Introduction.........................................................................................................................XX
What’s different in this book........................................................................................XXII
Acknowledgements....................................................................................................XXIV
1 Photoshop Fundamentals 1
Photoshop installation........................................................................................................... 2
The Photoshop interface......................................................................................................... 3
Creating a new document................................................................................................ 5
User interface brightness................................................................................................ 6
Tabbed document windows........................................................................................... 10
Managing document windows...................................................................................... 12
Synchronized scroll and zoom............................................................................... 13
Image document window details................................................................................... 14
Title bar proxy icons (Mac only)............................................................................ 16
Info panel status information.................................................................................. 16
Rulers, Guides & Grid................................................................................................... 17
‘Snap to’ behavior......................................................................................................... 18
Pixel Grid view.............................................................................................................. 18
The Photoshop panels.................................................................................................. 19
Panel arrangements and docking........................................................................... 20
Panel positions remembered in workspaces.......................................................... 21
Customizing the menu options ............................................................................. 22
Customizing the keyboard shortcuts...................................................................... 23
Task-based workspaces................................................................................................ 24
Working with a dual display setup......................................................................... 26
Adobe™ Configurator 3 application.............................................................................. 27
Photoshop CC Tools panel.................................................................................................. 28
Options bar................................................................................................................... 30
Tool Presets.................................................................................................................. 30
Selection tools..................................................................................................................... 32
Color Range.................................................................................................................. 34
Modifier keys................................................................................................................ 36
Painting tools....................................................................................................................... 38
On-the-fly brush changes.............................................................................................. 39
On-screen brush adjustments................................................................................ 40
Brush panel................................................................................................................... 41
Brush panel options .............................................................................................. 42
Pressure sensitive control............................................................................................. 42
Brush tool presets......................................................................................................... 43
Mixer brush.................................................................................................................. 43
Bristle tip brush shapes................................................................................................ 45
Load/Replace Swatches from HTML............................................................................. 46
Hex Field................................................................................................................ 47
Tools for filling..................................................................................................................... 48
Tools for drawing................................................................................................................. 49
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Image editing tools............................................................................................................... 50
Move tool...................................................................................................................... 52
Layer selection using the move tool.............................................................................. 52
Navigation and information tools......................................................................................... 54
Zoom tool shortcuts...................................................................................................... 54
Hand tool...................................................................................................................... 55
Bird’s-eye view.............................................................................................................. 55
Flick panning................................................................................................................ 56
Windows Multi-touch support ..................................................................................... 56
Eyedropper tool............................................................................................................. 56
Ruler tool...................................................................................................................... 56
Rotate view tool............................................................................................................. 57
Notes tool..................................................................................................................... 58
Count tool..................................................................................................................... 58
Screen view modes.............................................................................................................. 59
Working with Layers............................................................................................................ 60
Automating Photoshop......................................................................................................... 61
Preset Manager.................................................................................................................... 62
History................................................................................................................................. 63
The History panel.......................................................................................................... 63
History settings and memory usage....................................................................... 64
History brush................................................................................................................ 66
Use of history versus undo........................................................................................... 66
Snapshots..................................................................................................................... 67
Non-linear history......................................................................................................... 68
When files won’t open.......................................................................................................... 69
Save often..................................................................................................................... 70
Background Saving....................................................................................................... 71
Normal saves......................................................................................................... 71
Using Save As… to save images........................................................................... 72
File formats.......................................................................................................................... 73
Photoshop native file format......................................................................................... 73
Smart PSD files..................................................................................................... 73
Large Document (PSB) format...................................................................................... 74
TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)................................................................................... 74
Pixel order............................................................................................................. 75
Byte order.............................................................................................................. 75
Save Image Pyramid.............................................................................................. 76
TIFF compression options..................................................................................... 76
Flattened TIFFs...................................................................................................... 76
JPEG............................................................................................................................. 76
PNG.............................................................................................................................. 77
Photoshop PDF............................................................................................................. 77
Adobe Bridge CC................................................................................................................. 78
The Bridge interface...................................................................................................... 80
Making Bridge CS6 work with Photoshop CC....................................................... 80
Custom work spaces in Bridge.............................................................................. 81
Opening files from Bridge............................................................................................. 82
Slideshows................................................................................................................... 82
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Mini Bridge................................................................................................................... 83
Camera Raw 8.0................................................................................................................... 84
DNG and transparency support..................................................................................... 84
Opening photos from Bridge via Camera Raw............................................................... 84
Easter eggs.......................................................................................................................... 86
2 Configuring Photoshop 87
What you will need............................................................................................................... 88
