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for both Windows and Mac OS.The PDF format is designed for easy navigation online, and support for third-party screen readers compatible with Windows.The Help can also be printed as a desktop reference. Navigating in Help The Help will open in an Acrobat window with the bookmark pane open. If - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 2
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Help Back 2 To find a topic using the Find command: 1 Choose Edit > Find. 2 Enter a word or a phrase in the text box, and click OK. Acrobat will search the document, starting from the current page, and display the first occurrence of the word - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 3
Contents Back 3 Contents Introduction 4 An Overview of Adobe Photoshop 10 What's New in Photoshop 7.0 16 Looking at the Work Area 20 Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady 61 Working with Color 86 Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop) 102 Making Color and Tonal Adjustments 129 Selecting - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 4
the on-screen installation instructions. For more detailed information, see the HowToInstall file on the CD. The single installer installs both Photoshop and ImageReady. Getting started Adobe provides a variety of options for you to learn Photoshop, including printed guides, online Help, and tool - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 5
work in Photoshop and ImageReady. See "Using tool tips" on page 6. • Go to the Adobe.com Web site and work through some of the Photoshop tutorials for 404 to learn how to create instant GIF animations from layered Photoshop and Illustrator files. If you want to concentrate on photo editing and - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 6
will find many PDF documents on the Photoshop CD; Adobe Acrobat® Reader® software, included on the Photoshop CD, lets you view PDF files. Two printed documents are included with Photoshop 7.0: Adobe Photoshop 7.0 User Guide Contains essential information on using Photoshop and ImageReady commands and - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 7
Provides access to solutions to problems you may encounter using Photoshop. You should check out troubleshooting information available through Adobe Online and the Adobe Web site before you call customer support. To access the Adobe home page for your region: 1 Open the Adobe U.S. home page at www - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 8
and choose the topic you want to view. To view and download information from the Adobe Web site using the Help menu: 1 In Photoshop or ImageReady, choose Edit > Preferences > Adobe Online (Windows and Mac OS 9) or Photoshop > Preferences > Adobe Online (Mac OS X). Choose an item from the Check for - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 9
with the program for information that became available after this guide went to press. • Explore the extensive customer support information on Adobe's World Wide Web site (www.adobe.com). To access the Adobe Web site from Photoshop, choose Help > Adobe Online or click the icon at the top of the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 10
Help Using Help | Contents | Index An Overview of Adobe Photoshop Back 10 An Overview of Adobe Photoshop Explore state-of-the-art tools With its comprehensive set of retouching, painting, drawing, and Web tools, Photoshop helps you complete any image-editing task efficiently. And with features - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 11
gallery.You'll find a collection of ready-made templates on the Photoshop CD to make the job quick and easy-and you can stamp each image with copyright text to help protect against illegal downloads. See "Creating Web photo galleries (Photoshop)" on page 390. Using Help | Contents | Index Back 11 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 12
shape tools. Or use the pen tool to draw just as you would in Adobe Illustrator. Because they're vector shapes, you can edit them easily. See "Drawing "Creating and viewing slices" on page 368. Optimization tools The Photoshop Save for Web dialog box and the ImageReady Optimization palette display a - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 13
Using Help | Contents | Index An Overview of Adobe Photoshop Back 13 Rollovers palette Use one convenient palette to create buttons for multilingual Web sites, for example. See "Checking for spelling errors (Photoshop)" on page 357. Convert to Shapes Use the Convert to Shapes command to turn type - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 14
About actions" on page 484 and "Using droplets" on page 496. Metadata support Repurpose, archive, or automate files in a workflow using XMP (Extensible Photoshop PDF format (Photoshop)" on page 450. Tight integration The familiar Adobe interface makes it easy to use Photoshop in tandem with other Adobe - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 15
| Index An Overview of Adobe Photoshop Back 15 Color options Whether you're creating artwork for print or Web, Photoshop lets you choose the color more. See "Printing images" on page 470, "Adding spot colors (Photoshop)" on page 272, "Printing duotones" on page 479, and "Setting output options" - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 16
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index What's New in Photoshop 7.0 Back 16 What's New in Photoshop 7.0 Meet every challenge Photoshop for the Web. See "Using weighted optimization" on page 428. WBMP support Preview and save for Web in WBMP format, commonly used for displaying images - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 17
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index What's New in Photoshop 7.0 Back 17 Workspaces Customize your Photoshop working environment by creating a palette layout and then saving the layout as a workspace. If you share a computer, saving a workspace lets you instantly access your - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 18
security settings for superior images, precise output, and worry-free file sharing. PDF security Photoshop 7.0 offers complete support for Adobe Acrobat 5.0 security settings, allowing you to add tighter security to your Photoshop PDF files before sharing them with others online or adding them to an - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 19
modes, layer masks, and effects are preserved, and the Photoshop artwork stays editable as you animate and code. Acrobat Include transparency information in PDF files saved out of Photoshop, add password protection to secure your Photoshop PDF files, and use the Include Vector Data option to preserve - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 20
, and view images. Other tools in the toolbox allow you to change foreground/background colors, go to Adobe Online, work in different modes, and jump between Photoshop and ImageReady applications. For more information on the foreground and background color controls, see "Choosing foreground and - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 21
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Toolbox overview (1 of 3) * Photoshop only § ImageReady only Looking at the Work Area Back 21 The marquee tools make rectangular, elliptical, single row, and single column selections. The move tool moves selections, layers, and guides. The lasso - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 22
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 22 The eraser tool erases solidcolored areas to transparency with a single click. Toolbox overview (2 of 3) * Photoshop only § ImageReady only The eraser tool erases pixels and restores parts of an image to a - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 23
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back the shape of type. The pen tools * let you draw smoothedged paths. Toolbox overview (3 of 3) * Photoshop only § ImageReady only The custom shape tool * makes customized shapes selected from a custom shape list. The - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 24
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 24 The image map tools § define image map areas in an image. The - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 25
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 25 To enable or disable cycling through a set of hidden tools (Photoshop): 1 Do one of the following: • In Windows or Mac OS 9.x, choose Edit > Preferences > General. • In Mac OS X, choose Photoshop > Preferences > - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 26
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 26 The Other Cursors options control the pointers for the following tools: • (Photoshop) Marquee, lasso, polygon lasso, magic wand, crop, slice, patch, eyedropper, pen, gradient, line, paint bucket, magnetic lasso, - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 27
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 27 . The palette remains open until you click outside it or click in the palette's tab. Using tool presets (Photoshop) Tool presets let you save and reuse tool settings. You can load, edit, and create libraries of tool - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 28
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 28 of tool presets, see "Using pop-up palettes" on page 31 and "Managing libraries with the Preset Manager (Photoshop)" on page 54. • To change the display of presets in the pop-up palette, choose Text Only, Small - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 29
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 29 the palettes from one group to another, one at a time. In Photoshop, docked palettes and their locations are saved when you save a workspace. In Photoshop, you can also store palettes in the palette well of the tool - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 30
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 30 To OS 9.x, choose Edit > Preferences > General, then select Save Palette Locations. • (Photoshop) In Mac OS X, choose Photoshop > Preferences > General, then select Save Palette Locations. • (ImageReady) In Mac - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 31
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 31 Using pop-up palettes Pop-up palettes provide easy access to libraries of - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 32
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 32 pointer or color sampler is out of the printable CMYK color gamut. (See "Identifying out-of-gamut colors (Photoshop)" on page 136.) • When you use the marquee tool, the Info palette displays the x- and y-coordinates - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 33
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 33 ) of an image. You can also change the screen display mode to change the appearance of the Photoshop or ImageReady work area. Changing the screen display mode The window controls let you change the screen display - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 34
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 34 To change the document window, you can navigate to bring another area of the image into view. In Photoshop, you can also use the Navigator palette to quickly change the view of an image. Using Help | Contents | - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 35
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 35 To down the spacebar as you drag in the image. To move the view of an image using the Navigator palette (Photoshop): 1 Choose Window > Navigator. 2 Do one of the following: • Drag the view box in the thumbnail of - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 36
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area reduce to the previous preset percentage.When the image reaches its maximum reduction level, the command is dimmed. • (Photoshop) Enter a reduction level in the Zoom text box at the lower left of the window. • (ImageReady) - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 37
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 37 To automatically resize the window when zooming in or out using keyboard shortcuts (Photoshop): 1 Do one of the following: • In Windows or Mac OS 9.x, choose Edit > Preferences > General. • In Mac OS X, choose - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 38
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 38 • History palette lists the previous 20 states. Older states are automatically deleted to free more memory for Photoshop. To keep a particular state throughout your work session, make a snapshot of the state. For - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 39
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 39 Using the History palette You can use the History palette to revert to a previous state of an image, to delete an image's states, and in Photoshop, to create a document from a state or snapshot. A B C D Photoshop - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 40
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 40 : This action cannot be undone. To create a new document from the selected state or snapshot of the image (Photoshop): Do one of the following: • Drag a state or snapshot onto the New Document button . • Select a - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 41
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 41 Snapshots are similar to the states listed in the History palette, but they - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 42
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 42 Painting with a state or snapshot of an image (Photoshop) select Duplicate Merged Layers Only. 5 Click OK. To duplicate an image in Photoshop and automatically append the name "copy" to its filename, hold down Alt - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 43
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area options from the submenu. (See "Using the Snap command" on page 172.) (Photoshop) You can also snap to a grid in addition to guides, slices, and Document bounds. 2 Position the pointer over the intersection of the rulers - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 44
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 44 To change the rulers' settings (Photoshop): 1 Do one of the following: • Double-click a ruler. • In Windows or Mac OS 9.x, choose Edit > Preferences > Units & Rulers. • In Mac OS X, choose Photoshop > Preferences > - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 45
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area or hide a grid or guides: Do one of the following: • (Photoshop) Choose View > Show > Grid. • Choose View > Show > Guides. • Choose View > Extras.This command also shows or hides: (Photoshop) selection edges, target path - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 46
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 46 To place a guide: 1 If the rulers are not visible, choose View > Rulers. Note: For the most accurate readings, view the image at 100% magnification or use the Info palette. 2 Create a guide: • (Photoshop) Choose - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 47
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 47 To set guide and grid preferences (Photoshop): 1 Do one of the following: • In Windows or Mac OS 9.x, choose Edit > Preferences > Guides, Grid, & Slices. • In Mac OS X, choose Photoshop > Preferences > Guides, Grid - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 48
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 48 Displaying status information (Photoshop) The status bar at the bottom of the window displays useful information-such as the current magnification and file size of the active image, and brief instructions for using - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 49
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 49 the original and optimized sizes. • Size/Download Time to view the file size for the optimized image and estimated download time using the selected modem speed. Note: Download times may vary based on Internet traffic - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 50
with the image. Because Photoshop annotations are compatible with Adobe Acrobat, you can use them to exchange information with Acrobat users as well as Photoshop users. To circulate a Photoshop document for review in Acrobat, save the document in Portable Document Format (PDF) and ask reviewers to - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 51
Adobe Photoshop annotations: 1 Choose File > Import > Annotations. 2 Select a PDF or FDF file that contains annotations, and then click Load.The annotations . • Choose View > Extras.This command also shows or hides grids, guides, selection edges, target paths, and slices. To edit annotations: Do any - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 52
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 52 • To the options bar for notes or audio annotations. Jumping between applications You can jump between Photoshop and ImageReady to transfer an image between the two applications for editing without closing or - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 53
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 53 the Jump To Graphics Editor or the Jump To HTML Editor folder in the Helpers folder in the Photoshop program folder. 3 Restart ImageReady to view the application in the Jump To submenu. To automatically update - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 54
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 54 To add available, such as the options bar, Styles palette, Gradient Editor dialog box, and so on. Illustration of rearranging tool presets in the Preset Manager To display the Preset Manager: Choose Edit > Preset - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 55
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Note: Each type of library has its own file extension and default folder in the Presets folder in the Photoshop program folder. To rename presets items: 1 Select a preset item. Shift-click to select multiple items: 2 Do - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 56
are set in the Preferences dialog box. Preference settings are saved each time you exit the application. Note: The default location of the Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Prefs file varies by operating system; use your operating system's Find command to locate this file. Unexpected behavior may indicate damaged - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 57
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 57 To reset the display of all warning messages (Photoshop): 1 Do one of the following: • In Windows or Mac OS 9.x, choose Edit > Preferences > General. • In Mac OS X, choose Photoshop > Preferences > General. 2 Click - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 58
ins will then appear in the Filter > Other submenu. To install an Adobe Systems plug-in module: Do one of the following: • Use the Photoshop, but they will not appear unless you launch Photoshop in the Classic environment. To install a third-party plug-in module: Follow the installation instructions - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 59
choose ImageReady > About Plug-In and select a plug-in from the submenu. To load a plug-in in only Photoshop or ImageReady: Install the plug-in either the Adobe Photoshop Only folder or the Adobe ImageReady Only folder inside the Plug-ins folder. Note: Use this procedure when you want to use a plug - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 60
assignment: 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Plug-Ins & Scratch Disks. 2 Do one of the following: • (Photoshop) Choose the desired disks from the menus.You can assign up to four scratch disks of any size your file system supports. Photoshop lets you create up to 200 GB of scratch disk space using those - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 61
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady Back 61 Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady About bitmap images and vector graphics Computer graphics fall into two main categories-bitmap and vector. You can work with both types of - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 62
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady Back 62 Vector graphics are resolution-independent-that is, they can be scaled to any size and printed at any resolution without losing - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 63
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady Back 63 Image resolution The number of pixels displayed per unit of printed length in an image, usually measured in pixels per inch (ppi). In Photoshop, you can change the resolution of an image; in - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 64
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady Back 64 Understanding your printer's screen frequency, check your printer documentation or consult your service provider. Note: Some imagesetters and 600-dpi laser printers use screening technologies - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 65
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady Back 65 File size The digital color bit-depth and the number of layers and channels in an image affect file size. Photoshop supports a maximum file size of 2 GB and maximum pixel dimensions of 30,000 by 30 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 66
choose Photoshop > Preferences > General. • (ImageReady) In Mac OS X, choose ImageReady > Preferences > General. 2 For Interpolation, choose one of the following options: • Nearest Neighbor (Jagged) for the fast but less precise method.This method is recommended for use with illustrations containing - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 67
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady Back 67 • (Photoshop) Bilinear for a medium-quality method. • Bicubic (Smooth) for the slow but more precise method, resulting in the smoothest tonal gradations. Changing the pixel dimensions of - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 68
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady Back 68 If you If you turn resampling off, you can change either the dimensions or the resolution-Photoshop adjusts the other value automatically to preserve the total pixel count. For the highest print - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 69
