Adobe Photoshop CS4 Classroom in a Book

Adobe Creative Team

Peachpit Press, Apr 16, 2010 - Computers - 464 pages

The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop CS4

Fourteen lessons in Adobe Photoshop CS4 Classroom in a Book cover basic and advanced techniques in Adobe Photoshop, the world’s best image-editing software. Learn how to retouch digital photos, work with layers and masks, navigate the workspace, prepare images print, and explore the latest features. Tips, extra-credit exercises, and step-by-step lessons help you become more productive using Photoshop.

Learn to correct and enhance digital photos, create image composites, transform images in perspective, and prepare images for print and the web. Combine images for extended depth of field, and try out the new 3D features in Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended.

“The Classroom in a Book series is by far the best training material on the market. Everything you need to master the software is included: clear explanations of each lesson, step-by-step instructions, and the project files for the students.” —Barbara Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor, Rocky Mountain Training

Classroom in a BookŪ, 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 series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.

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Contents

• GETTING STARTED: 1
• 1 GETTING TO KNOW THE WORK AREA: 8
• 2 BASIC PHOTO CORRECTIONS: 46
• 3 WORKING WITH SELECTIONS: 76
• 4 LAYER BASICS: 104
• 5 MASKS AND CHANNELS: 134
• 6 CORRECTING AND ENHANCING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS: 172
• 7 TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN: 212
• 8 VECTOR DRAWING TECHNIQUES: 238
• 9 ADVANCED LAYERING: 268
• 10 ADVANCED COMPOSITING: 292
• 11 PREPARING FILES FOR THE WEB: 330
• 12 WORKING WITH 3D IMAGES: 362
• 13 WORKING WITH SCIENTIFIC IMAGES: 392
• 14 PRODUCING AND PRINTING CONSISTENT COLOR: 424
• INDEX: 438

About the author

The Adobe Creative Team is made up of designers, writers, and editors who have extensive, real-world knowledge of and expertise in using Adobe products. They work closely with the Adobe product development teams and Adobe's Instructional Communications team to come up with creative, challenging, and visually appealing projects to help both new and more experienced users get up to speed quickly on Adobe software products.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Classroom in a Book; Classroom in a Book
• Author: Adobe Creative Team
• Publisher: Peachpit Press, 2010
• ISBN: 0132089106, 9780132089104
• Length: 464 pages
• Subjects: Computers / Software Development & Engineering / Computer Graphics