutorials with the Adobe Flash Player 7

Additional resources 8

Lesson 1: Exploring Photoshop Starting up 9

Taking a look at the fi nal project 10

Starting the composition 11

Using the new Mask panel 13

Adding a graphic image with the Clone tool 16

Adding an adjustment layer to the composition 18

Adding a text layer 20

Making a 3D postcard 22

Converting multiple layers into } one smart object layer 22

Turning your image into a 3D texture 22

Lesson 2: Getting to Know the Workspace Starting up 25

Opening an existing document in Adobe Bridge 26

Discovering the Tools panel 27

Hidden tools 29

Navigating the image area 30

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Using the Zoom tool 31

Using the Hand tool 33

Using the Rotate View tool 33

Tabbed windows 35

Using panels 40

Putting the new panel system to use 41

Choosing other panels 43

Expanding your panels 43

Customizing your panels 44

Self study 45

Review 46

Lesson 3: Using Adobe Bridge Starting up 47

What is Adobe Bridge? 48

Navigating through Bridge 48

Using folders in Adobe Bridge 50

Making a Favorite 52

Creating and locating metadata 53

Using keywords 55

Opening a fi le from Adobe Bridge 57

Searching for Files Using Adobe Bridge 57

Searching by name or keyword 58

Using the Filter panel 59

Automation tools in Adobe Bridge 59

Automated tools for Photoshop: Web Photo Gallery 59

Saving or uploading your Web Gallery 62

Automated tools for Photoshop: PDF contact sheet 63

Changing the view 64

Adobe Bridge Home 66

Self study 66

Review 66

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Lesson 4: The Basics of Working with Photoshop

Starting up 67

A look at the fi nished project 68

Opening an existing document 69

Understanding document settings 69

Viewing an image’s size and resolution 69

Combining the images 71

Using Copy and Paste 71

Dragging and dropping to copy an image 71

Transforming and editing combined images 73

Changing the size of a placed image 74

Removing a background 76

Understanding the stacking order of layers 77

Refi ning the edges of copied images 78

Adding text 79

Saving fi les 80

Understanding fi le formats 80

Choosing a fi le format 82

Saving a JPEG fi le 82

Saving for print 82

Changing the color settings 83

Adjusting image size 84

Saving a Photoshop PDF fi le 85

Self study 86

Review 86

Lesson 5: Making the Best Selections Starting up 87

The importance of a good selection 88

Using the Marquee tools 88

Creating a square selection 92

Creating a selection from a center point 94

Changing a selection into a layer 96

Working with the Magic Wand tool 97

The Lasso tool 100

Adding to and subtracting from selections 100

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Using the Quick Selection tool 102

