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Real World Adobe Photoshop CS
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David Blatner, Bruce Fraser
Peachpit Press, Paperback, 6th edition, Published February 2004, 901 pages, ISBN 0321245784
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Noodling around with Photoshop to create interesting composite artwork is all well and good. But if you rely on Photoshop to meet tough production challenges in a fast-paced professional environment, noodling won't cut it! You need results, and you need them now: This book delivers! In this copiously illustrated volume, best-selling authors David Blatner and Bruce Fraser offer scads of hands-on production techniques--as well as clear explanations of the concepts that drive them--so that you can get the best results possible on your own Photoshop CS projects. You'll learn about managing color, getting great scans, correcting tones and colors, and more. You also find complete coverage of all of Photoshop CS' newest features: an improved File Browser; nonsquare pixel support; cool, new Photomerge technology (which allows you to create seamless panoramas out of multiple images); and more. Throughout, the emphasis is on efficiency: the time-saving tips and professional shortcuts that will allow you to work faster, smarter, and more creatively with Photoshop CS.

 

Table of Contents

1. Building a Photoshop System.


 2. Essential Photoshop Tips & Tricks.


 3. Image Essentials.


 4. Color Essentials.


 5. Color Settings.


 6. Tonal Correction Fundamentals.


 7. Color Correction Fundamentals.


 8. Selections and Channels.


 9. The Digital Darkroom.


10. Sharpening.


11. Spot Colors and Duotones.


12. Line Art.


13. Capturing Images.


14. Building a Digital Workflow.


15. Essential Image Techniques.


16. Storing Images.


17. Output Methods.


18. Multimedia and the Web.

 

About the Authors

David Blatner is a Seattle-based graphic arts consultant specializing in QuarkXPress and Photoshop. He is the author or co-author of a number of books from Peachpit Press, including The QuarkXPress Book, Real World Photoshop, Real World Scanning and Halftones, and Real World QuarkImmedia.

He speaks at conferences and seminars around North America and Japan, including Seybold, Macworld, The Photoshop Conference, and The QuarkXPress Conference.

David can provide in-house seminars at your company on subjects such as "QuarkXPress and Photoshop Tips and Tricks" and "Getting Your QuarkXPress Documents Online."

You can contact David at david@moo.com.

Bruce Fraser is a San Francisco-based freelance writer specializing in publishing and color issues. He is an avid amateur photographer and has used PhotoShop since its first appearance as BArneyScan XP. He is a contributing editor for both MacWEEK and MacUser, and is the author of Using Color Management Systems for Pushbutton Color, the definitive industry study on color management systems. He writes and lectures extensively on color publishing issues, and has co-authored several books, including Real World PageMaker 5: Industrial Strength Techniques andHow Desktop Publishing Works.




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