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LEARNBY VIDEOCORE TR AINING IN VIS UAL COMMUNICATION
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Adobe Photoshop CS6: Learn by Video: Core raining in Visual Communicationvi2in GmH Kll McChn
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1 Introducing Photoshop CS6
1.1 Introduction
1.2 How to Launch the Files an Lessons
1.3 What Is Photoshop: Raster vs. Vector
1.4 Whats New in Photoshop CS6
(Overview)
1.5 e Photoshop Family
1.6 Touring the Interface an Managing
Document Windows
1.7 e Winow > Application Frame(Mac Only)
1.8 Zooming and Navigating
1.9 Advanced Zooming and Navigating
1.10 Creating, Opening, Eiting,
and Saving
2 Photoshop Project Explorations
2.1 Using Multiple Unos an theHistory Brush Tool
2.2 Redesigned Mini Bridge
2.3 Adobe Bridge and Batch Renaming
2.4 Removing Unwante Objects with
Content-Aware Fill
2.5 Content-Aware Move, Patch,
and History Brush Tools
2.6 Plug-ins a.k.a . Filters/Up in Smoke
2.7 Automatic Color Correction
2.8 Flawless Faces: Women
2.9 Flawless Faces: Men
2.10 Cropping and Straightening an Image
2.11 Content-Aware Scaling
2.12 Making Selections
3 Customizing Photoshop
3.1 Uner the Hoo: New Auto
Recovery, Customizing the Interface
an Hien Plug-ins (Filters)
3.2 Arranging Panels, Switching Screen
Modes, and Saving a Custom
Workspace
3.3 Customizing Keyboar Shortcuts
3.4 Customizing Photoshops Menus
3.5 Optimizing Photoshops
Performance: GPU, CPU, RAM,
VRAM and More
3.6 Rulers, Guides, and Grids
4 Image Editing Concepts
4.1 Resolution, File Size, an
Compression
4.2 RGB vs. CMYK
4.3 Importing Camera Images
4.4 Reviewing and Rating Images
4.5 Organizing Your Image Library
4.6 Nondestructive Editing
4.7 Selections: Rectangular and Elliptica
4.8 Selections: e Lasso an Polygona
Lasso Tools
4.9 Selections: e Magic Wan Tool
4.10 Selections: e Quick Selection Too
an Rene Ege
4.11 Using Rene Ege for Image
Extraction
4.12 Converting to Black-and-White
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5 Ls n Msks
5.1 Removing Solid Backgrounds
5.2 Overview of Layers
5.3 Aing New Layers
5.4 Merging Two Images for One Perfect
Shot
5.5 Layer Masks, the Key to Flawless
Retouching
5.6 Creating Special Effects with
Layer Masks5.7 Correcting Color an Contrast Using
a Layer Mask
5.8 Using Layer Styles
5.9 Changing Colors Using Layers
6 Photo Retouching
6.1 Removing Red-Eye
6.2 Skin Perfection, Eye Brightening, an
Double-Chin Removal
6.3 Creating Hollywoo Skin
6.4 Realist ic Retouching Using the
History Panel
6.5 Dodging and Burning to
draw Aention
6.6 Differences in the Primary
Retouching Tools
6.7 Repairing Skin to New Layers
6.8 Did the Makeup Artist Go Too Far?
6.9 Drop 10 Pounds Without Dieting
Using the Liquify Tool
7 Creating Beautiul Digital
Images with Adobe Camera Raw
7.1 What Is Adobe Camera Raw and
What Files Can It Correct?
7.2 Reaing a Histogram an Using
the Info Panel
7.3 Reading and Applying Metadata
7.4 Creating Metadata Templates
7.5 Removing Color Casts and Improving
Contrast With ACR7.6 Correcting a Series of Photos an the
Image Processor
7.7 Cropping in Adobe Camera Raw
7.8 Boosting Color With Adobe
Camera Raw
7.9 Selective Color in Adobe Camera
Raw
7.10 Painting in Corrections with the
Adjustment Brush
7.11 Using the Targete Ajustment Tool
8 Working with ype andCing Mck-Ups
8.1 Typography in Photoshop
8.2 e Character Panel
8.3 e Paragraph Panel
8.4 Creating and Sharing Paragraph
Styles
8.5 Character Styles
8.6 Creating Mobile Buons
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8.7 e Coolest Keyboar Shortcuts for
Formaing Text
8.8 Using Guies an Layer Groups to
Perfect the Layout
8.9 Avance Blening Options for Type
9 3D and Video Editing
9.1 Making Text 3d
9.2 Creating a 3d Object
9.3 Creating a 3D Title Sequence9.4 Video Editing in Photoshop
9.5 Adding Video Transitions
10Just or Fun
10.1 e Tourist & Car Remover
10.2 Creating Seamless Panoramic Images
10.3 Cropiy Crop, Crop, Crop
10.4 Cropping to Ratios, Fixe Sizes,
and Resolution
10.5 Perspective Crop Tool
10.6 Adaptive Wide Angle Correction
10.7 Blurring for Focus or Optical Illusion
10.8 Cool Lighting Eects
10.9 Warping Images
10.10 Puppet Warp
10.11 e Clone Stamp Tool
10.12 Merging High Dynamic
Range Images
10.13 Vanishing Point
10.14 Using Blening Moes an Aing
a Mask
11 Outputting Your Images
11.1 Building a Web Photo Gallery
11.2 Creating a Contact Sheet
11.3 Saving Images for the Web
11.4 Color Seings
11.5 Preparing Press-Quality Images
11.6 Printing Images
12Artistic Expression andSpecial Eects
12.1 Turn Your Photo Into a Work of Art
with Oil Paint
12.2 Creating Han-Painte Artwork from
a Photo with the Mixer Brush
12.3 Using Aobe Camera Raw for
Painterly Effects
12.4 Creating Abstract Artwork with
the Art History Brush
12.5 Using Actions for Special Eects
12.6 Record Your Hand-Drawn
Painting
12.7 Create a Cartoon Avatar Using the
Filter Gallery
12.8 Creating an Applying Paerns
13Closing houghts13.1 Closing oughts
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Introduction vii
Copyrighting Your Digital Images 1
Nondestructive Image Editing 5
Nondestructive Image Editing
with Ajustment Layers . . . . . . . . . . 6
Working with Smart Filters . . . . . . . . 9
Nondestructive Image Sharpening . . .12
Adjusting Shadows and Highlights . . .14
ips & ricks 17
Tips for Working with Rulers,
Guides, and the Grid . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Using the History Panel Feature . . . . .19
Saving Memory with Adjustment
Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Enlarging JPEG Images . . . . . . . . . .21
Printing a Har Proof . . . . . . . . . . .22
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Introduction
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About Tis Book
e material in this booklet serves as a valuablesupplement to the vieo training. e rst chap-
ter explains what you nee to know about copy-
right and how it applies to your digital images.
e secon chapter looks at one of the most
important principles you need to understand
when working with Photoshop: nondestructive
image editing. Finally, the third chapter provides
some valuable tips and tricks to help make your
work in Photoshop CS6 easier.
