Index
Symbols
3D Axis widget 363
3D element positioning 364
3D layers 361
A
actions
batch 321
playing 321
sets 316
stopping recording 320
Actions panel 316
Add Artboard button 325
Add Audio option 265
Add Layer Mask button 104
Add Media button 256
Add Noise filter 225
Adjustment Brush tool (Camera Raw) 303
adjustment layers
Brightness/Contrast 223
Channel Mixer 223
defined 17
Exposure 224
Hue/Saturation 97
using in video 260
Favorites panel 37
installing 3
Load Files into Photoshop Layers command 209
opening files in Camera Raw from 274
opening files in Photoshop from 36
adjusting white balance in 277
Adjustment Brush tool 303
Basic panel 280
Detail panel 282
opening images in 274
Open Object button 287
saving files in 288
synchronizing settings across images 283
version 272
workflow 275
workspace 275
Adobe Capture CC 203
desktop application 3
mobile apps 203
portfolio online 354
Adobe Dimension CC 362
Adobe DNG (Digital Negative) file format 273, 288, 293, 302, 305
Adobe Generator 323
importing Smart Objects from 200
Adobe Lightroom Classic CC 292–293
Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format)
Photoshop PDF format 182
printing on press 336
Adobe Photoshop CC
installing 3
new features 2
resetting the default preferences for 10
Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book (2018 release)
about 1
lesson files and Web Edition 4
prerequisites 2
Adobe Stock
designing with 104
Libraries panel import 86
licensing 104
Search Adobe Stock command 78
in Start workspace 11
Aligned option 47
alpha channels 142, 143, 157, 158
animating
Pan & Zoom effect 263
anti-aliasing 62
application frame, Mac 12
arrow keys, nudging with 59–60
artboards
about 323
adding 325
duplicating 323
exporting 331
mobile devices and 326
presets for sizes 325
resizing 328
audio
adding to a video timeline 265
fading 266
shortening clips 265
Audio track 265
Auto-Align Layers 129
Auto Enhance option 56
Auto-Select option 101
axes, 3D 363
B
background layer
about 74
converting to a regular layer 76, 318
erasing 79
overview 76
background, removing 143
barrel distortion, correcting 124
Basic panel (in Camera Raw) 280
Bevel & Emboss effect 201
bitmap images
overview 10
black and white, converting color images in Photoshop 50
black point 280
Black & White adjustment layer 50, 261
blemishes, removing 44
Blend Images Together option 119
blending colors with a photograph 239
blending modes
achieving different effects with 95
applying to layers 83
Luminosity 228
Multiply 83
Overlay 83
overview 82
Bloat tool in the Liquify filter 217
blur
caused by camera motion, removing 138
Field Blur 116
restore noise 117
Spin Blur 116
Tilt-Shift 116
Blur Effects panel 117
Bridge. See Adobe Bridge CC
brightening an image 110–111, 120
Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer 223
bristle tips 232
Browse In Bridge command 36
brushes
loading with color 237
presets. See brush presets
settings 233
Brushes panel 239
exporting 240
Brush Settings panel 233
Brush tool
about 20
setting options 154
buttons
duplicating 314
C
calibration, monitor 347
Camera Raw. See Adobe Camera Raw
camera raw images
cameras supported by Adobe Camera Raw 273
creating 273
file formats for saving 288
histogram 282
overview 273
proprietary 272
sharpening 282
white balance and exposure adjustment 277–278
Camera Shake Reduction filter 138
cameras, in 3D layers
about 361
changing the angle of 364
Camera widget 364
Canvas Size command 318
CC Libraries. See Libraries, Creative Cloud
center point, selecting from 66
channel masks 143
Channel Mixer adjustment layer 223
channels
about 142
shadow created with 157
Channels panel 142
checkerboard transparency indicator 79
chromatic aberration 124
Classroom in a Book 1
Clean Brush After Every Stroke icon 236
Clean Brush option (Mixer Brush tool) 237
clipping masks
indicator 170
in placed video assets 261
shortcut 170
closing a Photoshop file 12
Clouds filter 86
CMYK color mode, converting to 342
