Complete classroom training manuals for Adobe Photoshop CS6. Two manuals (Introductory and Advanced) in one book. 230 pages and 160 individual topics. Includes practice exercises and keyboard shortcuts. You will learn how to use all of the various tools, advanced layer techniques, manipulating images and much more. Topics Covered: Getting Acquainted with Photoshop 1. The Photoshop Environment 2. Palettes and the Palette Well 3. Creating Custom Workspaces 4. Opening Images 5. Using the File Browser 6. Image Magnification 7. Viewing Document Information 8. Moving the Image 9. Undoing Mistakes and The History Palette 10. Displaying Drawing Guides 11. Making Measurements 12. Adding Annotations 13. Setting Preferences Adobe Bridge 1. The Adobe Bridge Environment 2. Display Options 3. Compact Mode 4. Navigating, Opening & Placing Files 5. Searching for Files and Folders 6. Labeling and Rating Files 7. Sorting and Filtering Files 8. Copying, Moving and Deleting Files 9. Stacking and Unstacking 10. Previewing Images and the Loupe Tool 11. Rotating Images 12. Viewing a Slideshow 13. Viewing and Editing Metadata 14. Keywords 15. Mini Bridge Basic Image Manipulation 1. Bitmap Images 2. Vector Images 3. Image Size and Resolution Settings 4. Scanning Images 5. Creating New Images 6. Placing Files Color Basics 1. Color Modes and Models 2. Color Mode Conversion 3. Previewing Color Differences Between Operating Systems 4. Color Management 5. Foreground and Background Colors 6. Using the Color Picker 7. Selecting Colors with the Color Palette 8. Selecting Colors with the Eyedropper Tool 9. Selecting Colors with the Swatches Palette Painting Tools 1. Painting Tools 2. The Brush Tool 3. Blending Modes 4. The Pencil Tool 5. The Color Replacement Tool 6. The Eraser Tool 7. The Magic Eraser Tool 8. The Background Eraser Tool 9. Using the Art History Brush 10. Using the History Brush 11. Using the Mixer Brush Brush Settings 1. Using the Brushes Palette 2. Creating Custom Brush Tips by Selection 3. Creating Custom Brush Tips in the Brushes Palette 4. Setting Shape Dynamics 5. Setting Brush Scattering 6. Setting Brush Texture 7. Setting Dual Brushes 8. Setting Color Dynamics 9. Setting Other Dynamics 10. Miscellaneous Brush Settings 11. Clearing Brush Settings 12. Saving a Customized Brush 13. Saving a Customized Brush Library Making Selections 1. Selection Basics 2. Making Pixel Selections 3. The Marquee Tools 4. Refining Edges of Selections 5. The Lasso Tools 6. The Magic Wand Tool 7. The Quick Selection Tool 8. Selecting by Color Range 9. Adjusting Pixel Selections 10. The Extract Command 11. Copying and Pasting Pixel Selections 12. Saving and Loading Selections Filling and Stroking 1. Applying Fills 2. Using the Paint Bucket Tool 3. Using the Gradient Tool 4. Using the Gradient Editor 5. Using Patterns 6. Using the Pattern Maker 7. Stroking Layers 1. Using Layers and Layer Groups/Sets 2. Creating Layers and Layer Groups/Sets 3. Stacking and Linking Layers 4. Moving Layer Content with the Move Tool 5. Locking Layers 6. Common Layer Management Tasks 7. Merging and Flattening Layers Advanced Layers 1. Layer Styles 2. Adjustment Layers and Fill Layers 3. The Adjustments Panel 4. Masking Layers 5. The Masks Panel 6. Creating Clipping Groups 7. Creating Knockouts 8. Smart Objects 9. Smart Filters Text 1. Text Basics 2. Entering Text 3. Selecting Text 4. Editing the Bounding Box 5. Creating a Type Selection 6. Applying Effects to Type Layers 7. Using the Character Palette 8. Checking for Spelling Errors 9. Using the Paragraph Palette Drawing 1. Raster vs. Vector 2. Shape Layers and Shape Options 3. Using the Shape Tools 4. Using the Pen Tools 5. Using the Anchor Point Tools 6. Using the Paths Palette 7. Working with Paths Using Channels and Masking 1. Using the Channels Palette 2. Using Channels 3. Spot Colors 4. Blending Channels and Layers 5. Masks 6. Using Alpha Channels Manipulating Images 1. Changing the Canvas Size 2. Rotating and Flipping Images 3. The Rotate View Tool 4. Cropping Images 5. The Perspective Crop Tool 6. The Slice Tools 7. The Free Transform Command 8. The Smudge Tool 9. Blurring and Sharpening Images 10. Using the Dodge Tool and the Burn Tool 11. The Sponge Tool 12. Filters and The Filter Gallery 13. The Liquify Command 14. Vanishing Point 15. Content-Aware Scaling 16. The Puppet Warp Tool 17. The Clone Stamp Tool 18. The Pattern Stamp Tool 19. The Healing Brush Tool 19. The Spot Healing Brush Tool 20. The Patch Tool 21. The Content-Aware Move Tool 22. The Red Eye Tool Saving Images 1. Saving Images 2. The Save for Web & Devices Dialog Box Printing 1. Printing Images 2. Setting Printing Options Automating Tasks 1. Actions and the Actions Palette 2. Playing Actions 3. Editing Actions 3. Playing Pre-Loaded Actions Help 1. Photoshop Help 2. System Info 3. Online Updates

