Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS2 User Manual

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User Guide

Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 User Guide for Windows® and Macintosh

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Contents
Chapter 1: Getting started
Installation and registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . 1
Adobe Help Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . 2
Using Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . 3
Tips and training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . 6
What’s new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 10
Chapter 2: Tutorials
Tutorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 13
Chapter 3: Work area
Work area basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 31
Palettes and menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 35
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 40
Working with ﬁles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 49
Viewing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 50
Rulers, the grid, and guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 58
Customizing the work area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 64
Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 68
Recovery and undo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 71
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 77
Chapter 4: Adobe Bridge
The basics of Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 79
Files and folders in Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 85
Bridge Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 92
Running automated tasks with Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 94
Metadata in Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. 95
Using Version Cue with Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	101
Chapter 5: Adobe Stock Photos
Adobe Stock Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	103
Comp images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	106
Buying stock photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	107
Stock Photos accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	109
Chapter 6: Adobe Version Cue
Using Adobe Version Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	113
Working with Version Cue projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	118
Working with ﬁles in Version Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	126
Disconnecting from projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	137
Deleting ﬁles, folders, and projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	139
Version Cue versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	143

Version Cue alternates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	148
Editing and synchronizing ofﬂine ﬁles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	152
The Version Cue Administration utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	155
Creating and editing projects in Version Cue Administration . . . . . . .	160
Backing up and restoring from Version Cue Administration . . . . . . . .	165
Working with users and privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	167
Viewing logs, reports, and workspace information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	171
Version Cue PDF reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	172
Chapter 7: Getting images into Photoshop and ImageReady
Bitmap images and vector graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	177
Image size and resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	178
Changing image size and resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	182
Getting images from digital cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	186
Scanning images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	188
Creating, opening, and importing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	191
Placing ﬁles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	196
High Dynamic Range images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	201
Chapter 8: Camera raw ﬁles
Camera raw ﬁles in Photoshop and Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	207
Processing and opening camera raw ﬁles in Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . .	210
Making tonal adjustments in Camera Raw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	214
Transforming images in Camera Raw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	217
Calibrating color in camera raw images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	220
Saving camera raw images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	221
Camera Raw settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	222
Automating the Camera Raw workﬂow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	226
Chapter 9: Color
Color modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	227
Adjusting the monitor display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	230
Channels and bit depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	231
Converting between color modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	234
Converting to indexed color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	238
Choosing colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	241
Chapter 10: Color management
Understanding color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	250
Keeping colors consistent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	252
Color-managing imported images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	256
Color-managing documents for online viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	258
Prooﬁng colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	259
Color-managing documents when printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	261
Working with color proﬁles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	263
Color settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	268

Chapter 11: Making color and tonal adjustments
Color and tonal corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	273
Viewing histograms and pixel values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	275
Understanding color adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	281
Adjusting images with Levels, Curves, and Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	284
Targeting images for press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	293
Making hue/saturation and color balance corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	295
Improving shadow and highlight detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	299
Matching, replacing, and mixing colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	301
Making quick overall adjustments to images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	307
Applying special color effects to images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	312
Chapter 12: Selecting
Making selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	315
Adjusting pixel selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	323
Softening and reﬁning the edges of selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	326
Moving, copying, and pasting selections and layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	328
Saving, loading, and deleting selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	334
Extracting selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	336
Using masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	338
Chapter 13: Transforming and retouching
Changing the size of the work canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	346
Rotating and ﬂipping entire images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	347
Cropping images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	348
Correcting image distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	351
Reducing image noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	353
Sharpening images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	354
Transforming objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	359
Retouching and repairing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	366
Vanishing Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	374
Using the Liquify ﬁlter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	383
Creating panoramic images using Photomerge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	390
Chapter 14: Layers
Layer Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	395
Selecting, grouping, and linking layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	399
Moving, copying, and locking layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	401
Managing layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	406
Merging and stamping layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	408
Setting opacity and blending options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	409
Layer effects and styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	414
Adjustment and ﬁll layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	423
Smart Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	427
Layer comps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	430
Masking layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	432

