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Mastering Photoshop 5.5 for the Web / Matt Straznitskas.
By: Straznitskas, Matt
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BookPublisher: San Francisco ; London : Sybex, 2000Description: xxiii, 647 p. : ill. ; 23 cm + pbk.ISBN: 0782126057.Subject(s): Adobe Photoshop | Computer graphics | Web sites -- DesignDDC classification: 006.6869
Contents:
Part I: Photoshop fundamentals -- Basic painting -- Image editing -- Color -- Selections -- Paths -- Channels -- Layers -- Filters -- Actions -- Digitizing -- Part II: Photoshop and the web -- The world wide web -- Graphic formats -- Web color -- Graphic type -- Web graphics -- Animating graphics -- Part III: Web page design -- HTML -- Cascading style sheets -- Javascript for designers -- Hands-on site development.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
With ImageReady integrated into this newest release, Adobe Photoshop 5.5 now has the power and flexibility to make it a full-on Web design tool. Mastering Photoshop 5.5 for the Web teaches you the principles of Web design through the Photoshop lens, equipping you with the skills and acquainting you with the technologies you need to build professional, graphically stunning sites. No other book combines Photoshop and Web design instruction so effectively. Book jacket.
Includes index.
Part I: Photoshop fundamentals -- Basic painting -- Image editing -- Color -- Selections -- Paths -- Channels -- Layers -- Filters -- Actions -- Digitizing -- Part II: Photoshop and the web -- The world wide web -- Graphic formats -- Web color -- Graphic type -- Web graphics -- Animating graphics -- Part III: Web page design -- HTML -- Cascading style sheets -- Javascript for designers -- Hands-on site development.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. xxi)
- Part I Photoshop Fundamentals (p. 1)
- Chapter 1 Basic Painting (p. 3)
- Photoshop's Workspace (p. 6)
- Painting a Seascape (p. 11)
- Conclusion (p. 29)
- Up Next (p. 30)
- Chapter 2 Image Editing (p. 33)
- Getting Around an Image (p. 35)
- Some Other Tools (p. 39)
- Turning Back the Clock (p. 50)
- Conclusion (p. 56)
- Up Next (p. 56)
- Chapter 3 Color (p. 61)
- Color Modes (p. 63)
- The Foreground Color/Background Color Indicator (p. 65)
- Specifying Color (p. 66)
- Adjusting Color (p. 71)
- The Gradient Tools (p. 75)
- Conclusion (p. 82)
- Up Next (p. 83)
- Chapter 4 Selections (p. 87)
- The Importance of Selections (p. 89)
- The Selection and Move Tools (p. 92)
- Other Selection Techniques (p. 105)
- Coloring Selections (p. 106)
- Transforming (p. 111)
- Duplicating (p. 113)
- Conclusion (p. 114)
- Up Next (p. 114)
- Chapter 5 Paths (p. 119)
- Painting vs. Drawing (p. 121)
- Do Web Designers Need to Draw? (p. 123)
- Be the Line (p. 126)
- The Path Tools (p. 126)
- The Paths Palette (p. 134)
- Conclusion (p. 139)
- Up Next (p. 139)
- Chapter 6 Channels (p. 143)
- What Are Channels? (p. 145)
- Channels and Color (p. 146)
- Alpha Channels (p. 154)
- Quick Mask (p. 162)
- Conclusion (p. 164)
- Up Next (p. 164)
- Chapter 7 Layers (p. 169)
- What Are Layers? (p. 171)
- The Layers Palette (p. 177)
- Layers Menu Options (p. 187)
- Saving Layers (p. 196)
- Keep It Clean (p. 196)
- Conclusion (p. 197)
- Up Next (p. 197)
- Chapter 8 Filters (p. 203)
- The Photoshop Filters (p. 206)
- Plug-Ins (p. 231)
- Conclusion (p. 231)
- Up Next (p. 232)
- Chapter 9 Actions (p. 235)
- The Convenience of Actions (p. 237)
- Creating an Action (p. 238)
- Troubleshooting Actions (p. 250)
- The Limitations of Actions (p. 250)
- Importing Existing Actions (p. 251)
- Actions as Filters (p. 251)
- Conclusion (p. 261)
- Up Next (p. 261)
- Chapter 10 Digitizing (p. 265)
- What Is Digitizing? (p. 267)
- Predigitized Images (p. 275)
- Positioning (p. 275)
- Cropping (p. 278)
- Conclusion (p. 284)
