This manual covers Adobe Photoshop CS4, a powerful photo-editing program designed for organizing and correcting digital images. Authored by Chris Orwig, this guide focuses on essential techniques, offering practical tips and illustrations to enhance your digital photography workflow. It is intended for users seeking to efficiently master key functionalities and improve their image manipulation skills.
The purpose of this manual is to provide a comprehensive resource for learning and applying 100 essential techniques within Adobe Photoshop CS4. It details various features, including the Application bar, document management, image import, and advanced adjustments using tools like Camera Raw and Curves. The content is structured to facilitate self-paced learning, enabling users to quickly access and implement specific methods for retouching, creating galleries, and more, ultimately leading to better photographic outcomes.
Build your Photoshop expertise, one technique at a time
Why spend time searching through a thick reference book when you can focus on the essential techniques? In Adobe Photoshop CS4 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques, author Chris Orwig brings you the best techniques to quickly organize and correct your digital images using the world’s most
powerful photo-editing program. Complete with illustrations and practical tips, these bite-size lessons from Chris’s experience as a photographer and instructor provide just the information you need. You can explore the program at your own pace, spending less time at your computer and more time behind the lens taking great pictures.
• Discover the Application bar [#4]
• Work with and arrange multiple documents [#8]
• Use the Photo Downloader in Adobe Bridge [#24]
• Make localized nondestructive adjustments with Camera Raw [#38]
• Set highlight and shadow target values using Curves [#69]
• Adjust tones with the Dodge and Burn tools while protecting values [#77]
• Create a layer mask[#78]
• Retouch portraits to improve eyes [#86]
• Create Web galleries to share your images [#97]
Author: Orwig, Chris
Publisher: Adobe Press
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: Adobe Photoshop CS4 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques
Pages: 00288 (Encrypted EPUB) / 00288 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2009-01-28
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780321577825
Category: Computers : Computer Graphics
Build your Photoshop expertise, one technique at a time
Why spend time searching through a thick reference book when you can focus on the essential techniques? In Adobe Photoshop CS4 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques, author Chris Orwig brings you the best techniques to quickly organize and correct your digital images using the world’s most
powerful photo-editing program. Complete with illustrations and practical tips, these bite-size lessons from Chris’s experience as a photographer and instructor provide just the information you need. You can explore the program at your own pace, spending less time at your computer and more time behind the lens taking great pictures.
• Discover the Application bar [#4]
• Work with and arrange multiple documents [#8]
• Use the Photo Downloader in Adobe Bridge [#24]
• Make localized nondestructive adjustments with Camera Raw [#38]
• Set highlight and shadow target values using Curves [#69]
• Adjust tones with the Dodge and Burn tools while protecting values [#77]
• Create a layer mask[#78]
• Retouch portraits to improve eyes [#86]
• Create Web galleries to share your images [#97]
Author: Orwig, Chris
Publisher: Adobe Press
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: Adobe Photoshop CS4 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques
Pages: 00288 (Encrypted EPUB) / 00288 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2009-01-28
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780321577825
Category: Computers : Computer Graphics