Chapter 15: Using channels and spot colors
Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	438
Adding spot colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	442
Channel calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	446
Chapter 16: Drawing
About vector graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	449
Drawing shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	450
Pen tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	454
Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	458
Editing paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	460
Converting between paths and selection borders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	467
Adding color to paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	469
Chapter 17: Painting
Painting tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	471
Selecting brush presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	473
Creating brushes and setting options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	474
Creating and managing preset brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	485
Blending modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	486
Erasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	490
Gradients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	492
Filling and stroking selections and layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	497
Creating and managing patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	500
Choosing foreground and background colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	503
Chapter 18: Applying ﬁlters for special effects
Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	509
Applying ﬁlters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	510
The Filter Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	510
Blending ﬁlter effects and setting options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	513
Tips for creating special effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	514
Filter effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	515
The Lighting Effects ﬁlter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	527
Loading images and textures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	530
Improving ﬁlter performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	530
Chapter 19: Type
Creating type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	532
Type layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	535
Editing text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	537
Specifying a language for text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	539
Warping type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	540
Creating type on a path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	541
Creating paths, shapes, and selections from type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	543
Formatting characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	544
Special characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	554

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OpenType character features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	556
Formatting paragraphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	558
Hyphenation and line breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	562
Asian type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	563
Chapter 20: Designing web pages
Designing for the web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	571
Creating slices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	573
Viewing slices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	575
Selecting and organizing slices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	577
Modifying slices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	579
Converting slices to nested HTML tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	585
Slice output options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	587
Image maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	590
Previewing web graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	596
Creating web photo galleries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	597
Chapter 21: Rollovers and animations
Rollovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	604
Animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	614
Opening and importing ﬁles as animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	623
Chapter 22: Preparing Graphics for the Web
Optimizing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	625
Web graphics formats and options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	632
Using the color table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	638
Using weighted optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	644
Output settings for web images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	647
Working with hexadecimal color values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	651
Chapter 23: Saving and exporting images
Saving images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	653
Saving PDF ﬁles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	656
Saving GIF, JPEG, and PNG ﬁles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	665
Saving ﬁles in other formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	669
Exporting layers as ﬁles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	674
Exporting animation frames as ﬁles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	676
Exporting images in ZoomView format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	677
File formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	678
Displaying and adding ﬁle and image information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	686
Adding and viewing digital copyright information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	689
Preferences for saving ﬁles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	692
Creating multiple-image layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	693
Creating a PDF presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	698
Placing Photoshop images in other applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	700
Saving images for use in video and motion graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	704

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Chapter 24: Printing
Printing from Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	710
Printing with color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	714
Printing images to a commercial printing press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	718
Printing duotones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	725
Chapter 25: Automating Tasks
Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	729
Recording actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	731
Managing actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	737
Processing a batch of ﬁles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	739
Droplets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	742
Scripting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	746
Creating data-driven graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	747
Chapter 26: Keyboard Shortcuts
Customizing keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	754
Default keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	755
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	780

Chapter 1: Getting started

Installation and registration

To install

1Close any Adobe® applications that are open.

2Insert the product CD into your computer’s CD drive.

3Double-click the CD icon, and then follow the on-screen instructions.

After the installation, you may be prompted to activate your copy of the product. (See “To activate” on page 1.)

For more detailed instructions about installing the product, see the How To Install file on the product CD. For instructions about uninstalling the product, see the How To Uninstall file on the product CD.

To activate

Activation is a simple, anonymous process you must complete within 30 days of installing the product. Activation allows you to continue using the product, and it helps prevent casual copying of the product onto more computers than the license agreement allows. To learn more about activation, visit the Adobe website at www.adobe.com/activation/main.html.

1Start the product to access the Activation dialog box. (If you’ve just installed Adobe Creative Suite or Adobe Photoshop®, the Activation dialog box appears automatically.)

2Follow the on-screen instructions.

Important: If you intend to install the product on a different computer, you must first transfer the activation to that computer. To transfer an activation, choose Help > Transfer Activation.

For more detailed instructions about activating the product and transferring an activation, see the How To Install file on the product CD.

To register

Register your Adobe product to receive complimentary support on installation and product defects and notifications about product updates. Registering your product also gives you access to the wealth of tips, tricks, and tutorials in Adobe Studio® and access to Adobe Studio Exchange, an online community where users download and share thousands of free actions, plug-ins, and other content for use with Adobe products. Adobe Studio is available in English, French, German, and Japanese. Find it from the home page of the Adobe website.

Do one of the following:

•Install and activate the software to access the Registration dialog box, and then follow the on-screen instructions. An active Internet connection is required.

