Adobe Photoshop has long been the world's most popular digital image editing solution. Version 6.0 has taken it a leap further, with a raft of new and sophisticated functionality, including vector support, layer styles, slice tools for web graphics, and enhanced text-formatting features. It's hard to comprehend just how powerful this package really is. Foundation Photoshop 6.0 has been written by professional working designers who will teach you Photoshop from the ground up--how to master its power and make it work for you. These guys work with Photoshop every day, so they know how to get the very best from it: How to achieve professional results with maximum efficiency and how to create and deliver the truly extraordinary. Here, they employ the Foundation approach to share their knowledge with you: Standalone technique-based chapters that also build up into a professional design project that runs throughout the book. In the final section, where the learning curve gets a bit steeper, the experts reveal the vistas up ahead, and how to make the most of your new skills. <h3>What you'll learn</h3> This book will give you the essential grounding that you need to become a Photoshop professional. Techniques are taught through step-by-step examples, and consolidated through a real-world model project that you create from idea to final delivery. The skills you will learn include: <ul> <li>Navigating the Photoshop 6.0 interface</li> <li>Painting tools</li> <li>Selection, paths, layers, and masks</li> <li>Real-world filters</li> <li>Color theory and print output</li> <li>Web design techniques using ImageReady</li> </ul> <h3>Who this book is for</h3> <ul> <li>Designers or aspiring designers wishing to expand their skills with Photoshop 6</li> <li>Existing users looking for a more in-depth, professional approach</li> <li>Existing users familiar with older versions who want to update their knowledge</li> <li>Motion web designers who want to improve the graphical sophistication of their sites</li> </ul>

Foundation Photoshop 6

Computers & Technology

Sham Bhangal

Vicki Loader

Colin Smith

Al Ward

Marilene Oliver

Programming

friends of ED

This book focuses on Adobe's version 7 release of Photoshop. It'll tell you what's new, what's changed, why these things are important, and how you can use them effectively. It'll help you get quickly up-to-speed with the new release and maximize your workflow. Photoshop 7 is not quite the huge step forward of some previous releases, but it undoubtedly has many significant improvements that'll improve your output and aid productivity, together with Mac OS X compatibility. There's no need to buy large manuals; this book will teach all you need to know about Photoshop 7. To start, we'll take you on a tour of all the new tools and features—we assume you're familiar with the basics of Photoshop. Then, we'll have a more detailed look at the new additions, giving you practical examples to work through. We'll explore the implications of these new features: How will they affect the way you work? What new horizons are opened up? By the end of this book, you will be fully familiar with all the fundamentals of Photoshop 7, and ready to start exploring the new creative avenues it has opened up. It's the fastest way to start getting the most out of Adobe's brilliant image manipulation tool—Photoshop—which still stands head and shoulders above the rest! And there's more! We've also included information about upgrading from earlier versions.

Photoshop 7 Upgrade Essentials

Barry Huggins

This book will show you how to combine the power of Photoshop 7 and Illustrator 10 to take your creative and production skills to new heights. Find out the best way to use them in tandem, with a seamless workflow, for stunning results in your print and web output. The book looks at how the programs work together to help you create great graphics with practical demonstrations of projects you are likely to encounter in your work. 
You'll learn advanced techniques for working with layer blending modes, the latest tools and new file formats such as SVG, along with color management, animation, printing, web-publishing, and integration with other programs. This book is not for Photoshop and Illustator novices - it's called 'Advanced' because it aims to take your basic skills to the next level and teach you how to create the finest graphics you find in the world around you. 
The book looks at how the programs can serve each other and you: Adobe has worked hard to make these two applications function more efficiently together - this book will help you to reap the rewards of their labor.

Photoshop 7 & Illustrator 10: Create Great Advanced Graphics

Dave Cross

Ian Tindale

Computer Science

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