Photoshop CS4 Studio Techniques- P2

Photoshop CS4 Studio Techniques- P2: Staring at a shelf full of Photoshop books at the localbookstore, it seems that there are more special-effect“cookbooks” and technical tomes than anyone would evercare to read. The problem is that none of those “cookbooks”provide enough detail to really let you feel like youunderstand the program
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Photoshop CS4 Studio Techniques- P2Chapter 1 Tools and Panels Primer Rotate View Tool Another new and really cool addition to CS4 is the Rotate View tool, located to the right of the Zoom tool in the Application bar. This tool allows you to rotate the canvas to Full functionality of the Rotate View is dependent on your system’s video just about any angle you want. Let’s say that you’re care- card and OpenGL capabilities. fully using your tablet to brush smooth skin onto a portrait, or perhaps you’re painting an illustration. It would be so much easier if you could rotate the canvas to get that perfect stroke! Select the Rotate View tool in the Applica- tion bar, and then click and drag the image. A compass-like object appears, allowing you to rotate the image freely (Figure 1.14). Other options: You can enter a specific angle in the options bar, choose to Rotate All Windows if you have multiple windows open, or simply click Reset View to get back to the original image position. Figure 1.14 Photoshop’s new Rotate View tool at work. (©2008 Dan Ablan.) View Menu If you’re doing a bunch of detail work in which you need to zoom in really close on an image, you might want to16 I: Working Foundationscreate two views of the same document. Then, for instance,you can have one of the views at 16.7% magnification togive you an overall view of your image, and set the secondone to 500% magnification to see all the fine details. Tocreate a second view, use the new Arrange Documentspop-up menu in the Application bar. Click the ArrangeDocuments icon and choose New Window from the pop-up menu (Figure 1.15), or choose Window > Arrange >New Window. This action creates a second window thatlooks like a separate document, but it’s really just anotherview of the same document. Choose Float All in Windowsto position each image individually, and then choose TileAll Vertically from the same Arrange Documents pop-up Figure 1.15 Arranging documentsmenu. You can make your edits in either window, and both with the pop-up menu.of them will show you the result of your manipulations(Figure 1.16).Figure 1.16 Magnification viewed at two different settings. (©2008 Dan Ablan.)When you click the Zoom tool in the Application bar, youalso can select Zoom In, Zoom Out, Resize to Fit Windows,Actual Pixels, and a few other choices from the options bar. 17Chapter 1 Tools and Panels Primer As you’ll probably notice, each of these actions can also be accomplished by using the Zoom and Hand tools. The rea- son that they’re listed in the options bar as well as the View menu is to enable you to use them quickly with keyboard commands. There are indeed many ways to zoom around in Photo- shop. Now all you have to do is test all the options and decide which method works best for you. Picking Colors Color—or is it colour? However you spell the word, the effect is the same, and it’s quite important. This section will help you to work with colors in Photoshop CS4, clarifying concepts and tools that may have eluded you to this point. ...