Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Help Using 7
User Manual: adobe Photoshop - 7.0 - Using Help Free User Guide for Photoshop Software, Manual
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- Using Help
- Contents
- Introduction
- An Overview of Adobe Photoshop
- What’s New in Photoshop 7.0
- Looking at the Work Area
- Getting familiar with the workarea
- Using the toolbox
- Using the tool options bar
- Using the palette well (Photoshop)
- Using tool presets (Photoshop)
- Using palettes
- Using context menus
- Viewing images
- Correcting mistakes
- Reverting to a previous version of an image
- Duplicating images
- Using rulers, columns, themeasure tool, guides, andthe grid
- Working with Extras
- Displaying status information (Photoshop)
- Displaying file and image information
- Annotating images (Photoshop)
- Jumping between applications
- Previewing an image in a browser
- Managing libraries with the Preset Manager (Photoshop)
- Setting preferences
- Resetting all warning dialogs
- Monitoring operations
- Closing files and quitting
- Using plug-in modules
- Assigning scratch disks
- Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady
- About bitmap images and vector graphics
- About image size and resolution
- Changing image size and resolution
- Scanning images
- Importing images using WIA (Windows Image Acquisition) Support
- Creating new images
- Opening and importing images
- Using the File Browser (Photoshop)
- Placing files
- Managing files with WebDAV (Photoshop)
- Working with Color
- About color modes and models (Photoshop)
- Color gamuts (Photoshop)
- Adjusting the monitor display
- Channels and bit depth (Photoshop)
- Converting between color modes (Photoshop)
- Converting between Grayscale and Bitmap modes (Photoshop)
- Converting to indexed color (Photoshop)
- Conversion options for indexed-color images (Photoshop)
- Customizing indexed color tables (Photoshop)
- Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop)
- Why colors sometimes don’tmatch
- About color management
- Do you need color management?
- Creating a viewing environment for color management
- Setting up color management
- Using predefined color management settings
- Customizing color management settings
- Specifying working spaces
- Specifying color management policies
- Customizing advanced color management settings
- Saving and loading color management settings
- Synchronizing color management between applications
- Soft-proofing colors
- Changing the color profile of a document
- Embedding profiles in saved documents
- Obtaining, installing, and updating color profiles
- Creating an ICC monitor profile
- Saving and loading working space profiles
- Creating custom RGB profiles
- Creating custom CMYK profiles
- Creating custom grayscale and spot-color profiles
- Compensating for dot gain in film using transfer functions
- Printing a hard proof
- Making Color and Tonal Adjustments
- Basic steps for correcting images
- Checking scan quality and tonal range (Photoshop)
- Using the color adjustment tools
- Comparing corrections in CMYK and RGB (Photoshop)
- Identifying out-of-gamut colors (Photoshop)
- Using the Levels dialog box
- Using the Curves dialog box (Photoshop)
- Using target values to set highlights and shadows (Photoshop)
- Setting auto correction options (Photoshop)
- Adjusting the gamma value of an image (ImageReady)
- About the color wheel
- Using the Color Balance command (Photoshop)
- Using the Hue/Saturation command
- Using the Replace Color command (Photoshop)
- Using the Selective Color command (Photoshop)
- Making quick overall adjustments to an image
- Applying special color effects to images
- Sharpening images
- Selecting
- About selections
- Making pixel selections
- Adjusting pixel selections
- Softening the edges of a selection
- Moving, copying, and pasting selections and layers
- Using the Snap command
- Saving and loading selections
- Deleting selections
- Removing fringe pixels from a selection (Photoshop)
- Extracting objects from their background (Photoshop)
- Transforming and Retouching
- Drawing
- Painting
- Using the painting tools (Photoshop)
- Using the painting tools (ImageReady)
- Erasing
- Using the art history brush tool (Photoshop)
- Working with brushes
- Using the Brushes palette (Photoshop)
- Selecting preset brushes
- Customizing brush tips (Photoshop)
- About brush dynamics (Photoshop)
- Specifying brush shape dynamics (Photoshop)
- Specifying brush scattering (Photoshop)
- Creating textured brushes (Photoshop)
- Creating dual brushes (Photoshop)
- Specifying color dynamics (Photoshop)
- Specifying paint dynamics (Photoshop)
- Adding noise to brush strokes (Photoshop)
- Using wet brush edges (Photoshop)
- Creating airbrush effects (Photoshop)
- Smoothing brush strokes (Photoshop)
- Protecting texture in brush strokes (Photoshop)
- Copying textures between tools (Photoshop)
- Clearing brush options (Photoshop)
- Creating and managing preset brushes (Photoshop)
- Setting options for painting and editing tools
- Using the gradient tool (Photoshop)
- Using the paint bucket tool
- Filling and stroking selections and layers
- Creating and managing patterns
- Using the Pattern Maker
- Choosing foreground and background colors
- Using the Adobe Color Picker
- Using other color pickers
- Using Channels and Masks
- About channels
- Using the Channels palette (Photoshop)
- Managing channels (Photoshop)
- Deleting channels
- Mixing color channels (Photoshop)
- Adding spot colors (Photoshop)
