The Adobe Photoshop CS4 Dictionary


Book Description

Find solutions fast with this handy encyclopedic guide to Photoshop's multitude of terms and options. Conveniently organized in a clear A to Z format, this attractive, illustrated desktop reference covers every action you are likely to make as you manipulate photographs and digital images in Photoshop. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned Photoshop user, there'll be tools and features you've forgotten, missed or never memorized, but that needn't slow down the creative process. As well as complete A-Z listings that answer all the questions you'll come up against, a step-by-step techniques section covers the everyday tasks you'll refer to again and again. This visual resource is the ideal companion to every Photoshop book on your shelf. Don't start working in Photoshop unless it's by your side!




Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop CS4 in 24 Hours


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Sams Teach Yourself Adobe® Photoshop® CS4 Kate Binder In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you’ll learn all the fundamental Photoshop CS4 skills you need to get great results—in digital photography, graphic design, painting, or anything else! Using this book’s easy, step-by-step approach, you’ll master Photoshop CS4’s revamped interface and powerful new shortcuts. You can also learn professional techniques for repairing damaged photos, creating great composites, black-and-white images, and web graphics, and a whole lot more! Full-color figures and clear step-by-step instructions visually show you how to use Photoshop. Notes, Tips, and Cautions provide related information, advice, and warnings. Q&A sections, quizzes, and exercises help you build and test your knowledge. Learn how to… Master Photoshop CS4’s new tabbed interface, Application Frame, and Application Bar Personalize your workspace to work more efficiently Repair and retouch black-and-white and color images, no matter what condition they’re in Make “spot fixes” with Photoshop CS4’s improved toning tools Achieve powerful artistry with Photoshop’s filters and effects Master digital painting with Photoshop’s paintbrushes and other tools Get your colors right, in both print and web applications Transform your images using tools ranging from Flip and Warp to Liquify Master professional-level features including layers, channels, and masks Create outstanding typographic special effects Prepare great web images for everything from online photo galleries to cellphones Save time and get better results with Photoshop CS4’s latest enhancements Kate Binder is a design and graphics expert who works from her home in New Hampshire. She has written articles on graphics, publishing, and photography for magazines including Shutterbug, Publish, eDigitalPhoto, PEI, and Desktop Publishers Journal. Kate is also the author of several books, including iMac Portable Genius, Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 in 24 Hours, Easy Mac OS X Leopard, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Mac OS X, and Easy Adobe Photoshop 7. Category: Graphics Covers: Adobe® Photoshop® CS4 User Level: Beginning–Intermediate




Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS4


Book Description

The Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in for Adobe Photoshop has changed the way photographers work with images. Shooting in the raw format gives digital photographers complete control over every aspect of image quality. Camera Raw makes the process of using raw files easier by providing a standardized way of accessing and working with these uncompressed digital negatives. Today serious photographers shoot raw images only. Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop was the first book devoted exclusively to the topic, explaining the advantages and challenges of using Camera Raw to produce magnificent images. Real World Adobe Camera Raw in Photoshop CS4 keeps pace with new directions in digital photography and raw image processing. Jeff Schewe, a contributor to the development of Camera Raw from its beginnings, updates Bruce Fraser’s bestselling book with inside knowledge of how new features let photographers optimize and convert images for the best results in Adobe Photoshop CS4. Hands-on techniques show readers how to expose and shoot for raw image capture as well as use new features. Readers will also learn how to use the latest version of Adobe Bridge to manage the thousands of images--and gigabytes of data--that result from raw shooting. Finally, Schewe discusses how Adobe’s latest revolutionary imaging software Photoshop Lightroom adds to the raw equation.




Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: The Ultimate Workshop


Book Description

Professional commercial photographer and digital imager Jeff Schewe (based in Chicago, USA) has teamed up with best-selling Photoshop author Martin Evening to provide advanced Photoshop users with never before seen tips and techniques. Building on Martin Evening's successful Adobe Photoshop for Photographers series of titles, this new guide takes Photoshop users to further depths exploring the power of Photoshop CSX. Highly visual, with clear, step-by-step tutorials, this advanced guide will appeal to those who want to take Photoshop beyond the boundaries.




Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers


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Master the power of Photoshop CSX with an internationally renowned photographer by your side. New edition even more easily accessible! Adobe's Photoshop CSX comes with powerful new features offering huge payoffs, but it can be overwhelming to learn. Now updated to focus more fully on the core aspects of Photoshop, this new edition, of acclaimed photographer Martin Evening's best-seller is ideal whether you are a beginning Photoshop user wanting to get up to speed fast or more advanced in your Photoshop skills but need a reliable reference for CSX. * Illustrated throughout with before-and-after pictures - over XXX professional, color illustrations * Practical techniques and real-life assignments * Step-by-step tutorials * Keyboard shortcut reference guide Includes FREE DVD with (TO BE UPDATED): * QuickTime movie tutorials for MAC and PC * Searchable tips on tools, palettes layer styles, and shortcuts * Images selected for you to experiment with getting you up to speed fast with everything in the book, including new Photoshop CSX features Get the pre-eminent advice from a highly successful working photographer as Martin completely updates you on the core aspects of working with Photoshop, including organizing your digital workflow, and improving accessibility. Real-life examples, diagrams, illustrations, and step-by-step explanations ensure that you're up to speed with the next generation of digital photography in no time! Foreword by John Nack, Photoshop Product Manager, Adobe (TBC)







Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium Digital Classroom


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Full-color book and instructional DVD form a complete training package for Adobe CS4 Design Premium Written by a team of Adobe certified instructors, this complete training package helps you learn to use the market-leading design and development suite at your own speed. The book includes 26 lessons that let you discover essential skills and explore the new features of Adobe CS4 Design Premium. Each lesson includes step-by-step instructions and lesson files, supplemented with video tutorials on the DVD. Each lesson in the book has a supplementary, five-minute video lesson that demonstrates and explains the concepts and features covered in the book. You'll also explore integration techniques that can be implemented using Adobe Bridge and Version Cue, the file management and collaboration tools found in Design Premium. Full color, step-by-step instruction makes learning even complicated tasks less intimidating, while the video training demonstrates each task Covers InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks You set the pace, learning at your own speed Written by the same team of Adobe Certified Instructors and Creative Suite experts who have created many of the official training guides for Adobe Systems Includes 26 lessons designed to teach you all aspects of the most popular design and development suite for print, Web, and mobile media Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium Digital Classroom is like having your own personal instructor guiding you through each lesson at your convenience. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.




Photoshop CS4 For Dummies


Book Description

This latest version of Photoshop has a few new tricks up its sleeve and Adobe Photoshop CS4 For Dummies will teach you how to use them. From the basics like getting your images into and out of Photoshop to enhancing, cropping, and color correction, it’s all here! You’ll get all of the basics of digital images and master the importing and exporting of images. You’ll find out how to create easy enhancements like adding shadows and highlights and making color natural, in addition to learning how to use the Adobe camera raw plug-in. Before you know it, you’ll be making beautiful “art” with Photoshop by combining images, precision edges, dressing up images, painting in Photoshop, and using filters. You can even streamline your work in Photoshop using advanced techniques. Find out how to: Import images and use all the tools and processes Reduce digital noise, make colors look natural, add highlights and shadows Optimize images for print or the Web Edit images Explore the Painting function and master the daunting Brushes panel Add layer styles Create on-screen presentations, contact prints, and more Complete with lists of ten reasons to love your Wacom tablet, ten reasons to own a digital camera, and ten favorite tips and tricks, Adobe CS4For Dummies is your one-stop guide to setting up, working with, and making the most of Photoshop CS4 for all your digital photography needs.




Dreamweaver CS4 Bible


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Packed with more than one thousand pages of hands-on instruction and step-by-step tutorials, the bestseller returns with everything you need to know to harness the power of Dreamweaver CS4. This comprehensive resource guides you through the ins and outs of Dreamweaver CS4 so you can quickly get started building dynamic, data-driven sites. The book demonstrates building interactive forms; creating client-side image maps; connecting to a live database; working with layers, style sheets, and dynamic HTML; inserting, deleting, and updating data from Web pages; designing with templates; and integrating with Photoshop, Bridge, Flex, Fireworks, and Cold Fusion, as well as CSS and Ajax.




Adobe InDesign CS4 Classroom in a Book


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The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe InDesign CS4 Adobe InDesign CS4 Classroom in a Book contains 14 lessons. The book covers the basics of learning page layout with Adobe InDesign and provides countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with the program. Explore typography and color, and learn more about creating tables and using styles. You can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest you. Create layouts for magazines, newsletters, and brochures. Learn how to make Adobe PDF files and rich interactive documents. Prepare files for high-resolution printing and the Web. “Adobe InDesign Classroom in a Book is the best way to learn hands-on with real-world examples. You'll gain exposure to good print design as well as efficient workflow techniques.” —Michael Witherell, Adobe Certified Expert, Publishing, Training, and Consulting Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, helps you learn the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. Classroom in a Book offers what no other book or training program does—an official training Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts. All of Peachpit's eBooks contain the same content as the print edition. You will find a link in the last few pages of your eBook that directs you to the media files. Helpful tips: If you are able to search the book, search for "Where are the lesson files?" Go to the very last page of the book and scroll backwards. You will need a web-enabled device or computer in order to access the media files that accompany this ebook. Entering the URL supplied into a computer with web access will allow you to get to the files. Depending on your device, it is possible that your display settings will cut off part of the URL. To make sure this is not the case, try reducing your font size and turning your device to a landscape view. This should cause the full URL to appear.