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Adobe Photoshop CC / Andrew Faulkner & Conrad Chavez.

By: Faulkner, Andrew [author].
Contributor(s): Chavez, Conrad [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Classroom in a book: Publisher: San Jose, California : Adobe Systems Incorporated, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: viii, 405 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780135261781 (paperback); 0135261783 (paperback).Subject(s): Adobe Photoshop | Image processing -- Digital techniques | Photography -- Digital techniques | Cloud computing | Computer graphicsDDC classification: 006.686
Contents:
Getting to know the work area -- Basic photo corrections -- Working with selections -- Layer basics -- Quick fixes -- Masks and channels -- Typographic design -- Vector drawing techniques -- Advanced compositing -- Painting with the mixer brush -- Editing video -- Working with camera raw -- Preparing files for the web -- Producing and printing consistent color -- Printing 3D files.
Summary: The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop CC. Classroom in a Book, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program does - an official training series from Adobe, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn from Adobe Press. The 14 project-based lessons in this book show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in Photoshop. Learn to correct, enhance, and distort digital photos, create image composites, and prepare images for print and the web. Automate tasks with actions. Compile and edit video, including transition and motion effects. Use content-aware tools to seamlessly repair images. Prepare and print 3D objects. Coordinate designs with multiple artboards and preview them on mobile devices. Share assets with collaborators and update them easily. Add advanced typographical effects and glyphs.
In addition to learning the key elements of the interface, this completely updated edition covers soon to be revealed new features!

"The official training workbook from Adobe."

Includes index.

Getting to know the work area -- Basic photo corrections -- Working with selections -- Layer basics -- Quick fixes -- Masks and channels -- Typographic design -- Vector drawing techniques -- Advanced compositing -- Painting with the mixer brush -- Editing video -- Working with camera raw -- Preparing files for the web -- Producing and printing consistent color -- Printing 3D files.