Understanding the Refi ne Selection Edge feature 103

Using Quick Mask 105

Saving selections 107

Copying and pasting a selection 108

Using the Pen tool for selections 109

Using the Pen tool to select an area of an image 112

More Pen tool selection techniques 114

Converting a path to a selection 118

Self study 118

Review 119

Lesson 6: Painting and Retouching Starting up 121

Setting up your color settings for this lesson 122

Color primer 122

Understanding color gamut 122

The RGB color model 123

The CMYK color model 123

Why you will work in the RGB mode 124

Editing color settings 125

Selecting colors 128

Starting to paint 130

Using the Color panel 131

Using the Brush tool 132

Changing opacity 134

Save time—learn the shortcuts 135

Applying color to an image 135

Changing blending modes 137

The Eyedropper tool 139

Retouching images 141

Using the Clone Stamp tool 141

Repairing fold lines 143

The History panel 145

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The Spot Healing Brush 146

The Healing Brush 146

Using the Patch tool 148

Using the Clone Source panel 149

Cloning from another source 152

Self study 154

Review 154

Lesson 7: Creating a Good Image Starting up 155

Choosing your color settings 156

Opening the fi le 157

Why you should work in RGB 158

Reading a histogram 158

Taking care of that nasty red eye 160

Making the Curve adjustment 160

Defi ning the highlight and shadow 162

Inputting the white and black point values 163

Adjusting the midtones 167

Setting the neutral 170

Sharpening your image 172

Comparing your image with the original 174

Using the Camera Raw plug-in 176

Using Camera Raw controls 180

Saving a DNG fi le 182

Reopening a DNG fi le 184

Self study 184

Review 185

Lesson 8: Getting to Know Layers Starting up 187

Discovering layers 188

The Layers panel 188

Getting a handle on layers 188

Creating a new blank fi le 189

Naming your layer 190

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Selecting layers 193

Tips for selecting layers 194

Moving layers 195

Changing the visibility of a layer 196

Using masks in a layer 197

Preserve transparency 198

Creating a composition 201

Moving images in from other documents 202

Creating a layer mask 204

Editing the layer mask 205

Cloning layers 208

Aligning and distributing layers 209

Applying fi lters to layers 210

Creating a type layer 212

Applying a layer style 214

Creating a clipping mask 215

Self study 218

Review 218

Lesson 9: Taking Layers to the Max Starting up 219

Making color changes using adjustment layers 220

Refi ning the adjustment layer mask 223

Adjusting the Hue/Saturation layer 226

Adding a pattern fi ll layer 227

Defi ning the pattern 227

Applying the pattern 228

Using the new Black & White adjustment layer 229

Adding a tint 232

Applying a gradient to the adjustment layer 233

Layer styles 234

Creating the text layer 234

Applying the Outer Glow layer style 236

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Applying the Bevel and

Emboss layer style 239

Changing the shading 240

Changing the fi ll opacity 241

Saving the style 242

Accessing the style 242

Self study 243

Review 244

Lesson 10: Getting Smart in Photoshop Starting up 245

Creating a composition using Smart Objects 246

Opening an image as a Smart Object 246

Converting a layer to a Smart Object 249

Placing a Smart Object 251

Editing a Smart Object 252

Editing the contents of a Smart Object 254

Modifying multiple Smart Object layers 257

Replacing the contents of a Smart Object layer 258

Working with Smart Filters 260

Modifying a Smart Filter 264

Self study 265

Creating multiple Smart Objects 265

Working with Illustrator fi les 265

Review 266

Lesson 11: Using Adobe Photoshop Filters Starting up 267

Filter basics 268

Starting to use fi lters 268

Using the Clouds fi lter 269

Using the Filter Gallery 272

Applying fi lters in the Gallery 273

Taking advantage of Smart Filters 276

Applying a Smart Filter 277

Smart Filter options 280

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Enabling and disabling eff ects 282

Using a fi lter eff ects mask 282

Using the Vanishing Point fi lter 286

Building your own perspective planes 289

Building an attached plane 290

Self study 292

Review 292

Lesson 12: Creating Images for Web and Video Starting up 293

Viewing the completed fi le 294

Changing your units of measurement 297

Creating the web page 298

Adding the Text 298

Adding Style to the text 300

Creating the text for the links 301

Positioning and distribution of text 302

Creating slices 303

Slicing it up 305

Selecting and combining slices 305

Applying attributes to your slices 307

Using Save For Web & Devices 308

Optimizing the image slices 312

Saving fi les for video 313

Creating animation 316

Working in Frame mode 316

Saving an animated GIF 319

Creating animation for video 320

Working in Timeline mode 320

Self study 325

Review 325

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Lesson 13: Introducing 3D

Starting up 327

Creating a 3D object 328

Getting an image ready for 3D 328

Wrapping the image around a soda can 329

Adjusting the lighting 332

Animating the soda can 333

Testing your animation 334

Self study 336

Review 337

Lesson 14: Adobe Photoshop CS4 New Features 64-bit version 339

Workspace improvements 340

New panels 341

Adjustments panel 341

Masks panel 342

Improved cloning 342

Improved Save for Web and Devices 343

New and very much improved 3D features 344