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CS3 for Print Design and Production
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Wiley Publishing, Inc
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CS3 for Print Design and Production
Ted LoCascio
Wiley Publishing, Inc
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Ted LoCascio is a professional graphic designer and an expert in Photoshop, Photoshop Elements,InDesign, Illustrator, and QuarkXPress He served as senior designer at KW Media and theNational Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) for several years, and has created lay-outs and designs for many successful software training books, videos, and magazines
Ted is the author of InDesign CS2 at Your Fingertips, The InDesign Effects Book, and Combining
Images with Photoshop Elements He has contributed articles to Photoshop User magazine, InDesign Magazine, and Creativepro.com, and has taught at Photoshop World Ted is also the video author
of InDesign CS2 Essential Training, Font Management, Illustrator CS2 Creative Techniques, Creative
Suite 2 Integration: Print Project Workflow, Getting Started with Quark Interactive Designer, and Bridge and Version Cue CS3 Essential Training—all available at Lynda.com And he teaches a digital graph-
ics course at St Petersburg College in Seminole, Florida
A graphic designer for more than 10 years, Ted’s designs and illustrations have been featured
in several national newsstand and trade magazines, such as Photoshop User, Mac Design Magazine, Nikon’s Capture User, Great Output, AAA Going Places, and Florida Trend As a professional
designer, he has used Adobe software to create layouts for magazines, books, and various tising and marketing materials, including brochures, product packaging, posters and signs, andinteractive PDFs
adver-A Chicago native (born a hopeless Cubs fan) and Columbia College alumnus, Ted relocated tothe Tampa Bay area in 1994 He currently resides in Tarpon Springs, Florida, with his wife, Jill, andtheir son, Enzo
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Introduction xv
Chapter 1 • Getting Started 1
Chapter 2 • Making Good Selections 45
Chapter 3 • Working with Brushes 101
Chapter 4 • Working with Color 129
Chapter 5 • Tonal and Color Corrections 163
Chapter 6 • Enhancing and Retouching for Print 203
Chapter 7 • Combining Image Layers 249
Chapter 8 • Layer Styles and Filter Effects 299
Chapter 9 • Reducing Noise and Sharpening 335
Chapter 10 • Editing in Camera Raw 381
Chapter 11 • CS3 Integration 433
Chapter 12 • Automation 473
Chapter 13 • Saving, Printing, and Output 497
Appendix • The Bottom Line 539
Index 557
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Chapter 1 • Getting Started 1
What’s New in CS3 1
New Interface 1
Enhanced Curves Dialog Box 3
Smarter Smart Objects 4
Quick Selection Tool 4
Refine Edge Dialog Box 5
Preferences for Print Designers 6
A New Dialog 6
General 6
Interface 7
File Handling 10
Performance 11
Cursors 12
Transparency & Gamut 13
Units & Rulers 13
Guides, Grid, Slices, & Count 14
Plug-Ins 15
Type 15
Setting Up a Workspace for Print Design/Production 16
Managing Palettes 16
Saving a Workspace 22
Deleting a Workspace 22
Using Screen Modes 24
Customizing Menus and Keyboard Shortcuts 27
Editing Menus 27
Editing Keyboard Shortcuts 29
Color Management: What Color Settings Should I Use? 31
What’s an ICC Color Profile? 31
Monitor Calibration 31
Color Settings 32
Synchronized Color Settings 34
Understanding Resolution for Print 36
Pixel Logic 36
What’s My Resolution? 39
The Bottom Line 43
Chapter 2 • Making Good Selections 45
Defining Good Selections 45
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The Marquee Tools 47
Identifying Which Selection Tools to Use 47
The Lasso Tools 50
The Magic Selection Tools 58
The Background Eraser 70
