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  • Photoshop CS4 - Introduction

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Product Overview

This vBook will teach you how to identify the components of the Photoshop environment. It will also discuss the differences between raster and vector graphics, and teach you how to use Adobe Bridge.

Authored By Kirsten Rourke


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Product Description

This vBook will teach you how to identify the components of the Photoshop environment. It will also discuss the differences between raster and vector graphics, and teach you how to use Adobe Bridge. It will also explore various methods of adjusting image areas and will teach you how to modify and manipulate ions, how to work with text, layers, and layer effects, and how to prepare images for printing and the Web.



Table of Contents



  • Workspaces

    • Using a default workspace

    • Modify the workspace panels

    • Modify the Toolbar



  • Preferences

  • Using Adobe Bridge

    • Opening a File

    • Browse in Bridge

    • Navigate in Bridge

    • The Metadata Panel

    • Marking graphics in Bridge

    • Open Photo from Bridge



  • Navigation

    • Using the Zoom Feature

    • The Navigator Palette

    • Panning Through a Picture



  • Selections

    • Marquee Tools

    • Add and Remove from a Selection

    • The Magic Wand

    • Quick Selector Tool

    • Tool Size and Shape

    • Save a Selection

    • Polygon Lasso Tool



  • Layers

    • Combining Pictures

    • Selecting the Working Layer

    • The Eraser Tool

    • Selective Editing

    • Using a Render Filter on a New Layer



  • The Color Palette

    • Using the Eye-Dropper

    • Setting the Foreground Color

    • Color Libraries

    • Saving a Custom Swatch



  • Gradients

    • Gradient Tool

    • Creating a Custom Gradient

    • Saving a Custom Gradient

    • Placing a Gradient



  • Image History

    • Create a New Document from the History State

    • History States

    • History Brush

    • History Brush Source

    • Using the Patch Tool

    • Using the Clone Tool



  • Using Text

    • Type Tool

    • Change the Font, Size and Color

    • Layer Style

    • Text Transform Tools

    • Type Mask Tool



  • Image Sizing

    • Resizing Versus Re-sampling

    • Progressive Resizing

    • Saving a Picture for the Web and Devices

    • Image Optimization



  • Summary


 

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