•Register at any time by choosing Help > Registration.

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See also

“Adobe Studio” on page 7

“Extras” on page 9

Adobe Help Center

About Adobe Help Center

Adobe Help Center is a free, downloadable application that includes three primary features.

Product Help Provides Help topics for Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe CS2 products installed on your system. (If none of these products are installed, Help topics for them aren’t available.) Help topics are updated period ically and can be downloaded through Adobe Help Center preferences.

Expert Support Provides information about Adobe Expert Support plans and lets you store details about plans you’ve purchased. If you have an active support plan, you can also use the Expert Support section to submit web cases—questions sent to Adobe support professionals over the web. To access links in the Expert Support section, you must have an active Internet connection.

More Resources Provides easy access to the extensive resources on Adobe.com, including support pages, user forums, tips and tutorials, and training. You can also use this area to store contact information for friends, colleagues, or support professionals, or even websites you turn to for inspiration or troubleshooting information.

Product Help, Expert Support, and More Resources in Adobe Help Center

See also

“Using Help” on page 3

“To search Help topics” on page 5

“To navigate Help” on page 4

To check for updates

Adobe periodically provides updates to software and to topics in Adobe Help Center. You can easily obtain these updates through Adobe Help Center. An active Internet connection is required.

1Click the Preferences button .

2In the Preferences dialog box, click Check For Updates. If updates are available, follow the on-screen directions to download and save them.

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To set Adobe Help Center preferences

1 Click the Preferences button . Set any of the following options:

Region Specifies your geographical location. Changing this option may affect which services are available to you.

Language Specifies the language in which Expert Support content is displayed.

Display Renewal Reminders For Expert Support Contracts Displays reminder screens when your Expert Support plan has almost expired. Deselect this option if you’d like to turn off these reminders.

Enable Auto Login For Web Case Submission Allows you to submit support questions over the web. This option is available only if you have an active Expert Support plan.

User Interface Language Specifies the language in which Adobe Help Center interface text is displayed.

Check For Updates Searches for new updates to software and Help topics as they become available from Adobe.

Network Administrators Displays options for network administration.

2 Click OK.

To display More Resources

The More Resources section in Adobe Help Center provides easy access to some of the content and services available from the Adobe website, including support, training, and tutorials.

To display this section, click More Resources.

To add contact information in More Resources

1Click More Resources, and then click Personal Contacts.

2Do any of the following:

•To add a contact, click New, type the contact information you want to save, and click OK.

•To edit a contact, click a contact in the list, click Edit, make changes to the information, and click OK.

•To delete a contact, click a contact in the list, and then click Delete. To confirm the deletion, click Yes when prompted, or click No to cancel.

Using Help

The complete documentation for using your Adobe product is available in Help, a browser-based system you can access through Adobe Help Center. Help topics are updated periodically, so you can always be sure to have the most recent information available. For more information, see “To check for updates” on page 2.

Important: Adobe Help systems include all of the information in the printed user guides, plus additional information not included in print. The Resources and Extras CD included with the software also includes a PDF version of the complete Help content, optimized for printing.

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A B C D E

Product Help section of Adobe Help Center

A. Returns you to Help home page B. Adds bookmark for current topic C. Prints contents of right pane D. Opens Preferences dialog box E. Opens About Adobe Help Center window

See also

“To navigate Help” on page 4

“To search Help topics” on page 5

To navigate Help

Do any of the following:

•To view Help for a product, choose the product name from the Help For menu. (To view only topics that apply across all Creative Suite products, choose Adobe Creative Suite.)

•To expand or collapse a section, click the blue triangle to the left of the section name.

•To display a topic , click its title.

See also

“To use bookmarks” on page 6

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To search Help topics

Search using words or phrases to quickly find topics. You can search Help for one product or for all Adobe products you’ve installed. If you find a topic that you may want to view again, bookmark it for quick retrieval.

1In Adobe Help Center, click Product Help.

2Type one or more words in the Search box. To search across Help for all Adobe products you have installed, click the black triangle to the left of the Search box and choose Search All Help.

Search Help for one product or for all products you’ve installed

3Click Search. Topics matching the search words appear in the navigation pane.

4To view a topic, click its title.

5To return to the navigation pane, do one of the following:

•Click the Home button.

•Click the Back button.

•Click Next Topic or Previous Topic.

