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Not only will you get amazingly thorough coverage of Photoshop -- from its use as a tool for photograph retouching to a powerful application for creating artwork for print and electronic media -- but you will also find realistic examples, beautiful artwork, and ideas to inspire everyone from amateur photographers to Web designers.
Table of contents
Part I: Getting to Know Photoshop 1: Getting to Know Photoshop: What It Does Best and What’s New in Photoshop 7 2: Understanding the Photoshop Interface 3: Customizing Photoshop’s Preferences 4: Importing Existing Images Part II: Editing and Retouching Images 5: Working with Selections, Paths, and Masks 6: Understanding, Applying, and Adjusting Colors 7: Making Artistic Use of Photoshop’s Painting and Drawing Tools 8: Cleaning and Editing Photographs 9: Resizing and Cropping Images Part III: Building Original Artwork 10: Creating and Working with Layers 11: Adding Shapes to Photoshop Creations 12: Using Fills and Styles to Enhance Shapes and Layers 13: Transforming Images with Filters 14: Adding Words to Pictures 15: Applying Special Effects to Text 16: Printing Your Photoshop Creations Part IV: Photoshop on the Web 17: Optimizing Web Graphics 18: Getting to Know ImageReady 19: Creating ImageReady Animations, Rollovers, Slices, and Image Maps 20: Using and Creating Actions for Automatic Special Effects Appendix: What’s On the CD-ROM
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Your Authoritative Resource on Photoshop 7
Master the most sophisticated collection of graphic design and image manipulation tools ever assembled in one application. Photoshop 7: The Complete Reference features functional examples drawn from real-world situations, as well as beautiful artwork and inspiring ideas for graphic designers, photographers, and Web developers. You'll learn to use all the essential selection, drawing, painting, and retouching tools in addition to the latest special effects wizardry for conjuring virtually anything you can visualize. Restore and retouch existing images, create original artwork, and use Photoshop to design for the Web. Create animations, build your own automated tools, and discover online resources for Photoshop users of all levels and interests.
- Discover the tool of choice for graphics professionals--and all that's new in Photoshop 7
- Add content to images with painting and drawing tools
- Clean, edit, and improve the quality and content of images
- Generate original images from a blank background canvas
- Create freeform shapes with pencils, pens, and brushes
- Apply fonts, color, and effects to text
- Transform images with on-board and third-party filters
- Learn Web requirements--including appropriate file formats for fast-loading Web graphics
- Understand color models and palettes, and color management tools