provided and supported by the manufacturers of the scanners, not Adobe Systems Incorporated. If you have problems with scanning, instructions on installing the scanner plug-in. For general plug-in information, see "Using plug-in modules" on page 58. If your scanner does not have an Adobe Photoshop - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 70
digital cameras and scanners can be used to import images using WIA Support. When you use WIA Support, Photoshop works with Windows and your digital camera or scanner software to import images directly into Photoshop. Note: WIA Support is only available if you are using WindowsME or Windows XP. To - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 71
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady Back 71 4 Make sure Open Acquired Images in Photoshop is checked. If you screen frequency, check your printer documentation or consult your service provider. • For ink jet printers, check your printer - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 72
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady Back 72 Scanning using the file size setting (Photoshop your scan. To calculate the file size before scanning an image: 1 In Photoshop choose File > New. 2 Enter the width, height, and resolution for your - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 73
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady Back 73 Creating new images The New command lets you create a blank image. To create a new image: 1 Do one of the following: • To base the image dimensions and resolution (Photoshop) on the Clipboard - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 74
Recent Files text box. To specify the file format in which to open a file (Photoshop): Do one of the following: • (Windows) Choose File > Open As, and select navigation features. PDF is the primary format for Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Acrobat. For more information on the PDF format, see "PDF" on - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 75
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady Back 75 Some PDF files contain a single image. Other PDF files (called Generic PDF files) may contain multiple pages and images. When you open a Generic PDF file, you can choose which page to open and - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 76
the PDF file.) Then click the Choose button, and select the location where you want to save the generated files. Opening PostScript artwork Encapsulated PostScript® (EPS) can represent both vector and bitmap data and is supported by virtually all graphic, illustration, and page-layout programs. Adobe - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 77
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady Back 77 To open a Photo header size to estimate the height and width, and then click Guess. 10 To have Photoshop retain the header when you save the file, select Retain When Saving. Importing anti- - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 78
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady Back 78 The Anti-aliased le and does not display any other PICT resources in the file. Using the File Browser (Photoshop) File Browser lets you view, sort, and process image files.You can use the File - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 79
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady Back at the bottom of the File Browser, and choose a sorting option. Ranking files Ranking lets you manually control the sort order of files.To specify a rank, choose the Large Thumbnail with Rank display - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 80
into a new layer in an image. In Photoshop, you can place PDF, Adobe Illustrator, and EPS files; in ImageReady, you can place files in any supported format, with the exception of Photoshop (PSD) files containing CMYK images. When you place a PDF, Adobe Illustrator, or EPS file, it is rasterized; you - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 81
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady Back 81 The placed artwork appears inside a bounding box at the center of the Photoshop image. The artwork maintains its original aspect ratio; however, if the artwork is larger than the Photoshop image - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 82
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Getting Images into Photoshop placing a PDF file that contains multiple pages, select the page Photoshop) Photoshop supports the Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) server technology. Using this technology, you can connect to a WebDAV server, download - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 83
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady Back 83 2 the file without displaying a dialog box and without downloading the latest version of the file from the server. • Always to automatically download the latest version of the file from the server - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 84
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady Back 84 Opening managed files To view a managed file, open a copy of the file from a WebDAV server. The File > Workgroup > Open command creates a - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 85
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady Back 85 2 Choose File pop-up menu. Note: Be sure to specify a file extension if the file will be downloaded to a computer running a Windows operating system. 5 To check out the file, select Keep This - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 86
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Working with Color Back 86 Working with Color About color modes and models (Photoshop) A color mode determines the color model used to display and print images. Photoshop bases its color modes on established models for describing and reproducing - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 87
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Working with Color Back 87 Although you can use the HSB model in Photoshop to define a color reproduce many more colors.) In addition to being the default mode for new Photoshop images, the RGB model is used by computer monitors to display colors. - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 88
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Working with Color Back 88 Although RGB is a standard color model, the exact range of colors represented can vary, depending on the application or display device. Photoshop's RGB mode varies according to the working space setting that you have - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 89
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Working with Color Back 89 L*a*b model called bitmapped 1-bit images because they have a bit depth of 1. (See "Specifying 8-bit color display (Photoshop)" on page 91.) Grayscale mode This mode uses up to 256 shades of gray. Every pixel of a - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 90
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Working with Color Back 90 Although Grayscale is a standard color model, the exact range of grays represented can vary, depending on the printing conditions. In Photoshop, Grayscale mode uses the range defined by the working space setting that you - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 91
limitations of your video system. Specifying 8-bit color display (Photoshop) When you're working with a display system that supports 8-bit color, the monitor displays only 256 different colors at a time. As a result, Adobe Photoshop uses a technique called dithering to mix pixels of available colors - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 92
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Working with Color Back 92 To select a color display option: 1 Do one of the following: • In Windows or Mac OS 9.x, choose Edit > Preferences > Display & Cursors. • In Mac OS X, choose Photoshop > Preferences > Display & Cursors. 2 Select Use - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 93
) A working knowledge of color channels and bit depth is key to understanding how Photoshop stores and displays color information in images. About color channels Every Adobe Photoshop image has one or more channels, each storing information about color elements in the image. The number of default - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 94
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Working with Color Back 94 To convert between 8 , Bitmap, or Indexed Color mode, because these modes do not support layers. Converting between Grayscale and Bitmap modes (Photoshop) Converting an image to Bitmap mode reduces the image to two colors - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 95
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Working with Color Back 95 Making Grayscale and Bitmap mode conversions Refer to the following instructions for converting images between Grayscale and Bitmap mode. To convert an image to Bitmap mode: 1 Do one of the following: • If the image is - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 96
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Working with Color Back 96 Diffusion Dither Converts an image by using an error-diffusion process, starting at the pixel - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 97
to a 4-inch-by-4-inch image, the pattern appears as 16 squares. Adobe Photoshop comes with several self-tiling patterns that can be used as halftone screen patterns Photoshop) Converting to indexed color reduces the number of colors in the image to at most 256- the standard number of colors supported - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 98
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Working with Color Back 98 3 Specify conversion options. (See "Conversion options for indexed-color images (Photoshop)" on page 98.) Conversion options for indexed-color images (Photoshop) When converting an RGB image to indexed color, you can - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 99
to be displayed (up to 256) by entering a value for Colors.The Colors text box controls only how the indexed color table is created. Adobe Photoshop still treats the image as an 8-bit, 256-color image. Color inclusion and transparency To specify colors to be included in the indexed color table - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 100
the color or range of colors you want to change. 4 Choose a color, as explained in "Using the Adobe Color Picker" on page 261, and click OK. If you are changing a range of colors, Photoshop creates a gradient in the color table between the starting and ending colors. The first color you choose in - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 101
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Working with Color Back 101 System (Mac OS) and Load buttons in the Color Table dialog box to save your indexed color tables for use with other Adobe Photoshop images. Once you load a color table into an image, the colors in the image change to re - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 102
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop) Back 102 Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop (See "Color gamuts (Photoshop)" on page 91 for an illustration.) In addition, different management Because color-matching problems result from various devices - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 103
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop) Back 103 Color management engine system where all devices are calibrated to the same specifications.You or your prepress service provider may prefer to tailor CMYK images and specify color values for a known, - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 104
, or you can adjust the controls manually to create your own custom settings. You can even save customized settings to share them with other users and other Adobe applications, such as Illustrator 9.0, that use the Color Settings dialog box. Photoshop also uses color management policies, which - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 105
techniques to emulate the behavior of applications that do not support color management. Although working space profiles are considered when ColorSync earlier than 3.0. Emulate Photoshop 4 Emulates the color workflow used by the Mac OS version of Adobe Photoshop 4.0 and earlier. Europe Prepress - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 106
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop) Back 106 Web often the case when you open a document created in an application that either does not support color management or has color management turned off. • You might open a document or import color - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 107
service bureau. It's important to save your custom configurations so that you can reuse and share them with other users and Adobe . For detailed customization instructions, see "Specifying working Photoshop ships with a standard set of color profiles that have been recommended and tested by Adobe - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 108
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop) Back 108 To display when a printer's halftone dots change as the ink spreads and is absorbed by paper. Photoshop calculates dot gain as the amount by which the expected dot increases or decreases. For - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 109
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop) Back 109 • Preserve Embedded Profiles if you anticipate working with a mix of color-managed and non-color-managed documents, or with documents that use - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 110
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop) Back 110 Policy option Default color management behavior Preserve Embedded Profiles • New documents are tagged with the current working space profile. • Existing documents - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 111
Help Using Help | Contents | Index Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop) Back 111 The following rendering intent options are available. Perceptual Known as the Image intent in Adobe PageMaker and Illustrator 8, Perceptual aims to preserve the visual relationship between colors in a way that - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 112
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop box, such as Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign. You Adobe/Color/Settings. • (Mac OS 9.x) System Folder/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Settings. • (Mac OS X) User/CurrentUser/Library/Application Support/Adobe - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 113
color management controls shared by several Adobe applications, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. If you modify proofs colors using the color profile of a specific output device. Follow the instructions after this procedure to set up the custom proof. • Working CMYK soft-proofs colors - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 114
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop) Back 114 • Monitor RGB soft-proofs colors in an RGB document using your current these options depends on the proof profile chosen. Not all profiles support both options. Using Help | Contents | Index Back 114 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 115
(Photoshop) Back 115 7 To save your custom proof setup as a preset proof setup, click Save.To ensure that the new preset appears in the View > Proof Setup menu, save the preset in the Program Files/ Common Files/Adobe/Color/Proofing folder (Windows), System Folder/Application Support/Adobe/Color - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 116
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop) Back 116 Embedding profiles in saved documents By default, a tagged document will have its profile information embedded upon saving in a file format that supports Proof Setup (available for PDF, EPS, DCS 1.0, and - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 117
, make your monitor grays as neutral as possible, and standardize image display across different monitors. On Windows, you can use the Adobe Gamma software (installed with Photoshop) to create a monitor profile. On Mac OS, you can use the Apple calibration utility to create a monitor profile. In - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 118
Coordinate calibration with your workgroup and prepress service provider to make sure you're all nd it helpful to have your monitor's user guide handy while creating an ICC monitor profile. Windows or the Knoll Gamma control panel (included with Adobe Photoshop 4.0 and earlier) for Mac OS, remove it; - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 119
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop) Back 119 • Remove colorful any time while working in the Adobe Gamma control panel, you can click the Wizard button to switch to the wizard for instructions that guide you through the same settings as in - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 120
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop) Back 120 You can also load a profile save the profile.) To access a saved profile, you may need to load it or restart Photoshop. If you do not save a custom profile, it will be stored only in the custom color - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 121
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop) Back 121 6 For Primaries, profiles included with the current version of Photoshop produce more accurate results. Entering custom CMYK settings Use the following instructions to create a custom CMYK profile. To - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 122
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop le that Photoshop uses to display the ink colors on-screen. See the following procedure for instructions on entering are an international color definition standard supported by PostScript Level 2 and higher. Note - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 123
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop) Back 123 Specifying dot gain Dot gain or loss can occur when the specified printer's halftone dots change as the ink spreads and is - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 124
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop) Back 124 Adjusting the separation type and black generation To make color separations, the three additive colors (red, green, and blue) are translated into their - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 125
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop) Back 125 • Custom lets you adjust the black generation curve manually Limit and Total Ink Limit (the maximum ink density your press can support). Check with your print shop to see if you should adjust these - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 126
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop) Back 126 To create a 9.x, choose Edit > Color Settings, and select Advanced Mode. • In Mac OS X, choose Photoshop > Color Settings, and select Advanced Mode. 4 Under Working Spaces, for Gray or Spot, choose - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 127
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop) Back 127 Use the following Functions selected in the EPS Format dialog box. (See "Saving files in Photoshop EPS format (Photoshop)" on page 448.) To save the current transfer function settings as the default: - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 128
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop) Back 128 To create your own CMYK proof document: 1 Create a new Photoshop document in CMYK mode. 2 Use the Assign Profile command to remove any existing color profile from the document. (See "Changing the color - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 129
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments Back 129 Making Color and Tonal Adjustments Basic steps for correcting images Photoshop range, however, you may need to adjust your midtones manually. It is not usually necessary to adjust midtones in images - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 130
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments Back 130 control over an image's tonal quality. For more information, see "Using the Curves dialog box (Photoshop)" on page 139. • (Photoshop) You can assign target values to the highlight and shadow pixels using - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 131
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments Back 131 6. . (See "Sharpening images" on page 155.) Checking scan quality and tonal range (Photoshop) A histogram illustrates how pixels in an image are distributed by graphing the number of pixels at each color - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 132
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments to generate the histogram using all pixels in the image. Using the color adjustment tools All Photoshop and ImageReady color adjustment tools work essentially the same way: by mapping an existing range of pixel - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 133
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments Back 133 resets the dialog box to the values it had prior to your changes. Seeing the color values of pixels (Photoshop) You can use the Info palette and the Color palette to see the color value of pixels as you - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 134
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments Back 134 To use the Info palette and the eyedropper or color sampler tool to - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 135
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments adjustment, consider recording and running the adjustment as an action. Comparing corrections in CMYK and RGB (Photoshop) Even though you can perform all color and tonal corrections in either CMYK or RGB mode, - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 136