See also

“To print a topic from Help” on page 5

“To use bookmarks” on page 6

Search tips

Adobe Help search works by searching the entire Help text for topics that contain all of the words typed in the Search box. These tips can help you improve your search results in Help:

•If you search using a phrase, such as “shape tool,” put quotation marks around the phrase. The search returns only those topics containing all words in the phrase.

•Make sure that the search terms are spelled correctly.

•If a search term doesn’t yield results, try using a synonym, such as “web” instead of “Internet.”

To print a topic from Help

1Select the topic you want to print, and click the Print button.

2Choose the printer you’d like to use, and then click Print.

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To change the view

By default, Adobe Help Center opens in Full view. Full view gives you access to the Product Help, Expert Support, and More Resources sections. Switch to Compact view when you want to see only the selected Help topic and you want to keep the Help window on top of your product workspace.

Click the view icon to switch between Full and Compact views.

To use bookmarks

You can bookmark especially helpful topics for easy access, just as you bookmark pages in a web browser, and reread them at another time.

1Click the Bookmarks tab in the navigation pane to view the bookmarks.

2Do any of the following in the Bookmarks pane:

•To create a bookmark, select the topic you want to mark, and click the Bookmark button . When the Bookmark dialog box appears, type a new name in the text box if desired, and then click OK.

•To delete a bookmark, select it and click the Delete button. Click Yes to confirm the deletion.

•To rename a bookmark, select it and then click the Rename button . In the dialog box, type a new name for the bookmark and then click OK.

•To move a bookmark, select it and then click the Move Up button or the Move Down button .

Tips and training

Learning resources

Adobe provides a wide range of resources to help you learn and use Adobe products.

•“Tutorials in Help” on page 7: Short step-by-step lessons through Adobe Help Center.

•“Total Training Video Workshop CD” on page 7: Professional training videos from experts.

•“Adobe Studio” on page 7: Videos, tips and tricks, and other learning material on Adobe products.

•Adobe Creative Suite Design Guide (Adobe Creative Suite only): A full-color printed book about using Adobe Creative Suite 2 as a complete design and publishing toolbox, including five guided projects on print, web, and mobile workflows.

•“Technical information” on page 8: Reference material, scripting guides, and other in-depth information.

•“Other resources” on page 9: Training, books, user forums, product certification, and more.

•Support: Complimentary and paid technical support options from Adobe.

•“Extras” on page 9: Downloadable content and software.

See also

“About Adobe Help Center” on page 2

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Tutorials in Help

The Help system for each Adobe CS2 product includes several step-by-step tutorials on key features and concepts. These tutorials are also available in the complete, printable, PDF version of the Help contents, included on the Resources and Extras CD.

To use these tutorials with the product, select the tutorial you want from the Contents pane in Adobe Help Center, and click the View icon to switch to Compact view. Compact view keeps the Help window on top of the appli cation windows, regardless of what window or application is selected. Drag an edge or a corner of the Help window to resize it.

See also

“Adobe Studio” on page 7

“Total Training Video Workshop CD” on page 7

“Other resources” on page 9

Total Training Video Workshop CD

Presented by experts in their fields, Total Training videos provide overviews, demos of key new features, and many useful tips and techniques for beginning and advanced users. Look for accompanying step-by-step instructions to selected Total Training videos in monthly updates to Adobe Studio.

Short Total Training web videos on a variety of products and topics are also available in Adobe Studio, and complete Total Training courseware can be purchased online from the Adobe Store.

See also

“Adobe Studio” on page 7

“Other resources” on page 9

Adobe Studio

Adobe Studio provides a huge wealth of tips and tricks, tutorials, and instructional content in video, Adobe PDF, and HTML, authored by experts from Adobe and its publishing partners. You can search the entire collection or sort by product, topic, date, and type of content; new content is added monthly. Adobe Studio is available in English, French, German, and Japanese. Find it from the home page of the Adobe website.

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Tips and tutorials in Adobe Studio

See also

“Total Training Video Workshop CD” on page 7

“Other resources” on page 9

Technical information

The Technical information folder on the Resources and Extras CD included with your Adobe product includes several useful documents in PDF, fully searchable and optimized for printing. These documents provide conceptual and reference material on various in-depth topics, such as scripting, transparency, and high-end printing. For complete developer documentation and resources, visit the Developers area of the Adobe website at http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/main.html. For additional backgrounders and instructional content, visit Adobe Studio.

