The Artists
by Peter Lourekas, Elaine Weinmann
Photoshop 7 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide
- Copyright
- Acknowledgements
- The Artists
- Color Gallery
- 1. The Basics
- Using the Toolbox
- Toolbox
- Options bar
- The Photoshop screen: Mac OS X
- Key to the Photoshop screen: Mac OS and Windows
- The Photoshop screen: Windows
- Key to the Photoshop screen: Windows only
- The menus
- The palettes
- Mini-glossary
- Production techniques
- 2. Photoshop Color
- Color basics
- Color management
- Calibration
- To calibrate your monitor (Mac OS):
- To calibrate your monitor (Windows):
- To choose a predefined color management setting
- Choose individual work space settings
- To customize your color management policies:
- To customize your conversion options:
- To change or delete a document’s color profile:
- To convert a document’s color profile:
- To proof your colors:
- Calibration
- 3. Startup
- To launch Photoshop (Windows):
- To launch Photoshop (Mac OS):
- Where images come from
- Scanning
- Desktop scanning software basics
- 16-bits-per-channel mode
- To scan into Photoshop:
- To calculate the proper resolution for a scan or for an existing image:
- Using the status bar
- To find out an image’s storage size:
- To create a new image:
- Opening files
- To open an image within Photoshop:
- To open the File Browser:
- The File Browser panes
- To view files in the File Browser:
- To open a file or files:
- To choose a sorting method for thumbnails:
- To create a rank for sorting images:
- To rename a file:
- To delete a file:
- To create a new folder:
- To rotate a thumbnail:
- To open a Photoshop image from Windows Explorer:
- To open a Photoshop image from the Finder (Mac OS):
- Thumbnails
- To open a Kodak Photo CD file:
- To open an EPS, PDF, or Illustrator file as a new image:
- Pixel paste
- To place an EPS, PDF, or Adobe Illustrator image into an existing Photoshop image:
- Saving files
- Navigating
- Ending a work session
- 4. Pixel Basics
- Changing dimensions and resolution
- Changing the canvas
- To change the canvas size:
- To crop an image using a marquee:
- To specify dimensions and resolution as you crop an image:
- To enlarge an image’s canvas area using the Crop tool:
- To crop an image using the Crop command:
- To crop an image using the Trim command:
- To flip an image:
- To rotate an image by a preset amount:
- To rotate an image by specifying a number:
- 5. Select
- Creating selections
- To select an entire layer:
- To create a rectangular or elliptical selection:
- To create a freeform selection:
- To create a polygonal selection:
- To select by color (Magic Wand):
- To select using the Magnetic Lasso tool:
- Magnetic Lasso tool options bar
- To select by color (Color Range):
- To create a frame selection:
- To select a narrow border around a selection:
- Working with selections
- To deselect a selection:
- To reselect the last selection:
- To delete a selection:
- To move a selection marquee:
- To switch the selected and unselected areas:
- To hide a selection marquee:
- To transform a selection marquee:
- To modify a selection marquee via a menu command:
- To add to a selection:
- To subtract from a selection:
- To select the intersection of two selections:
- To vignette an image:
- To mask a shape using the Extract command:
- Creating selections
- 6. Compositing
- 7. Layers
- Layers basics
- Transform layers
- Managing layers
- Copy layers
- To save a copy of a layer in a new file:
- To drag-and-drop a layer to another image (Layers palette):
- To drag-and-drop a layer to another image (Move tool):
- To copy and paste only the visible part of a layer to another image:
- Merge or flatten layers
- To merge two layers together:
- To merge multiple layers:
- To flatten layers:
- 8. History
- 9. Adjustments
- Adjustment basics
- Adjustment layers
- Adjustment commands
- To adjust an image using Auto Contrast:
- To equalize a layer:
- To invert lights and darks:
- To make a layer high contrast:
- To posterize:
- To adjust brightness and contrast (Brightness/Contrast):
- To adjust brightness and contrast using Levels:
