Photoshop CS5 Bible

  • 16h 5m
  • Brad Dayley, Lisa DaNae Dayley
  • John Wiley & Sons (US)
  • 2010

The bestselling, comprehensive reference on Photoshop, fully updated to CS5.

Photoshop is the gold standard for image-editing programs and is used by professional photographers, graphic designers, and Web designers as well as hobbyists. More than 300,000 copies of this comprehensive reference have been sold in previous editions; this edition is fully updated to cover Photoshop CS5’s newest features and includes a 16-page full-color insert.

  • Photoshop is the industry standard for image-editing software used in both print and digital media, with more than four million users worldwide
  • This comprehensive guide covers beginning to advanced techniques, from learning your way around the windows and tools to working with Camera Raw images
  • Covers retouching, color correcting, manipulating, and combining images; working with the File Browser, histogram palette, Lens Blur, and the color replacement tool; customizable keyboard shortcuts; how to create cutting-edge special effects for digital or film-based images, and much more

This revised edition of Photoshop Bible is the reference tool that graphic designers, photographers, and Web designers will refer to many times over.

About the Authors

Lisa DaNae Dayley owns and operates a media creation business. She teaches Photoshop classes, is the author of Photoshop CS3 Extended Video and 3D Bible, and is coauthor of several books with her husband, Brad Dayley.

Brad Dayley is a senior software engineer with almost 20 years of experience creating computer applications as well as working with Photoshop. He is the author of the Silverlight 2 Bible, and other books.

In this Book

  • Introduction
  • Introducing Adobe Photoshop CS5
  • Understanding the Photoshop Workspace
  • Image Basics
  • Understanding Colors, Histograms, Levels, and Curves
  • History and Actions
  • Using Bridge to Organize and Process Photos
  • Camera Raw Basics
  • Processing Photos in the Camera Raw Workspace
  • Creating Selections
  • All about Layers
  • Channels
  • Adjustment Workflow
  • Lighting and Color Adjustments
  • Sharpness, Blur, and Noise Adjustments
  • Using Cloning and Healing to Restore Digital Images
  • Painting and Brushes
  • Working with Paths and Vector Shapes
  • Working with Text
  • Distorting Images Using Transformation Effects, Liquify, and Vanishing Point
  • Applying Filters
  • Combining Images
  • Creating and Manipulating 3D Objects
  • Using the 3D Panel to Edit 3D Scenes and Settings
  • Using Photoshop Tools to Change the Appearance of a 3D Layer
  • Video Editing Basics
  • Animating in the Animation (Timeline) Panel
  • Correcting Video Files and Adding Artistic Effects
  • Animating Using the Animation (Frames) Panel
  • Printing and Color Management
  • Creating Images for the Web and Mobile Devices
  • Digital Workflow and Automation
  • Colour Plates
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