The Resources and Extras CD also includes the entire Help content optimized for printing. Note that the Help content includes everything in the printed Adobe user guides, plus much more.

See also

“Adobe Studio” on page 7

“Other resources” on page 9

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Other resources

Additional sources of information and help are available for Adobe products.

•Visit the Training area of the Adobe website for access to Adobe Press books; online, video, and instructor-led training resources; Adobe software certification programs; and more.

•Visit the Adobe user forums, where users share tips, ask questions, and find out how others are getting the most out of their software. User forums are available in English, French, German, and Japanese on the main Support page of your local Adobe website.

•Visit the Support area of the Adobe website for additional information about free and paid technical support options. Top issues are listed by product on the Adobe U.S. and Adobe Japan websites.

•Visit the Developers area of the Adobe website to find information for software and plug-in developers, including SDKs, scripting guides, and technical resources.

•Click More Resources in Adobe Help Center to access many of the resources on the Adobe website and to create your own list of frequently visited user groups and websites and valuable contacts.

•Look in Bridge Center for RSS feeds on the latest technical announcements, tutorials, and events. To access Bridge Center, select it in the Favorites panel in Adobe Bridge. (Bridge Center is available with Adobe Creative Suite only.)

See also

“To display More Resources” on page 3

“Learning resources” on page 6

Extras

The Resources and Extras CD included with your CS2 product includes a Goodies folder that contains bonus content and files for use with your Adobe product. For more free content and add-ons, visit Adobe Studio Exchange, an online community where users download and share thousands of free actions, plug-ins, and other content for use with Adobe products. To visit Adobe Studio Exchange, go to Adobe Studio from the home page of the Adobe website.

In addition, your CS2 product includes Adobe Stock Photos, an integrated service available within Adobe Bridge that lets you search, view, try, and buy royalty-free stock photography from leading stock libraries. Because of the tight integration between Stock Photos and CS2 products, you can download images directly into your Adobe Illustrator®, Adobe InDesign®, and Adobe GoLive® projects. From Photoshop, you can open any downloaded image.

See also

“Adobe Studio” on page 7

“About Adobe Stock Photos” on page 103

“About Adobe Bridge” on page 79

Other downloads

The Downloads area of the Adobe website includes free updates, tryouts, and other useful software. In addition, the Plug-ins section of the Adobe Store provides access to thousands of plug-ins from third-party developers, helping you automate tasks, customize workflows, create specialized professional effects, and more.

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See also

“About Adobe Stock Photos” on page 103

“Other resources” on page 9

What’s new

New features

Workflow improvements

Adobe Bridge Simplify file handling in Photoshop and within Adobe Creative Suite with Adobe Bridge, the next generation file browser. Efficiently browse, tag, search, and process your images. (See “About Adobe Bridge” on page 79.)

Color management improvements Maintain common color settings throughout the Adobe Creative Suite compo nents. Print with the simplified printing interface for color management. (See “To synchronize color settings across Adobe applications” on page 254.)

Version Cue® 2.0 Manage files and versions as a single user or in a small workgroup. Integrate with Adobe Bridge to manage files for your Photoshop and Adobe Creative Suite projects. (See “Version Cue managed projects” on page 113.)

Enhanced photo capabilities

Multi-image Camera Raw Process an entire photo shoot in a fraction of the time. With support for a comprehensive range of digital cameras, you can automatically adjust settings, convert to universal Digital Negative (DNG) format, and apply nondestructive edits to batches of images. (See “The Camera Raw plug-in” on page 207.)

High Dynamic Range (HDR) Work with images in 32-bits-per-channel, extended dynamic range. Photographers can capture the full dynamic range of a scene with multiple exposures and merge the files into a single image. (See “About High Dynamic Range images” on page 201.)

Optical lens correction Correct for lens aberrations such as barrel and pincushion distortion, chromatic aberration, and lens vignetting. Easily correct image perspective using the filter’s grid. (See “The Lens Correction filter” on page 351.)

Noise reduction Reduce digital image noise, JPEG artifacts, and scanned film grain. (See “Reducing image noise” on page 353.)

Smart Sharpen filter Sharpen images with new algorithms for better edge detection and reduced sharpening halos. Control the amount of sharpening in the highlights and shadows. (See “To use the Smart Sharpen filter” on

page 355.)

Spot Healing tool Quickly heal spots and blemishes without selecting source content. (See “To use the Spot Healing Brush tool” on page 369.)