- To screen back a layer:
- To lighten using the Dodge tool or darken using the Burn tool:
- To restrict an adjustment layer’s effect using a mask:
- To make a layer grayscale using the Channel Mixer:
- 10. Choose Colors
- Foreground and Background colors
- To choose a color using the Color Picker:
- To choose a custom color:
- To choose a color using the Color palette:
- Swatches palette
- To choose a color from the Swatches palette:
- To add a color to the Swatches palette:
- To rename a swatch:
- To delete a color from the Swatches palette:
- To save an edited swatches library:
- To replace or append a swatches library:
- To load a swatches library:
- To choose a color from an image using the Eyedropper:
- To copy a color as a hexadecimal value:
- 11. Recolor
- Adjustment basics
- Using the Info palette with the Color Sampler tool
- To remove a color sampler:
- To replace colors:
- To convert a layer or the Background to grayscale:
- To colorize or color correct using Color Balance:
- To adjust color using thumbnail Variations:
- To saturate or desaturate colors using the Sponge tool:
- To heighten color or silhouette color areas on black:
- Levels and Curves
- Spot color channels
- 12. Paint
- 13. Gradients
- To apply a gradient as a fill layer:
- To apply a gradient using the Gradient tool:
- To create or edit a gradient preset:
- To save the current gradients to a file:
- To use alternate gradient libraries:
- To restore the default gradients:
- To change the opacity of gradient colors:
- To create a multicolor wash:
- To apply a gradient map to a layer:
Jeff Brice
4510 171 Avenue S.E.Snohomish, WA 98290Voice 360-568-7924[email protected]www.jeffbrice.com(color section)
Alicia Buelow
150a Mississippi StreetSan Francisco, CA 94107[email protected]www.aliciabuelow.com(color section)
Stephanie Dalton Cowan
Toll free 877-792-7096[email protected]www.daltoncowan.com(color section)
Wendy Grossman
355 West 51st StreetNew York, NY 10019Voice 949-362-1848 and 212-262-4497[email protected]www.rosebudstudios.com(pages 70, 238, color section)
David Humphrey
448 West 16th Street, 5th fl.New York, NY 10011Voice 212-780-0512[email protected](page 131)
Alan Mazzetti
834 Moultrie StreetSan Francisco, CA 94110Voice 415-647-7677[email protected]www.amazzetti.com(page 556, color section)
Walter Robertson
Walter Robertston Illustration and Design10 Tamarac PlaceAliso Viego, CA 92656Voice 949-362-1848[email protected]www.walterrobertson.com(color section)
Naomi Shea
80 Montague RoadShutesbury, MA 01073Voice 413-268-3407[email protected]www.naomishea.com(page 520, color section)
Suling Wang
Voice 415-334-6273Fax 801-751-4690[email protected]www.sulingwang.com(pages xxv, xxvi, color section)
WE STILL REMEMBER clearly how difficult it was to scrape a color gallery together for early editions of this book. We had to use overnight carriers to get artists’ work. Then, once we got the files, they were incredibly cumbersome to store. We had to rely on the telephone for communication (so retro!), and to tell you the truth, there wasn’t much great work being done yet in Photoshop. Electronic image editing was still in its infancy as an art form. Oh, what a difference a few years makes! The Internet has made viewing of artists’ portfolios easy and it’s a snap to transmit work as e-mail attachments or on itty bitty disks. Even more important, we have an awesome selection of artwork and artists to choose from! The hardest part was narrowing down the number of works to the 32 images we decided to showcase.
Photo Credits
Nolan Hester, 130
Nadine Markova (Mexico City), pages 27, 171
Paul Petroff (Seattle, Washington), pages 97, 126, 170, 171, 173, 226, 355
John Stuart (NY, NY), page 415
Cara Wood (Poughkeepsie, NY), page 276
PhotoDisc, pages v, 6, 26, 30, 32, 53, 76, 78, 89, 91, 93, 98, 99, 106, 110, 118, 128, 149, 160, 161, 172, 176, 185, 190, 191, 197, 201, 205, 229, 239, 240, 247, 259, 282, 321, 343, 368, 391, 436, 438, 454
Corel Professional Photos, pages 66, 227, 265, 431
All other images are owned by the authors.
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