Hw Us Tis Cus
e vieo2brain interface is easy to use, but it
also has a large number of options. Weve pro-
vie this brief guie to give you a tour of the
interface an make sure you ont miss out on
any of its features.
is course comes in a few ierent avors. You
can run the Mac application (labele Start or
Start .app) or the Winows application (.exe)
le, or you can open start .html in your browser.
Most people will use one of the application
versions of the course. If youre working with an
operating system that oesnt support one of
these two options, such as Linux, the browser
version is a great alternativeit works on
any browser with a current version of Aobe
Flash. e main ierence between running
the course as an application versus opening it
in your browser is that the application versions
include an option, discussed in more detail later
in this guide, called Watch-and-Work mode.
Watch-and-Work mode lets you watch the course
Welcome toAdobe Photoshop CS6Learn by Video
Aobe Photoshop CS6 is the most powerful
Photoshop yet, with remarkable video and
3D capabilities, new character and paragraph
styles, a reesigne interface, an many more
new an enhance features. In this vieo train-
ing course youll get comprehensive coverage
of all its features, ol an new.
e course begins with a series of Project Explo-rations that demonstrate what Photoshop CS6
can o. en youll get a tour of the interface,
see how to customize it to suit the way you
work, and learn core image editing concepts
like color modes, nondestructive editing, selec-
tions, layers, masks, and more.
Aer mastering these basics, youll have the
opportunity to learn avance skills for photo
retouching, aing an formaing type, work-
ing with video and 3D, and creating artistic
eects. An of course youll get lots of tips for
sharing your images by puing them on the
web or by making prints or contact sheets.
e lessons are wrappe in a feature-r ich
interface that lets you jump to any topic an
bookmark iniviual sections for later review.
Full-Screen moe provies a hi-ef, immersiveexperience, an Watch-an-Work moe shrinks
the video into a small window so you can play
the vieos alongsie your application. is
course also inclues project les so you can
follow along an try out new techniques as you
learn them.
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Entering a wor or phrase in the Search el
in the upper right of the screen will search
the courses titles an escriptive text to hel
you n what youre looking for.
Starting the Course
When youre ready to dive in, you have several
options for how to get star te:
To begin at the beginning and play all the
way through, click Play All Videos.
To access a list of every vieo available in thtraining, click Table of Contents.
To start with Chapter 1 (or any chapter that
appeals to you), click the chapter name on
the le of your screen.
You can navigate the Table of Contents an
Chapter views using your mouse, or using the
keyboar to arrow up an own, le an right.
When youve selected a movie, you can press
the right arrow to play that movie.
in a smaller winow while you follow along in
another application. is option oesnt exist in
the browser version of the course.
Whether youre using the application or brow-
ser version, when you rst launch the course,
you will see the Welcome screen.
he Welcome Screen
From here, there are a few ways you can
proceed:
Click the Play icon in the mile of the
screen to watch a video that introduces you
to the instructor(s) an gives you an over-
view of whats covere in the course.
For onscreen help and a users manual, click
either the Help item on the menu at the top
of your screen or the Nee Help item at theboom of the Content panel. You can also
access help by pressing F1 on your keyboard.
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Navigating Inside a Video
While watching a vieo, you can use the buonsalong the boom right of your screen to toggle
both Full-Screen mode 1 and video smoothing
2 on and off. You can adjust the volume 3
from here as well. You can also click an rag
the green line 4 in the timeline at the boom
of the screen to move aroun within the vieo.
When the vieo ens, click the Next Vieo but-
ton at the top right of the winow to go irectly
to the next lesson. (is will happen automati-
cally if you clicke Play All Chapter Vieos to
launch the chapter.) At the en of a chapter, this
option will change to Next Chapter. You can
also click Training Content at any time to leave
the player and choose another lesson or click
the navigation bar near the top of the screen to
access the table of contents.
In the Table of Contents or Chapter view, any
time you move your mouse over the name of a
chapter or vieo, text escribing the contents
of that item will appear on the right sie of your
screen. is area is known as the Siebar an is
iscusse in etail on the next page.
If you click the name of a chapter, youll see a
list of all the vieos in that chapter. Choose the
video you want to start with or click Play All
Chapter Vieos to start with the rst vieo in
the chapter and go all the way through.
Keyboard SHortCUtS for tHe PLayer
Spacebar:Play/pause
Right Arrow:Jump forwar
Lef Arrow:Jump backward
ab:Show/hide Sidebar
B:Add bookmark
M:Show/hide navigation bar
Esc:Turn off Full-Screen mode
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About video2brain
vieo2brain (vieo2brain.com) has beenEuropes premier source for vieo training
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on a variety of soware topics, with a special
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All of our courses are available in 1280 x 720
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Were passionate about teaching and about
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vieo2brain was foune by Gerhar Koren,
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Copyrighting YourDigital Images
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2 COPYRIGHTI NG YOUR dIGITAL IMAGES
Copyrighting Basics
Copyright is the exclusive legal right, grante to
you by law (title 17, U. S. Coe), to control
the reproduction, distribution, public display,
an erivative use of your original works of
authorship, an to sue for unauthorize use(infringement) of your work.
Copyright literally means the right to copy.
is right begins the moment your original work
is create in a xe, tangible form. In other
words, you automatically own the copyright
to your creative works. Copyright protection is
available for both publishe an unpublishe
works. Copyrightable works include anything
that ts into one of these categories:
Literary works (incluing computer pro-
grams)
Musical works (incluing any accompanying
wors)
dramatic works (incluing any accompany-
ing music)
Pantomimes and choreographic works
Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
Motion pictures and other audiovisual works
Sound recordings
Architectural works
Although many things are copyrightable, some
are not. To be copyrightable, the work must be
original. Originality is essential to copyright. For
example, if you copy a photograph, that copy
cannot be copyrighted since it is not original.
In fact, you woul nee the original photogra-
phers permission to copy their image.
e following types of works are not
copyrightable:
Ieas an concepts. Only the original expres-
sion of those ieas an concepts in some
tangible form, like a photograph, can be
copyrighte. You might have an iea for agreat photograph, but that idea cannot be
copyrighted.