One-click red-eye correction Fix red eyes with one click. Set options to adjust pupil size and darkening amount. (See “To remove red eye” on page 371.)

Blur filters Apply blur effects using new blur filters: Box Blur, Shape Blur, and Surface Blur. (See “Blur filters” on page 515.)

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Productivity boosters

Customizable menus Set up and save custom menus and workspaces, highlight new or commonly used menu items, and reduce on-screen clutter for easier access to the tools you need. (See “To define a set of menus” on page 65.)

Image Processor Process a batch of files to multiple file formats. (See “About the Image Processor” on page 739.)

All new PDF engine Comprehensive, customizable presets and PDF 1.6/Acrobat 7.0 compatibility. (See “Saving files in Photoshop PDF format” on page 656.)

Script and action event manager Set JavaScripts and Photoshop actions to run automatically when a specified Photoshop event occurs. (See “To set scripts and actions to run automatically” on page 747.)

UI font size customization Customize the size of text in the options bar, palettes, and the Layer Style dialog box. (See “To change the font size in the work area” on page 64.)

Update Manager Automatically search for Photoshop updates.

Variables Create data-driven graphics in Photoshop as you now do in ImageReady. (See “About data-driven graphics” on page 747.)

Video preview Display your document on a video monitor using a Firewire (IEEE1394) link. (See “To preview your document on a video monitor” on page 708.)

WYSIWYG Font menu Preview font families and font styles directly in the Font menu. (See “To choose a font family and style” on page 546.)

Designer enhancements

Vanishing Point Paste, clone, and paint image elements that automatically match the perspective planes in an image. (See “About Vanishing Point” on page 374.)

Smart Objects Perform nondestructive transforms of embedded vector and of pixel data. Create multiple instances of embedded data and easily update all instances at once. (See “Smart Objects” on page 427.)

Multiple layer control Work with layers as objects. Select multiple layers and move, group, align, and transform them. (See “Selecting layers” on page 399 and “To group and ungroup layers” on page 400.)

Image Warp Easily create packaging mock-ups or other dimensional effects by wrapping an image around any shape or stretching, curling, and bending an image using Image Warp. (See “The Warp command” on page 364.)

Animation Create animated GIF files in Photoshop much as you create animation in ImageReady. (See “Creating an animation” on page 614.)

Japanese type features Format text with new character alignment (Mojisoroe) and more Kinsoku Shori types. (See “About Asian type” on page 563.)

Smart Guides Align the content of layers as you move them using guidelines that appear only when you need them. (See “About guides and the grid” on page 60.)

Integrated Adobe Online Services Access and download professional Adobe Stock Photos and share and print online with Adobe Photoshop Services. (See “About Adobe Stock Photos” on page 103.)

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What’s changed

If you've worked with a previous version of Photoshop, you'll find that some things work a little differently in Photoshop CS2.

Layer grouping You can group layers using the keyboard shortcut Control+G (Windows) or Command+G (Mac OS). The shortcut for creating a clipping mask is now Control+Alt+G (Windows) or Command+Option+G (Mac OS).

Layer linking and multiple layer selection Working with multiple layers is easier now because you can select multiple layers in the Layers palette or in the document window using the Move tool. The layer linking column was removed. To link layers, select multiple layers and click the link icon at the bottom of the Layers palette. Some menu commands that work on linked layers have been changed to work on multiple layers.

To add or subtract layers from a selection in the Layers palette, Shift-click (or drag) in the document with the Move tool, with the Auto Select Layer option selected. Previously, Shift-clicking linked and unlinked layers. For more infor mation, see “To select layers in the Layers palette” on page 399.

Merging layers To merge all visible layers into a new layer, press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and choose Layer > Merge Visible. Previously you created a new layer and selected it before merging. To merge any two layers, select them in the Layers palette and choose Layer > Merge Layers. You can still merge two adjacent layers in the Layers palette by selecting the top layer and choosing Layer Merge Down.

Loading a selection To load a layer as a selection, Control-click (Windows) Command-click (Mac OS) the layer's thumbnail in the Layers palette. Previously you could click anywhere in the layer.

Clipping mask visibility To hide all layers except the clipping mask layer and the layer it is clipped to, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the layer’s visibility icon. Previously, Alt-clicking or Option-clicking hid all layers.

