The Adobe Photoshop CS4 Layers Book

The Adobe Photoshop CS4 Layers Book
Author: Richard A. Lynch
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2009
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0240521552

Digital artists can master Photoshop CS4 with this visual, hands-on guide to using the Layers tool. The accompanying DVD comes complete with a generous library of practical actions based on techniques from the book that add functional power to Photoshop, along with practice images for all the exercises in the book.

Adobe Photoshop CS4 How-Tos

Adobe Photoshop CS4 How-Tos
Author: Chris Orwig
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2009-01-28
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0321635485

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]

Layers

Layers
Author: Matt Kloskowski
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 654
Release: 2010-10-29
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0132490757

In 2008, Adobe Photoshop pro and best-selling author Matt Kloskowski broke new ground teaching Photoshop by focusing on the one thing that makes Photoshop the amazing (and sometimes difficult to understand) program it is: layers. Now, Matt returns with a major update that covers layers in Photoshop CS5 in the same concise, easy to understand way that’s made him so well known in the field of Photoshop training. When asked about the original version of this book, Matt said, "I wanted it to be the Photoshop book that I wish was around when I was first learning." This update improves upon that concept. Within these pages, you’ll learn about: Working with and managing multiple layers in Photoshop CS5 Building multiple-layer images Blending layers together Layer masking and just how easy it is Which of the 25+ layer blend modes you really need to know (there are just a few) Using layers to enhance and retouch your photos All of the tips and tricks that make using layers a breeze Plus, a new chapter on advanced layer techniques and compositing to help take your work to the next level If you want to fully understand layers in Photoshop CS5, this book is the one you’ve been waiting for!

Real World Compositing with Adobe Photoshop CS4

Real World Compositing with Adobe Photoshop CS4
Author: Dan Moughamian
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 616
Release: 2009-01-16
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0132104660

In Real World Compositing with Adobe Photoshop CS4, Photoshop experts Scott Valentine and Dan Moughamian explain the key elements involved in planning and executing a composite imaging project. Readers will learn about the importance of the planning process, including tips on how to develop creative ideas and stay organized as their project evolves. In addition, they will pick up vital techniques for acquiring and perfecting source images in Photoshop CS4, before bringing them together as a seamless composite. The powerful new 3D features found in the Extended edition are also discussed as part of a 2D-3D workflow. Serious photographers and digital artists wishing to produce photo-realistic imagery or surrealistic artwork by blending—or compositing—multiple images and light sources can learn all they need to know right here. Building from the reader's existing skill set of Photoshop fundamentals, the authors provide detailed examples and explanations that cover the newest features in Photoshop CS4 and also utilize a variety of tools and software applications. More than just a Photoshop guide, this book takes a holistic approach, instructing readers on photographic planning and techniques, key design concepts, visual perception, and robust image editing techniques. This is an increasingly popular approach which requires the digital artist to become more involved in the presentation and concept of their images. Real World Compositing with Photoshop CS4 delivers the information readers need, to produce the best possible composite imagery.

Photoshop CS4

Photoshop CS4
Author: Lesa Snider
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 798
Release: 2008-12-26
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0596551223

A guide to using Adobe Photoshop CS4 covers such topics as working with panels, creating a new document, managing layers, editing images, correction color and lighting, drawing with vector tools, and using filters.

Photoshop CS4 Bible

Photoshop CS4 Bible
Author: Stacy Cates
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 754
Release: 2009-01-27
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0470470925

The ultimate comprehensive reference to Adobe now updated and revised to cover the CS4 release! As the industry-standard image-editing software for print and digital media, Photoshop has a phenomenally broad reach and, if you’re a user, then you’re anxious to get started with CS4! This authoritative guide to Photoshop CS4 shows you how to retouch, color correct, manipulate, and combine images Sheds light on optimal ways to create cutting-edge special effects for digital or film-based images, and then use them on the Web or in print More than 1,200 pages are packed with advice that demystifies even the most complex Photoshop tasks Covers everything from image-editing basics to techniques for working with camera raw images Also discusses the file browser, histogram palette, lens blur, customizable keyboard shortcuts, and more Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Adobe Photoshop CS6 for Photographers

Adobe Photoshop CS6 for Photographers
Author: Martin Evening
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 770
Release: 2012
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 024052604X

The most comprehensive guide to Photoshop, fully updated to cover all new features

Photoshop X QuickSteps

Photoshop X QuickSteps
Author: Carole Boggs Matthews
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2004
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780072232318

Aimed at users who are new to Photoshop X, as well as intermediate users who need a reference for a specific task, this guide features a combination of reference and tutorials.

The Adobe Photoshop CS4 Layers Book

The Adobe Photoshop CS4 Layers Book
Author: Richard Lynch
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2009-03-12
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1136098941

MasterPhotoshop CS4 with this visual, hands-on guide to using layers, under the expert guidance of digital imaging specialist Richard Lynch. Layers, Photoshop's most powerful feature, is the core of a nondestructive image-editing workflow. Step-by-step instructions and practical examples illustrate how to. * Polish: correct and enhance color, fix composition problems, and repair damage or flaws * Manipulate: isolate image areas for changes, adjustments and experimental concepts * Understand: use all forms of layer blending, including transparency, clipping masks, opacity/fill, layer masks, layer modes, channel targeting, Blend If, and Effects/Styles The accompanying DVD comes complete with a generous library of practical actions based on techniques from the book that add functional power to Photoshop, along with practice images for all the exercises in the book. This focused, highly accurate, comprehensive, and practical guide offers invaluable advice for all users of Adobe Photoshop CS4.

Mastering Photoshop Layers

Mastering Photoshop Layers
Author: Juergen Gulbins
Publisher: Rocky Nook, Inc.
Total Pages: 644
Release: 2013-12-08
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1492001287

Photoshop's layers are arguably the most powerful aspect of the software's user interface and are the key to successful image editing in Photoshop. Layers allow for both global and local adjustments to images and can be used to create a number of special effects. Best of all, layers allow for nondestructive editing of your original image. New Photoshop users often see layers as too complicated, and they miss out on the program's full potential. This book will remove the confusion factor by providing an in-depth introduction to layers. Clear, step-by-step instructions and illustrations help the reader quickly master the tools that are relevant for photographers. In this book you will learn about: Working with and building multiple layers Blending layers and which Options to use Using layers to enhance and retouch your images Creating and using layer masks Creating luminosity and saturation layer masks Using Smart Objects and Smart Filters Advanced layer techniques Time-saving shortcuts, tips, and tricks