Features and BenefitsHands-on techniques and comprehensive instruction get serious Photoshop users up to speed fast.
Built-in integration with Adobe Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, and InDesign makes Photoshop CS3 more critical to print and Web production workflows than ever.
Updated to cover Photoshop CS3's new features: streamlined interface, nondestructive Smart Filters, the new Quick Selection and Refine Edge tools, and significant speed performance.
Filled with production techniques, tips, and shortcuts that only real-world professional experience can yield.
Table of Contents
Preface: Photoshop in the Real World
1. Building a Photoshop System
2. Essential Photoshop Tips and Tricks
3. Image Essentials: It's All Zeros and Ones
4. Color Essentials: What Makes a Color
5. Color Settings: Color Management
6. Image Adjustment Fundamentals
7. The Digital Darkroom
8. Making Selections
9. Sharpness, Detail, and Noise Reduction
10. Spot Colors and Duotones
11. Building a Digital Workflow
12. Essential Image Techniques
13. Image Storage and Output
14. Multimedia and the Web
About the Authors
David Blatner is an internationally known expert on Photoshop and QuarkXPress and is the author of numerous other books, including Real World QuarkXPress and Real World Adobe InDesign. David lectures on desktop publishing and digital imaging at conferences and workshops around the world.
Conrad Chavez began providing education, training, and support for digital-media applications in 1987, contributing countless pages to the user guides for print, Web, and digital video products at Aldus Corporation and Adobe Systems Incorporated. Now a freelance writer and editor, Conrad co-authored the books Adobe Photoshop CS/CS2 Breakthroughs (with David Blatner) and Real World Scanning and Halftones, Third Edition, and is a contributing writer for The Adobe Illustrator CS2 Wow! Book by Sharon Steuer.
Bruce Fraser is a widely recognized authority on digital imaging and color reproduction. He is the author of the best-selling Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS2 and the co-author of Real World Color Management, and was a principal and co-founder of Pixel Genius, LLC.