Photoshop CS6 is truly amazing, but it can also be overwhelming if you’re just getting started. This book makes learning Photoshop a breeze by explaining things in a friendly, conversational style—without technical jargon. After a thorough introduction to the program, you’ll delve deep into Photoshop’s secrets with expert tips and practical advice you can use every day. The important stuff you need to know: Learn your way around. Get a guided tour of Photoshop’s beautiful new workspace. Unlock the magic. Discover the most practical ways to use layers, channels, masks, paths, and other tools. Fine-tune your images. Learn techniques for cropping, retouching, and combining photos. Play with color. Drain, change, and add color; and create gorgeous black-and-whites and duotones. Be artistic. Create original illustrations and paintings, use text and filters effectively, and edit video clips. Share your work. Produce great-looking images for print and the Web. Work smarter and faster. Automate common chores and install plug-ins for complex tasks.

Those creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 choose Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press. The 19 project-based lessons in this book show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in Premiere Pro CS6. Readers learn to take a project from beginning to end where they’ll get the basics on things like organizing media, using audio, creating transitions, producing titles, and adding effects. Once they have the basics down, they'll learn how to take their projects further by sweetening and mixing sound, compositing the footage, adjusting color, using multicamera editing techniques, authoring DVDs, and much more. This completely revised CS6 edition covers new features, including the Warp Stabilizer effect for stabilizing uneven, shaky footage. Powerful new trimming techniques are explored in detail and an entire chapter covers the new expanded multicamera editing features. The new interface in Adobe Premiere Pro 6 offers many new capabilities to the editor who needs quick results and this book covers the workflows required to get the job done. Best of all, the companion DVD includes lesson files so readers can work step-by-step along with the book. “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 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 series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts. Note from the publisher: If you experience any issues accessing the files on the DVD please contact [email protected] to receive a link to the online file downloads

