Photoshop CS3 Essential Skills P1

Photoshop has helped revolutionize how photographers capture, edit and prepare their imagesfor viewing. Most of what we now see in print has been edited and prepared using the Adobesoftware. The image-editing process extends from basic retouching and sizing of images, to thehighly manipulated and preconceived photographic montages that are commonly used by theadvertising industry.
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Photoshop CS3 Essential Skills P1 mark galerphilip andrewsThis eBook does not include ancillary media that was packaged withthe printed version of the book.Focal Press is an imprint of ElsevierLinacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, UK30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803, USAFirst published 2007Copyright © 2007, Mark Galer and Philip Andrews. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reservedThe rights of Mark Galer and Philip Andrews to be identified as the authors of this work has beenasserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval systemor transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying,recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisherPermissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology RightsDepartment in Oxford, UK: phone (+44) (0) 1865 843830; fax (+44) (0) 1865 853333;email: permissions@elsevier.com. Alternatively you can submit your request online byvisiting the Elsevier web site at http://elsevier.com/locate/permissions, and selectingObtaining permission to use Elsevier materialNoticeNo responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to personsor property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any useor operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the materialherein. Because of rapid advances in the medical sciences, in particular, independentverification of diagnoses and drug dosages should be madeBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication DataA catalogue record for this book is available from the British LibraryLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataA catalog record for this book is available from the Library of CongressISBN: 978-0-240-52064-3 For more information on all Focal Press publications visit our website at: www.focalpress.comPrinted and bound in Canada07 08 09 10 11 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1AcknowledgementsTo our families: Dorothy, Matthew and Teagan and Karen, Adrian and Ellenafor their love, support and understanding.We would like to pay special thanks to Mark Lewis and Bryan O’Neil Hughes for theiradvice and editorial input and to Stephanie Barrett and Margaret Denley at Focal Pressfor all their hard work in getting this book to press.Picture creditsPaul Allister; Magdalena Bors; Andrew Boyle: Dorothy Connop; Catherine Dorsen;Samantha Everton; Serena Galante; Shari Gleeson; John Hay; Paulina Hryniewiecka;Jeff Ko; Anitra Keogh; Seok-Jin Lee; Anica Meehan; Chris Mollison; Chris Neylon;Serap Osman; Rod Owen; Craig Shell; Daniel Stainsby; Jennifer Stephens; AkaneUtsunomiya; Victoria Verdon Roe.Also our thanks go to www.iStockphoto.com for supporting this venture by supplyingvarious tutorial images.All other images and illustrations by the authors. Contents foundation module Introduction xii A structur learning approach A structured oach xiii xiii Supporting DVD xiii Research and resources xiii Essential information xiv The Digital Darkroom 1 Digital setup 2 Monitor settings 3 Choosing a working space 5 Getting started with Photoshop 5 Settings and preferences 8 Navigation and viewing modes 10 Rulers and guides 13 Digital Basics 15 Introduction 16 Channels and modes 17 Levels 18 Hue, Saturation and Brightness 19 Color and light overview 21 Bit depth and mode 23 File size 24 File formats 25 Image compression 28 Resolution 30 Image size 34 Interpolation 37 Bridge 41 Introduction 42 Bridge turns 2.0! 43 Setting up Bridge 44 Using Bridge 48 Using Bridge to access the project resources 53iv ContentsCapture and Enhance 55Introduction 56Advantages and disadvantages of 16-bit editing 57Foundations project 1 58Image capture – Step 1 58Cropping an image – Step 2 59Tonal adjustments – Step 3 61Color adjustments – Step 4 66Cleaning an image – Step 5 68Sharpening an image – Step 6 69Saving a modified file – Step 7 70Adobe Camera Raw 75Introduction 76Processing Raw data 77Processing projects – images on supporting DVD 77Straighten, crop and size – Step 1 78Color space – Step 2 79Choosing a bit depth – Step 3 80White balance – Step 4 81Tonal adjustments – Step 5 ...