Procedures, methods, systems, principles,
iscoveries, or evices. However, wrien
or recore escriptions, explanations, or
illustrations of such things are protecte by
copyright.
Works that have not been xe in a tangible
form, such as speeches or performances that
have not been wrien or recore.
Works that consist entirely of information
that is common property and contain no
original authorship, such as familiar symbols
and designs.
Titles, names, short phrases, and slogans.
However, some titles and words may be pro-
tecte uner traemark law if their use is as-sociated with a particular product or service.
How to Obtain a Copyright
e way in which you obtain copyright protec-
tion is oen misunerstoo. It is important to
understand that no publication, registration,
or other action in the U.S. Copyright Oce is
required to secure a copyright. Copyright is
automatically secured the moment the work is
create in tangible form. However, copyrights
can be formally registere with the U.S. Copy-
right Oce in Washington, dC (www.copyright.
gov), an there are fees involve.
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Even though registration is not a requirement
for protection, it oes establish a public recor
of the copyright an is require before an
infringement lawsuit can be le. You shoul
always seek legal avice from a qualie aor-
ney before threatening a copyright infringementaction.
Notice o Copyright
Copyright notice informs the public that your
work is protecte by copyright, ienties who
owns the copyright, an shows the year of rst
publication. It is a way of saying, is is my
work. If you want to use it, rs t ask my permis-
sion. A notice reinforces the asset value of yourwork and alerts people that you are prepared to
protect that value.
Uner U.S. law, you are no longer require to
use a copyright notice. is requirement was
eliminate when the Unite States ahere
to the Berne Convention. However, the use of
a notice is still require for works istribute
before March 1, 1989. e use of a copyright
notice is your responsibility; you are not re-
quire to get permission from, or register with,
the U.S. Copyright Oce.
For photographs an other types of visually
perceptible copies, the copyright notice con-
sists of the symbol , followe by the year of
rst publication of the work an the name of
the copyright owner.
Example: 2012 John doe
e wor Copyright, or the abbreviation
Copr. can be use instea of the symbol. Ei-
ther form is recognize, but use of the symbol
can provide additional international protection,
as can the wors All Rights Reserve.
Duration o the Rights
Uner current law, the copyright term for work
create by iniviuals is the life of the author
plus 70 years aer the authors eath. e copy
right term for works mae for hire is 95 years
from publication or 120 years from the ate ofcreation, whichever expires rs t. Works mae
for hire are works create by employees for
employers, as well as certain types of specially
commissioned works.
fi Us dcin
Anytime you make an unauthorize copy of a
copyrighted work or create derivative works
based upon the work without permission, youare technically violating or infringing on the
rights of the copyright owner. However, the
law oes permit some limite copying of copy-
righte works as a fair use of the works.
So is copying ene as fair use? e reprouc-
tion of a copyrighte work for purposes such as
criticism, commentary, news reporting, teach-
ing, scholarship, or research is generally not an
infringement of copyright. e fair use exemp
tion of U.S. copyright law was create to enable
educators, researchers, and journalists to reuse
copyrighted works without having to ask the
author for permission, because usually these
applications do not impinge on the commercia
value of the work.
ere are four factors that you nee to
consider when determining whether the useof someones copyrighte work is a fair use of
that work:
1. e purpose an character of the use, inclu
ing whether such use is of a commercial na-
ture or is for nonprot eucational purposes
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2. e nature of the copyrighte work.
3. e amount an substantiality of the portion
used in relation to the copyrighted work as a
whole.
4. e eect of the use upon the potential mar-
ket for or value of the copyrighte work.e istinction between fair use an copy-
right infringement is not easily ene. For
every situation, all four factors must be weighe
by the courts to determine whether or not a
work qualies for fair use protection. In other
wors, there is no enitive yes or no to fair
usethere is no absolute metho of assessing
whether or not a use is fair until aer a juicial
ruling in an infringement suit.
e safest way to avoi copyright infringement
is to always get permission from the copyright
owner before using their copyrighte material.
Simply acknowleging the source of the copy-
righte material oes not substitute for obtain-
ing permission.
Protecting Your Images on the Internet
Image the on the Internet is a growing an
intractable problem, but there are ways to
protect your images on the web.
e best security is to apply a watermark across
your image; in case of the, this shows where
the image came from. But of course this can
have a negative impact on the appearance of
your images. One alternative is to inclue the
images in a SWF (Flash) movie; this prevents
them from being ownloae irectly. How-
ever, keep in mind that even this method will
never fully protect your images. As soon as your
images are published on the Internet, there is
a possibility that they can be copied and used
elsewhere (for instance, someone can take a
screenshot of the SWF movie). e only way to
fully protect a valuable image is not to publish
it online.
Notice
U.S. copyright law is ever-changing. Every eort
has been mae to make this information asup to ate as possible. is information is not
intene to be legal reference material.
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NondestructiveImage Editing
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6 NONdESTRUCTIV E IMA GE EdITING
Working with Adjustment Layers
Anything you can do with an adjustment layer
can also one through the Image > Ajustments
menu. However, unlike adjustment layers, the
menu oes not oer the exibility of a none-structive workow. erefore it pays to get use
to working with ajustment layers right from
the beginning.
Photoshop CS6 includes a Properties panel that
allows you to easily create and edit adjustment
layers.
Creating an Adjustment Layer
1. To create an adjustment layer, activate the
Properties panel an click the icon for the
adjustment you want to add. Alternatively,
you can click the Create New Fill or Adjust-
ment Layer icon ( ) at the boom of the
Layers panel an select the esire com-
man from the pop-up menu.
2. e Properties panel will show the controls
an options for the selecte ajustment. Any
changes you make to the seings here will
be irectly visible in your image. (Note that
the Layers panel now contains an ajust-
ment layer with the appropriate icon, as well
Icon Adjustment
Brightness/Contrast
Levels
Curves
Exposure
Vibrance
Hue/Saturation
Color Balance
Black & White
Icon Adjustment
Photo Filter
Channel Mixer
Color Lookup
Invert
Posterize
reshol
Gradient Map
Selective Color
Nondestructive Image Editing with Adjustment Layers
One way to learn about image eiting is by experimenting with ierent seings an
ajustments through trial an error. However, you may n that your willingness to
experiment is sometimes hampere by the fear of ruining your images. is is whereajustment layers come in hanythey let you play aroun with the appearance of
your images without changing the original image data.
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as a layer mask. If you choose to rename
the adjustment layer, you will still be able to
ientify the ajustment by its icon. e table
on the previous page provies an overview.)