collaborating with libraries 203
color
additive 342
adjusting overall 40
changing foreground 18
converting to black and white 50
default foreground and background 222
default text 168
fonts 179
management. See color management
mixing with the Mixer Brush 236
out-of-gamut 342
previewing CMYK values in RGB mode 343
selecting by 54
selecting using the Swatches panel 24–25
softening edge transitions 62
Color blending mode 218
color casts, removing 40
color comp 352
Color Overlay 201
Color panel 28
color profiles 347
Color Range command 299
Color Settings dialog box 348–349
color settings, saving and restoring 5
color space 347
color theme, for user interface 30
with different perspectives 134–138
commands, keyboard shortcuts for 377
Commit Any Current Edits button 100
Commit Transform button 201
compositing. See combining images
Content-Aware Crop 122
Content-Aware Fill for panoramas 118, 119
Content-Aware Move tool 130, 131
Content-Aware Patch tool 45
Content panel, in Bridge 37
context menus
annotations 182
using 19
Contrast slider in Camera Raw 280
Control Timeline Magnification slider 257
Convert for Smart Filters 303
converting images to black and white 50
Copy command 77
copying
anti-aliasing edges 62
commands 69
images, and centering 77
settings in Camera Raw 283
Copy Merged command 69
corner points 191
creases, repairing 44
Create Video Timeline 255
Creative Cloud. See Adobe Creative Cloud
Crop and Straighten Photos command 39
cropping images
Content-Aware Crop 122
cropping shield 38
Crop tool 38
Cross Fade transition 264
curved paths 191
Curves adjustment layers 17–18, 110, 300
customizing the user interface 30
D
Default Foreground And Background Colors 222
Delete Cropped Pixels option 38
depth of field, extending 127
Deselect command 22
deselecting selections 57
Deselect Layers command 22
Detail panel in Camera Raw 282
Difference Clouds filter 222
Direct Selection tool 191
discretionary ligatures 179
distortions, correcting 134
DNG. See Adobe DNG (Digital Negative) file format
docking panels 27
document size, displaying 102
drag-and-drop importing 86
Drop Shadow layer style 312, 319
duplicating
areas of a scene 130
images 344
layers 314
duration of video clips, changing 257
Dust & Scratches filter 48
E
Edit In Quick Mask Mode button 154
Elliptical Marquee tool
centering selection 66
circular selections with 58
in Tools panel 54
emoji fonts 179
EPS file format 351
exporting artboards 331
exporting layers 332
3D objects for printing 367
brushes 240
image files from layers 323, 332
layers as web assets 332
layer visibility 161
path visibility 196
video 267
Exposure adjustment layer 224
eye icon, in the Layers panel 75
F
Face-Aware Liquify filter 112
Fade With Black transitions 264
fading audio 266
Favorites panel, in Bridge 37
Feather command 62
feathering 62
Field Blur 116
file formats. See name of format
fills
color 361
foreground color 101
gradient 91
filters
adding clouds with 85
Add Noise 225
Camera Raw Filter 303
Camera Shake Reduction 138
Difference Clouds 222
Dust & Scratches 48
Lighting Effects 226
Find. See Search icon
Fit On Screen command 67
Flatten Image command. See flattening
flattening and 183
focus, adjusting 127
alternates 179
changing in the options bar 23
color 179
emoji 179
Font Similarity 182
OpenType 179
previewing in context 167
selecting 166
special characters 183
variable 179
Font Similarity option 182
Foreground color swatch 24, 86
four-color printing 342
fractions 179
Freeform Pen tool 189
Free Transform command 204, 210, 212
G
gamut
defined 347
Generator. See Adobe Generator
Geometric Distortion Correction option 119
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) file format 323
Global Light option 92
Go To First Frame button 264
Gradient Picker 91
gradients, listing by name 91
Gradient tool 91
guides
adding 165
ruler 310
Smart Guides 204
H
Hand tool 65
HDR in Camera Raw 302
Help, Photoshop 6
hiding
layers 78