- Up Next (p. 285)
- Part II Photoshop and the Web (p. 289)
- Chapter 11 The World Wide Web (p. 291)
- What Is the Web? (p. 293)
- What Is a Web Site? (p. 302)
- Who Runs the Web? (p. 308)
- Conclusion (p. 312)
- Up Next (p. 313)
- Chapter 12 Graphic Formats (p. 315)
- Internally Supported Graphics (p. 318)
- Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) (p. 318)
- Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) (p. 330)
- Portable Network Graphics (PNG) (p. 335)
- Conclusion (p. 337)
- Up Next (p. 337)
- Chapter 13 Web Color (p. 341)
- Understanding Light (p. 343)
- Color Management Systems (p. 344)
- Bit Depth (p. 345)
- Browser-Safe Color (p. 347)
- The Killer Color App: Save For Web (p. 348)
- Beyond the 216-Color Palette (p. 355)
- Specifying Color with HTML (p. 358)
- Color for Television (p. 360)
- Tips for Designing with Color (p. 362)
- Conclusion (p. 362)
- Up Next (p. 363)
- Chapter 14 Graphic Type (p. 365)
- The Anatomy of Type (p. 368)
- Specifying Type (p. 376)
- What Is Graphic Type? (p. 378)
- Photoshop's Type Tool (p. 379)
- Vector Type (p. 391)
- Conclusion (p. 391)
- Up Next (p. 392)
- Chapter 15 Web Graphics (p. 395)
- ImageReady (p. 397)
- Background Graphics (p. 400)
- Headers (p. 411)
- Buttons (p. 412)
- Photos and Illustrations (p. 413)
- Advertising Banners (p. 416)
- Conclusion (p. 418)
- Up Next (p. 418)
- Chapter 16 Animating Graphics (p. 421)
- Animated GIFs (p. 423)
- Planning a GIF Animation (p. 424)
- Producing Animations with ImageReady (p. 426)
- Conclusion (p. 439)
- Up Next (p. 440)
- Part III WEB Page Design (p. 443)
- Chapter 17 HTML (p. 445)
- Designing Web Pages (p. 447)
- HTML Tools (p. 455)
- HTML Basics (p. 459)
- HTML Layout Techniques (p. 465)
- Managing HTML and Related Files (p. 481)
- Conclusion (p. 485)
- Up Next (p. 485)
- Chapter 18 Cascading Style Sheets (p. 489)
- What Are Style Sheets? (p. 491)
- Methods and Syntax (p. 492)
- Inline Style (p. 494)
- Embedded Style (p. 496)
- Properties and Values (p. 502)
- Class and Grouping (p. 517)
- Tools for CSS (p. 519)
- Conclusion (p. 519)
- Up Next (p. 520)
- Chapter 19 JavaScript for Designers (p. 523)
- What Is JavaScript? (p. 526)
- Mouseover Effects (p. 527)
- JavaScript with ImageReady (p. 534)
- Dynamic HTML (p. 537)
- Filters (p. 537)
- Animation (p. 542)
- Is That All There Is? (p. 544)
- Conclusion (p. 544)
- Up Next (p. 545)
- Chapter 20 Hands-on Site Development (p. 547)
- The Client (p. 550)
- The Agency (p. 550)
- The Strategy (p. 550)
- Branding (p. 553)
- Temporary Web Site (p. 555)
- Site Architecture (p. 558)
- Web Site Design (p. 560)
- Promotion (p. 562)
- Webmastering (p. 563)
- Conclusion (p. 564)
- Up Next (p. 564)
- Appendices (p. 565)
- Appendix A The Menu Bar (p. 567)
- File (p. 568)
- Edit (p. 573)
- Image (p. 575)
- Layer (p. 577)
- Select (p. 579)
- Filter (p. 581)
- View (p. 583)
- Window (p. 585)
- Help (p. 586)
- Appendix B The Photoshop Toolbar (p. 587)
- Group One (p. 588)
- Group Two (p. 589)
- Group Three (p. 591)
- Group Four (p. 593)
- Foreground Color/Background Color Indicator (p. 594)
- Editing Modes (p. 594)
- Screen Display Options (p. 595)
- Jump To (p. 595)
- Appendix C Palettes (p. 597)
- Tools Palette (p. 598)
- Navigator Palette (p. 599)
- Info Palette (p. 599)
- Options Palette (p. 600)
- Color Palette (p. 600)
- Swatches Palette (p. 600)
- Brushes Palette (p. 601)
- Layers Palette (p. 601)
- Channels Palette (p. 602)
- Paths Palette (p. 602)
- History Palette (p. 603)
- Actions Palette (p. 603)
- Appendix D Preferences (p. 605)
- General (p. 606)
- Saving Files (p. 607)
- Display and Cursors (p. 607)
- Transparency and Gamut (p. 608)
- Units and Rulers (p. 608)
- Guides and Grid (p. 609)
- Plug-Ins and Scratch Disks (p. 609)
- Image Cache (p. 610)
- Appendix E straznitskas.com (p. 611)
- My Photoshop Workspace (p. 612)
- Index (p. 617)