File Browser Adobe Bridge handles all the tasks that you previously did in the File Browser. Flagging is now handled by the star ratings. Files previously flagged are now marked with one star. In Bridge, Control+D (Windows) or Command+D (Mac OS) now duplicates an image rather than deselecting it in the thumbnail view.

Placing a file Files that you place into Photoshop with the Place command now become Smart Objects.

Chapter 2: Tutorials

Tutorials

Below you will find a list of tutorials that will help you get started using Adobe Photoshop quickly. Before going through the tutorials, it’s helpful to know how to create and save documents. See “To create a new image” on page 191 and “To save changes to the current file” on page 654.

For more advanced tutorials, go to Adobe Studio at http://studio.adobe.com. (A one-time registration is required.)

See also

“Correct color and tone” on page 13

“Correct defects” on page 16

“Select areas in an image” on page 18

“Create an image using layers” on page 20

“Add shapes to an image” on page 24

“Print with color management” on page 28

Correct color and tone

You can fix photos that are dull, lack contrast, or have a color cast by adjusting the shadows, midtones, and highlights. In this tutorial, you’ll see how to adjust tonality and color.

1. Evaluate your image.

Evaluate the image brightness, contrast, and color. This image is dark, has little contrast, and its overall color is shifted toward blue. We can fix this image quickly using the Photoshop Levels dialog box.

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2. Create a new Levels adjustment layer.

Choose Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels and click OK in the New Layer dialog box. Rather than working directly on the image, we are going to make the tonal correction in an adjustment layer. Working in an adjustment layer leaves the original image untouched so you can discard your changes and restore the original image at any time.

3. Evaluate the image histogram.

The histogram in the center of the Levels dialog box shows how pixels are distributed in an image by graphing the number of pixels at each intensity level. It displays the relative number of pixels in the shadows (left part of the histogram), midtones (middle), and highlights (right). You can see that this image is not using the entire tonal range. Pixels don’t extend across the entire length of the histogram.

4. Set the shadows and highlights.

Move the black point input slider and the white point input slider (the black triangle and white triangle located directly beneath the histogram) inward from the edges of the histogram. The black point input slider adjusts pixels to value zero. All pixels at the level you set and any pixels below become black in the image. The white point input slider maps values at its position or above to 255, or pure white. After you adjust the sliders, the image will have more contrast.

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5. Adjust the midtones.

The middle input slider (the gray triangle below the histogram) adjusts the gamma, or contrast, of the midtone values. It moves the midtone (level 128) and changes the intensity values of the middle range of gray tones without significantly altering the highlights and shadows.

Move the middle input slider to the left to lighten the image or to the right to darken the image.

6. Remove the color cast.

Select the Set Gray Point Eyedropper tool in the Levels dialog box (the middle eyedropper). Click an area in the image that should be gray. That area becomes neutral gray, and the color cast is removed.

The Set Gray Point Eyedropper tool works best on images with easily identified neutral tones. Advanced users often use the Levels command to adjust individual channels and remove a color cast.

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7. Finish up.

When you’ve made all your adjustments, click OK to close the dialog box and accept your changes. Because you’ve used an adjustment layer, you can reopen the dialog box and see the adjustments you made. You can readjust any of the settings.

To reopen the Levels dialog box, in the Layers palette double-click the left thumbnail in the adjustment layer.

You’ve seen one way to adjust the color and tonal values in your image. Photoshop has many more tools to make these adjustments. For more information see “Correcting images in Photoshop” on page 274 and “Color adjustment commands” on page 274.

Correct defects

Some otherwise excellent photos are marred by blemishes or red eye (the reflection of the flash in the retina of the subject). The Red Eye tool fixes red eye with a single click. The Spot Healing Brush easily removes blemishes, unwanted objects from a uniform background, and other defects. In this tutorial, you’ll see how to correct red eye and remove blemishes.

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1. Fix the red eye.

Zoom in so that you can easily see the problem area. Select the Red Eye tool in the toolbox and click in the red area of the eye to correct it. If you aren’t satisfied with the result, choose Edit > Undo and try again using a different Pupil Size and Darken Amount setting. You can change these settings in the option bar at the top of the application window.

2. Fix spots and blemishes.

Select the Spot Healing Brush tool in the toolbox, and then set options for the tool. In the options bar at the top of the application window, click the triangle next to Brush to open the Brush picker. Drag the Diameter slider to change the brush size. Use a brush size that is about the size of the defect you want to fix.

To remove any unwanted spots, click on the spot or drag the pointer over it.

