ABSTRACT

Martin Evening's award-winning Adobe Photoshop for Photographers titles have become must-have reference sources - the only Photoshop books written to deal directly with the needs of photographers. This book contains a wealth of invaluable practical advice, with even more hints and tips to help you achieve professional-looking results.

Adobe Photoshop 7.0 for Photographers begins with an introduction to working with digital images, providing essential, up-to-date information on everything from scanning devices to color management and output issues.

Practical workshops show you how to master the essential techniques, with full coverage of all that's new in Photoshop 7.0, including: improved retouching techniques with the Healing Brush and Patch tool; removing color casts with the new Auto Color image adjustment feature; navigating, sorting and managing your photographs with the enhanced File Browser option; and how to save as many custom palette configurations as you like via the Workspace settings. Each technique is described in step-by-step detail, showing exactly which command to use, whether you're working on a Mac or PC. Detailed coverage is also given for Mac OSX users which Photoshop supports for the first time in version 7.0, as well as information on Windows XP for PC users.

The accompanying free CD-ROM contains invaluable movie tutorials and a selection of images to experiment with, surely the quickest way to learn.

If you have an initial grasp of the Photoshop basics and are looking for ways to improve the quality of your work, want to find new ideas and tutorials for the best techniques direct from a pro whilst making sure you are fully up-to-date on Photoshop 7.0, then this is the book for you!

chapter 1|27 pages

– Digital Capture

chapter 2|12 pages

– Resolution

chapter 3|15 pages

– Configuring Photoshop

chapter 4|47 pages

Color Management

chapter 5|23 pages

– File Management and Output

chapter 6|60 pages

– The Work Space

chapter 7|20 pages

– File Formats

chapter 8|17 pages

– Basic Image Adjustments

chapter 9|22 pages

– Color Adjustments

chapter 10|36 pages

– Repairing an Image

chapter 11|55 pages

– Montage Techniques

chapter 12|31 pages

– Shortcuts

chapter 13|16 pages

– Black and White Effects

chapter 4|10 pages

teen – Coloring Effects

chapter 15|19 pages

– Layer Effects

chapter 6|22 pages

teen – Filters