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments page 91.) Photoshop automatically brings all colors into gamut when you convert an image to CMYK. But you might want to identify the out-of-gamut colors in an image or correct them manually before converting to - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 137
Adobe Photoshop Help Using midtones, and highlights. The Levels histogram serves as a visual guide for adjusting the image's key tones. Using Levels to set and alpha channels individually. 3 To adjust the shadows and highlights manually, do one of the following: • Drag the black and white - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 138
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments Back reopen the Levels dialog box. The gaps in the adjusted histogram do not indicate a perceptible problem in the image unless they are large or accompanied by a low pixel count. Using Help | Contents | Index Back - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 139
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments Back 139 Using Levels to adjust color (Photoshop) to produce a neutral gray in an RGB image. Using the Curves dialog box (Photoshop) Like the Levels dialog box, the Curves dialog box lets you adjust the entire - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 140
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments fied in the Auto Correction Options dialog box. For more information, see "Setting auto correction options (Photoshop)" on page 144. The following shortcuts work with the Curves dialog box: • Ctrl-click (Windows) - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 141
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments Back 141 Using target values to set highlights and shadows (Photoshop) Professional color technicians typically set the highlights and shadows in an image by assigning their lightest and darkest CMYK ink values - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 142
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments Back 142 In most situations when you are printing on white paper, you can achieve a - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 143
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments Back 143 With a high-key image, you might want to set the shadow to a higher - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 144
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments Back 144 Setting auto correction options (Photoshop) The Auto Correction Options dialog box lets you automatically adjust the overall tonal range of an image, specify clipping percentages, and assign color values - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 145
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments and will be at the correct gamma for display in Windows with no adjustment. To adjust the gamma value manually: 1 Choose Image > Adjustments > Gamma. 2 Select Preview to preview the adjustment in the image. 3 Drag - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 146
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal adjustments result in an overall color balance containing less magenta. Using the Color Balance command (Photoshop) The Color Balance command changes the overall mixture of colors in an image for generalized color - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 147
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments can use to edit any range of hues. (For information on how to modify the slider's range, see the instructions following this procedure.) 3 For Hue, enter a value or drag the slider until the colors appear as you - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 148
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments Back 148 To modify the range of an adjustment slider (Photoshop from it. To colorize a grayscale image or create a monotone effect: 1 (Photoshop) If you are colorizing a grayscale image, choose Image > Mode > RGB - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 149
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments Back 149 Using the Replace Color command (Photoshop) The For more information, see "Using channel calculations to blend layers and channels (Photoshop)" on page 275. • Image to display the image in the preview - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 150
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments Back 150 4 For Method, select an or when an image has an overall color cast. However, adjusting the Levels or Curves (Photoshop) controls manually is more precise. Using Help | Contents | Index Back 150 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 151
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments Back 151 To use the Auto Levels command: Choose Image > Adjustments > Auto Levels. To change the amount of white and black values clipped: Do one of the following: • (Photoshop) Set clipping values in the Auto - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 152
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal average-key images that don't require precise color adjustments. It does not work on indexed-color images (Photoshop). To use the Variations command: 1 Open the Variations dialog box. (See "Making color adjustments" - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 153
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments Back that they more evenly represent the entire range of brightness levels. When you apply this command, Photoshop finds the brightest and darkest values in the composite image and remaps them so that the brightest - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 154
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments Back 154 Using the Threshold command (Photoshop) The Threshold command converts grayscale or color images to high-contrast, black-andwhite images.You can specify a certain level as a threshold. All pixels lighter - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 155
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments Back 155 Using the Gradient Map command (Photoshop) The box to dismiss the list. (See "Managing libraries with the Preset Manager (Photoshop)" on page 54 for information on customizing the gradient fill list.) • - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 156
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Making Color and Tonal Adjustments Back 156 2 Do one of the following: • Drag the Amount slider or enter a value to - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 157
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Selecting Back 157 Selecting About with the marquee tools or lasso tools, or by targeting color areas with the magic wand tool. In Photoshop, you can also use the Color Range command. Making a new selection replaces the existing one. Additionally, - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 158
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Selecting Back 158 Using the and resolution" on page 62.) 5 For aligning your selection to guides, a grid, slices, or document bounds, do one of the following to snap your selection: • (Photoshop) Choose View > Snap, or choose View > Snap To and - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 159
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Selecting Back 159 • With the single row or let you draw both straight-edged and freehand segments of a selection border. With the magnetic lasso tool (Photoshop), the border snaps to the edges of defined areas in the image. The magnetic lasso tool - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 160
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Selecting Back 160 To use the magnetic lasso tool (Photoshop): 1 Select the magnetic lasso tool doesn't snap to the desired edge, click once to add a fastening point manually. Continue to trace the edge, and add fastening points as needed. 5 To - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 161
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Selecting Back 161 • To specify the selected. Otherwise, all pixels in the tolerance range are selected. Using the Color Range command (Photoshop) The Color Range command selects a specified color or color subset within an existing selection or - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 162
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Selecting Back 162 To refine an existing selection, use the Color Range command repeatedly to select a subset of colors. - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 163
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Selecting Back 163 6 Adjust the color is an RGB or Lab color that cannot be printed using process color printing. See "Color gamuts (Photoshop)" on page 91.) 3 Click Selection to display the selected areas in the preview area. 4 To preview - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 164
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Selecting Back 164 Creating selections from edges: Do one of the following: • Choose View > Extras.This command also shows or hides: (Photoshop) selection edges, target path, slices, and notes, or (ImageReady) selection edges, slices, image maps, - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 165
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Selecting Back 165 Adjusting selections manually You can use the selection tools to add to or subtract from existing pixel selections. Before manually adding to or subtracting from a selection, set the feather and anti-aliased values in the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 166
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Selecting Back 166 The Border command > Smooth. 2 For Sample Radius, enter a pixel value between 1 and 100, and click OK. Photoshop or ImageReady checks around each selected pixel to find any unselected pixels falling within the specified range. - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 167
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Selecting Back 167 To use anti-aliasing: 1 Select the lasso, polygonal lasso, magnetic lasso, rounded rectangle marquee (ImageReady), elliptical marquee, - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 168
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Selecting Back 168 To specify move tool options: 1 Select the move tool . 2 Select any of the following in the options - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 169
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Selecting Back 169 Copying selections cut or copied selection into another part of the image or into another image as a new layer. (Photoshop) The Paste Into command pastes a cut or copied selection inside another selection in the same image or - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 170
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Selecting Back 170 • To copy the selection selection and offsets it by the specified distance from the last duplicate. To paste one selection into another (Photoshop): 1 Cut or copy the part of the image you want to paste. 2 Select the part of the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 171
must support Mac OS Drag Manager. Dragging vector artwork from Adobe Illustrator or from other applications that use the Illustrator Clipboard copy the vector artwork as a path in Photoshop, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) as you drag from Adobe Illustrator. To copy type, you must first - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 172
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Selecting Back 172 5 If View > Snap To, and choose one or more options from the submenu: • Guides to snap to guides. (See "Using guides and the grid" on page 45.) • (Photoshop) Grid to snap to the grid.You cannot select this option when the grid - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 173
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Selecting Back 173 To load a saved selection ( selected replaces the original area with the layer transparency. Removing fringe pixels from a selection (Photoshop) When you move or paste an anti-aliased selection, some of the pixels surrounding the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 174
objects from their background (Photoshop) The Extract command provides a sophisticated way to isolate a foreground object and erase its background on a layer. Even objects with wispy, intricate, or undefinable edges may be clipped from their backgrounds with a minimum of manual work. Note: For - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 175
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Selecting Back 175 5 Define the edge of the object you want to extract: • To draw a highlight that marks the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 176
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Selecting Back 176 Zoom in as needed, and set any preview options: • Use Show menu options to switch between previews - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 177
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back in terms of the columns specified in the Rulers & Units preferences. For more information, see "Using columns (Photoshop)" on page 44. 4 Do one of the following: • Enter the dimensions you want the canvas to be in - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 178
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back 178 To rotate using the crop tool: 1 Select the crop tool . 2 Set the mode of the crop tool: • (Photoshop) To crop the image without resampling (default), make sure that all the text boxes in the options bar are - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 179
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back 179 4 visible by moving the image with the move tool. Select Delete to discard the cropped area. Note: In Photoshop, the Hide option is not available for images that contain only a background layer. If you want to - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 180
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back 180 Transforming perspective while cropping (Photoshop) The crop tool in Photoshop has an additional option that allows you to transform the perspective in an image. This is very useful when working with images - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 181
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back 181 5 Drag the side handles to extend the cropping bounds while preserving the perspective. Important: Do not move the center point of the cropping marquee. Photoshop needs to know the original center point of the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 182
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back 182 or more points on a path, only those path segments connected to the points are transformed. (See "Selecting paths (Photoshop)" on page 211.) • (Photoshop) To transform a selection border, make or load a - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 183
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back 183 To scale, 181.) 2 Choose Edit > Transform > Scale, Rotate, Skew, Distort, or Perspective. Note: (Photoshop) If you are transforming a shape or entire path, the Transform menu becomes the Transform Path menu. - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 184
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back 184 • Flip Horizontal to flip horizontally, along the vertical axis. • Flip Vertical to flip vertically, along the horizontal axis. Note: (Photoshop) If you are transforming a shape or entire path, the Transform - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 185
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back 185 • If the X (horizontal position) and Y (vertical position) text boxes in the options bar. In Photoshop, click the Relative Positioning button to specify the new position in relation to the current position. To - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 186
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back 186 Transforming objects in three dimensions The 3D Transform filter lets you manipulate a flat, two-dimensional - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 187
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back 187 4 For Field of View, enter a value between 1 and 130. Alternatively, drag the slider to the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 188
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back 188 Setting 3D rendering options You can set the resolution and anti-aliasing of rendered images - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 189
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back 189 pattern with an impressionistic effect. 2 Drag in the image. Using the healing brush tool (Photoshop) The healing brush tool lets you correct imperfections, causing them to disappear into the surrounding image - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 190
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back 190 information on the Diameter, Hardness, Spacing, Angle, and Roundness options, see "Customizing brush tips (Photoshop)" on page 230. • If you're using a pressure-sensitive digitizing tablet, choose an option from - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 191
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back 191 Using the patch tool (Photoshop) The patch tool lets you repair a selected area with pixels from another area or a pattern. Like the healing brush tool, the patch tool matches the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 192
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back 192 4 Position the pointer inside the selection, and do one of the following: • If Source is - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 193
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back 193 3 Drag in the image to smudge color. In Photoshop, press select the Airbrush option in the Brushes palette. (See "Creating airbrush effects (Photoshop)" on page 239.) 3 Drag over the part of the image you want - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 194
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back 194 To use the sponge tool: 1 Select the sponge tool . 2 Do the following in the options - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 195
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back moment. • Specify a Turbulent Jitter to control how tightly the turbulence tool scrambles pixels. • (Photoshop) Select Stylus Pressure to use pressure readings from a stylus tablet. (This option is available only - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 196
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back 196 5 Use . You can use the Edit > Fade command to create additional effects. (See "Blending filter effects (Photoshop)" on page 322.) Freezing and thawing areas You can use tools or alpha channels to freeze areas of - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 197
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back 197 To define which areas can be edited: Do any of the following in the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 198
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back 198 • To restore the entire preview image to its state when you opened the dialog box, - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 199
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Transforming and Retouching Back 199 To reconstruct areas to match distortions from the image location where the mouse button is - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 200
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Drawing Back 200 Drawing About drawing and resolution-independent-they maintain crisp edges when resized, printed to a PostScript printer, saved in a PDF file, or imported into a vector-based graphics application. Drawing shapes and paths You use - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 201
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Drawing Back 201 Creating shape can easily switch between drawing tools by clicking a tool button in the options bar. Creating a work path (Photoshop) A work path is a temporary path that appears in the Paths palette and defines the outline of - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 202
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Drawing Back 202 • You can path. For more information, see "Using the shape tools" on page 203 and "Using the pen tools (Photoshop)" on page 205. 3 Draw additional path components if desired.You can easily switch between drawing tools by clicking - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 203
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Drawing Back 203 4 Set additional tool-specific options, and draw a shape. For more information, see "Using the shape tools" on page 203 and "Using the pen tools (Photoshop)" on page 205. Note: In Photoshop, you can easily switch between drawing - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 204
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Drawing Back 204 Fixed Size Renders a rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, or custom shape as a fixed shape based on the values you enter in the Width and Height text boxes. From Center (Photoshop) Renders a rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 205
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Drawing Back 205 Controlling a shape ellipse to a circle, or to constrain the line angle to a multiple of 45°. Using the pen tools (Photoshop) You can create or edit straight lines, curves, or freeform lines and shapes using the pen tools. The pen - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 206
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Drawing Back 206 To draw straight segments: 1 Position the pen pointer where you want the straight segment to begin, and - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 207
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Drawing Back 207 The length and slope of the direction line determine the shape of the curve segment. You can - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 208
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Drawing Back 208 Drawing with the freeform pen tool The freeform pen tool lets you draw as if you were - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 209