Macintosh..................................................................................................................... 88
Windows....................................................................................................................... 88
The ideal computer setup..................................................................................................... 89
Choosing a display....................................................................................................... 90
Video cards............................................................................................................ 91
HiDPI (Retina displays)........................................................................................................ 92
Retina display and default zoom settings...................................................................... 92
Retina display support.................................................................................................. 93
Display calibration and profiling................................................................................... 94
Calibration hardware.............................................................................................. 94
The calibration/profiling procedure............................................................................... 96
White point............................................................................................................ 96
Gamma.................................................................................................................. 96
Luminance............................................................................................................. 97
The profiling process.................................................................................................... 97
Do you want good color or just OK color?........................................................... 100
Color management settings........................................................................................ 101
Synchronizing the Color Settings......................................................................... 102
Extras.......................................................................................................................... 103
Backing up your image data........................................................................................ 103
Protecting the power supply........................................................................................ 104
Photoshop preferences....................................................................................................... 105
General preferences.................................................................................................... 105
Interface preferences................................................................................................... 108
Sync Settings.............................................................................................................. 110
The synchronization process................................................................................ 111
File Handling preferences........................................................................................... 112
Camera Raw preferences ..................................................................................... 113
TIFF and PSD options.......................................................................................... 115
Recent File list..................................................................................................... 116
Performance preferences............................................................................................. 116
Memory usage..................................................................................................... 117
32-bit and 64-bit RAM limits............................................................................... 118
History & Cache......................................................................................................... 119
Scratch disks.............................................................................................................. 120
Scratch disk performance............................................................................................ 121
Interface connection............................................................................................. 122
Hard drive speed.................................................................................................. 122
RAID setups................................................................................................................ 122
RAID 0 (striping).................................................................................................. 123
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RAID 1 (mirroring)............................................................................................... 123
Internal RAID....................................................................................................... 123
External RAID....................................................................................................... 124
Graphics Processor settings................................................................................ 124
Cursors preferences.................................................................................................... 126
Transparency & Gamut................................................................................................ 127
Color Picker gamut warning................................................................................. 128
Units & Rulers............................................................................................................ 128
Guides, Grid & Slices.......................................................................................... 129
Plug-ins...................................................................................................................... 131
Type preferences......................................................................................................... 132
Ensuring the preferences are saved............................................................................. 132
3 Camera Raw Image Processing 133
Camera Raw advantages ................................................................................................... 134
The new Camera Raw workflow................................................................................... 134
Does the order matter?......................................................................................... 136
Raw capture......................................................................................................... 136
JPEG capture....................................................................................................... 137
Editing JPEGs and TIFFs in Camera Raw............................................................. 137
Alternative Raw processors.................................................................................. 138
A basic Camera Raw/Photoshop workflow.................................................................. 139
Camera Raw support................................................................................................... 142
DNG compatibility................................................................................................ 142
Getting raw images into Photoshop................................................................................... 143
Image ingestion........................................................................................................... 143
Importing images via Photo Downloader............................................................. 144
Tethered shoot imports........................................................................................ 149
Tethered shooting via Canon EOS Utility.............................................................. 150
Importing images via other programs.................................................................. 153
Import Images from Device (Mac only)................................................................ 154
Basic Camera Raw image editing ...................................................................................... 156
Working with Bridge and Camera Raw........................................................................ 156
General controls for single file opening....................................................................... 158
Full size window view.......................................................................................... 160
General controls for multiple file opening................................................................... 160
Opening raw files as Smart Objects............................................................................ 162
Saving photos from Camera Raw................................................................................ 166
The histogram display................................................................................................. 167
Image browsing via Camera Raw................................................................................ 168
Camera Raw preferences............................................................................................. 170
Default Image Settings......................................................................................... 171
Camera Raw cache............................................................................................... 171
DNG file handling................................................................................................ 171
JPEG and TIFF handling...................................................................................... 172
Camera Raw cropping and straightening..................................................................... 173
How to straighten and crop......................................................................................... 174
Basic panel controls........................................................................................................... 176
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White balance............................................................................................................. 176
Using the white balance tool................................................................................ 177
Process Versions........................................................................................................ 178
The Process 2012 tone adjustment controls .............................................................. 180
Exposure.............................................................................................................. 180
Contrast............................................................................................................... 181
Highlights and Shadows...................................................................................... 182
Whites and Blacks................................................................................................ 183
Suggested order for the Basic panel adjustments................................................. 183
Preserving the highlight detail.................................................................................... 184
When to clip the highlights......................................................................................... 186
How to clip the shadows............................................................................................. 187
Shadow levels after a conversion................................................................................ 188
Digital exposure................................................................................................... 190
How Camera Raw interprets the raw data............................................................. 191
Basic panel image adjustment procedure.................................................................... 192