selection edges 60
HiDPI
graphics export 332
resolution 35
high-resolution images 35
histogram
Levels adjustment layer 41, 291, 341
Horizontal Type tool 22, 89, 166, 167
hue, adjusting for printing 344
Hue/Saturation adjustment layers 17, 155
I
Illustrator. See Adobe Illustrator CC
images
centering and copying 168
copying 102
duplicating 344
fitting onscreen 65
sharpening 282
image window
fitting image to 67
scrolling 16
status bar 14
importing
embedded Smart Objects 321
multiple files from Bridge 209
video assets 255
InDesign. See Adobe InDesign
Info panel 309
inkjet printers 352
Inner Shadow layer style 170
interface. See user interface
iPhone, designing for 325
Isolate Layers command 100
J
JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) file format
Camera Raw and 273–274, 277, 285, 288
compared to other formats 288
Export As 331
image quality degradation 293
type quality 182
web design 323
K
customizing 238
duplicating 68
keyframes
appearance of 259
moving to the next or previous 262
using to animate text 258
L
layer comps 103
updating 100
layers
about 74
Background 76
converting Background to regular 318
converting to Background 76
copying and merging 69
copying and pasting 77
effects. See layer effects; See also layer styles
exporting individually 332
generating images from 323
groups 309
locking 75
masks 143
merging visible 102
opacity 82
overview 74
painting 218
renaming 77
rotating 84
selecting 18
showing and hiding 78
styles. See layer styles
transforming 84
type 89
Layers panel
Quick Mask mode indicator 154
searching within 100
adding to type 170
Bevel & Emboss 201
Color Overlay 201
in Creative Cloud Libraries 93
multiple instances of effects 99
Satin 96
leading 177
learning resources for Adobe Photoshop CC 6
length of video clips, changing 257
Lens Correction filter 124–126
lens flaws, correcting 124–126
lesson files, accessing 3
Levels adjustment layers 40–41, 120, 290
Adobe Stock 86
color swatches 86
images 86
layer styles 93
linked Smart Objects 203
mobile apps 203
Libraries panel 104
licensing, Adobe Stock 104
lightening an image 110–111, 120
Lighting Effects filter 226
Lightroom. See Adobe Lightroom Classic CC
lights, in 3D layers 361
Liquify, Face-Aware filter 112
Live Tip Brush Preview 243
Load Files Into Photoshop Layers command 209
loading brushes with color 237
low resolution images
about 35
upscaling 227
Luminosity blending mode 228
M
Mac, differences in work area 12
magnification. See Zoom tool
Timeline panel 257
magnifying glass. See Zoom tool
marquee tools 54
masks
color values for editing 142
inverting 155
overview 142
terminology 143
vector 143
Match Font command 184
materials, in 3D layers 361
megapixels 35
Merge Visible command 103
merging
images 127
images with different perspectives 134–138
layers 102
multiple Photoshop files 209
meshes, in 3D layers 361
Mixer Brush tool
about 232
cleaning the brush 237
mixing colors
with a photograph 239
with Mixer Brush tool 236
mobile devices
designing for, with artboards 326
using with libraries 203
monitor calibration 347
motion blur effects 117
Motion workspace 255
Move tool
Auto-Select option 101
moving selections 57
Pan the 3D Object mode 362
scissors icon 67
using 26
moving
3D objects 363
objects in an image 130
panels 27
Multiply blending mode 83
N
navigating
using Scrubby Zoom 15
using the Navigator panel 16
Navigator panel 16
noise, reducing 48
nondestructive filters 212
notes, deleting 182
Notes panel 177
nudging layers 330
nudging selections 59
O
on-image adjustment tool. See targeted adjustment tool
opening images in Camera Raw 274
Open Object button (in Camera Raw) 287
OpenType SVG 179
options bar
proxy icon 326
setting type options in 23
output resolution, determining 35
Overlay blending mode 83
P
painting
layers 218
wetness options 234
with the Mixer Brush tool 230–244
painting gallery 246
panels
Brush panel 233
compared to options bar 29
docking 27
expanding and collapsing 28–29