Constraining the Effects oAdjustment Layers
Every adjustment layer comes with its own
layer mask by efault. In some cases you might
not want to correct the entire image, but only
certain areas or subjects within the image. For
example, you might want to make the main
subject pop out more from the backgroun by
increasing its saturation while decreasing the
saturation of the backgroun, or vice versa. Or
you might want to selectively adjust the colors
in certain image areas, like the color of a sub -
jects eyes or hair in a portrait photo. In these
cases, you can limit the adjustment to certain
parts of the image. In the example shown here,
we want to use a Brightness/Contrast adjust-
ment to lighten only the rocks and the tree,
while the sky remains unchanged.
1. To achieve this effect , you would activate thelayer mask icon, select the Brush tool with
the foregroun color set to black, an paint
over any parts of the picture that you o not
want to be affected by the correction.
2. You would leave any image regions that you
do want to be affected by the adjustment in
white.
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3. If there were areas of the image you wante
to be only partially affected by the adjust-
ment, you could paint these in gray.
Alternatively, you can also select the part of the
image you want to be affected by your adjust-
ment prior to creating your adjustment layer.Photoshop will then automatically create the
appropriate black-and-white regions in the
layer mask when you add the adjustment layer.
Exaggerating the Adjustment
Sometimes it is useful to overo your ajust-ment, creating an exaggerate eect that can
then be iale back by reucing the opacity of
the ajustment layer. An if you are not satis-
e with a correction, you can change it at any
time by clicking the relevant adjustment layer in
the Layers panel an eiting the seings in the
Properties panel.
All of these changes will leave your original im-
age untouche; even aer closing an relaunch-
ing Photoshop you can continue editing, or you
can return to your original image by deactivat-
ing or eleting the ajustment layer(s). is is
what is known as nondestructive image editing.
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Working with Smart Filters
When you apply a lter irectly to an image, you permanently change the image.
is is not the case when you apply a lter as a Smart Filter.
Most lters can also be applie to Smart Objects
(like vector graphics importe from Illustrator).
e great avantage of this technique is that you
can still eit the parameters of a lter aer apply-
ing it, even aer having close an reopene the
le. is is not possible using stanar layers an
lters, which will irreversibly alter the images
pixels. e following example will emonstrate
the power an exibility of Smart Filters.
Converting a Layer into a Smart Object
When you apply a lter as a Smart Filter, the
eect is nonestructive. is means that you
can always go back and make adjustments to
the lter, hie it, or remove it, even aer saving,
closing, or reopening your document.
1. Before starting to work with Smart Filters,
you might want to create a uplicate of thelayer you want to apply the lters to. is can
be done quickly using the Ctrl/Command+J
keyboard shortcut. Now you have added
exibility, because you can reuce the layers
opacity later in the process in order to
weaken the eects of your lters.
2. To convert the layer into a Smart Object,
simply select the layer that you want to apply
the Smart Filter to, go to the Filter menu, andchoose Convert For Smart Filters. Alterna-
tively, you can right-click the layer name in
the Layers panel to open the context menu
an choose Convert to Smart Object. A small
symbol ( ) inicates that the layer is now a
Smart Object.
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3. Now you can safely apply a lter, know-
ing that youre not permanently changing
the pixels of the original image. Photoshop
provies an abunance of lters that you can
use to apply special effects to your images,
all of which you can n in the Filter menu.
Using h fil Gll
One easy way to apply lters in Photoshop is by
using the Filter Gallery, which can be accessed
by choosing Filter > Filter Gallery. Keep in min
that not every lter in the Filter menu can be
applie in the Filter Gallery. For example, the
sharpening lters foun in the Sharpen menu,
the effects in the Render menu, and the Blur
lters in the Blur menu are not available in the
Filter Gallery; you have to apply those lters
individually instead.
When you select a lter in the Filter Gallery, you
get a large preview of the lters eect an the
options in the right panel change to the relevant
options for that lter. Fine-tune your seings
for the best eect an click OK. e Smart Filter
shows up in the Layers panel, just below theSmart Object layer that youve applie it to.
All the lters in the Filter Gallery can be applie
one by one, or you can combine them to get
some really creative effects. To use multiple
lters, click the Create New icon at the boom
of the Layers panel. is creates a uplicate of
the active lter, which you can then change to
the lter of your choice.
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Editing a Smart Filter
So far, working with Smart Filters is no ierent
from working with stanar lters. However,
the power of Smart Filters will become appar-
ent as soon as you decide that you dont really
like one or more previously assigne lter(s).You can click the eye icon next to a Smart Filter
to temporarily eactivate that lter an/or the
lter mask at any time. You can also rag the
lter to the trash icon to elete it, or you can
ajust the lter by simply ouble-clicking the
name of the Smart Filter in the Layers panel.
e Filter ialog box with your previous seings
opens up, allowing you to ajust the lter by
changing its seings.
All the changes you make in the Filter Gallery
will be applie nonestructively. In fact, since
this layer is now a Smart Object, you can also
transform the image without actually harming
its pixels.
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To apply sharpening as a Smart Filter:
1. Open the esire image.
2. Choose Layer > Smart Objects > Convert to
Smart Object or Filter > Convert for Smart
Filters.
3. Go to the Layers panel (F7). e thumbnail ofthe image layer now displays a special Smart
Object icon.
4. Choose Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask
from the menu.
5. Check the Preview checkbox an enter the
esire seings. dont be afrai to choose
high values; you can compensate for this
later by reucing the opacity of the layer.
6. Click OK to close the ialog box an apply
the image correction.
Nondestructive Image Sharpening
Most commans for optimizing images are also available as ajustment layers in
Photoshop. is enables you to seamlessly ajust your eits, if necessary, or to
a a mask to them. is is not the case for the all-important sharpening features,however. But not to worryyou can also apply sharpening as a Smart Filter.
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You can subsequently alter the sharpening
values you entered, just as with an adjustment
layer:
1. In the Layers panel, ouble-click Unsharp
Mask. is will bring up the Unsharp Mask
ialog box, where you can ajust your set-tings an click OK to apply the changes.
2. To weaken the sharpening effect, go to the
Layers panel an click the icon ( ) to the
right of Unsharp Mask.
3. Reuce the opacity in the Blening Options
ialog box. e more you reuce it, the more
the sharpening eect will fae.
4. Click OK.
To weaken the sharpening effect locally:
1. Activate the Brush tool and choose black as
your foregroun color.
2. In the Layers panel, click to activate the mask
of the Smart Filter.
Paint any areas you dont want to sharpen
black. Or, you can ll the entire Smart Filtermask with black as a rst step, an then over-
paint areas you want to sharpen using white as
the foregroun color.
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To apply a Shadows/Highlights adjustment
nondestructively:
1. Open the esire image.
2. Choose Layer > Smart Objects > Convert to
Smart Object.
