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Web Wizard's Guide to Photoshop, The
Sherry Hutson

ISBN-10: 0321247272
ISBN-13:  9780321247278

Publisher:  Prentice Hall
Copyright:  2005
Format:  Paper; 208 pp
Published:  05/04/2004
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Since its creation, Photoshop has evolved into a full-featured Digital Imaging program that has revolutionized the way graphics and Web pages are created. The Web Wizard's Guide to Photoshop teaches readers with no previous experience how to create and edit images and graphics for the Web using Photoshop and ImageReady. From scanning pictures to applying filters this quick and easy-to-understand introduction to Photoshop will have readers spicing up their Web sites in no time.


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  • Edit, retouch, and resize scanned photographs, photos downloaded from your digital camera, or create images for Web site buttons and logos.
  • Provides an understanding of the differences between GIF images and JPEG images; between raster and vector graphics; and the relationship between pixels, image size, and resolution.
  • Learn to use layers, filters, effects, slice, and styles to create more interesting images.
  • Create images you can use in Web editing programs like Go Live, Dreamweaver, and Front Page, or with hand-written HTML.
  • Learn to create Web animations, button rollover effects, and a photo gallery for your Web site.
  • Learn advanced tools and techniques when you are ready for them.
  • Includes material about the latest PhotoshopCS release (version 8) as well as general notes on how versions 5-7 handle basic tasks.
  • Learn some of PhotoshopCS's (version 8)newest tools, including Text on a Path, Auto Crop, and Straighten.
  • Includes useful reference material, such as a Web Safe Color Chart, a Toolbar Icon Map, and Shortcuts for Common Commands.
  • Assumes no previous experience—uses an accessible step-by-step format to illustrate how to work with Photoshop.
  • Provides full-color screen shots and code examples, so that what you see in the book is exactly what you'll see on your computer screen.
  • This text is also available as a SafariX WebBook. SafariXTextbooks Online is an exciting new choice for students looking to save money. As an alternative to purchasing the print textbook, students can subscribe to the same content online and save up to 50% off the suggested list price of the print text. Students can search the text, make notes online, print out reading assignments that incorporate lecture notes, and bookmark important passages for later review. For more information, or to subscribe to the SafariX WebBook, visit www.safarix.com.


Table of Contents



1. Photoshop: Fast Start for Beginners.

The Key Features in Photoshop.

The Work Area.

Designing with Color.

Using the Painting Tools to Make a Color Guide.

Saving Your Images in the Correct Format for the Web.



2. Acquiring and Editing Images.

Best Practices for Scanning.

Editing Your Image: The Basic Tools.

Image Size and Resolution.

Editing Your Image: Fun with Photoshop.

Using Photoshop Appropriately.

Saving a JPG Image for the Web.



3. Creating Graphic Images.

General Information about Graphic Images.

Raster (Bitmap) vs. Vector Graphics.

More Essentials About Color, GIF, and JPG Images.

Using Transparency.

Basic Tools for Creating Web Graphics.

Saving Your Graphic with a Transparent Background for the Web.



4. Using Text, Layers, Effects, and Styles.

Text on the Web: Basic Principles.

Text on the Screen vs. Text on the Printed Page.

The Text Tool in Photoshop.

Using Layers.

Using Effects and Styles.

Compositing an Image.

Saving Your Layered Image.



5. Making a Web Animation.

Basic Principles of Animation.

Using ImageReady.

Creating a Basic Animation.

Creating a Complex Animation.

Optimizing and Saving Your Animation for the Web.



6. Designing a Web Page.

Web Design Basics.

Using Photoshop and ImageReady to Design a Web Page.

Desinging a Web Page.

Backgrounds and Simple Rollovers.

Saving a "ShowPEG".



7. Publishing Your Web Page.

Slicing Your Web Page.

Using the Optimize Settings.

Programming a Rollover Behavior.

Using Simple Image Maps.

Setting the Output Options.

Saving Your Web Page.



8. More Web Tools, Tips, and Techniques.

Getting Help.

The Alphabetical List.

Web Site Design Do's and Don'ts List.



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