E. Weinmann, P. Lourekas | Visual QuickStart Guide Photoshop CS6 / Самоучитель по Photoshop CS6 [2012] [PDF] [En]

1: Color Management
Launching Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Photoshop color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Introduction to color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Calibrating your display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Choosing a color space for Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Synchronizing color settings among Creative Suite applications . . 9
Customizing the color policies for Photoshop . . . . . 10
Installing and saving custom color settings . . . . . . 11
Acquiring printer profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Changing a document’s color profile . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2: Creating Files
Calculating the correct file resolution . . . . . . . . . . 13
Creating a new, blank document . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Creating document presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Editing 16-bit files in Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Saving your document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using the Status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Ending a work session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3: Bridge
Launching Adobe Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Downloading photos from a camera . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Features of the Bridge window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Choosing a workspace for Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Previewing images in Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Opening files from Bridge into Photoshop . . . . . . . . 34
Customizing the Bridge window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Saving custom workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Resetting the Bridge workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Assigning keywords to files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rating and labeling thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Rearranging and sorting thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Filtering thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using thumbnail stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Managing files using Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Searching for files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Creating and using collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using Mini Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Exporting the Bridge cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

4: Camera Raw
Why use Camera Raw? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Opening photos into Camera Raw . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
The Camera Raw tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Cropping and straightening photos . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Choosing default workflow settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Using the Camera Raw tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Using the Basic tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Using the Tone Curve tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Using the Detail tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Using the HSL/Grayscale tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Using the Adjustment Brush tool . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Using the Split Toning tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Using the Effects tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Using the Graduated Filter tool . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Using the Spot Removal tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Saving and applying Camera Raw settings. . . . . . . . 81
Synchronizing Camera Raw settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Converting, opening, and saving Camera Raw files . . . . . 84

5: Workspaces
Using the Application frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Tiling multiple documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Changing the zoom level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Rotating the canvas view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Changing the screen mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Choosing a workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Configuring the panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Saving custom workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Resetting workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Using the Options bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

6: Panels
The Photoshop panel icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
The Photoshop panels that are used in this book . . . . 101
Managing presets via the pickers and panels . . . . . 116
Exporting and importing presets . . . . . . . . . . 118v
Using the Preset Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Creating tool presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

7: Pixel Basics
Changing the document resolution and/or dimensions . . . 121
Changing the canvas size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Cropping an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Cropping multiple images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Straightening a crooked image . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Flipping or rotating an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

8: Layer Essentials
Creating layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Selecting layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Restacking layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Creating layer groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Deleting layers and groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Hiding and showing layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Repositioning layer content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Changing the layer opacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Using the lock options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Choosing Layers panel options . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Filtering listings on the Layers panel . . . . . . . 146
Merging layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Flattening layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

9: Selections & Masks
Creating layer-based selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Using the Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee tools . . . . 152
Using two of the lasso tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Deselecting and reselecting selections . . . . . . . . . 154
Deleting or filling a selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Moving a selection border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Moving selection contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Using the Quick Selection tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Using the Magic Wand tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Inverting a selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Using the Color Range command . . . . . . . . . . 160
Hiding and showing the selection border . . . . . . . 162
Creating a frame-shaped selection . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Saving and loading selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Refining selection edges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Using Quick Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Creating layer masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Editing layer masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Working with layer masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

10: History
Choosing History panel options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Changing history states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Deleting, purging, and clearing history states . 180
Using snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Creating documents from history states . . . . . . . . 184

11: Using Color
Choosing colors in Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Using the Color Picker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Choosing colors from a library . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Using the Color panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Using the Swatches panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Using the Eyedropper tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Copying colors as hexadecimals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Choosing a blending mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Creating a Solid Color fill layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Creating a Gradient fill layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Creating and editing a gradient preset . . . . . . . . . 196
Using the Gradient tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Creating custom and scripted patterns . . . . . . 199

12: Adjustments
Creating adjustment layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Editing adjustment layer settings . . . . . . . . . 204
Saving adjustment presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Merging and deleting adjustment layers . . . . . 206
Editing an adjustment layer mask . . . . . . . . . 207
Using the Histogram panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Applying a Levels adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Applying a Brightness/Contrast adjustment . . . 212
Applying a Photo Filter adjustment . . . . . . . . 213
Applying an auto correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Applying a Color Balance adjustment . . . . . . . 216
Applying a Hue/Saturation adjustment . . . . . . 218
Applying a Vibrance adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 219
Applying a Curves adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Applying a Black & White adjustment . . . . . . . 226
Tinting an image via a Gradient Map adjustment . . . 228
Applying the Shadows/Highlights command
Applying the Merge to HDR Pro command
Screening back a layer using Levels