moving to another group 27
resizing 28
undocking 27
panning with the Navigator panel 16
panoramas
in Adobe Camera Raw 302
Pan the 3D Object mode 362
Pan & Zoom option 258, 263, 263–264
Paper Color option 350
paper, simulating white 350
Paragraph panel 28
paragraph type 166
Paste command 77
Paste in Place command 69
Paste Outside command 69
Paste Without Formatting command 177
pasting layers 77
Patch tool 45
Path Options menu 196
about 189
closing 191
drawing curved segments 191
drawing straight segments 191
guidelines for drawing 194
making easier to see 196
Paths panel
using 192
vector mask 200
work path 191
Pencil tool 189
Pen tool. See also paths
as selection tool 190
keyboard shortcut 189
Perspective Warp command 134
photo restoration, manual 42–43
Photoshop EPS file format 343
Photoshop PDF file format 182
pincushion distortion 124
pixel dimensions 35
pixels
compared to vector graphics 188
defined 10
resolution and 35
pixels per inch 35
Place Embedded command 322
Place Linked command 201
planes, Perspective Warp 135
playhead, in the Timeline panel 260
plug-ins 10
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) file format 288, 323
point type
defined 166
paragraphs vs. 176
Polygon tool 200
portfolio. See Adobe Portfolio
position, animating in video 262
ppi (pixels per inch) 35
preferences
Export 331
gamut-warning color 343
History States 227
Units & Rulers 309
Use Graphics Processor 226
user interface lightness 30
Preserve Details 2.0 option 227
Preserve Details (Enlargement) option 227
Preserve Numbers option 349
presets
artboard 325
Curves 110
Lighting Effects 226
White Balance (Camera Raw) 277
previewing
brush tips 243
colors for printing 349
fonts in context 167
Print dialog box 353
printers, inkjet 352
printing
3D files 365
guidelines 352
identifying out-of-gamut color 342–343
preparing images for 336
preparing text and vector shapes for 183
proofing images onscreen 349–352
saving image as separations 351
printing inks, simulating 350
profiles, color 347
Properties panel
artboard editing 325
Brightness and Contrast adjustment 17
clipping masks 339
Curves adjustment 40
Levels adjustment 291
shape layers 180
targeted adjustment tool 50
proxy icon 326
PSD (Photoshop) format 273, 288
Pucker tool in the Liquify filter 217
Puppet Warp command 156
Q
Quick Selection tool 54, 55–56, 144
R
raster images, overview 188
rectangles, rounded 180
Rectangular Marquee tool 19, 54, 61, 310
Refine Edge. See Select and Mask
Refine Edge Brush tool 147
rendering video 267
repositioning selections 58
Resize To Fill Canvas option 258
resizing
layers 84
panels 28
video assets 258
resolution
best practice 293
bitmap images vs. vector graphics 188
Crop tool option 38
defined 34
increasing 227
professional printing 336, 338
screens of high and low 323, 332
sharpening and 49
responsive design 324
retouching/repairing
strategy 34
with the Healing Brush tool 295
with the Spot Healing Brush tool 44, 295–297
RGB color mode, converting to CMYK 343
RGB color model 342, 342–344, 347
right-click menus 19
Roll The 3D Object tool 363
rotating
3D objects 363
images 124
layers 84
paths 174
in Puppet Warp 157
selections 64
stylus 232
Rounded Rectangle tool 180–181
rulers 166
S
Satin layer style 96
saturation
in Camera Raw 280
Save for Web (Legacy) command 323. See also Export As command
saving. See also exporting
as Photoshop format 18
as Photoshop PDF 182
as separations 351
scale factors, exporting for Retina/HiDPI 332
scaling
3D objects 363
enlarging 227
layers 169
scrubbing numeric values 23
Scrubby Zoom 15
searching
within Layers panel 100
within Photoshop 11
Select and Mask command 143
selecting. See also selections
about 54
by color 54
layers 18
skin tones 299
text 100
selections. See also selecting
circular 66
copying 69
duplicating 68
feathering 62
freehand 54
geometric 54
hiding edges of 60
inverting 155
saving 155
showing edges of 60
softening 62
separations
saving image as 351
