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Production Essentials
by Ben Willmore
Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 Studio Techniques
Copyright
Dedication
About the Author
Much Obliged!
Foreword
Introduction
Why This Book?
Will I Understand It?
Does It Start at My Level?
What's on the CD?
Have You Lost Weight?
Is There More On-line?
Where's the New Stuff?
Ready to Get Started?
Tool and Palette Primer
Preparing Your Workspace
Controlling Those Palettes
The Palette Well
Stacking Palettes
Workspace Presets
Working with Screen Modes
Standard Screen Mode
Full Screen Mode with Menu Bar
Screen Mode Shortcuts
A Quick Tour of the Tools
The Options Bar
Navigating Your Document
The Navigator Palette
Hand Tool
Zoom Tool
View Menu
Picking Colors
Foreground and Background Colors
Color Palette
Eyedropper Tool
Swatches Palette
Info Palette
Basic Editing Tools
Painting
Opacity
Flow
Blending Mode
Eraser Tool
Brush Presets Palette
Brushes Palette
Paint Bucket Tool
Shape Tools
Measure Tool
Notes Tool
Tool Presets
Adobe Bridge
Navigating Your Hard Drive
Working with Thumbnails
Sorting the Thumbnails
Renaming Files
Editing Keyboard Shortcuts
The Logic Behind the Keyboard Commands
Closing Thoughts
Selection Primer
What Is a Selection?
Basic Selection Tools
Rectangular Marquee Tool
Elliptical Marquee Tool
Single Row and Single Column Marquee Tools
Crop Tool
Crop and Straighten
Lasso Tool
Polygonal Lasso Tool
Magnetic Lasso Tool
Magic Wand Tool
Type Tool
Refining a Selection
Adding to a Selection
Removing Part of a Selection
Intersecting a Selection
The Select Menu
Select All
Deselect/Reselect
Inverse
Color Range
Feather
Modify
Grow
Similar
Load Selection and Save Selection
Quick Mask Mode
Shades of Gray
Selections in Quick Mask Mode
Color
Closing Thoughts
Layers Primer
How Do Layers Work?
Meeting the Layers
Creating Layers
Active Layer
Stacking Order
Background Image
The Eyeballs: What They See Is What You Get
Opacity
Moving Layers
Selecting Multiple Layers
Linking Layers
Trimming the Fat
Copying Between Documents
Duplicating Layers
Deleting Layers
Transforming Layers
Locking Up
Layer Styles
Adjustment Layers
Fill Layers
The Blending Mode Menu
Automatic Selections
Via Copy
Use All Layers
Shortcuts
Grouping Layers
No Thumbnail View
Layer Bounds View
Color Coding
Merging Layers
Closing Thoughts
Production Essentials
Resolution Solutions
Understanding Pixel Size
Printing
Resolution and Line Art
Resolution and Grayscale or Color Images
Resolution and File Size
Other Resolution Tricks
Closing Thoughts
Optimizing Grayscale Images
Levels Is the Solution
The Histogram Is Your Guide
Evaluating and Adjusting Contrast
Hidden Features to the Rescue
The Histogram Gives You Feedback
Adjusting Brightness
Setting Up Your Images for Final Output
Preparing for a Printing Press
A Quick Levels Recap
Postadjustment Analysis
Low Contrast On-Screen Appearance
Recognizing Posterization
Eliminating Posterization
Closing Thoughts
Understanding Curves
With Power Comes Complexity
But First, a Test!
The Idea Behind Curves
Taking Curves for a Test Drive
Improving Dark Images
Decreasing Contrast and Detail
Input and Output Numbers
Two Numbering Systems
Entering Numbers
The Info Palette
Color Is Different
A Quick Recap
The Histogram Palette
Achieving Optimal Contrast
Preventing Blown-Out Highlights and Plugged-Up Shadows
Avoiding Posterization
Sneaky Contrast Adjustments
Shadow/Highlight
Closing Thoughts
Color Management
How Color Works
The Problem with Color
Color Management to the Rescue
Implementing Color Management
Choosing an RGB Working Space
RGB Working Spaces
Profile Mismatch Warnings
Device Profiles
Color Management in Action
Accurate Scans
Accurate Prints
Better CMYK Conversions
Saturation
Relative and Absolute Colorimetric
Closing Thoughts
Color Correction
Use Gray to Fix Color?!?
Balancing Your Colors
Adjusting Skin Tones
Closing Thoughts
Using Camera Raw
The Camera Raw Dialog Box
The Adjust Tab
Sharpness
Luminance Smoothing
The Lens Tab
The Curve Tab
Adjusting Multiple Images
Finishing Touches
Closing Thoughts
Color Manipulation
At the Core Is the Color Wheel
Hue = Basic Color
Saturation = How Colorful
Brightness/Lightness/Luminosity
The Hue/Saturation Dialog Box
Isolating a Range of Colors
Saturating Your World
Enhancing Skies
Color to Grayscale
Colorizing Grayscale Photos
Digging a Little Deeper
Replacing Color
Variations
Color Balance
Levels/Curves
Auto Color
Selective Color
Match Color
Red Eye Tool
Color Replacement Tool
Channel Mixer
Gradient Map
Closing Thoughts
Adjustment Layers
Two Methods For Adjusting An Image
Direct Adjustments
Adjustment Layers
Using Adjustment Layers
Stacking Order
Before and After Views
Dragging Between Documents
Photo Filter Adjustments
Blending Modes
Empty Adjustment Layers
Adjusting Isolated Areas
Layer Masks
Limiting The Brightness Range That's Affected
Limiting Which Layers Are Affected
Adjusting a Single Layer
Adjusting a Limited Number of Layers
Histograms & Automatic Adjustments
Potential Problems
Limitations of Adjustment Layers
Closing Thoughts
Sharpening
Removing Film Grain and Scanner/Camera Noise
Gaussian Blur
Despeckle
Median
Dust & Scratches
Reduce Noise
Advanced Mode
Reclaiming Detail with the History Brush
How Sharpening Works
Sharpening an Image
Using Smart Sharpen
Advanced Mode
Tricks of the Trade
Sharpen Luminosity
Sharpen the Black Channel
Sharpen Channels Separately
Control Highlight and Shadow Separately
Closing Thoughts
Creative Explorations
Enhancement
Dissolve Mode
Behind Mode
Clear Mode
Darken Blending Modes
Darken Mode
Multiply Mode
Color Burn Mode
Linear Burn Mode
Lighten Blending Modes
Screen Mode
Color Dodge Mode
Linear Dodge
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Resolution Solutions
Part II: Production Essentials
©2005 Richard Tuschman,
www.richardtuschman.com
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