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Drawing Back 209 4 If the border doesn't snap to the desired edge, click once to add a fastening point manually and to keep the border from moving. Continue to trace the edge and add fastening points as needed. If needed, press Delete to remove - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 210
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Drawing Back 210 To display the Paths of simple masks. Paths can also be used to clip sections of your image for export to an illustration or page-layout application. (See "Using image clipping paths to create transparency" on page 466.) About - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 211
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Drawing Back 211 A path can be closed, component, as described by the layer's clipping path. Separate path components selected Selecting paths (Photoshop) Selecting a path component or path segment displays all of the anchor points on the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 212
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Drawing Back 212 To select a path: 1 Do one of the following: • View > Show > Target Path. • Choose View > Extras.This command also shows or hides a grid, guides, selection edges, annotations, and slices. Using Help | Contents | Index Back 212 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 213
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Drawing Back 213 Moving, reshaping, and deleting path segments You can move, reshape, or delete individual segments in a path, and - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 214
be moved, reshaped, copied, or deleted. You can also use the Copy and Paste commands to duplicate vector objects between a Photoshop image and an image in another application, such as Adobe Illustrator. To move a path or path component: 1 Select the path name in the Paths palette, and use the path - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 215
component you want to copy, and choose Edit > Copy. Then select the destination path, and choose Edit > Paste. To copy path components between two Adobe Photoshop files: 1 Open both images. 2 Use the path selection tool to select the entire path or the path components in the source image you want to - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 216
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Drawing Back 216 To align components: Use the path selection tool to select the components you want to align, and - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 217
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Drawing Back 217 • To convert a appear when you open it again. In Windows, the Photoshop, JPEG, DCS, EPS, PDF, and TIFF formats support paths. In Mac OS, all available file formats support paths. Note: Paths in formats other than those listed - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 218
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Drawing Back 218 • To create and the Trash button at the bottom of the Paths palette. Converting between paths and selection borders (Photoshop) Because of their smooth outlines, you can convert paths into precise selection borders. You also can - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 219
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Drawing Back 219 To convert a path to a selection border and specify settings: 1 Select the path in the Paths palette. 2 Do - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 220
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Drawing Back 220 Tolerance values can draw the path and the smoother the path. If the path is used as a clipping path and you have problems printing the image, use a higher tolerance value. (See "Printing image clipping paths" on page 467.) 3 Click - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 221
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Drawing Back 221 • Anti-aliased to box.For information on specific tool settings, see "Retouching images" on page 192 and "Using the painting tools (Photoshop)" on page 222. 3 To stroke the path, do one of the following: • Alt-click (Windows) or - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 222
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 222 Painting Using the painting tools (Photoshop) Photoshop provides the brush select the Airbrush option in the Brushes palette. (See "Creating airbrush effects (Photoshop)" on page 239.) • For the pencil tool, select Auto Erase to - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 223
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 223 Using the painting tools let you erase areas of an image to transparency or to the background color. The background eraser tool (Photoshop) lets you erase to transparency on a layer. You can also use the Auto Erase option with the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 224
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 224 Using the to History in the options bar. (See "Painting with a state or snapshot of an image (Photoshop)" on page 42.) (Photoshop) To temporarily use the eraser tool in Erase to History mode, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 225
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 225 To use the magic eraser . 3 Click in the part of the layer you want to erase. Using the background eraser tool (Photoshop) The background eraser tool lets you erase pixels on a layer to transparency as you drag; this allows - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 226
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 226 4 Do the following in begin dragging, the area is painted with the foreground color. Using the art history brush tool (Photoshop) The art history brush tool lets you paint with stylized strokes, using the source data from a speci - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 227
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 227 Like the history brush, the art history brush uses a specified history state or snapshot as the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 228
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 228 Working with brushes Working with brushes is an important part of using the painting and editing tools. The brush you select determines many characteristics of the resulting stroke. Photoshop and ImageReady provide a variety of - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 229
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 229 To select a tip, both the primary and dual brush tips are scaled. (See "Creating dual brushes (Photoshop)" on page 236.) 3 (Photoshop) Click Use Sample Size to use the original diameter of the brush tip.This option is available - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 230
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 230 Customizing brush tips (Photoshop) A brush stroke is made up of many individual brush marks. The brush tip you select determines the shape, diameter, and other characteristics of a brush mark. - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 231
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 231 Angle Speci the brush hardness; press Shift+ the ] key to increase the brush hardness. About brush dynamics (Photoshop) The Brushes palette provides many options for adding dynamic (or changing) elements to preset brush tips. - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 232
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 232 You work with two fies how the size of brush marks vary in a stroke. For more information, see "About brush dynamics (Photoshop)" on page 231. To specify the maximum percentage of jittering, type a number or use the slider to enter - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 233
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 233 Tilt Scale fies how the angle of brush marks varies in a stroke. For more information, see "About brush dynamics (Photoshop)" on page 231. To specify the maximum percentage of jittering, type a number or use the slider to enter - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 234
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 234 To edit number of brush marks varies for each spacing interval. For more information, see "About brush dynamics (Photoshop)" on page 231. To specify the maximum percentage of brush marks applied at each spacing interval, - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 235
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 235 To edit texture es how the depth varies when Texture Each Tip is selected. For more information, see "About brush dynamics (Photoshop)" on page 231. To specify the maximum percentage of jitter, type a number or use the slider to - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 236
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 236 Creating dual brushes (Photoshop) A dual brush uses two Type a number, or use the slider to enter a value. Specifying color dynamics (Photoshop) Color dynamics determine how the color of paint changes over the course of a stroke - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 237
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 237 To edit color paint varies between the foreground color and background color. For more information, see "About brush dynamics (Photoshop)" on page 231. To specify a percentage by which the color of the paint can vary, type - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 238
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 238 To edit pen pressure, pen tilt, or the position of the pen thumbwheel. Adding noise to brush strokes (Photoshop) The Noise option adds additional randomness to individual brush tips. This option is most effective when applied - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 239
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 239 Creating airbrush effects (Photoshop) The Airbrush option in textures between tools (Photoshop) When you specify a texture for the current tool, you can copy the texture's pattern and scale to all tools that support textures. For - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 240
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 240 Creating and managing preset brushes (Photoshop) After you customize a brush, of the Brush pop-up palette menu and Brushes palette menu after you restart Photoshop. Note: You can also use the Preset Manager to rename, delete, and - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 241
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 241 Setting options for painting and editing tools You set options for a painting or editing tool in the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 242
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 242 Lighten Looks at the color information in each channel and selects the base or blend color-whichever - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 243
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 243 Difference Looks at the color information in each channel and subtracts either the blend color from the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 244
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 244 Using the gradient tool (Photoshop) The gradient tool creates a gradual blend between multiple colors. You can choose from preset gradient fills or create your own. Note: The gradient tool cannot - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 245
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 245 Creating smooth gradient fi of the dialog box. Choose a color, and click OK. For information on choosing a color, see "Using the Adobe Color Picker" on page 261. • Choose an option from the Color pop-up menu in the Stops section of - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 246
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 246 8 To adjust the location of the starting point or ending point, do one of the following: • Drag - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 247
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 247 5 To adjust the location of the starting or ending opacity, do one of the following: • Drag the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 248
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 248 9 To randomize a the Preset Manager to manage gradient libraries. For more information, see "Managing libraries with the Preset Manager (Photoshop)" on page 54. To save a set of preset gradients as a library: 1 Click Save in the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 249
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 249 Using the paint You can fill a selection or layer with the foreground color, the background color, or a pattern. In Photoshop, you can use patterns from the pattern libraries provided or create your own patterns. You can also fill a - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 250
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 250 To fill a selection or a layer of the image. (See "Making a snapshot of an image (Photoshop)" on page 40.) Note: If you fill a CMYK image using the Black option, Photoshop fills all the channels with 100% black. This may result in - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 251
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 251 To fill a selection load a pattern library before you can select this option. (See "Managing libraries with the Preset Manager (Photoshop)" on page 54.) • Select the paint bucket tool . In the options bar, choose Pattern from the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 252
from the PostScript Patterns folder: 1 Choose File > Open. Each preset file in the PostScript Patterns folder (which comes with Photoshop) contains a single pattern in the Adobe Illustrator format. You can scale and render these patterns at any resolution. 2 Select the pattern file you want to use - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 253
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 253 • Replace Patterns to multiple patterns from the same sample, and save pattern tiles as preset patterns for future use in Photoshop and ImageReady. Note: The Pattern Maker command is available only for 8-bit images in RGB Color, - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 254
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 254 Generating patterns : You cannot generate a pattern from a non-rectangular sample. If you make a nonrectangular selection, Photoshop uses the bounding box of the selected area to create a rectangular sample. 2 Choose Filter > - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 255
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 255 3 Do one of the following patterns. You can magnify and navigate in the preview image just as you do in the Photoshop document window. You can also show or hide tile boundaries and switch between previewing the original image - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 256
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 256 To display tile boundaries in the preview can create and manage libraries of presets using the Preset Manager. (See "Managing libraries with the Preset Manager (Photoshop)" on page 54.) Using Help | Contents | Index Back 256 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 257
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 257 Specifying pattern smoothness and detail The Smoothness and Sample Detail options in the Pattern Maker dialog box let you control the parameters that Photoshop uses to generate a pattern. The default settings work well for most - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 258
background color appears in the lower box. The Info palette, the Color palette, and the Adobe Color Picker let you display color values using a number of color models. (See "About color modes and models (Photoshop)" on page 86.) To change the foreground or background color: 1 Do one of the following - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 259
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 259 color selection a color that cannot be printed using CMYK inks. For more information, see "Identifying out-of-gamut colors (Photoshop)" on page 136. • A cube appears above the left side of the color ramp when you choose a color - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 260
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 260 • Click the color Swatch button in the Swatches palette. Alternately, choose New Swatch from the Swatches palette menu. • (Photoshop) Make the color you want to add the foreground color. Position the pointer over an empty space - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 261
and choose from several custom color systems. For more information, see "About color modes and models (Photoshop)" on page 86. By default, the program uses the Adobe Color Picker. To display the Adobe Color Picker: Do one of the following: • Click the foreground or background color selection box in - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 262
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Painting Back 262 Specifying a on the color wheel. For more information on the color wheel, see "About color modes and models (Photoshop)" on page 86. • (Photoshop) In Lab mode, enter a lightness value (L) from 0 to 100 and a axis (green to - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 263
custom colors (Photoshop) The Adobe Color Picker lets you choose custom colors from the PANTONE® MATCHING SYSTEM®, the TRUMATCH® SWATCHING SYSTEM™, the FOCOLTONE® COLOUR SYSTEM, the TOYO Color Finder™ 1050 system, the ANPA-COLOR™ system, HKS® color system, and the DIC Color Guide - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 264
service bureau and choose your custom color based on a printed color swatch. Manufacturers recommend that you get a new swatch book each year to compensate for fading inks and other damage. Important: Photoshop (Photoshop) The Adobe Color Picker supports guides and registration problems by showing - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 265
the following: • In Windows and Mac OS 9.x, choose Edit > Preferences > General. • (Photoshop) In Mac OS X, choose Photoshop > Preferences > General. • (ImageReady) In Mac OS X, choose ImageReady > Preferences > General. 2 Choose Adobe from the Color Picker menu, and click OK. Using Help | Contents - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 266
from the pop-up menu. Note: As long as you save a file in a format supporting the image's color mode, the color channels are preserved. Alpha channels are preserved only when you save a file in Adobe Photoshop, PDF, PICT, Pixar, TIFF, or Raw formats. DCS 2.0 format only preserves spot channels. Saving - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 267
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Channels and Masks Back 267 To To change the color of this overlay or set other alpha channel options, see "Creating alpha channels (Photoshop)" on page 280. Changing the display of the palette You can show the individual color channels in - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 268
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Channels and Masks Back color at a lower intensity. Paint with black to fully remove the channel's color. Managing channels (Photoshop) You can rearrange channels, duplicate a channel within or between images, split a channel into separate - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 269
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Channels and Masks Back 269 4 For Document, do one of the following: • blend the data in one or more channels into an existing or new channel. (See "Mixing color channels (Photoshop)" on page 271.) Using Help | Contents | Index Back 269 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 270
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Channels and Masks image. Complex alpha channels can substantially increase the disk space required for an image. To delete a channel (Photoshop): 1 Select the channel in the Channels palette. 2 Do one of the following: • Alt-click (Windows - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 271
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Channels and Masks Back 271 • because removing a color channel converts the image to Multichannel mode, which does not support layers. Mixing color channels (Photoshop) The Channel Mixer command lets you modify a color channel using a mix of - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 272
the file in DCS 2.0 format or PDF. (See "Saving files in Photoshop EPS format (Photoshop)" on page 448.) Note: ImageReady supports Photoshop spot color channels as alpha channels. color box, and choose a color. (See "Using the Adobe Color Picker" on page 261.) Using Help | Contents | Index Back 272 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 273
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Channels and Masks Back 273 If you select a custom color, your print service provider can more easily provide the proper ink to reproduce the image. For more information, see "Choosing custom colors (Photoshop)" on page 263. 5 For Solidity, - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 274
color box, and choose a color. (See "Using the Adobe Color Picker" on page 261.) By selecting a custom color, your print service can more easily provide the proper ink to reproduce the image. For more information, see "Choosing custom colors (Photoshop)" on page 263. 3 For Solidity, enter a value - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 275
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Channels and Masks Back 275 3 For that contains areas you want removed. Using channel calculations to blend layers and channels (Photoshop) You can use the blending effects associated with layers to combine channels within and between - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 276
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Channels and Masks Back 276 3 Choose unmasked areas of the channel. (See "Using channel calculations to blend layers and channels (Photoshop)" on page 275.) Using the Calculations command The Calculations command lets you blend two individual - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 277
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Channels and Masks Back 277 9 or darken the pixels in the destination channel by any brightness value between +255 and -255. About masks (Photoshop) Masks let you isolate and protect areas of an image as you apply color changes, filters, or - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 278