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Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop CS6 choose Adobe Photoshop CS6 Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press. The 14 project-based lessons in this book show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in Photoshop CS6 and how to manipulate images, edit motion-based content, and create image composites. In addition to learning the key elements of the Photoshop interface, this completely revised CS6 edition covers new features, including precise cropping with multiple overlays, expanded content-aware toolkit with skin tone-aware selections and masking, three new blur effects, re-engineered design tools, adaptive Wide Angle adjustments, improved Camera Raw engine, improved auto corrections, Background Save and Auto-recovery, modernized user interface, intuitive video enhancements, simplified 3D interface, improved editing speed with real-time results, and more. In addition to the lesson files, the companion DVD will feature 2 hours of free video tutorials from Adobe Photoshop CS6: Learn by Video by Adobe Press and video2brain, a great added value! "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 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 series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts. **Breaking News! Adobe has released an update to Photoshop offering new features for Creative Cloud customers including Retina Display Support, Smart Object support for Blur Gallery and Liquify, powerful CSS support for web design, workflow improvements, improved 3D effects and more. Register your book at peachpit.com/register to receive a free update that covers these features.

Learn Adobe Photoshop CC and Lightroom CC from the ground up, and develop your specific workflow for making great images. Start by importing and organizing your images into collections that make sense for you. Develop your pictures to make the most out of every pixel. Learn how Photoshop can take your vision further by using tools that enhance your work in Lightroom. Finally, you’ll learn how Lightroom and Photoshop work hand in hand to give you the most powerful creative tools for your digital photography. The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop Lightroom in conjunction with Adobe Photoshop. Classroom in a Book, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program does–an official training series from Adobe, developed with the support of Adobe product experts. Adobe Photoshop CC and Lightroom CC for Photographers Classroom in a Book contains 11 lessons that cover the basics and beyond, from sorting your photos and adjusting tone and color to creating an HDR panorama and turning your photo into an oil painting. You can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest you. Purchasing this book includes valuable online extras. Follow the instructions in the book’s “Getting Started” section to unlock access to: Downloadable lesson files you need to work through the projects in the book (lesson files also provided on DVD-ROM with the print edition of the book) Web Edition containing the complete text of the book, interactive quizzes, videos that walk you through the lessons step by step, and updated material covering new feature releases from Adobe What you need to use this book: Adobe Photoshop CC and Adobe Lightroom CC software, for either Windows or macOS. (Software not included.)

Photoshop CC is truly amazing, but it can also be overwhelming if you’re just getting started. This book makes learning Photoshop as easy as possible by explaining things in a friendly, conversational style—without technical jargon. After a thorough introduction to the program, you’ll delve deep into Photoshop’s secrets with expert tips and practical editing advice you can use every day. The important stuff you need to know: Learn your way around. Take a tour of Photoshop’s workspace and learn how to customize it. Unlock the magic. Use layers, masks, and Smart Objects to safely edit your images. Perfect your photos. Learn techniques for cropping, color-correcting, retouching, and combining photos. Master color. Drain, change, and add color; create gorgeous black-and-whites, partial-color effects, and duotones. Be artistic. Create illustrations, paintings, and pro-level text; use filters effectively, edit video, and create 3D art. Share your work. Produce great-looking images for print, presentations, and the Web. Work smarter and faster. Automate common chores and install plug-ins for complex tasks.

A complete training package on the newest version of Photoshop! The Digital Classroom series combines a full-color book with a full-featured DVD, resulting in a complete training package written by expert instructors. Photoshop is the industry standard for image editing, and this guide gets photographers, commercial designers, web developers, fine artists, and serious hobbyists up to speed on the newest version. It includes 13 self-paced lessons that allow you to progress at your own speed, with complete lesson files and tutorials on the DVD. Topics include Camera RAW, masks and layers, retouching, and much more. A self-paced way to learn the newest version of Photoshop, the essential image-editing software used by professional photographers, web developers, and graphic designers Features full-color, step-by-step instructions in the book plus additional tutorials and lesson files on the DVD Developed by a team of Adobe Certified Instructors and Photoshop experts who have created many of the official training titles for Adobe Systems Covers Adobe Bridge, Camera RAW, masks and layers, painting and retouching, and selections and layers, taking you through basic and intermediate-level topics Photoshop CS6 Digital Classroom is like having your own personal tutor teaching you the newest version of Photoshop. Note: DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of the e-book file, but are available for download after purchase.