3. In the Layers panel, you will see that a SmartObject icon has been ae to the layers
thumbnail.
4. Choose Image > Ajustments > Shaows/
Highlights.
5. Choose the esire seings an feel free to
exaggerate them a lile bit; you can com-
pensate for this later by reucing the opacity
of the layer.
: To see the avance seings for this
ajustment, check the Show More Options
checkbox at the boom of the Shaows/
Highlights ialog box.
Adjusting Shadows and Highlights
e Image > Ajustments > Shaows/Highlights comman is one of Photoshops
best features when it comes to quickly improving the bright an ark portions of a
photograph. Unfortunately, it is not available as an ajustment layerbut you canstill apply it nondestructively.
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6. Click OK to close the ialog box an assign
your adjustment to the image.
7. If you want to change the ajustments set-
tings aerwar, you can simply ouble-click
Shaows/Highlights in the Layers panel .
To make additional adjustments to your Shad-
ows/Highlights Smart Filter, procee as follows:
1. To reuce the overall eect of the assigne
Shadow/Highlights adjustment, double-click
the icon ( ) to the right of the Shaows/
Highlights label in the Layers panel.
2. In the Blening Options ialog box, reuce
the opacity value. e more you reuce this
value, the weaker the eect of the Shaows/
Highlights command will be on your image.
: For certain purposes you may want
change the blend mode, which you can do via
the Mode drop-down menu.
3. Click OK.
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If you only want to weaken the lter in certain
areas of the image, go to the Layers panel an
click the mask for the Smart Filter to activate it.
Choose the Brush tool from the Toolbar, select
black as the foregroun color, an paint any
areas you want to exclue from the eect inblack. For smooth transitions, reduce the hard-
ness of your brush tip.
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ips or Working with Rulers, Guides, and the Grid
In this section well look at Photoshops rulers, grids, and guides, which can be very
helpful in situations where precise alignment is require. Youll get some valuable
tips on seing up an working with these tools.
dmining h ruls Uni
ere are several ways to change the measure-
ment unit for the rulers . e quickest way is to
ouble-click one of the rulers in the ocument
winow (you can show both rulers by select-
ing View > Rulers). is brings up the Prefer-
ences ialog box with the category set to Units
& Rulers. Now you can go to the Units section
to change the unit of measurement. You can
choose among pixels, inches, centimeters, mil-
limeters, points, picas, and percent.
Enabling Snapping
Snapping is a feature that allows you to align
layers, shapes, text, etc. with other objects,
guides, or the grid. To enable snapping, choose
View > Snap To, an make sure the esire
items are checked in the submenu that appears.
You should now be able to align objects easily
an precisely. If youre using the Shape tools to
raw accurate shapes for screen an web use,
you can enable the Snap To Pixels checkmark
uner the Shape Options.
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Using h His Pnl fu
Retouching in Photoshop can be tricky. is section looks at using the History panel
to gain greater control over your work.
Te History Panel
e Uno an Reo buons are frequently use
to undo or redo the most recent image editing
steps. Or you can use Ctrl/Comman+Z an Ctrl/
Comman+Y, which enable you to work even fast-
er. But Photoshop also includes a handy History
panel that keeps track of every step youve taken
uring your eiting session. If you ecie that you
want to return to any earlier version of your work,you can just click that version in the History panel.
Note that any steps that were taken aer this will
be grayed out, but still remain accessible.
Changing History Preerences
By efault, Photoshop remembers 20 eit-
ing steps. For extensive retouching work that
involves many Brush tool clicks, 20 wont be
enough. Choose Eit > Preferences > Perfor-
mance. In the History & Cache section, click the
arrow next to History States to access a slier
that allows you to ajust the number of recore
history states all the way up to a value of 1000.
Please note: e more history states you choose,
the more RAM the soware will require.
Purging the History
If you are absolutely satise with the current
state of your image, you can empty your History
panel by choosing Eit > Purge > Histories. is
means that you can no longer recover your previ-
ous editing steps, but more RAM will be available
on your computer an Photoshop may spee up if
your memory was clogged previously.
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Sving Mm wih ajusmn Ls
Photoshop les containing numerous layers can take up a consierable amount of
har isk space an RAM. In this section, youll learn a simple way to reuce your le
sizes by using ajustment layers.
duplicate layers are use quite frequently in
Photoshop. For example, to increase the
contrast in a photo, you can duplicate the
image layer an assign the Overlay or Color
Burn blen moe to the uplicate. (If the eect
is too crude, you may choose to reduce the
layers opacity in the Layers panel.)
e only problem with this is that the uplicate
layer oubles the pixel count in the ocument,
therefore oubling the size of your PSd le. You
can easily solve this problem by using an adjust-
ment layer instea of the uplicate layer:
1. Go to the menu an choose Layer > New
Ajustment Layer. From the submenu that
appears, select any type of ajustment layer,
for example Levels.2. Click OK to close the New Layer ialog box.
Do not make any adjustments in the Proper-
ties panel.
3. Return to the Layers panel an set the
desired blend mode and opacity value.
e result is the same as with the uplicate lay-
er, but the increase in le size is much smaller.
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Enlarging JPEG Images
If you try to print an image that was ownloae from the Internet, you will oen
n that these images have poor resolution an may inclue blocky artifacts result-
ing from JPEG compression. If you want to use an image like this for print output,you usually nee to severely scale it own to prevent the artifacts from showing.
e following process allows you to ouble the
pixel size of a JPEG image in a way that makes it
still printable. Its certainly not going to become
crisp an etaile, but at least the artifacts
wont be visible.
1. Go to the menu an choose Image > ImageSize.
2. In the document Size section of the Image
Size ialog box, enter 200%into the Width
an Height els.
3. Check the Resample Image checkbox at the
boom of the ialog box an make sure
the Bicubic Automatic option is selected
from the rop-own list below. Click OK to
conrm.
4. Go to the menu an choose Filter > Noise >
despeckle. e image will be soene.
5. Repeat the above steps (except for the
despeckle lter) to ouble the image size.
6. Choose Filter > Stylize > diuse from the
menu.
7. Select Anisotropic moe from the diuse
ialog box an click OK.8. Go back to the Image Size ialog box an
reduce both image width and height to 50%
this time.
9. Choose Enhance > Unsharp Mask from the
menu. Your image is now reay for print
output.
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Printing a Hard Proo
e Photoshop Print Seings ialog box contains several options for color manage-
ment. To make use of these, expan the Color Management area in the right column
of the Photoshop Print Seings ialog box an choose your esire seings.