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Channels and Masks Back 278 When a mask channel is selected in the Channels palette, foreground and background colors appear as grayscale values. (See "Creating temporary masks in Quick Mask mode (Photoshop)" on page 278.) A B C Examples - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 279
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Channels and Masks Back 279 To create a temporary mask: 1 Using any selection tool, select the part of the image - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 280
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Channels and Masks Back editing tools, and filters. • You can convert alpha channels to spot color channels. Creating alpha channels (Photoshop) You can create a new alpha channel and then use painting tools, editing tools, and filters to add - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 281
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Channels and Masks Back 281 Select > Save Selection. 3 Do the following in the Save Selection dialog box, and click OK: • (Photoshop) Choose a destination image for the selection in the Document menu. By default, the selection is placed in a - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 282
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Channels and Masks Back 282 the selection from the channel contents; Intersect with Channel to keep the areas of the new selection that intersect with the channel contents. In Photoshop, you can select the channel in the Channels palette to - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 283
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Channels and Masks Back 283 • Select > Load Selection, then choose an option from the submenu. To load a selection from another image (Photoshop): 1 Open the two images you want to use. Note: The images must have identical pixel dimensions. - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 284
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 284 Using Layers special features such as adjustment layers, fill layers, and layer styles let you create sophisticated effects. Illustration of how transparent areas on a layer let you see through to the layers below Using the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 285
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 285 when clicking the triangle to expand or collapse all sets. Creating layers and layer sets A new image in Photoshop or ImageReady has a single layer. The number of additional layers, layer sets, and layer effects you can - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 286
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 286 Opacity to specify an opacity for the layer or layer set. (See "Setting layer opacity" on page 295.) • (Photoshop) Fill with Mode-neutral color to fill the layer with a preset, neutral color. (See "Filling new layers with a - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 287
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 287 Working transparency: 1 Do one of the following: • (Photoshop) In Windows and Mac OS 9.x, choose Edit > Preferences > Transparency & Gamut; in Mac OS X, choose Photoshop > Preferences > Transparency & Gamut. • (ImageReady) - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 288
, or choose None for Grid Size to hide the transparency checkerboard. 3 (Photoshop) Select Use Video Alpha to enable Photoshop to send transparency information to your computer's video board.This option requires hardware support-make sure that your computer's video board allows images to be overlaid - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 289
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 289 To create a new document from a layer or layer set (Photoshop): 1 Select a layer or layer set in the Layers palette. 2 Choose Duplicate Layer or Duplicate Layer Set from the Layers menu or the Layers palette menu. 3 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 290
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 290 To align the contents of layers: 1 Do one of the following: • To align the content of a - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 291
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 291 To lock all properties portions of the layer.This option is equivalent to the Preserve Transparency option in earlier versions of Photoshop. • Lock Image to prevent modification of the layer's pixels using the painting tools. - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 292
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 292 2 In the set's name in the Layers palette. Enter a new name in the Name text box, and click OK. • (Photoshop) Select a layer or layer set, and choose Layer Properties or Layer Set Properties from the Layers menu or the Layers - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 293
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 293 To rasterize a single or Delete Layer Set from the Layers menu or the Layers palette menu. To delete linked layers (Photoshop): Do one of the following: • To delete the linked layers with confirmation, choose Delete Linked - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 294
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 294 To merge two layers or layer sets: 1 Position the layers or layer sets you want to - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 295
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 295 Layers palette, enter a value in the Opacity text box or drag the Opacity pop-up slider. • (Photoshop) Double-click a layer thumbnail, choose Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options, or choose Blending Options from the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 296
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 296 • (ImageReady) layers with no pixels. Selecting Fill with Mode-neutral color in the New Layer dialog box resolves this problem by first filling the layer with a preset, neutral color. The neutral color is assigned based on - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 297
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 297 To specify fill opacity for a layer: Do one of the following: • (Photoshop) In the Layers palette, enter a value in the Fill Opacity text box or drag the Fill Opacity pop-up slider. • (Photoshop) Double-click a layer thumbnail - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 298
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 298 • Place the page 296 and "Choosing a blending mode" on page 296.) 6 Click OK. Restricting blending to channels (Photoshop) You can restrict blending effects to a specified channel when blending a layer or layer set. By default - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 299
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 299 Grouping blending options: 1 Select the layer that you want to affect. 2 Do one of the following: • (Photoshop) Double-click a layer thumbnail, choose Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options, or choose Blending Options from - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 300
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 300 • Select restrict layer effects to the area defined by the vector mask. 4 (Photoshop) Click OK. Specifying a range for blending layers (Photoshop) The sliders in the Blending Options dialog box let you control which pixels - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 301
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 301 Using layer applied with just a click of the mouse. Photoshop and ImageReady provide a variety of preset styles to fill a wide range of uses. Illustration of a layer without a style Illustration of a layer with a style Note: - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 302
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 302 Applying preset styles The Styles palette, Layer Styles dialog box (Photoshop (instead of replace) any existing effects on the destination layer. • (Photoshop) Double-click a layer thumbnail in the Layers palette, and click on - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 303
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 303 To change how preset styles are displayed: 1 Click the triangle in the Styles palette, Layer Styles dialog box (Photoshop), or Layer Styles pop-up palette in the options bar (Photoshop). 2 Choose a display option from the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 304
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 304 Displaying layer the effect you select. Note: ImageReady provides a subset of the effect settings provided by Photoshop. Photoshop Layer Style dialog box. Click a check box to apply the default settings without displaying - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 305
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 305 To edit a layer . (Click the inverted triangle next to the "f" icon to display the effects contained in the style.) • (Photoshop) Double-click a layer thumbnail, and select the effect you want to edit on the left side of the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 306
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 306 Gradient Specifies the gradient of a layer effect. In Photoshop, click the gradient to display the Gradient Editor or click the inverted arrow and choose a gradient from the pop-up palette. In Photoshop, you can edit a - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 307
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 307 Technique drag the texture with the mouse to position it while in this panel. Modifying layer effects with contours (Photoshop) You can use contours to shape the appearance of an effect over a given range in the Drop Shadow - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 308
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 308 4 To create a sharp box, enter a value or drag the angle radius to set the Angle and Altitude, and click OK. • (Photoshop) In the Layer Style dialog box for Drop Shadow, Inner Shadow, or Bevel, select Use Global Light. For - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 309
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 309 • (Photoshop) Double-click the layer thumbnail, Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and click the layer style in the Styles palette. • (Photoshop) Select a style is the Styles section of the Layer Styles dialog box. (See "Applying - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 310
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 310 Copying style to the highest layer in the Layers palette that contains pixels at the drop point. Scaling layer effects (Photoshop) A layer style may have been tuned to look best on a target resolution with features of a given - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 311
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 311 To remove a layers produced by this process may not result in artwork that exactly matches the version using layer styles. In Photoshop, you may see an alert when you create the new layers. To convert a layer style to image - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 312
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 312 About than making the adjustment to each layer separately. Note: Adjustment layers can be applied and edited only in Photoshop; however, they can be viewed in ImageReady. Fill layers let you fill a layer with a solid - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 313
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 313 Gradient Click the origin of the pattern with that of the document window. (See "Using rulers, columns, the measure tool, guides, and the grid" on page 43.) Select Link With Layer to specify that the pattern moves with the fi - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 314
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 314 Editing bitmap images and are resolution-dependent and are created with the painting or selection tools. • (Photoshop) Vector masks are resolution-independent and are created with the pen or shape tools. Using Help | - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 315
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 315 In the Layers palette, both the layer and vector masks appear as an additional thumbnail to - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 316
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 316 To add a mask layer thumbnail in the Layers palette to deselect the mask channel. To select and display the layer mask channel (Photoshop): Do one of the following: • Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the layer mask - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 317
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 317 To change the rubylith display for a layer mask (Photoshop): 1 Web design element. To add a vector mask that shows or hides the entire layer (Photoshop): 1 In the Layers palette, select the layer to which you want to add a - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 318
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 318 To disable or enable a vector mask: Do one of the following: • Shift-click the vector mask thumbnail in the Layers palette. • (Photoshop) Select the layer with the vector mask you want to disable or enable, and choose Layer > - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 319
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 319 To load a layer or clipping group icon . The Blend Clipped Layers As Group option in the Layer Style dialog box (Photoshop) or the Layer Options palette (ImageReady) determines whether the blending mode of the base affects the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 320
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Layers Back 320 • Link together the desired layers in the Layers palette. (See "Linking layers"on page 289.) Then - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 321
Filter menu and work in the same way as built-in filters. If you are interested in creating plug-in modules, contact Adobe Systems Developer Support. (See "Using plug-in modules" on page 58.) Note: If you have problems or questions about a third-party plug-in, contact the plug-in's manufacturer for - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 322
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Applying Filters for Special Effects Back (Mac OS) lets you gauge the time remaining until the filter is applied. Blending filter effects (Photoshop) The Fade command changes the opacity and blending mode of any filter, painting tool, erasing tool, or - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 323
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Applying Filters for Special Effects the Texture pop-up menu, and locate and open a texture image. All textures must be in the Photoshop format. Most filters use only the grayscale information of a color file. Defining undistorted areas The Displace - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 324
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Applying Filters for Special Effects Back to individual channels-for example, to each RGB channel-if the image is large and you're having problems with insufficient memory. (With some filters, effects vary if applied to the individual channel rather - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 325
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Applying Filters for Special Effects Back 325 helps to blend a selection into the surrounding pixels. Noise filters can create unusual textures or remove problem areas, such as dust and scratches, from an image. The Add Noise filter can be used - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 326
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Applying Filters for Special Effects Back nding and heightening contrast in an image. After using filters such as Find Edges and Trace Contour (Photoshop) that highlight edges, you can apply the Invert command to outline the edges of a color image - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 327
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Applying Filters for layer, be sure to deselect the Preserve Transparency option in the Layers palette. Blur and Blur More (Photoshop) Eliminate noise where significant color transitions occur in an image. Blur filters smooth transitions by averaging - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 328
. Gaussian refers to the bell-shaped curve that is generated when Adobe Photo-shop applies a weighted average to the pixels. The Gaussian Blur filter adds low-frequency detail and can produce a hazy effect. Motion Blur (Photoshop) Blurs in a particular direction (from -360º to +360º) and at a speci - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 329
creates displacement maps, using a flattened file saved in Adobe Photoshop format (except Bitmap mode images). You can also use the files in Photoshop file and apply it. You can adjust scaling, distortion, and smoothness settings. When using surface controls with a file, follow the instructions - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 330
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Applying Filters for Special Effects Back 330 to blend a selection into the surrounding pixels. Noise filters can create unusual textures or remove problem areas, such as dust and scratches, from an image. Add Noise Applies random pixels to an - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 331
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Applying Filters for Special Effects Back 331 To use the Dust & Scratches filter: 1 Choose Filter > Noise > Dust & Scratches. 2 If necessary, - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 332
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Applying Filters for Special Effects Back 332 Crystallize Clumps pixels into a solid color in a polygon shape. Facet (Photoshop) Clumps pixels of solid or similar colors into blocks of like-colored pixels. You can use this filter to make a scanned - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 333
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Applying Filters for Special Effects Back 333 Sharpen filters The Sharpen filters focus blurry images by increasing the contrast of adjacent pixels. Sharpen and Sharpen More (Photoshop) Focus a selection and improve its clarity. The Sharpen More fi - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 334
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Applying Filters for Special Effects with lighter pixels. Anisotropic shuffles pixels in the direction of the least change in color. Emboss (Photoshop) Makes a selection appear raised or stamped by converting its fill color to gray and tracing the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 335
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Applying Filters for Special Effects of the original and reveals part of the original image underneath the tiled edges. Trace Contour (Photoshop) Finds the transitions of major brightness areas and thinly outlines them for each color channel for an - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 336
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Applying Filters for Special Effects use filters to modify masks, offset a selection within an image, and make quick color adjustments. Custom (Photoshop) Lets you design your own filter effect. With the Custom filter, you can change the brightness - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 337
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Applying Filters for Special Effects one at a time. Use the Save and Load buttons to save and reuse custom filters. High Pass (Photoshop) Retains edge details in the specified radius where sharp color transitions occur and suppresses the rest of the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 338
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Applying Filters for Special Effects Back chosen in the General Preferences dialog box opens. For information on choosing a color picker, see "Using the Adobe Color Picker" on page 261, or "Using other color pickers" on page 265. 5 To set light - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 339
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Applying Filters for Special Effects Back 339 3 Adjust the light: • To move the light, drag the center circle. • To increase - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 340
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Applying Filters for Special Effects Back 340 Crossing A white spotlight with medium (35) intensity and a wide (69) focus. Crossing Down - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 341
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Applying Filters for Special a texture from another image, copy and paste the image into a new channel. (See "Creating alpha channels (Photoshop)" on page 280.) 2 In the Lighting Effects dialog box, choose a channel from the Texture Channel menu: - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 342
Adobe Photoshop . However, Photoshop and ImageReady preserve the vector-based type outlines and use them when you scale or resize type, save a PDF or EPS In Photoshop, a type layer is not created for images in Multichannel, Bitmap, or Indexed Color mode, because these modes do not support layers. - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 343
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 343 About using the type tools (Photoshop) Clicking begin a new line. 5 Commit the type layer. (See "About using the type tools (Photoshop)" on page 343.) Entering paragraph type When you enter paragraph type, the lines of type - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 344
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 344 To enter paragraph type: 1 Do one of the following: • (Photoshop) Select the horizontal type tool or the vertical type tool . • (ImageReady) Select the type tool . 2 Do one of the following: • Drag diagonally to define a - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 345