- Using channel calculations to blend layers and channels (Photoshop)
- About masks (Photoshop)
- Creating temporary masks in Quick Mask mode (Photoshop)
- Storing masks in alpha channels
- Using Layers
- About layers
- Using the Layers palette
- Creating layers and layer sets
- Working with layered images
- Managing layers
- Setting opacity and blending options
- Using layer effects and styles
- About layer effects and styles
- Applying preset styles
- Creating custom styles
- Displaying layer styles
- Editing styles
- Modifying layer effects with contours (Photoshop)
- Applying global lighting
- Creating and managing preset styles
- Copying and pasting styles
- Scaling layer effects (Photoshop)
- Removing layer effects
- Converting layer styles to layers
- Using adjustment layers and fill layers (Photoshop)
- Masking layers
- Creating clipping groups
- Applying Filters for Special Effects
- About plug-in filters
- Using filters
- Tips for creating special effects
- Improving performance with filters
- Choosing a filter effect
- Artistic filters
- Blur filters
- Brush Stroke filters
- Distort filters
- Noise filters (Photoshop)
- Pixelate filters
- Render filters
- Sharpen filters
- Sketch filters
- Stylize filters
- Texture filters
- Video filters
- Other filters
- Digimarc filters
- Lighting Effects filter
- Using Type
- About type
- Creating type
- Working with type layers
- Formatting characters
- Selecting characters
- Using the Character palette
- Choosing a font
- Choosing a type size
- Changing the type color
- Specifying leading
- Specifying kerning and tracking
- Adjusting horizontal or vertical scale
- Specifying baseline shift
- Changing case
- Making characters superscript or subscript
- Applying underline and strikethrough
- Using ligatures and old style numerals
- Using fractional character widths
- Viewing text using the operating system layout
- Rotating vertical type
- Checking for spelling errors (Photoshop)
- Finding and replacing text (Photoshop)
- Formatting paragraphs
- Controlling hyphenation and justification
- Working with composition
- Setting options for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean type (Photoshop)
- Designing Web Pages
- About designing Web pages with Photoshop and ImageReady
- Creating and viewing slices
- Selecting and modifying slices
- Using the Slice palette (ImageReady)
- Selecting slices
- Moving and resizing user slices
- Dividing user slices and auto slices
- Duplicating slices
- Combining slices (ImageReady)
- Arranging user slices and layer-based slices
- Aligning user slices (ImageReady)
- Distributing user slices (ImageReady)
- Deleting user slices and layer-based slices
- Locking slices (Photoshop)
- Specifying slice options
- Creating and viewing image maps (ImageReady)
- Selecting and modifying image maps (ImageReady)
- Specifying image map options (ImageReady)
- Selecting an image map type (ImageReady)
- Creating Web photo galleries (Photoshop)
- Customizing and creating Web photo gallery styles (Photoshop)
- Creating Rollovers and Animations (ImageReady)
- Preparing Graphics for theWeb
- About optimization
- Optimizing images
- Using the Save for Web dialog box (Photoshop)
- Working with slices in the Save for Web dialog box (Photoshop)
- Using the Optimize palette (ImageReady)
- Viewing optimized images (ImageReady)
- Applying optimization settings
- Optimization options for GIF and PNG-8 formats
- Optimization options for JPEG format
- Optimization options for PNG-24 format
- Optimization options for WBMP format
- Saving and resetting optimization settings
- Resizing the image during optimization (Photoshop)
- Controlling optimization (ImageReady)
- Setting optimization preferences (ImageReady)
- Using weighted optimization
- Optimizing colors in GIF and PNG-8 images
- Viewing a color table
- Generating a color table
- Changing the display of the color table
- Adding new colors to the color table
- Including black and white in a color table
- Selecting colors
- Shifting colors
- Shifting to Web-safe colors
- Mapping colors to transparency
- Locking colors in the color table
- Deleting colors from the color table
- Loading and saving color tables
- Using master palettes (ImageReady)
- Working with hexadecimal values for color
- Using a droplet to automate optimization settings (ImageReady)
- Saving optimized images
- Setting output options
- Saving and Exporting Images
- Saving images
- Saving files
- Setting file saving options (Photoshop)
- Saving files in Photoshop EPS format (Photoshop)
- Saving files in Photoshop DCS format (Photoshop)
- Saving files in GIF format (Photoshop)
- Saving files in JPEG format (Photoshop)
- Saving files in Photoshop PDF format (Photoshop)
- Saving files in PNG format (Photoshop)
- Saving files in TIFF format
- Exporting images in ZoomView format (Photoshop)
- About file formats
- Adding file information (Photoshop)
- Adding digital copyright information
- Setting preferences for saving files (Photoshop)
- Creating multiple-image layouts (Photoshop)
- Placing Photoshop images in other applications (Photoshop)
- Saving images
- Printing (Photoshop)
- Automating Tasks
- About actions
- Using the Actions palette
- Recording actions
- Playing actions
- Setting playback options (Photoshop)
- Editing actions
- Managing actions in the Actions palette
- Using the Batch command (Photoshop)
- Using droplets
- Using the Automate commands (Photoshop)
- External automation
- Creating templates for data-driven graphics (ImageReady)
- Macintosh Shortcuts
- Windows Shortcuts
- Legal Notices
- Index