You can print the image using its current color
prole by choosing Normal Printing from the
pop-up menu. Alternatively, you can print a
proof of your ocument to see how it will look
under different output conditions, such as
the CMYK moe for oset printing. To o so,
choose Har Proong from the pop-up menu.
e seing you selecte uner View > Proof
Setup will be use as your proof prole. To get
the most precise proofs, you might want to
check the Simulate Paper Color and Simulate
Black Ink checkboxes.
In the Color Handling pop-up menu, choose the
Photoshop Manages Colors option if you want
to use a printer prole for your evice. en
you can choose a prole from the Printer Prolepop-up menu below.
If you ont have a eicate prole for your
printer, choose the Printer Manages Colors
option instead.
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Te Photoshop ool Panel
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1 Move Tool e Move tool is use for moving selec-
tions, layers, and guides.
2 Recangular Marquee Tool, Ellipical Marquee Tool,
Single Row Marquee Tool, and Single Column Marquee
Tool e marquee tools are use for making rectangu-
lar, elliptical, single row, and single column selections.
3 Lasso Tool, Polygonal Lasso Tool, Magneic Lasso
Tool e lasso tools are use for making freehan,
polygonal (straight-ege), an magnetic selections.
4 Quick Selec ion Tool and Magic Wand Tool e
Quick Selection tool is use for painting a selection
with a resizable brush. e Magic Wan tool is use for
selecting similarly colored areas in an image.
5 Crop Tool, Perspecive Crop Tool, Slice Tool, and
Slice Selec Tool e Crop tool is use for cropping
or trimming images. Use the Perspective Crop Tool to
crop images in perspective. e Slice tool allows you to
divide an image into multiple sections that are reas-
semble on a web page. e Slice Select tool is use fo
selecting an moifying existing slices.
6 Eyedropper Tool, 3D Maerial Eyedropper Tool,
Color Sampler Tool, Ruler Tool, Noe Tool, and Coun
Tool e Eyeropper an Color Sampler tools are use
to sample colors in an image. e 3d Material Eyerop-
per Tool is use to sample 3d materials alreay existing
in your image. e Ruler tool is use for measuring is-
tances, locations , an angles. e Note tool allows you
to aach notes to an image. e Count tool (Photoshop
Extene only) is use for counting object s in an image
7 Spo Healing Br ush Tool, Healing Brush Tool, Pach
Tool, Conen-Aware Move Tool, and Red Eye Tool e
Spot Healing Brush tool is used to remove unwanted ob
jec ts an blemishes. e Healing Brush tool allows you
to paint with a sample or paern to x imperfections in
an image. e Patch tool allows you to x imperfections
in a selecte area of an image using a sample or paern
e Content-Aware Move Tool allows you to move a
previously selected image area while automatically
adjusting the background. e Re Eye tool is use to
remove the re reection cause by a cameras ash.
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14 Dodge Tool, Burn Tool, and Sponge Tool e doge
tool makes areas of an image lighter. e Burn tool
makes areas of an image arker. e Sponge tool can
either saturate or desaturate the colors in an image.
15 Pen and Anchor Poin Tools ese tools are use for
rawing smooth-ege paths an shapes . ey are also
use to eit existing paths.
16 Horizonal and Verical Type Tools, Hor izonal and
Verical Type Mask Tools e type tools are use for
creating horizontal an vertical type on an image. e
type mask tools are used to create a selection in the
shape of type.
17 Pah Selecion Tool and Direc Selecion Tool e
Path Selection an direct Selection tools are use for
selecting, moving , an moifying the shape of vector
paths.
18 Shape Tools, Line Tool, and Cusom Shape Tool e
Shape tools an Line tool are use for rawing ierent
shapes and lines in either a normal layer or a shape
layer. e Custom Shape tool allows you to create cus -
tom shapes.
19 Hand Tool, Roae View Tool e Han tool is
use for moving an image aroun within the ocument
winow. e Rotate View tool allows you to nonestruc-
tively rotate the canvas.
20 Zoom Tool e Zoom tool is use to magnif y an
reuce the view of an image.
21 Foreground and Background Color Boxes e cur-
rent foregroun color appears in the upper color box
and the current background color appears in the lowerbox. e color boxes also allow you to change the fore-
ground and background colors.
22 Quick Mask Mode Quick Mask moe allows you to
create a temporary mask, which becomes a selection
when you exit Quick Mask moe. It s oen use for ne-
tuning an existing selection.
8 Brush Tool, Pencil Tool, Color Replacemen Tool,
and Mixer Brush Tool e Brush tool is use for painting
various brush strokes. e Penci l tool allows you to paint
har-ege strokes. e Color Replacement tool is use
to replace a selecte color with a new color. e Mixer
Brush Tool is used to define multiple colors on a single
tip in order to paint with subtle color blends or to blend a
photos colors to create a beautiful painting.
9 Clone Samp Tool and Patern Samp Tool e
Clone Stamp tool is use for cloning par ts of an image or
removing unwante objects. e Paern Stamp tool is
use to paint with part of an image as a paern.
10 Hisory Brush Tool and Ar Hisory B rush Tool e
History Brush tool is use to paint a copy of the selecte
history state or snapshot. e Ar t History Brush tool lets
you paint with st ylize strokes that simulate the look of
different painting styles, using a selected history s tate or
snapshot.
11 Eraser Tool, Background Eraser Tool, and Magic
Eraser Tool e Eraser tool allows you to erase pixels
an restore parts of an image to a previously s ave
history state. e Backgroun Eraser tool allows youto erase areas of an image to transparency. e Magic
Eraser tool allows you to erase soli areas of an image to
transparency with a single click.
12 Gradien Tool, Pain Bucke Tool, and 3D Maerial
Drop Tool e Graient tool is use to create blens
between colors. e Paint Bucket tool allows you to
ll similarly colore areas with the current foregroun
color. e 3d Material drop tool is use to rop a loae
material to another part of a moel, another 3d mesh,
or another 3D layer.
13 Blur Tool, Sharpen Tool, and Smudge Tool e Blur
tool allows you to soen har eges an reuce etail
in specic areas of an image. e Sharpen tool sharpens
specic areas of an image. e Smuge tool simulates
the eect you see when you rag your nger through
wet paint.
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is
rendering intent reproduces in-gamut colors
exactly an clips out-of-gamut colors to the near-
est reproucible hue, sacricing saturation an
possibly lightness. See also renering intents.
A reproduction pro-
cess that mixes re, green, an blue light emie
from a source to prouce a wie range of colors.
See also subtractive color.
Image information that enes
which parts of the image will be transparent orsemitransparent. Applications like Adobe Illus-
trator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, an Aer Eects
support alpha channels.