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 345 • (Photoshop) To skew the bounding box, hold down Ctrl+Shift (Windows) or Command+Shift (Mac OS) and drag a side handle. The pointer turns into an arrowhead with a small double arrow . Illustration of skewing type using the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 346
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 346 • Use layer text as desired. 5 Commit the changes to the type layer. (See "About using the type tools (Photoshop)" on page 343.) Rasterizing type layers Some commands and tools-such as filter effects and painting tools-are - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 347
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 347 Specifying anti-aliasing Anti-aliasing lets you produce smooth-edged type by partially filling the edge - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 348
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 348 When you convert from paragraph type to point type, a carriage return is added at the end - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 349
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 349 2 Select a type tool, and click the Warp button in the options bar; or choose Layer > Type > Warp Text. 3 Choose None from the Style pop-up menu, and click OK. Creating a work path from type (Photoshop) Creating a work path - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 350
In addition to the fonts installed on your system, Photoshop uses font files in these local folders: Windows Program Files/Common Files/Adobe/Fonts Mac OS 9.x System Folder/Application Support/Adobe/Fonts Mac OS X Library/Application Support/Adobe/Fonts If you install a Type 1, TrueType, OpenType, or - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 351
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 351 To choose a page 348.) Choosing a type size The type size determines how large the type appears in the image: • In Photoshop, the default unit of measurement for type is points. One PostScript point is equal to 1/72 of an inch - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 352
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 352 2 Select an option for Point/Pica Size.Traditional points are slightly smaller than PostScript points. Changing - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 353
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 353 To change the previous versions of Photoshop. To adjust kerning manually: 1 Click with a type tool to set an insertion point between two characters. Note: If a range of type is selected, you can't manually kern the characters. - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 354
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 354 To specify tracking: In uppercase characters, either all caps or small caps. When you format type as small caps, Photoshop and ImageReady use the small caps designed as part of the font, if available. If the font does - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 355
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 355 • Choose All Caps below the type baseline. If the font does not include superscript or subscript characters, Photoshop generates faux superscript or subscript characters. To specify superscript or subscript characters: Do one - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 356
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 356 In Photoshop, you can also use alternate ligatures check mark indicates that the option is selected. To use alternate ligatures (Photoshop): Choose Alternate Ligatures from the Character palette menu. A check mark indicates - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 357
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 357 Rotating check a word, place an insertion point in the word. 3 Choose Edit > Check Spelling. 4 As Photoshop finds unfamiliar words and other possible errors, do one of the following: • Click Ignore to continue checking spelling - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 358
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 358 • Click Add to have Photoshop store the unrecognized want to spell-check only that layer, deselect Check All Layers. Finding and replacing text (Photoshop) You can search for a single character, a word, or group of words. Once - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 359
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 359 • Make a selection within a range of paragraphs to apply formatting to multiple paragraphs. • Select the type layer - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 360
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 360 Indenting paragraphs Indentation specifies the amount of space between type and the bounding box or - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 361
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 361 Adjusting hyphenation You can hyphenate words manually or automatically. To choose a hyphenation dictionary: Choose a language from the pop-up menu at the bottom of the Character palette To turn automatic hyphenation on - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 362
supports the specified parameters. About composition methods Photoshop and ImageReady offer two composition methods: the Adobe Every-line Composer and the Adobe line at a time. This option is useful if you prefer to have manual control over how lines break. The Single-line composer uses the following - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 363
composition method for a paragraph: Choose Adobe Every-line Composer or Adobe Single-line Composer from the Paragraph palette menu. A check mark indicates which option is selected. Setting options for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean type (Photoshop) Photoshop provides several options for working with - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 364
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 364 Specifying how leading is measured Top-to-top leading measures the spacing between lines of type - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 365
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 365 Working with Japanese type. Characters that cannot begin a line or end a line are known as kinsoku characters. Photoshop includes weak and maximum kinsoku sets based on the Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) X 4051-1995 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 366
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 366 • Mojikumi Set 3 to use full-width spacing for most characters and the last character in the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 367
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Using Type Back 367 To select a kinsoku line breaking option: Choose Oidashi or Oikomi from the Paragraph palette menu. A check - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 368
for building a Web page in GoLive. For more information on using GoLive, see the Adobe GoLive User Guide. Note: You can preview most Web effects directly in Photoshop or ImageReady. However, the appearance of an image on the Web depends on the operating system, color display system, and browser - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 369
Adobe Photoshop . You can use slices to achieve faster download speeds. Slices are also advantageous when working with of an image needs to be optimized in GIF format to support an animation, but the rest of the image is better optimized guides, and in ImageReady, from a selection. Using Help | - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 370
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 370 To To create slices from guides: 1 Add guides to an image. (See "Using guides and the grid" on page 45.) 2 Do one of the following: • (Photoshop) Select the slice tool, and click Slices From Guides in the options - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 371
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 371 ImageReady) Choose Slices > Promote to User-slice(s). Viewing slices You can view slices in Photoshop, the Photoshop Save for Web dialog box, and ImageReady.The following characteristics can help you identify and - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 372
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 372 the following: • In Windows and Mac OS 9.x, choose Edit > Preferences > Guides, Grid, & Slices. • In Mac OS X, choose Photoshop > Preferences > Guides, Grid, & Slices. 2 Under Slices, click Show Slice Numbers. To show - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 373
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 373 To change the color of slice lines: 1 Do one of the following: • (Photoshop) In Windows and Mac OS 9.x, choose Edit > Preferences > Guides, Grid, & Slices; in Mac OS X, choose Photoshop > Preferences > Guides, Grid, & - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 374
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 374 • ( select and resize adjacent slices, common edges shared by the slices are resized together. To snap slices to a guide or another user slice: 1 Select the options you want from the View > Snap To submenu, and choose - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 375
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 375 Dividing user slices and auto slices The Divide Slice dialog box lets you divide slices horizontally, vertically, or both. In Photoshop, you can divide only one slice; in ImageReady, you can divide multiple slices at - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 376
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 376 To copy and paste a slice (ImageReady): 1 Select one or more slices. 2 Choose Copy Slice from - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 377
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 377 To align user slices: menu. To delete all user slices and layer-based slices: Do one of the following: • (Photoshop) Choose View > Clear Slices. • (ImageReady) Choose Slices > Delete All. Using Help | Contents | Index - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 378
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 378 Locking slices (Photoshop) Locking slices prevents or HTML text. Because No Image slices contain no image data, they download more quickly. Photoshop and ImageReady do not display No Image slice content. To view No - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 379
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 379 browser" on page 53.) To choose a background color: 1 Select a slice. If you are working in the Photoshop Save for Web dialog box, double-click the slice with the slice select tool to display the Slice Options dialog box - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 380
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 380 3 If desired origin point of the ruler is the upper left corner of the image. (See "Using rulers, columns, the measure tool, guides, and the grid" on page 43.) • W to specify the width of the slice. • H to specify the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 381
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 381 • T to of the slice image in nongraphical browsers. It also appears in place of the image while the image is downloading and as a tool tip in some browsers. In ImageReady, if the Message and Alt options aren't showing, - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 382
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 382 4 (Photoshop Save for Web dialog slices You can optimize Image slices using the Save for Web dialog box (Photoshop) or the Optimize palette (ImageReady). All Image slices use the optimization settings of - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 383
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 383 Linked slices on page 420.) Note: You can also link slices in the Photoshop Save for Web dialog box. (See "Working with slices in the Save for Web dialog box (Photoshop)" on page 417.) To link slices: 1 Select two or - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 384
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 384 Layer-based image map areas Are created from a layer-the layer's content defines the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 385
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 385 Converting layer-based image maps to tool-based image maps Because a layer-based image map - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 386
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 386 Selecting and modifying image maps (ImageReady) You can move, arrange, align, and duplicate tool-based - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 387
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 387 • Y to origin point of the ruler is the upper left corner of the image. (See "Using rulers, columns, the measure tool, guides, and the grid" on page 43.) • W to specify the width of a rectangular image map area. • H to - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 388
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 388 Front , Bring Forward , Send Backward , Send to Back . Alternately, choose a stacking order command from the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 389
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 389 To URL. If you enter a full URL, be sure to include http:// (for example, enter http://www.adobe.com, not www.adobe.com). For more information on using relative URLs and full URLs, see an HTML reference (either printed - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 390
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 390 Creating Web photo galleries (Photoshop) You use the Web full-size image loads. Web photo gallery home page and loaded gallery page Photoshop provides a variety of styles for your gallery, which you can select using - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 391
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 391 4 address. • For Date, enter the date that you want to appear on each page of the gallery. By default, Photoshop uses the current date. • For Font and Font Size, choose options for the banner text. 5 To set options for - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 392
About Web photo gallery styles The Web photo gallery styles provided by Photoshop are stored in individual folders in the following location: Windows Program Files/Adobe/Photoshop 7.0/Presets/WebContactSheet Mac OS Adobe Photoshop 7.0/Presets/WebContactSheet The name of each folder in this location - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 393
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 393 can create a new Web photo gallery style by creating the necessary HTML template files that are used by Photoshop to generate a gallery. To create a new Web photo gallery style: 1 Locate the folder that stores the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 394
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 394 3 Using an HTML HTML template files that are used to define a default Web photo gallery style.The tokens enable Photoshop to generate a gallery based on user input in the Web Photo Gallery dialog box. When customizing or - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 395
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Designing Web Pages Back 395 % %, %NEXTIMAGE%, %NEXTINDEX%, %PAGE%, %PREVIMAGE%, and %PREVINDEX%. When generating specific pages of a gallery, Photoshop skips lines in a template that contain tokens that don't apply to those pages. For example, when - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 396
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Creating Rollovers and Animations ( own layer enables you to change the position and appearance of the element across a series of frames. Illustration of a rollover. The button is on its own layer; effects are added to the layer to create - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 397
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Creating Rollovers and Animations (ImageReady) Back 397 Editing layers in rollover states and animation frames Some changes you make to - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 398
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Creating Rollovers and Animations (ImageReady) Back 398 4 Select one of the following: • Current Animation to apply layer attributes for the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 399
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Creating Rollovers and Animations (ImageReady) states as a Web page, each rollover state is saved as a separate image file. A B C Illustration of an image with three rollover states: A. Normal state B. Over state C. Down state You can use layer - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 400
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Creating Rollovers and Animations (ImageReady) Back 400 Creating slices for rollovers You can quickly create layer-based slices for rollovers - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 401
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Creating Rollovers and Animations (ImageReady) Back file for the Web page in order for the Custom rollover option to function. See a JavaScript manual for more information.) None Preserves the current state of the image for later use, but does not - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 402
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Creating Rollovers and Animations (ImageReady) Back 402 2 In the document window, perform the action that activates the rollover state. For - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 403
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Creating Rollovers and Animations (ImageReady) style. 2 Apply the effects to each state using predefined styles in the Styles palette or by manually setting layer effects in the Layers palette. (See "Using layer effects and styles" on page 301.) - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 404
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Creating Rollovers and Animations (ImageReady) Back 404 To move states between slices and image maps: Drag the state up or - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 405
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Creating Rollovers and Animations (ImageReady) Back 405 To add a frame to an animation: 1 In the Rollovers palette, select the state - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 406
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Creating Rollovers and Animations (ImageReady) Back 406 • To select discontiguous multiple frames, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 407
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Creating Rollovers and Animations (ImageReady) Back 407 To copy and paste layers between frames: 1 Select the frame you want to - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 408
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Creating Rollovers and Animations (ImageReady) Back 408 To create frames using tweening: 1 To apply tweening to a specific layer, select it - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 409
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Creating Rollovers and Animations (ImageReady) Back 409 Specifying looping You select a looping option to specify how many times the animation - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 410
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Creating Rollovers and Animations (ImageReady) Back current frame will be visible through the transparent areas of the next frame. A B Illustration of frame disposal methods: A. Frame with background transparency with Restore to Background option - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 411
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Creating Rollovers and Animations (ImageReady) Back should always optimize an animation in GIF format because GIF is the only format in ImageReady that supports the display of animated images on the Web. Note: While you can optimize an image that - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 412
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Creating Rollovers and Animations (ImageReady) Back files created using this option are smaller but are incompatible with GIF editors that do not support the option. (This option is selected by default and is recommended.) • Redundant Pixel Removal - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 413
ways. Opening Photoshop files as animations You can easily create animated GIFs from existing one-layer-per-frame images in Adobe Photoshop file file as a frame in ImageReady. Files can be in any format that ImageReady supports. Each file becomes a frame in the Animation palette. The files are placed - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 414
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Creating Rollovers and Animations (ImageReady) Back 414 To import a folder of files as frames: 1 Place the files to be used - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 415
Web or other online media. Adobe Photoshop and Adobe ImageReady give you an effective range Photoshop Save As command lets you save an image as a GIF, JPEG, PNG, or WBMP file. Depending on the file format, you can specify image quality, background transparency or matting, color display, and downloading - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 416
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web Back 416 Using the Save for Web dialog box (Photoshop) You use the Save for Web dialog box to select optimization options and preview optimized artwork. A B C D E F G Save for Web dialog box A. Toolbox B. - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 417
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the for the optimized image shows the current optimization options, the size of the optimized file, and the estimated download time using the selected modem speed. You can choose a modem speed in the Preview pop-up menu. - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 418