13: Combining Images
Using the Clipboard . . . . . . . . . .239
Drag-copying a selection on the same layer . . . . . . . . . . .243
Drag-copying a selection or layer between files with the Move tool . .244
Drag-copying layers between files via the Layers panel . . . . . . . . . .246
Creating a layered document from file thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
Creating Smart Objects . . . . . . . . . .248
Duplicating Smart Objects . . . . . . . .252
Editing Smart Objects . . . . . . . . . . .253
Replacing Smart Objects . . . . . . . . .255
Combining multiple “exposures” . . . .256
Fading the edge of a layer via a
gradient in a layer mask . . . . . . . .259
Aligning and distributing layers . . . .261
Using the Clone Stamp tool and the Clone Source panel . . . . . . . . . . .262
Using the Photomerge command . . . .264
Using the Auto-Align Layers command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
Using Smart Guides, ruler guides, and the grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268

14: Brushes
Using the Brush tool . . . . . . . . . . . .271
Choosing temporary brush settings . .272
Customizing a brush . . . . . . . . . . . .273
Managing brush presets . . . . . . . . . .277
Using the Mixer Brush tool . . . . . . . .278
Using the Eraser tool . . . . . . . . . . .282
Using the History Brush tool . . . . . .283

15: Retouching
Using the Match Color command . . . .286
Using the Replace Color command . . .288
Using the Color Replacement tool . . .290
Whitening teeth or eyes . . . . . . . . .292
Using the Red Eye tool . . . . . . . . . .293
Using the Healing Brush tool . . . . . .294
Using the Spot Healing Brush tool . . .297
Healing areas with the Patch tool . . .298
Smoothing skin and other surfaces . .299
Retouching by cloning . . . . . . . . . .302
Applying a Content-Aware fill . . . . . .305
Using the Content-Aware Move tool . .306
Removing an image element with the Patch tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308

16: Refocusing
Applying the Lens Blur filter . . . . . . .309
Applying the Field Blur, Iris Blur, and Tilt-Shift filters . . . . . . . . . .312
Applying the Lens Correction filter . .318
Applying the Motion Blur filter . . . . .320
Using the Sharpen tool . . . . . . . . . .321
Applying the Smart Sharpen filter . . .322
Applying the Unsharp Mask filter . . . .325

17: Fun with Layers
Using clipping masks . . . . . . . . . . .327
Blending layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
Applying transformations . . . . . . . . .332
Applying Content-Aware scaling . . . .334
Applying the Puppet Warp command .336
Using the Liquify filter . . . . . . . . . .338
Applying the Warp command . . . . . .340

18: Filters
Applying filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341
Creating and editing Smart Filters . . .344
Hiding, copying, and deleting Smart Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345
Working with the Smart Filter mask . .346
More filter techniques . . . . . . . . . . .349
Turning a photo into a painting or a drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352

19: Type
Creating editable type . . . . . . . . . . .356
Selecting type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358
Recoloring type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
Changing the font family and font style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
Converting type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360
Changing the font size . . . . . . . . . .360
Applying kerning and tracking . . . . .361
Adjusting the leading . . . . . . . . . . .362
Shifting type from the baseline . . . . .363
Inserting special characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Applying paragraph settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Formatting type with paragraph and character styles . . . . . . . 365
Transforming the bounding box for paragraph type . . . . . . . 366
Screening back type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Rasterizing a type layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Putting type in a spot color channel . . . . . . . . . . 370

20: Layer Styles
Layer effect essentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Applying a bevel or emboss effect . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Applying a shadow effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Applying the Stroke effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Applying the Gradient and Pattern Overlay effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Copying, moving, and removing layer effects . . . . 380
Changing the layer fill percentage . . . . . . . . . 381
Applying layer styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Creating layer styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Making type look like rusted metal . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Embossing leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

21: Vector Shapes & Masks
Creating vector shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Changing the fill and stroke on a vector shape . 389
Combining multiple vector shapes . . . . . . . . . 391
Creating vector masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Working with vector masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

22: Actions
Recording an action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Playing an action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Editing an action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Deleting commands and actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Saving and loading action sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

23: Presentation
Creating a vignette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Adding an artistic border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Adding a watermark to an image . . . . . . . . . . 410
Creating a Web Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Creating a contact sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Creating a PDF presentation of images . . . . . . . . . 420
Creating and using layer comps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Creating a PDF presentation of layer comps . . . 424
Importing video clips to Photoshop . . . . . . . . 425
Adding video tracks to a timeline . . . . . . . . . . 426
Changing the length, order, or speed of a clip . 427
Splitting a clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Adding transitions to video clips . . . . . . . . . . 428
Adding still images to a video . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Adding title clips to a video . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Applying adjustment layers and filters to a video . . . 430
Keyframing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Adding audio clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Rendering clips into a movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432

24: Preferences
Opening the Preferences dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
General Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Interface Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
File Handling Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Performance Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Cursors Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Transparency & Gamut Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Units & Rulers Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Guides, Grid & Slices Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Plug-ins Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Type Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Preferences for Adobe Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . 444

25: Print & Export
Proofing document colors onscreen . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Outputting a file to an inkjet printer . . . . . . . 450
Preparing a file for commercial printing . . . . . . . . 457
Getting Photoshop files into Adobe InDesign and Illustrator . . 458
Saving a file in the PDF format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Saving a file in the TIFF format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Saving multiple files in the JPEG, PSD, or TIFF format . . . . . . . . 462
Saving files for the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Previewing an optimized file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Optimizing a file in the GIF format . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Optimizing a file in the JPEG format . . . . . . . . . . 467