Page 8 - Adobe Photoshop CC 2020

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements iii Stage 2 / Managing Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Name Layers and Layer Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Walk-Through iv Move and Transform a Smart Object Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Understanding Smart Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Move and Transform Regular Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Projects at a Glance vi
Transform the Background Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Navigating the Photoshop File History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Getting Started xii
Stage 3 / Creating Complex Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Create and Refine a Color-Based Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
The Photoshop User Interface 1 Understanding Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Explore the Photoshop Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Edit Layer Mask Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Understanding the Application Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Arrange Layer Position and Stacking Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Explore the Arrangement of Photoshop Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Filtering Photoshop Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Customizing the Tools Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Stage 4 / Saving Files for Multiple Media . . . . . . . . . . 79
Accessing Photoshop Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Save a Flattened TIFF File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Create a Saved Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Reduce the Physical File Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts and Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Save a JPEG File for Digital Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Explore the Photoshop Document Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Project Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Summing Up the Photoshop View Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Portfolio Builder Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Explore the Arrangement of Multiple Documents . . . . . . . . . . 22

Project 1 Project 2
Music CD Artwork 25 Car Magazine Cover 91

Stage 1 / Enlarging Source Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Stage 1 / Compositing Images and Artwork . . . . . . . . 27
Resize and Resample the Existing Source Image . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Open and Resize an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Sharpen the Enlarged Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Crop the Canvas and Place Ruler Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Edit the Canvas Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Understanding File Saving Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
The Crop Tools in Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Stage 2 / Working with Vector Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Copy and Paste Selected Pixels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Use the Freeform Pen Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Create a Feathered Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 More about Working with the Paths Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Understanding the Lasso Tool Variations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Understanding Anchor Points and Handles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Rasterize a Vector File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Add to an Existing Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Place Files as Smart Object Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Edit Vector Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Working with Embedded and Linked Smart Objects . . . . . . . . 51 Create a Vector-Based Layer Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Drawing with the Curvature Pen Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Create a Vector Shape Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
More about Vector Shape Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Understanding Vector Path Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Selecting and Modifying Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Clone and Align Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Auto-Select Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Create Clipping Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

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