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web the optimized image shows the current optimization options, the size of the optimized file, and the estimated download time using the selected modem speed. You can choose a modem speed in the image information box at - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 419
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web Back 419 Applying optimization settings You use the Optimize panel in the Save for Web dialog box (Photoshop) and the Optimize palette (ImageReady) to set optimization options. If you're working in 2-Up or 4-Up mode, - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 420
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web Back 420 Optimization options for GIF and PNG-8 formats GIF is the standard format for compressing images with flat color and crisp detail, such as line art, logos, or illustrations with type.You can lower the size of - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 421
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web Back 421 Dithering Dithering refers to the method of simulating colors not available in the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 422
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web Back 422 • To fill fully transparent pixels with the selected color and blend partially transparent - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 423
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web Back 423 in a browser while the full image file is downloading. Interlacing can make downloading time seem shorter and can assure viewers that downloading is in progress. However, interlacing also increases file size - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 424
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web Back viewers to see a lowresolution version of the image before it downloads completely. Note: Progressive JPEGs require more RAM for viewing, and are not supported by some browsers. Blur Specify the amount of blur to - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 425
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web If you edit a named set or a predefined set, the Settings menu displays the term "Unnamed." In Photoshop, after you optimize an image, you can return to the artboard without losing your settings. When you choose the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 426
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web Back 426 To reset optimization settings to the last saved version (Photoshop): Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and click Reset. Resizing the image during optimization (Photoshop with illustrations manually - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 427
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web Back 427 To manually optimize an image: Choose a if it appears). • Choose Regenerate from the Optimize palette menu. Note: Manually optimizing an image does not turn auto-regeneration on. To cancel optimization: Click - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 428
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the color table. About masks and weighted optimization Photoshop and ImageReady automatically generate masks when you create a type layer or a shape layer. You can also manually create masks and store them in alpha channels. - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 429
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web Back 429 • Channel to choose an alpha channel from the menu. In ImageReady, you can - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 430
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web Back 430 To use masks to modify dithering: 1 In the Optimize panel/palette, choose a GIF - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 431
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web Back The color table for a slice appears in the Color Table panel in the Save for Web dialog box (Photoshop) or the Color Table palette (ImageReady). Note: In ImageReady, be careful not to confuse the Color Table - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 432
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web Back 432 To select a color reduction algorithm: Choose an option from the Color Reduction Algorithm - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 433
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web Back and choose a color from the color picker. • Select the eyedropper tool in the Save for Web dialog box (Photoshop) or the toolbox (ImageReady) and click in the image. • Select the eyedropper tool , click in the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 434
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web To select a color from the optimized image: 1 Select the eyedropper tool in the Save for Web dialog box (Photoshop) or the toolbox (ImageReady). 2 Click a color in the image. A white border appears around that color in - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 435
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web Back 435 To view a discontiguous group of colors, press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 436
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web Back 436 To revert Web-shifted colors to their original colors: Do one of the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 437
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web Back 437 A for a GIF or PNG image, save the color table in the Presets/Optimized Colors folder inside the Photoshop program folder. 3 Click Save. Important: When you reload the table, all shifted colors will appear as - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 438
table when selecting Optimization options for a GIF or PNG image, save the master palette in the Optimized Colors folder, inside the Presets folder in the Adobe Photoshop folder. 9 Click Save. 10 To apply the master palette to the image or images for which it was created, open the image or images - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 439
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web Info palette: 1 Choose Window > Info or click the Info palette tab to view the palette. 2 (Photoshop) Choose Palette Options from the palette menu. Under First Color Readout or Second Color Readout, choose Web Color - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 440
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web Back 440 Swatches palette into the HTML file in the destination application. Note: This feature is not supported by all text and HTML editing applications. Using a droplet to automate optimization settings (ImageReady) - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 441
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web optimized image: 1 Select the view with the desired optimization settings, and do one of the following: • (Photoshop) Click Save in the Save For Web dialog box. • (ImageReady) Choose File > Save Optimized to save the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 442
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web Back from the File > Output Settings submenu. Use this method if you want to load and save settings. • (Photoshop) Choose Edit Output Settings from the Optimize pop-up menu in the Save For Web dialog box. Use this - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 443
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web Back need to select this option if you plan to edit rollovers in GoLive 6.0. Note: GoLive does not support the Selected rollover state. Setting slice output options You can set the following options in the Slices set: - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 444
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web both a client-side and server-side compatible image map, using CERN specifications. Note: Contact your Internet service provider to find out whether to use NCSA or CERN specification for server-side image maps. Image Map - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 445
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Preparing Graphics for the Web 1 Choose File > File Info. 2 Enter a title that will appear in the Web browser's title bar: • (Photoshop) In the General section of the File Info dialog box, enter the desired text in the Caption text box. • ( - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 446
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Saving and Exporting Images Back 446 Saving and Exporting Images Saving images The saving options that are available to you vary between Photoshop and ImageReady. Keep in mind that the primary focus of ImageReady is producing images for the Web. - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 447
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Saving and Exporting Images Back 447 2 Choose a format from the format pop-up menu. Note: In Photoshop, if you choose a format that does not support all features of the document, a warning appears at the bottom of the dialog box. If you see this - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 448
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Saving and Exporting Images However, some page-layout applications and some commercial print spooling and network printing software may not support binary Photoshop EPS files. • JPEG compresses the file by discarding some image data. Files with JPEG - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 449
Adobe Photoshop support Photoshop DCS format: 1 Save the artwork, and choose Photoshop DCS 1.0, or Photoshop Photoshop EPS files. For more information, see "Saving files in Photoshop EPS format (Photoshop in GIF format (Photoshop) You can use Web command (Photoshop) or the color images (Photoshop)" on - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 450
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Saving and Exporting Images Back 450 • Interlaced displays low-resolution versions of the image in a browser as the file downloads. Interlacing makes download time seem shorter, but it also increases file size. Saving files in JPEG format (Photoshop) - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 451
Adobe Photoshop that does not support version 4 profiles. PDF Security Specifies security more information on PDF security, see Acrobat Help. Include Vector download is complete. • Interlaced displays low-resolution versions of the image in a browser as the file downloads. Interlacing makes download - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 452
Image Pyramid Preserves multiresolution information. Photoshop does not provide options for opening multiresolution files; the image opens at the highest resolution within the file. However, Adobe InDesign and some image servers provide support for opening multiresolution formats. Save Transparency - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 453
Adobe Photoshop to choose a different ZoomView Template (ZVT) file.You can download additional templates from the Viewpoint Web site. Output Location Click Folder ), in compression technique, and in which Photoshop and ImageReady features they support. For more information on choosing file formats - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 454
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Saving and Exporting Images Back 454 LZW (Lemple-Zif-Welch) Lossless compression; supported by TIFF, PDF, GIF, and PostScript language file formats. Most useful for images with large areas of single color. JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 455
Photoshop EPS Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) language file format can contain both vector and bitmap graphics and is supported by virtually all graphic, illustration (Photoshop) These formats let you open images saved in file formats that create previews but are not supported by Adobe Photoshop (such - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 456
images to Photoshop PDF format. Photoshop PDF files Are created using the Photoshop Save As command. Photoshop PDF files can contain only a single image. Photoshop PDF format supports all of the color modes and features that are supported in standard Photoshop format. Photoshop PDF also supports JPEG - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 457
PDF files Are created using applications other than Photoshop, such as Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Illustrator, and can contain multiple pages and images. When you open a Generic PDF file, Photoshop or the contents of the Scrapbook. PICT Resource format supports RGB images with a single alpha channel, and - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 458
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Saving and Exporting Images Back 458 Raw (Photoshop) Raw format is a flexible file format for transferring images between applications and computer platforms. This format supports with the Apple Computer Developer Services group. The header parameter - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 459
(Photoshop) File information-also called metadata-is increasingly important in all types of publishing. Adobe Photoshop supports the origins. In Windows, you can add file information to files saved in Photoshop, TIFF, JPEG, EPS, and PDF formats. In Mac OS, you can add file information to files in - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 460
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Saving and Exporting Images Back 460 Origin File Info file. You can load either an XMP file or an FFO file created by a previous version of Photoshop. • Click Save to save the current file information in an XMP file for later use. • Click Append to add - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 461
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Saving and Exporting Images Back 461 • 256 pixels by 256 pixels if you expect the image to be cropped, rotated, - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 462
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Saving and Exporting Images Back 462 of the image. • Adult Content to label the image contents as suitable for adults only. (Within Photoshop, this option does not limit access to adult-only images, but future versions of other applications may - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 463
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Saving and Exporting Images Back 463 To Size to save a 72-ppi version of the file for use in applications that can only open low-resolution Photoshop images. For non-EPS files, this is a PICT preview. File Extension (Windows) Choose an option for the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 464
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Saving and Exporting Images Back 464 4 Select an option for generating thumbnails, and click OK. Preview icons appear on the desktop and in file lists (when the view is set to Large Icons). Creating multiple-image layouts (Photoshop) You can export - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 465
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Saving and Exporting Images Back 465 To create a picture package from a single image: 1 Choose File > Automate > Picture Package. 2 Specify the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 466
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Saving and Exporting Images Back everything else transparent when the image is printed or placed in another application. Image imported into Illustrator without image clipping path, and with image clipping path To save a path as an image clipping - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 467
Photoshop EPS, DCS, or PDF format. • To print the file using a non-PostScript printer, save in TIFF format and export to Adobe InDesign or to Adobe PageMaker® 5.0 or later. Note: If you import an EPS or DCS file with a TIFF preview into Adobe Illustrator into problems when : • Manually reduce the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 468
Illustrator reflect the dimensions of the Adobe Photoshop image. The position of the path within the Photoshop image is maintained, provided you don't change the crop marks or move the path. Object linking and embedding (OLE) (Windows only) Photoshop is an OLE 2.0 server, which means it supports - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 469
or embedded image in an OLE application: 1 Double-click the linked or embedded image in your word-processor or page-layout application to launch Adobe Photoshop (if it is not already running), and open the image for editing. 2 Modify the image as desired. 3 Do one of the following: • For embedded - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 470
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Printing (Photoshop) Back 470 Printing (Photoshop) About printing Whether you are providing an image to an outside service bureau or just sending a quick proof to a desktop printer, knowing a few basics about printing will make the print job go - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 471
Print, and click Print or OK. • To print one copy of a file without displaying a dialog box, choose File > Print One Copy. Note: By default, Adobe Photoshop prints a composite of all visible layers and channels. To print an individual layer or channel, make it the only visible layer or channel before - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 472
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Printing (Photoshop) Back 472 To preview the current image the Image Size dialog box. (See "Changing the print dimensions and resolution of an image (Photoshop)" on page 67.) Scaling an image in the Print with Preview dialog box changes the size - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 473
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Printing (Photoshop) Back 473 Setting output options You can select Select Show More Options, and choose Output from the pop-up menu. Note: Options not supported by the designated printer are dimmed. 3 Set one or more of the following options: - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 474
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Printing (Photoshop) Back 474 Transfer Lets you adjust when an image is transferred to film. This option is recognized only when you print directly from Photoshop, or when you save the file in EPS format and print to a PostScript printer. Generally - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 475
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Printing (Photoshop) Back 475 Selecting halftone screen attributes Halftone between a piece of film and the image and then exposing the film. In Photoshop, you specify the halftone screen attributes just before producing the film or paper output. For - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 476
For a color separation, choose from the following options: • To manually enter the screen frequency and angle, choose a color of the screen for Ink, and enter the frequency and angle; repeat for each color separation. • To have Adobe Photoshop determine and enter the best frequencies and angles for - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 477
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Printing (Photoshop) Back 477 Printing part of an image You can errors. Some print spooler programs, computer networks, and third-party printer drivers don't support files that are binary or JPEG-encoded, and some PostScript output devices accept - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 478
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Printing (Photoshop) Back 478 Using color management when to which you are sending the document. Specifying the printer space ensures that Photoshop has enough information to interpret and reproduce the source colors accurately on the printer - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 479
traps for continuous-tone images such as photographs. Excessive trapping may produce an outline effect. These problems may not be visible on-screen and might show up only in print. Adobe Photoshop uses standard rules for trapping: • All colors spread under black. • Lighter colors spread under darker - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 480
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Printing (Photoshop) Back 480 About duotones Duotones are spot channel for areas that you want printed as standard grayscale. (See "Adding spot colors (Photoshop)" on page 272.) Modifying the duotone curve In a duotone image, each ink has a - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 481
on the curve. When you specify two values along the curve, Adobe Photoshop calculates intermediate values. As you adjust the curve, values are automatically these colors, make sure that you have calibrated your monitor following the instructions in "Creating an ICC monitor profile" on page 117. To - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 482
to load a set of duotone curves, ink settings, and overprint colors. You can then apply these settings to other grayscale images. The Adobe Photoshop application includes several sample sets of duotone, tritone, and quadtone curves. These sets include some of the more commonly used curves and colors - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 483
file in DCS 2.0 format. DCS 2.0 preserves spot channels and is supported by applications such as Adobe PageMaker and QuarkXPress®. (See "Saving files in Photoshop EPS format (Photoshop)" on page 448.) To print separations from Photoshop: 1 Choose File > Print with Preview. 2 Select Show More Options - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 484
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Automating Tasks Back 484 Automating Tasks individual actions. This palette also lets you save and load action files. In Photoshop, actions are grouped into sets-you can create new sets to better organize your actions. (See "Organizing - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 485
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Automating Tasks Back 485 To display Actions palette displays actions in list mode-you can expand and collapse sets, actions, and commands. In Photoshop, you can also choose to display actions in button mode (as buttons in the Actions palette that - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 486
