The immense popularity of Adobe Photoshop is in part
attributable to the fact that it enables us to alter the
reality of images. And who, after all, can resist the
temptation to alter pictures? Photoshop 7 Savvy is for
anyone who has ever unconsciously scribbled a moustache on
a face in a magazine while talking on the telephone. It's
for those of us who take photographs, draw, paint, and cut
and paste pictures. It's for computer artists, graphic
designers, web designers and printers. It is intended to
help master the software, at whatever level you may be in
the learning curve.
The focus of Photoshop 7 Savvy is to present a systematic
and comprehensive guide to the tools and operations of
Adobe's amazing image editing software. It is intended to
offer descriptions, explanations, and techniques that will
make all aspects of the software more accessible and
familiar to you without oversimplifying or
“dumbizing” the information.
How you work in Photoshop will be defined by your specific
output goals. In Photoshop 7 Savvy, you will find
everything you need to know to use this powerful program to
create and alter images for print, multimedia and the World
Wide Web. The book explores the basic concepts that are
fundamental to your understanding of the digital image.
Each chapter contains information to help you master the
Photoshop skills you need. Most chapters contain
step-by-step modules, and many conclude with Hands-On
projects, which will further enhance your capabilities so
that you can ultimately apply the techniques to your own
images. --- Steve Romaniello
Contents PART I: PHOTOSHOP CORE Chapter 1: The Foundations of Photoshop
Chapter 2: What's New in Photoshop 7
Chapter 3: The Nature of the Beast
Chapter 4: Navigation: Know Where to Go
Chapter 5: Setting Up Photoshop
Chapter 6: Making Selections
Hands On 1: Making Selections
Chapter 7: Layering Your Image
Chapter 8: Working with Type
Hands On 2: Layers and Type
Chapter 9: Drawing Paths
Chapter 10: Creating and Applying Color
Chapter 11: Altered States: History
Hands On 3: Painting, Paths, and History
Chapter 12: Using Channels and Quick Mask
Hands On 4: Channels
Chapter 13: Sizing and Transforming Images
Chapter 14: Capturing Images
PART II: PHOTOSHOP COLOR Chapter 15: Color Management and Printing
Chapter 16: Adjusting Tonality and Color
Chapter 17: Modifying and Mapping Color
Hands On 5: Image Size, Transformation, and Color
Adjustment
Chapter 18: Duotones and Spot Color
Hands On 6: Duotones and Spot Color
PART III: PHOTOSHOP SAVVY Chapter 19: Photo Retouching
Hands On 7: Restoring a Color Photograph
Chapter 20: Using Filters
Chapter 21: Making Difficult Selections
Chapter 22: Advanced Layer Techniques
Hands On 8: Advanced Layers
Chapter 23: Automating the Process
Chapter 24: Overlay Techniques
PART IV: PHOTOSHOP, WWW, AND DV Chapter 25: Web Design with Photoshop and
ImageReady
Hands On 9: Web Design and ImageReady
Chapter 26: Photoshop and Digital Video
PART V: APPENDICES Appendix A: Tool Descriptions
Appendix B: File Formats
Appendix C: Blending Modes
Appendix D: Quick Keys
Glossary