Making Color Range Selections 73
Modifying and Transforming Selections 75
Adding and Subtracting Selections 75
Changing a Selection’s Edge 80
Saving Selections with Paths and Channels 87
Saving a Selection as an Alpha Channel 87
Working with Paths and Selections 89
Using the Extract Filter 94
The Bottom Line 99
Chapter 3 • Working with Brushes 101
The Brush Tool 101
Graphics Tablet Pressure Sensitivity 103
Brush Tool Presets 104
The Preset Manager 108
Customizing and Creating Brushes 109
Brush Tip Shape 109
Shared Brush Setting Concepts 111
Shape Dynamics 111
Scattering 113
Texture 113
Dual Brush 114
Color Dynamics 115
Other Dynamics 117
Additional Brush Settings 118
Defining a Brush Preset 118
Saving a Brush Preset 121
Brushes and Layer Masks 122
History Painting 126
The Bottom Line 127
Chapter 4 • Working with Color 129
Replacing Colors 129
Hue/Saturation Adjustments 129
Blend Modes 134
Color Replacement Tool 137
Colorizing a Grayscale Image 139
Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layers 139
Brushes, Layers, and Blend Modes 141
Converting Color to Grayscale 144
Black And White Adjustment Layer 147
Channel Mixer Adjustment Layer 152
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Applying Spot Color in Photoshop 154
Spot Color Defined 154
Adding a Spot Color Channel 154
Spot Color Knockout and Trapping 156
Saving Images with Spot Colors 157
Creating Duotones and Tint Effects 158
Duotone Mode 158
Sepia and Other Tint Effects 159
The Bottom Line 162
Chapter 5 • Tonal and Color Corrections 163
Image Adjustment Fundamentals 163
Color Correction and Data Loss 164
Color Correction Tools 165
Tools to Avoid 169
Levels and Curves 171
Levels 171
Curves 175
Auto Color Correction 192
Selective Color 194
Photo Filter 197
Shadows/Highlights 199
The Bottom Line 202
Chapter 6 • Enhancing and Retouching for Print 203
Enhancing Images 203
Repairing Image Elements 204
Cloning to Cover 205
Cloning to Remove Contents 209
Cloning between Images 215
Retouching People 221
Brightness and Contrast and Color Balance 222
Retouching Linear Blemishes 226
Retouching Spot Blemishes 229
Retouching Area Blemishes 230
Detailed Retouching 232
Subtlety Is Key 238
Geometric Enhancements 238
Cropping 238
Straightening 241
Removing Lens Distortion 244
The Bottom Line 247
Chapter 7 • Combining Image Layers 249
Opacity and Blend Modes 249
Adjusting Layer Opacity 249
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Black Conceals, White Reveals 269
Blending with Masks and Groups 270
Gradient Blending with Layer Masks 270
Clipping Masks and Groups 282
Vector-Based Clipping Masks 286
Blending Options 294
The Bottom Line 298
Chapter 8 • Layer Styles and Filter Effects 299
Layer Styles 299
Using the Layer Style Dialog Box 300
Utilizing Layer Style Effects 303
Using the Styles Palette 310
Copying Styles 313
Clearing Styles 315
Creating Layers from Styles 316
Filters and the Filter Gallery 316
A Word of Warning 319
Applying Filters 319
Smart Filters 321
The Filter Gallery 324
The Bottom Line 334
Chapter 9 • Reducing Noise and Sharpening 335
Noise Patterns 335
Image Capture Noise 336
Compression-Related Noise 337
Halftone Patterns 337
Sharpening 338
Not All Sharpening Tools Are Created Equal 339
Unsharp Mask 341
Smart Sharpening 344
Unsharp Mask vs Smart Sharpening Revisited 348
Finding and Using Edges to Control Sharpening 352
Reducing Noise and Artifacts 356
When to Perform Noise Reduction and Sharpening 356
Removing Image Capture Noise in Channels 360
Removing Image Capture Noise in Composite RGB 365
Removing Image Capture Noise in Channels 367
Removing JPEG Artifacts 371
The Bottom Line 379
Chapter 10 • Editing in Camera Raw 381
Working with RAW Images and Camera Raw 381
Editing TIFFs and JPEGs in Camera Raw 383
Using the Camera Raw Dialog Box 385
Camera Raw Tools and Settings 386