menu. Recording paths (Photoshop) The Insert Path command lets you include a complex path (a path created with a pen tool or pasted from Adobe Illustrator) as part of an memory. If you encounter problems, increase the amount of memory available to Photoshop. Using Help | Contents | Index Back 486 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 487
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Automating Tasks Back 487 To record a path: 2 Choose Insert Stop from the Actions palette menu. 3 Type the message you want to appear. 4 (Photoshop) If you want the option to continue the action without stopping, select Allow Continue. 5 Click OK. - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 488
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Automating Tasks Back 488 To set a Excluding commands You can exclude commands that you don't want to play as part of a recorded action. In Photoshop, you must be in list mode-not button mode-to exclude commands. To exclude or include a command: - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 489
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Automating Tasks Back 489 Specifying an output folder (ImageReady) You can specify the folder in which images are placed after actions are performed. Note: In Photoshop, you can set an output folder when using the Batch command to process files. ( - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 490
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Automating Tasks Back 490 3 Do > Undo Action Name. Setting playback options (Photoshop) Sometimes a long, complicated action does not play properly, but it is difficult to tell where the problem occurs. The Playback Options command gives you three - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 491
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Automating Tasks Back 491 To specify how fast on to the next command in the action. • Pause For to enter the amount of time Photoshop should pause between carrying out each command in the action. 3 Select Pause For Audio Annotation to ensure - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 492
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Automating Tasks Back 492 4 Click the at the bottom of the Actions palette. The copied action or command appears after the original. In Photoshop, you can duplicate sets as well as actions and commands. Deleting actions and commands If you no - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 493
file so that you can recover them if necessary.You can also load a variety of action sets that are shipped with Photoshop. Note: The default location of the Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Settings folder varies by operating system. Use your operating system's Find command to locate this folder. To save a set of - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 494
files to the ImageReady Actions folder manually. Note: The default location of the Adobe ImageReady 7.0 Settings folder varies by Choose Rescan Actions Folder from the Actions palette menu. Organizing sets of actions (Photoshop) To help you organize your actions, you can create sets of actions and - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 495
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Automating Tasks Back 495 2 Enter the images with a single action. Your scanner or digital camera may need an acquire plug-in module that supports actions. (If the third-party plug-in wasn't written to import multiple documents at a time, it - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 496
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Automating Tasks Back 496 7 Choose a destination for that applies an action to one or more images that you drag onto the droplet icon: in Photoshop or in ImageReady. You can save a droplet on the desktop or to a location on disk. Using Help - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 497
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Automating Tasks Back 497 can apply Optimize palette settings to single images or batches of images. To create a droplet from an action (Photoshop): 1 Choose File > Automate > Create Droplet. 2 Click Choose in the Save Droplet In section of - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 498
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Automating Tasks Back Photoshop will launch and update the droplet for use in Mac OS. • When creating a droplet in Mac OS, use the .exe extension to make droplets compatible with both Windows and Mac OS. • References to filenames are not supported - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 499
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Automating Tasks Back 499 • Delete commands by dragging them to the Trash button . • Add a command by dragging a state from the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 500
Multi-Page PDF to PSD converts each page of a PDF document you select to a separate Photoshop file. (See "Opening and importing PDF files" on Photoshop supports some external automation using OLE Automation (Windows) or AppleScript (Mac OS). Using either of these methods lets you start Adobe Photoshop - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 501
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Automating Tasks Back 501 Using external automation lets you perform such tasks as: • Having another scriptable application generate a series of files, and having Photoshop batch-process them. • Having Photoshop had to manually populate the - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 502
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Automating Tasks Back 502 To define variables: 1 In the Layers palette, select a layer for which you want to defi - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 503
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Automating Tasks Back 503 To remove variables: 1 Choose Image > Variables > Define, or choose Variables from the Layers palette menu. 2 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 504
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Automating Tasks Back 504 To change the more information on using PSD templates to create data-driven graphics, see the Adobe GoLive User Guide, GoLive online Help, and the Adobe AlterCast Developer Guide. Using Help | Contents | Index Back 504 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 505
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Macintosh Shortcuts Back 505 Macintosh Shortcuts Viewing Result Action Fits image in window Double-click , or + Ø (zero) 100% magnification - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 506
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Macintosh Shortcuts Back 506 Constrains marquee + Return or Esc Makes protractor * + + drag end point Snaps guide to ruler ticks + drag guide Toggles guide orientation + drag guide †Hold down to move 10 pixels ‡Applies to shape tools *Not in - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 507
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Macintosh Shortcuts Back 507 Deletes * Sets opacity, tolerance, strength, or exposure for painting mode Sets flow for painting mode Cycles - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 508
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Macintosh Shortcuts Back 508 Toggles Underlining on/off* Toggles Strikethrough on/off* Toggles All Uppercase on/off* Toggles Small Caps - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 509
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Macintosh Shortcuts Back 509 Duplicates a path (works with any pen tool) Switches from or to Switches from to when over - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 510
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Windows Shortcuts Back 510 Windows Shortcuts Viewing Result Action Fits image in window Double-click , or Ctrl + Ø (zero) 100% magnifi - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 511
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Windows Shortcuts Back 511 Constrains Enter or Esc Makes protractor * + Alt + drag end point Snaps guide to ruler ticks + drag guide Toggles guide orientation Alt + drag guide †Hold down to move 10 pixels ‡Applies to shape tools *Not in - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 512
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Windows Shortcuts Back 512 Deletes * Sets opacity, tolerance, strength, or exposure for painting mode Sets flow for painting mode Cycles - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 513
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Windows Shortcuts Back 513 Shows/Hides selection on selected type Toggles Underlining on/off* Toggles Strikethrough on/off* Toggles All - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 514
Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Windows Shortcuts Back 514 Duplicates a path (works with any pen tool) + Alt + Ctrl + drag Switches from or to Ctrl Switches - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 515
not intended to refer to any actual organization. Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, Acrobat Reader, Adobe Dimensions, Adobe Gamma, After Effects, FrameMaker, GoLive, Illustrator, ImageReady, InDesign, InProduction, Minion, Myriad, PageMaker, Photoshop, PostScript, PressReady, and Streamline are either - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 516
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 Adobe AlterCast 504 Adobe Certification program 9 Adobe Color picker 265 Adobe Gamma utility 118 Adobe GoLive 504 Adobe Illustrator files, opening 74, 76 files, placing 80 Adobe Online 7, 8 Adobe Online preferences 8 Adobe Premiere 456 Adobe - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 517
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 517 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 490 saving 447 ANPA colors 264 anti-aliasing 3-D rendering 188 Adobe Illustrator files 76 EPS files 76 layer style option 305 PDF files 75 placed artwork 81 rasterized shapes 202 selections 166, 279 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 518
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 518 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Auto Screens dialog box 476 auto slices. See slices automatic frame disposal 410 Automatically Create - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 519
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 519 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ brightness adjusting 150 defined 86 equalizing 153 Brightness/Contrast command 150 Bring Forward command 289 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 520
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 520 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ splitting into separate images 269 thumbnails 266, 267 viewing 266 See also alpha channels, color - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 521
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 521 ABCDEFGH I Windows System 98 Color Picker dialog box. See color pickers Color Picker option 261, 265 color pickers Adobe 261, 265 Apple 265 choosing 265 plug-in 265 Windows 265 color profiles. See profiles Color Range - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 522
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 522 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ descriptions 105 dither option 111 loading 112 overview 104 predefined settings 105 preference file 107 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 523
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 523 ABCDEFGH I filter 336 custom ink colors 263 custom shape tool 200 Custom Spot Function dialog box 476 customer support 9 customizing CMYK color spaces 121 grayscale color spaces 125 RGB color spaces 120 spot-color profiles - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 524
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 524 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Cut command 173 Cutout filter 326 D Dark Strokes filter 328 Darken mode 241 data sets - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 525
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 525 ABCDEFGH I See CJK type downsampling 66 dpi (dots per inch) 64 drawing constraining shapes 203, 205 differences between Photoshop and ImageReady 200 shapes 200 with the pen tools 205 with the shape tools 201 drivers scanner 69 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 526
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 526 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ EPS 453 animation and movie 456 for nonsupported previews 455 Photo CD 89 Scitex CT 90, 94 supporting paths 217 See also compression, Save for Web dialog box, and names of individual formats File - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 527
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 527 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ filling layers 249 paths 220, 250 selections 249 type 352 with background color 250 with - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 528
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 528 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Glass filter 323, 329 global lighting 308 Glowing Edges filter 335 glyph spacing 361 GoLive opening Photoshop selections 163 grid and guides about 45 Grow command 166 guides creating slices from 370 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 529
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 529 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ text selections 350, 354 using layer masks 315 High Pass filter 337 high-key images - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 530
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 530 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 413 PDF images 75 Photoshop images into other applications 466 PICT resources 78 See also scanning importing images digital camera with WIA support 70 scanning with WIA support 70 WIA support 70 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 531
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 531 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ J jitter about 231 angle 233 color 237 count 234 flow 238 opacity 238 roundness 233 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 532
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 532 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ palette 170, 284 leading 352 leading, for CJK type 364 learning resources overview 9 legacy Photoshop serial number 58 Lemple-Zif-Welch (LZW) compression 454 Lens Flare filter 332 letter spacing - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 533
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 533 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ line tool 200 about 201 measuring distances with 32 Linear Burn mode 241 Linear Dodge - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 534
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 534 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ subtracting from a mode about 90, 271 duotone mode adjustments 482 type in 342 Multi-Page PDF to PSD command 75 multiple copies. See duplicating Multiply mode 241 Using Help | Contents | Index Back - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 535
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 535 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ N 414 open paths 211 Open Recent command 74 opening animated GIF files 413 EPS files 76 images 73, 79 PDF files 74 Photo CD files 76 Raw files 77 See also placing, importing OpenType fonts 342, 350, - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 536
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 536 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Optimize palette 417 creating droplets from 499 Optimize to File Size option 419 optimized images - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 537
drawing freehand 208 exporting to Adobe Illustrator 468 filling 220, 250 from format 456 PDF files opening 74 placing 80 saving 450 viewing with Acrobat Reader 6 PDF format 456 PDF Image command CD format 89 Photocopy filter 334 Photoshop EPS format. See EPS files Photoshop format 448, 449 picas 352 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 538
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 538 ABCDEFGH I size 44 PostScript Color Management option 478 PostScript Language Reference Manual 476 ppi (pixels per inch) 63 See also resolution preferences Adobe Online 8 anti-aliasing 76 Asian text 363 Clipboard 171 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 539
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 539 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ file handling 83 image previews 463 interpolation 66 optimization 427 plug-in modules 58, 59 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 540
113, 136 Protect Foreground Color option 226 PSD format. See Photoshop format punctuation, hanging 360 Purge Cache command 80 Purge command 37 346 rasterized shapes anti-aliasing 202 drawing 200 rasterizing 171 Adobe Illustrator artwork 171 PDF files 75, 80 PostScript artwork 76, 80 type layers 346 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 541
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 541 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ command 80 Reverse Frames command 406 Revert command 37 RGB color displays cross-platform differences 92 Photoshop and ImageReady differences 92 RGB color model 87, 262 RGB color spaces about 88 RGB - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 542
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 542 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ rulers about 43 changing settings 44 zero origin 43 Run Length Encoding (RLE) compression 453 S - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 543
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 543 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ from slices 164 converting to layer 286 copying 169 copying between applications 170 copying within Photoshop 167 creating edge effects with 323 creating slice from 370 customizing 158, 160, 161 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 544
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 544 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ tool 158 single row marquee tool 158 Single-line Composer 362 Sixteen Bits/Channel command 94 Size/Download Time option 49 Sketch filters 326, 333 skewing about 185 placed artwork 81 type bounding box - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 545
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 545 ABCDEFGH I target channel 267 target values, setting with Levels or Curves 141 Tate-Chuu-Yoko command 364 technical support 9 templates, for data-driven graphics 501 Text Bounds command 345 Text Selection command 350, 354 - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 546
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 546 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Texture filters 326, 336 textures for special effects 322 in Lighting Effects filter 340 Texturizer - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 547
Adobe Photoshop Help Index 179 trimming an image 179 tritones 90 See also duotones troubleshooting 9 TrueType fonts 342, 350 TRUMATCH colors 264 Tsume option point type 343 saving in EPS or DCS format 449 saving in PDF format 451 selecting 349 selection border 345 spell-checking 357 work path - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 548
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 548 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ U UCA vector graphics about 61 printing 477 resizing 65 saving in EPS or DCS format 449 saving in PDF format 451 type 342, 349 Vector Mask Hides Effects option 300 vector shapes. See shapes vertical - Adobe 13101332 | User Guide - Page 549
Adobe Photoshop Help Index Using Help | Contents | Index Back 549 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 429 GIF lossiness 429 JPEG quality 428 wet edges 238 White Matte 163 white point 120 WIA support 70 importing with digital camera 70 scanning 70 Wind filter 335 Windows Color Picker 265 Windows color
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Using Help
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Using Help
About online Help
Adobe Systems, Inc. provides complete documentation in the Adobe PDF Help system.
The Help system includes information on all the tools, commands, and features for both
Windows and Mac OS. The PDF format is designed for easy navigation online, and support
for third-party screen readers compatible with Windows. The Help can also be printed as a
desktop reference.
Navigating in Help
The Help will open in an Acrobat window with the bookmark pane open. If the bookmark
pane is not open choose Window > Bookmarks. You can also navigate using the
navigation bar, the index, or search the document.
At the top and bottom of each page is a navigation bar. Click Using Help to return to this
introduction. Clicking Contents, or Index will take you to that section.
The Next Page
and the Previous Page
arrows let you move through the pages
sequentially. Click Back to return to the last page you viewed. You can also use the
navigation arrows in the Acrobat toolbar.
Using bookmarks, the table of contents, the index, and Find
The contents of Help are shown as bookmarks in the bookmark pane. To view subtopics,
click the plus sign next to a bookmark. Each bookmark is a hyperlink to the associated
section of the Help document.
To go to the information, click its bookmark. As the information is displayed in the
document pane, its bookmark is highlighted.
You can turn highlighting on or off by selecting the Highlight Current Bookmark option
from the bookmark pane menu.
To find a topic using the table of contents:
1
Click Contents in the navigation bar at the top or bottom of any page.
2
Click a topic on the Contents page to move to the first page of that topic.
3
In the bookmark pane, expand the topic to see its subtopics.
To find a topic using the index:
1
Click Index in the navigation bar at the top or bottom of any page.
2
Click the appropriate letter at the top of the page.
You can also expand the Index bookmark, and click the letter in the bookmark pane.
3
Locate your entry, and click the page number link to view the information.
4
To view multiple entries, click Back to return to the same place in the index.