The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop CC. Classroom in a Book, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program does - an official training series from Adobe, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Getting Started (p. 1)
  • About Classroom in a Book (p. 1)
  • What's new in this edition (p. 2)
  • Prerequisites (p. 2)
  • Installing Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Bridge (p. 3)
  • Starting Adobe Photoshop (p. 3)
  • Online content (p. 4)
  • Restoring default preferences (p. 5)
  • Additional resources (p. 6)
  • Adobe Authorized Training Centers (p. 7)
  • 1 Getting to Know the Work Area (p. 8)
  • Starting to work in Adobe Photoshop (p. 10)
  • Using the tools (p. 13)
  • Sampling a color (p. 18)
  • Working with tools and tool properties (p. 19)
  • Undoing actions in Photoshop (p. 25)
  • More about panels and panel locations (p. 27)
  • 2 Basic Photo Corrections (p. 32)
  • Strategy for retouching (p. 34)
  • Resolution and image size (p. 35)
  • Opening a file with Adobe Bridge (p. 35)
  • Straightening and cropping the image in Photoshop (p. 38)
  • Adjusting the color and tone (p. 40)
  • Using the Spot Healing Brush tool (p. 44)
  • Applying a content-aware patch (p. 45)
  • Repairing areas with the Clone Stamp tool (p. 46)
  • Sharpening the image (p. 48)
  • 3 Working with Selections (p. 52)
  • About selecting and selection tools (p. 54)
  • Getting started (p. 55)
  • Using the Quick Selection tool (p. 55)
  • Moving a selected area (p. 56)
  • Manipulating selections (p. 57)
  • Using the Magic Wand tool (p. 60)
  • Selecting with the lasso tools (p. 63)
  • Rotating a selection (p. 64)
  • Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso tool (p. 65)
  • Selecting from a center point (p. 66)
  • Resizing and copying a selection (p. 67)
  • Cropping an image (p. 69)
  • 4 Layer Basics (p. 72)
  • About layers (p. 74)
  • Getting started (p. 74)
  • Using the Layers panel (p. 75)
  • Rearranging layers (p. 80)
  • Applying a gradient to a layer (p. 90)
  • Applying a layer style (p. 92)
  • Adding an adjustment layer (p. 97)
  • Updating layer effects (p. 100)
  • Adding a border (p. 100)
  • Flattening and saving files (p. 102)
  • 5 Quick Fixes (p. 106)
  • Getting started (p. 108)
  • Improving a snapshot (p. 108)
  • Adjusting facial features with Liquify (p. 112)
  • Blurring a background (p. 114)
  • Creating a panorama (p. 118)
  • Filling empty areas when cropping (p. 122)
  • Correcting image distortion (p. 124)
  • Extending depth of field (p. 127)
  • Removing objects using Content-Aware Fill (p. 130)
  • Adjusting perspective in an image (p. 134)
  • 6 Masks and Channels (p. 142)
  • Working with masks and channels (p. 144)
  • Getting started (p. 144)
  • Using Select and Mask and Select Subject (p. 145)
  • Creating a quick mask (p. 156)
  • Manipulating an image with Puppet Warp (p. 158)
  • Using an alpha channel to create a shadow (p. 159)
  • 7 Typographic Design (p. 164)
  • About type (p. 166)
  • Getting started (p. 166)
  • Creating a clipping mask from type (p. 167)
  • Creating type on a path (p. 174)
  • Warping point type (p. 177)
  • Designing paragraphs of type (p. 178)
  • Adding a rounded rectangle (p. 182)
  • Adding vertical text (p. 183)
  • 8 Vector Drawing Techniques (p. 188)
  • About bitmap images and vector graphics (p. 190)
  • About paths and the Pen tool (p. 191)
  • Getting started (p. 191)
  • Drawing with the Pen tool (p. 192)
  • Working with defined custom shapes (p. 200)
  • Importing a Smart Object (p. 202)
  • Adding color and depth to a shape using layer styles (p. 203)
  • 9 Advanced Compositing (p. 208)
  • Getting started (p. 210)
  • Arranging layers (p. 211)
  • Using Smart Filters (p. 214)
  • Painting a layer (p. 220)
  • Adding a background (p. 222)
  • Using the History panel to undo edits (p. 223)
  • Upscaling a low-resolution image (p. 229)
  • 10 Painting with the Mixer Brush (p. 232)
  • About the Mixer Brush (p. 234)
  • Getting started (p. 234)
  • Selecting brush settings (p. 235)
  • Mixing colors (p. 238)
  • Mixing colors with a photograph (p. 241)
  • Painting and mixing colors with brush presets (p. 244)
  • 11 Editing Video (p. 252)
  • Getting started (p. 254)
  • About the Timeline panel (p. 255)
  • Creating a new video project (p. 256)
  • Animating text with keyframes (p. 260)
  • Creating effects (p. 262)
  • Adding transitions (p. 266)
  • Adding audio (p. 267)
  • Muting unwanted audio (p. 268)
  • Rendering video (p. 269)
  • 12 Working with Camera Raw (p. 272)
  • Getting started (p. 274)
  • About camera raw files (p. 275)
  • Processing files in Camera Raw (p. 276)
  • Applying advanced color correction (p. 292)
  • 13 Preparing Files for the Web (p. 310)
  • Getting started (p. 312)
  • Creating placeholders with the Frame tool (p. 313)
  • Using layer groups to create button graphics (p. 318)
  • Automating a multistep task (p. 326)
  • Designing with artboards (p. 332)
  • 14 Producing and Printing Consistent Color (p. 344)
  • Preparing files for printing (p. 346)
  • Getting started (p. 347)
  • Performing a "zoom test" (p. 348)
  • About color management (p. 352)
  • Specifying color-management settings (p. 353)
  • Identifying out-of-gamut colors (p. 354)
  • Proofing document colors on a monitor (p. 355)
  • Bringing colors into the output gamut (p. 357)
  • Converting an image to CMYK (p. 359)
  • Saving the image as a CMYK EPS file (p. 361)
  • Printing a CMYK image from Photoshop (p. 362)
  • 15 Printing 3D Files (p. 368)
  • Getting started (p. 370)
  • Understanding the 3D environment (p. 370)
  • Positioning 3D elements (p. 374)
  • Printing a 3D file (p. 375)
  • Appendices (p. 382)
  • Index (p. 390)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Andrew Faulkner is the founder and creative guru at Afstudio Design with 20+ years in providing design and photo-illustration services to a long list of corporate clients. His work with Adobe Systems started in 1994, when they invited him to help develop the first Adobe Classroom in a Book. Andrew has co-authored numerous editions of the Classroom in a Book series on Photoshop, After Effects, and Flash. In addition to his graphic design work, he is a veteran Photoshop jockey, and his digital collage illustration work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal , The New York Tim es, The LA Times , and The Washington Post . His recent digital painting work can be seen online at www.andrew-faulkner.com . When Andrew's not at the studio, you can probably find him hunting down rare vinyl at one of the Bay Area's vintage record stores.

Conrad Chavez has provided education, training, and support for digital-media applications for over 20 years, originally contributing countless pages to the user guides for print, Web, and digital video products at Aldus Corporation and Adobe Systems Inc. Now a freelance writer and editor, Conrad creates books and videos that teach Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Creative Cloud workflows. His work includes the last three editions of Real World Adobe Photoshop for Photographers and the video Color Management for Photographers and Designers . He also writes articles for publications including CreativePro.com, InDesign Magazine, and Peachpit.com. To learn more about Conrad's work and photography, please see www.conradchavez.com .

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