A-A A pixel-processing technology
that eliminates or soens the jaggeness of
low-resolution curved edges. For the Photoshop
selection tools, the Options bar contains an
Anti-alias checkbox to help you create smooth
selection borer contours. is will prevent your
selection f rom looking jagge or pixelate. e
Anti-alias option is very useful for photomon-
tages, image corrections, and so on. Make sure
to keep it always on in those cases an for any
selection tool you might be using; however, for
selecting line art, screenshot areas, etc., this op-
tion shoul be switche o. See also feathering.
Color faults or line faults that have a
negative visual impact on the image. Artifacts are
oen the result of excessive image compression.
Who is your audience? Always keep
in mind that your images may be seen by a wide
audience. Dont assume a common cultural
background, social class, education, or native
language. erefore, you shoul also analyze the
target auience an ene their gener, age,
ethnic background, education, buying behavior,
an personal preferences. Fin out what maga-
zines your target auience reas an what TV
shows it watches. Your design should not only
look good, it should also match the target audi-
ence as closely as possible in terms of layout,
color scheme, fonts, an visual language. is
is a prerequisite for successful an ecient
communication.
e smallest unit of infor-
mation in a computer. Bits can have only twovalues: 0 or 1.
A igital image le that uses spatially
arrange pixels to store the image information.
Sometimes, the term bitmap implies a color
epth of one bit per pixel only, resulting in a
two-color image.
e arkest point in a color space.
Black points in RGB color spaces usually describe
a perfect black (lightness 0). In print, the ark-
est possible color value will never be completely
black. erefore, black points in printer color
spaces are always brighter than a perfect black.
e process of aing fuzziness to or e-
creasing the focus of an image or a certain image
region for a soer appearance or to camouage
a efect.
With the Brush tool, you can selectfrom a variety of ierent brush tips in orer to
create your artwork . You can also moify the
preset seings for iameter, shape, spacing,
roundness, hardness, angle, drawing mode,
opacity, and more.
Glossary
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A component of a igital image that
carries information for one color parameter of
the color moe use (RGB, CMYK, HSB, or LAB).
e combination of all channels yiels a full-
color composite image.
e core
soware component of a color management
system.
A pro-
gram that helps to match the color of input an
output evices throughout the workow in orerto produce predictable results.
Cyan, magenta, yellow, an black: e
process colors use in four-color printing. See
also subtractive color.
e process of changing
the color moe of an image. See also conversion
options.
e process of moifying
the color of the pixels in a igital image in an
eort to improve the appearance of the image
or to correct obvious efects.
A measure of how many colors
can be in a pixel of an image. Also calle bit
epth. 1 bit equals two colors (21), 8-bit color
equals 256 colors (28), an so on. One pixel of an
RGB image, which is represented by three 8-bit
color channels, has over 16 million possible color
values (28re channel x 28green channel x 28
blue channel). RGB images using 8 bits per color
channel are sometimes referre to as 24-bit im-
ages (8 bits per channel x 3 channels = 24 bits).
e range of colors that can be
reprouce by all possible combinations of a
given systems colorants, such as the colors that
can be reproduced using process colors in com-
mercial printing.
Color manage-
ment policies specify how Photoshop hanles
les that are not in the preferre working space.
Each color space has its own policy. Photoshop
oers three choices. O ignores any embee
color prole, an the colors of the image are not
converte to the working space. is is therefore
a risky choice that should only be applied on
rare occasions. Preserve Embee Prolespreserves any color prole save along with the
image. Convert to Working (color space) forces
Photoshop to take your custom RGB an CMYK
proles into account. In most cases, it is avis-
able to convert RGB an CMYK images to your
working prole. However, this oes not always
apply. For an image that is moie on ierent
computers an then nalize on the rs t com-
puter, it makes sense to preserve the embedded
prole. e checkboxes in the color managemen
policies give you the option to choose whether
or not you will be prompted when a color con-
version is required.
A mathematical moel for the
escription of color, such as RGB, LAB, or CMYK
e process of transform-
ing color artwork into components that cor-
respond to separate color channels, such asprocess colors or spot colors, or a combination o
the two. Each ink color is reproduced as a uniqu
piece of lm or printing plate.
Color spaces are abstract
formations. Colors can be escribe very well
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conversion, while the Rendering Intent controls
how the colors are converte from one color
space to another.
A form of intellectual property. Per-
mits the creator of an or iginal work to prevent its
use without express permission or acknowlege-
ment of the originator. Copyrights may be sol,
transferre, or surrenere contractually.
e portion of a scene that
appears sharp in a photograph. Only one
istance can be precisely in focus, an theecrease in sharpness is graual. e epth of
el also escribes the range of istance still
perceived as being sharp.
e growth of a halone ot that
occurs because of ink spreaing across the paper
as it is soaked in. Dot gain varies with paper type.
Failure to compensate for this eect can result in
very poor results during printing.
A measurement unit forthe resolution of page printers, phototypeseing
machines, and graphics screens.
A uplicate of a graphic element
or type that is placed behind and slightly offset
from the original element, creating the eect that
the object is raised above the objects behind it.
e range between the l ight-
est an arkest area of an image. Also use to
escribe the limits of luminance range that a
igital camera, scanner, or lm can capture.
e total amount of light that a
photographer allows to fall on the lm or sensor
when capturing an image.
using three numeric values. Each visible color
is assigne a istinct position in terms of coor-
inates. e total of all possible colors insie a
given color system (like RGB or CMYK) as up
to a virtual shape insie this coorinate system;
this shape is called a color space. Reproduction
media like computer screens cannot display all
visible colors. Printing or photographic reproduc-
tion technologies also have various intrinsic limi-
tations of color reprouction. If colors are to be
reproduced, which means they are transported
from one meium to another, you nee to know
the color limitations of the ierent meia. is
is exactly what color spaces an gamuts are all
about: ey are mathematical escriptions of the
total number of isplayable colors. Color spaces
are vital components of the information being
save in color proles.
Printing processes
inclue oset lithography, exography, gravure,
an screen printing. Oset printing is the most
widely used commercial printing process.
e process of reucing le size
using various mathematical algorithms. Depend-
ing on the technology, compression can be loss-
less or lossy, with the laer resulting in a loss of
image quality and/or resolution.
An image that contains
continuous shaes of color or gray tones, such
as a photograph.
e relationship an egree of ier-
ence in color an light between parts of an image.
ese options are set in
the Color Seings ialog box. e Engine option
tells Photoshop what soware will hanle the
Glossary
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A useful alignment tool in Photoshop. To
enable the gri, choose View > Show > Gri. To
be able to align objects perfectly along the gri
lines an subivisions , choose View > Snap to >
Gri. If you want to change the units use for
ivisions an subivisions an the color of the
gri, go to Preferences > Guies, Gri & Slices.
