Photoshop CS6: Essential Skills

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Taylor & Francis, Jul 2, 2012 - Computers - 519 pages

Combining real word examples, step-by-step projects and professional advice, Photoshop CS6: Essential Skills provides you with the ultimate learning experience. Written by two internationally recognized authors and Adobe Photoshop Ambassadors, this book and downloadable resource package gives you a guided tour of everything you need to know to master image editing and achieve stunning results.

Broken into three parts, this self-study guide to Photoshop covers all the foundation skills to get you started, before moving on to more advanced image editing and photomontage techniques to develop you skills even further. A complete section of step-by-step imaging projects and the 12+ hours of video tutorials on downloadable resources will hone your image editing skills to give you professional quality results.

 

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Contents

2 Bridge
23
3 Workflow
47
4 Raw Processing
87
5 Fine Print
129
6 Layers and Channels
147
7 Selections
161
8 Filters
187
9 Layer Blends
213
10 Retouching Projects
229
11 Composite Projects
315
12 Special Effects
423
Glossary
497
Keyboard Shortcuts
507
Web Links
509
Index
510
Copyright

Common terms and phrases

Adjustment Brush adjustment layer Adobe Camera Raw Adobe RGB alpha channel Alt key Alt/Option key applied background layer blend mode Blur Bridge Brush tool button capture changes choose clipping color grading color management Command key contrast controls create crop Ctrl darken detail dialog box display double-click effect enhancement exposure feature file fine-tune folder foreground color format gradient Graduated Filter highlights histogram icon JPEG key Mac key PC keyboard shortcut keywords Lasso tool layer mask Layers panel Lens Correction light main editing space menu midtones move opacity Option key Options bar output painting photographers Photoshop picture pixels preset preview printer Radius Raw file saturation Save select OK Selection tool shadows sharpening Shift key slider Smart Filter Smart Object step switch technique texture thumbnail tonal tones Tools panel vignetting white balance workflow workspace

About the author (2012)

Mark Galer is the Program Director and Senior lecturer at RMIT University in the School of Media and Communication, Australia. He is also co-writer of their popular online photography courses. He has lectured in photography in the UK and Australia and has worked commercially as a freelance photographer on corporate and editorial assignments. He has written numerous top-selling photography books, including Photography Foundations for Art & Design, the Popular Photoshop Elements; Maximum Performance and Photoshop; Essential Skills series. He is an Official Adobe Ambassador for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. Philip Andrews has written extensively on digital photography, traditional photography, & multimedia for many magazines & newspapers, including "Amateur Photographer", "British Journal of Photography", Practical Photography", & "Digital Photo & Design".

Bibliographic information

TitlePhotoshop CS6: Essential Skills
Essential Skills
AuthorsMark Galer, Philip Andrews
Editionillustrated
PublisherTaylor & Francis, 2012
ISBN0240522680, 9780240522685
Length519 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Computers / Design, Graphics & Media / Photography
Photography / General
Photography / Techniques / Digital
  
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