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Select areas in an image

Adobe Photoshop has selection tools tailored for different selection tasks. In this tutorial, you’ll learn some good uses for these tools.

1. Use the Magic Wand tool to select the background.

If the object has a well-defined shape against a background that’s primarily one color, you can select the background using the Magic Wand tool.

Select the Magic Wand tool, and then click anywhere in the background. The marquee around the background area indicates that the background is now editable. Try dragging a paintbrush over the whole image to verify that only the background, and not the object, is affected.

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2. Invert your selection.

Because the background is easy to select, inverting the selection is a simple way to select the object. Choose Select > Inverse. Notice that the selection border changes to outline the object.

This technique is useful for selecting objects that are sharply delineated against a background. Now you can make edits on the object, leaving the background intact. Choose Select > Deselect to try another selection tool.

3. Use the Elliptical Marquee tool to select a detail.

Select the Elliptical Marquee tool, and then drag to draw a selection border around a detail in the object. To reposition the selection border as you draw it, hold down the spacebar and drag the selection border to a new position. To move the selection border after it’s created, click anywhere inside the border and drag.

4. Use the Magnetic Lasso to select part of an object.

Select the Magnetic Lasso tool (hidden in the toolbox behind the Lasso tool), and then click and drag around part of the object in your photo. As you drag, Photoshop “snaps” the selection to the edges of the object.

The Magnetic Lasso tool is especially suited for making freeform selections because it traces the edges of an object. It works best on areas with clearly defined edges.

The tool places anchors as you drag (you can remove anchors by pressing the Delete key). To finish the selection border, click the starting anchor point (or double-click). Try moving the selection using the Move tool. Choose Edit > Undo to return the selection to its original position. Then choose Select > Deselect to deselect the object.

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5. Add to a selection.

Select the Marquee tool, and make a rough selection of the object in your photo. After you make the selection, you can add to the selection border without having to start over. Select the Magnetic Lasso tool, and select the Add To Selection option in the options bar. Refine your selection by dragging around the outside of the object (notice the small plus sign below the tool pointer). Release the mouse. The selection border now includes the area you selected with the Magnetic Lasso tool.

Create an image using layers

Layers give you complete creative control when you construct an image from different elements, such as a background color, text, shapes, and selections from other photographs. In this tutorial, you’ll see how to create a multilayered image, apply a layer mask, and then add a text layer.

1. Open an image in Photoshop.

Choose File > Open, or double-click a thumbnail in Adobe Bridge.

By default, the Layers palette should be visible. If not, choose Window > Layers. The Layers palette displays each layer in the image, along with a thumbnail of the layer contents.

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2. Convert the background layer.

You need to convert the background to a regular layer if you want to use transparency in the layer.

In the Layers palette, double-click the background layer. Click OK in the New Layer dialog box.

You can now show or hide the layer. Click the eye icon next to a layer. Notice that the icon disappears and the layer is hidden. Click the empty icon box again. The eye icon and the layer contents reappear.

3. Apply a layer mask.

You can use a layer mask to select and display just the part of the image you want to use, without altering the image. Here you’ll mask the entire image except for a circular area containing the flower.

Click and hold the Rectangular Marquee tool, and then select the Elliptical Marquee tool from the pop-up menu. Hold down the Shift key to constrain the selection to a circle, and then drag an area of the image. In the Layers palette, click Add Layer Mask.

Now only the area you selected is visible. You can change the visible area by moving the mask around the image. First click the link icon to unlink the mask from the layer. Select the Move tool, click inside the mask, and drag to reposition it. When the mask is correctly positioned, click the link icon to relink the mask and the layer. Where you move the layer, the mask now moves with it.

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4. Add a stroke effect.

Click Add A Layer Style at the bottom of the Layers palette, and select Stroke from the menu. Select Stroke on the left side of the Layer Style dialog box, and make changes to the color, size, position, opacity, and blend mode of the stroke.

5. Create a fill and add a new layer.

Click Create A New Layer to add a new layer to the image. The new layer appears above the selected layer and becomes the selected layer. Click the Foreground color swatch and select a color from the Color Picker. Select the Paint Bucket tool (it’s hidden under the Gradient tool; click the triangle to show the hidden tools). Then click anywhere in the image to create the fill.

6. Reorder the layers.

Drag the new layer below the other layers. Changing the stacking order of your layers makes certain parts of the image appear in front of or behind other layers.

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