When you create an HdR (high
ynamic range) image in Photoshop, you nee
a series of images of the same subject taken at
various shuer spees (this is calle brackete
exposure). Each of these iniviual imageswill contribute its specic shaow, mitone, or
highlight etails to the nishe HdR le, captur-
ing the entire dynamic range in one single image
You can output the composite image as a 32-,
16-, or 8-bit le. However, only a 32-bit le will
be able to hold and save the complete HDR
image data.
e lightest areas in an image.
A bar graph representation of the
tonal values (brightness or color) in an image
base on the frequency of occurrence of each
value.
A lossy compression algorithm that re-
uces the le size of igital images. Image qualit
is reuce in irect proportion to the amount of
compression. Typically, about 10:1 compression
is possible with lile perceptible loss in image
quality.
A function of graphics soware in which
elements are isolate from each other so they
can be hidden, reordered, or otherwise manipu-
lated without affecting other elements in the
composition.
An eiting technique that soens
the eges of a selection by aing a shi zone of
variable width. Collages and photo compositions
frequently require such so selec tions to allow
for a graual transition between selecte an
unselecte areas. is eect can be achieve by
using the Feather input el in the Options bar of
most selection tools in Photoshop. Enter a pixel
value ening the selection borer sharpness;
the higher the pixel value, the less sharp the
borer will be. See also anti-aliasing.
In Photoshop, a routine that containsalgorithms to moify igital images by changing
the values or arrangement of specie image
areas.
e istance from the optical
center of a lens to the focal point that is locate
on the sensor or lm if the subject is in focus. e
focal length also etermines the el of view of
a given lens.
e complete character set (numbers,
uppercase an lowercase leers, an, in some
cases, small caps an symbols) of a particular
typeface in a specic style, such as Verana Bol.
In igital imaging, gamma refers to the
encoing of linear brightness values capture by
a evice (such as a camera) to match the contrast
an brightness of human perception.
See color gamut.
An image compose exclusively of
shaes of gray, varying from black of the weakest
intensity to white of the strongest, usually using
256 different tones.
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it look as it will appear on the vieo screen. If
desired, you can change this behavior by deacti-
vating the View > Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction
option; then your images will be shown in their
actual proportions. If you want to create images
for vieo prouctions, you can etermine a suit-
able pixel aspect ratio in the File > New ialog
box: From the Preset pop-up menu, choose the
Film & Vieo option, then procee to the Size
pop-up menu and choose the desired image
imensions. In the boom part of the ialog box,
the correct pixel aspect ratio will then automati-
cally be lle in.
e four semitransparent inks
(cyan, magenta, yellow, an black) use in four-
color process printing to reprouce a full range
of colors using halone ots. See also color
separation, CMYK.
is ren-
dering intent is similar to absolute colorimetric
renering. e ierence is that relative colori-metric scales the white point of the source to the
white point of the target. L ike absolute colori-
metric renering , it clips out-of-gamut colors to
the nearest reproucible hue. See also rener-
ing intents, absolute colorimetric renering.
Rendering intents are
methos for converting colors f rom one color
space to another. e renering intent enes
how out-of-gamut colors are mappe (or not) tocolors that exist in the es tination color space.
e ICC prole specication enes four ierent
rendering intents: absolute colorimetric render-
ing, relative colorimetric rendering, perceptual
rendering, and saturation rendering. See also
absolute colorimetric renering , perceptual
A technique used to hide certain areas
of an image or esign or to exempt them from
manipulations.
e tonal range between highlights
and shadows.
Any color absent of hue, or having the
same value in all three RGB channels, such as
white, gray, or black.
O-- Color that cannot be re-
prouce by a specic color moel . For example,
some RGB colors fall outsie the CMYK gamut.
is renering intent
aempts to compress the gamut of the source
space into the gamut of the target space.
Typically, perceptual rendering desaturates all
colors to bring the out-of-gamut colors into the
target gamut while more or less maintaining the
overall relationship between colors. is helps
preserve the appearance of images. See also
renering intents.
Picture element: the smalles t unit of
information in a igital image. Pixels are usually
arranged in a two-dimensional grid. Depending
on the output evice, they are oen represente
using squares or dots.
When preparing images
for vieo use, is sues like color spaces or image
resolution are suborinate; its much more
important how the nishe prouct will look like
on a common TV screen. DV material is based
on rectangular pixels. When you open an image
with non-square pixels in Photoshop, it will be
isplaye using pixel aspect ratio correction by
efault, scaling the image in a way that makes
Glossary
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Color that is observed
when light strikes pigments or dyes, caused
by the mixture absorbing certain wavelengths
of light an reecting others. e light that is
reecte back is perceive as a color. See also
CMYK, process colors.
e quality of an image ele-
ment with an opacity value below 100 percent
that allows parts of backgroun elements or
entire elements to show through.
A digital image manipula-tion technique that increases the acutance, or
apparent sharpness , of photographic images. It
locates the ege between sections of iering
lightness an exaggerates the ierence across
that edge, thereby increasing the edge contrast.
Graphics consisting of co-
ordinate points and mathematically drawn lines
an curves rather than iscrete pixels. Vector
graphics can be freely scale an rotate withou
image degradation. Its also very easy to edit vec
tor graphics. With the Direct Selection tool, you
can access the individual points that make up th
objects path and click and drag the handles to
reshape the object.
A mask that hides or displays a
distinct shape on a layer based on a path. See
also masking.
e blank area between writ-ten characters or graphic regions. Proper use of
white space is critical to a well-balanced design.
renering, relative colorimetric renering, an
saturation renering.
Recalculating the pixels of an
image to change the physical size of the le.
e etail level of an image
escribe as ensity of graphic information in
ots per inch (pi) or pixels per inch (ppi).
e process of making selective
manual or electronic corrections to images.
An additive color model that uses red,green, and blue as primary colors to describe the
RGB color space, which is a subset of the visual
color spectrum. RGB values are numeric triples
(re, green, an blue) representing how much of
each primary color is use to escribe a specic
color in the RGB color space. Please note: RGB
values do not describe colors device-indepen-
dently without color management.
e intensity or purity of a specic
color; a completely esaturate color is gray.
is renering intent
maps the saturated primary colors in the source
space to the saturated primary colors in the tar-
get space. It does not address differences in hue,
saturation, or lightness. is renering intent is
esigne for renering business graphics where
you want vivid colors and arent particularly con-
cerne about exactly what those colors are. See
also renering intents.
e subjective ensity ierence
between two tones at their boundary, interpret-
e as neness of etail.
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