PHOTOSHOP CS4 QuickSteps- P13

PHOTOSHOP CS4 QuickSteps- P13: QuickSteps books are recipe books for computer users. Theyanswer the question “How do I...?” by providing quick setsof steps to accomplish the most common tasks in a particularprogram. The sets of steps are the central focus of the book.QuickSteps sidebars show you how to quickly do many smallfunctions or tasks that support the primary functions. Notes,Tips, and Cautions augment the steps, yet they are presentedin such a manner as to not interrupt the fl ow of the steps....
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PHOTOSHOP CS4 QuickSteps- P131 4. Threshold determines the number of levels (tones) in the image you want to affect.2 Higher values produce less sharpening; try 0 to begin with. Hold your cursor in the preview window, and then release to compare the original to the Unsharp Mask version. Whether you use Smart Sharpen (with possible noise artifacting) or Unsharp Mask (which might introduce an embossing effect) is a matter of personal aesthetics. The clock image in this example appears to enjoy a better restoration using Smart3 Sharpen. Do Plastic Surgery with the Liquify Filter The Liquify filter has been used on every third greeting card in stores to4 make cats with eyes the size of saucers and a guy who looks like he’s about to Unsharp Mask Smart Sharpen swallow his own head. However, Liquify has serious and aesthetic uses; it treats the canvas as though it’s malleable plastic, and plastic surgery is the example shown in this section. NOTE5 Figure 10-17 shows a fellow whose nose is aquiline but strays to his right a little This book’s bonus chapter, “Tricks of the Trade,” covers too much for movie star quality. Also, his smile has distorted his cheeks and the Vanishing Point filter. See the “Online Extra!” neck so his face appears heavier than it really is. QuickFacts in the Introduction of this book for details6 on downloading the chapter. TIP7 Part of facial heaviness in typical photography is due to flash photography. The camera adds anywhere from 10 Nose is to 15 pounds to a person, particularly when a flashbulb crooked8 flattens the depth of a portrait photo. That’s why if you met a runway model or movie star you’d think they look a little too skinny: they diet for the camera. Cheeks are distorted9 Figure 10-17: You can make an average person look like a movie star via the Liquify filter.1010 232 232 Photoshop CS4 QuickSteps to Using Filters PC QuickSteps Getting Know Your PC 1 QUICKFACTS Subtlety is the name of the game in photorealistic retouching. You don’t wantIDENTIFYING THE TOOLS 2 too large a Liquify brush, and your strokes should be short, definitive ones.IN LIQUIFY Let’s take a trip through the Liquify filter’s interface now and retouch someoneLiquify has its own interface and its own tools. Here’s a (see Figure 10-18):guide to what the tools do: 1. Click Filter | Liquify. • Forward Warp Pushes pixels in the direction in ...