sepia effect, creating 261
shaders, in 3D layers 361
shadows, creating 157
Shapeways online 3D print vendor 366
Share an Image button 12
sharpening images
shortcut menus 19
shortcuts. See keyboard shortcuts
shortening video clips 257
Show/Hide Visibility column 79
Show Transform Controls option 201
side by side documents 77
sidecar XMP files 283
Single Column Marquee tool 54
Single Row Marquee tool 54
skewing an object 160
skin tones, selecting 299
Smart Filters 114, 212–215, 217
Smart Guides 204
Smart Objects
converting layers to 212
embedded 321
importing 200
layer thumbnail 201
Smart Filters and 212
smooth points 191
snapping 309
special characters 183
spell checking 172
Spin Blur 116
Split at Playhead button 265
Spot Healing Brush tool 44–45, 295–297
stacking order, changing 80–82
Standard mode 154
starting Photoshop 10
status bar 14
sticky notes 177
Stop Recording button 320
stopwatch icon in the Timeline panel 259
strobe effect 117
Subtract From Selection button 61
Surface Blur filter 301
SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) file format 179, 323
swashes 179
swatches, selecting 24
synchronizing settings in Camera Raw 283
T
targeted adjustment tool 50
temperature, image color 277
text. See also type
adding 166
animating 258
default color 168
moving 90
selecting 100
textures, in 3D layers 361
thumbnail icons, layer 75, 201
TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)
camera raw images and 273–274, 288
compared to other formats 288, 293
type quality 182
Tilt-Shift Blur 116
timeline, creating 255
Timeline panel
changing the magnification 257
returning to the first frame 264
tints
in Black & White adjustment layers 50, 261
white balance (Camera Raw) 277
Tolerance option for the Magic Wand tool 60
Brush tool 20
Crop tool 38
Elliptical Marquee 228
Healing Brush tool 44
Horizontal Type tool 22
Lasso tool 63
Magic Wand tool 60
Move tool 26
Patch tool 45
Rectangular Marquee tool 19, 310
Rounded Rectangle tool 180–181
Spot Healing Brush tool 44
Tools panel. See also tools
compared to other panels 29–30
double-column view 13
selecting and using tools from 13–19
tool tips, displaying 14
tracing a photo 195
tracks, in a timeline 255
transforming
layers 84
Smart Objects 201
transitions
adding to video 264
changing the length of 265
transparency
recognizing (checkerboard) 79
Transparency And Gamut preference 343
TrueType fonts 179
type. See also text
aligning 166
overview 164
resizing 164
resolution-independent 164
setting options 166
swashes 179
tricks 172
true fractions 179
typefaces. See fonts
formats 164
selecting 166
Typekit. See Adobe Typekit
type layers
selecting contents 172
U
undocking panels 27
Undo command 26
undoing actions
with the History panel 221–227
Units & Rulers preferences 309
upscaling images 227
Use Global Light command 92
Adobe Camera Raw 275
changing settings for 30
V
Variable Fonts 179
vector graphics
bitmap images vs. 188
defined 10
overview 188
vector masks 143
Vertical Type tool 181
video
adding audio to 265
adding pan and zoom effects 263–264
exporting 267
groups 256
importing assets for 255
Motion workspace 255
overview 254
rendering 267
resizing assets for 258
using adjustment layers in 260
vignetting 124
visibility icon. See eye icon
W
warping
images with the Liquify filter 212
watermark, Adobe Stock 104
web design
HiDPI 332
responsive 324
Retina 332
workflow 306
wetness options, in painting 234
White Balance tool (in Camera Raw) 277–279
white point 280
White Point eyedropper tool 340
Windows, differences in work area 12
workflow options (Camera Raw) 275
workflows
professional photographer 292–293
retouching 34
video 250
web design 307
work path 191
workspaces
3D 362
default 12
Graphics and Web 165
Motion 255
Painting 233
Start 11
Workspaces menu 12
X
x axis 363
XMP files 283
Y
y axis 363
Z
z axis 363
Zoom option in video 261
zoom test, before printing 338
Zoom tool. See also magnification
Scrubby Zoom 15
shortcuts 149