Auto tone corrections.................................................................................................. 195
Camera-specific default settings.......................................................................... 195
Clarity......................................................................................................................... 197
Negative clarity..................................................................................................... 198
Vibrance and Saturation.............................................................................................. 200
Tone Curve panel........................................................................................................ 202
Point Curve editor mode...................................................................................... 204
RGB Curves......................................................................................................... 204
Correcting a high contrast image................................................................................ 206
HSL/Grayscale panel................................................................................................... 208
Recovering out-of-gamut colors........................................................................... 209
Adjusting the hue and saturation.......................................................................... 210
Lens Corrections panel............................................................................................... 212
Accessing and creating custom lens profiles....................................................... 214
Lens Corrections: Color tab........................................................................................ 215
Chromatic aberration........................................................................................... 215
Defringe sliders.................................................................................................... 217
The Defringe controls in use................................................................................ 218
Eyedropper tool mode.......................................................................................... 219
Localized adjustments: Defringe slider................................................................. 222
Lens Corrections: Manual tab..................................................................................... 224
Upright corrections.............................................................................................. 224
Synchronizing Upright settings............................................................................ 226
Transform controls............................................................................................... 230
Lens Vignetting controls...................................................................................... 230
Effects panel................................................................................................................ 232
Post Crop Vignetting control................................................................................ 232
Post Crop Vignette style options.......................................................................... 234
Highlights slider.................................................................................................. 236
Adding Grain effects............................................................................................ 238
Camera Calibration panel............................................................................................ 240
New Camera Raw profiles ................................................................................... 240
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Camera look settings profiles............................................................................... 241
Custom camera profile calibrations............................................................................. 242
DNG Profile Editor............................................................................................... 244
Camera Raw as a Photoshop filter............................................................................... 248
Spot removal tool........................................................................................................ 252
Creating circle spots............................................................................................ 252
Synchronized spotting with Camera Raw............................................................. 254
Visualize spots..................................................................................................... 254
Creating brush spots............................................................................................ 256
Deleting spots...................................................................................................... 257
Red eye removal.......................................................................................................... 260
Localized adjustments........................................................................................................ 261
Adjustment brush........................................................................................................ 261
Initial Adjustment brush options................................................................................. 262
Brush settings...................................................................................................... 262
Adding a new brush effect........................................................................................... 263
Editing brush adjustments.......................................................................................... 264
Previewing the brush stroke areas....................................................................... 264
Auto masking....................................................................................................... 266
Darkening the shadows............................................................................................... 268
Hand-coloring in Color mode..................................................................................... 270
Graduated filter tool.................................................................................................... 272
Graduated color temperature adjustment.............................................................. 275
Radial filter adjustments.............................................................................................. 277
Correcting edge sharpness with the radial filter.......................................................... 279
Camera Raw settings menu......................................................................................... 281
Export settings to XMP........................................................................................ 282
Update DNG previews.......................................................................................... 282
Load Settings… Save Settings…........................................................................ 282
Camera Raw defaults........................................................................................... 283
Presets panel.............................................................................................................. 283
Saving and applying presets ............................................................................... 283
Copying and synchronizing settings.................................................................... 285
Synchronizing different process versions.................................................................... 286
Legacy presets............................................................................................................ 286
Working with Snapshots............................................................................................. 288
DNG file format.................................................................................................................. 290
The DNG solution....................................................................................................... 290
DNG compatibility................................................................................................ 291
Saving images as DNG............................................................................................... 292
Lossy DNG........................................................................................................... 292
DNG Converter........................................................................................................... 294
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4 Sharpening and noise reduction 295
When to sharpen................................................................................................................ 296
Why one-step sharpening is ineffective....................................................................... 296
Capture sharpening..................................................................................................... 296
Capture sharpening for scanned images.............................................................. 297
Process versions......................................................................................................... 298
Improvements to Camera Raw sharpening.................................................................. 298
Sample sharpening image........................................................................................... 301
Detail panel................................................................................................................. 301
Sharpening defaults............................................................................................. 302
The sharpening effect sliders............................................................................... 302
Amount slider...................................................................................................... 303
Radius slider........................................................................................................ 304
The suppression controls..................................................................................... 305
Detail slider.......................................................................................................... 305
Interpreting the grayscale previews...................................................................... 307
Radius and Detail grayscale preview.................................................................... 307
Masking slider............................................................................................................ 308
Masking slider example....................................................................................... 309
Some real world sharpening examples....................................................................... 310
Sharpening portrait images.................................................................................. 310
Sharpening landscape images............................................................................. 311
Sharpening a fine-detailed image......................................................................... 312
How to save sharpening settings as presets................................................................ 313
Capture sharpening roundup...................................................................................... 314
Selective sharpening in Camera Raw.......................................................................... 315
Negative sharpening............................................................................................ 315
Extending the sharpening limits........................................................................... 315
How to apply localized sharpening....................................................................... 316
Negative sharpening to blur an image.................................................................. 318
Noise removal in Camera Raw.................................................................................... 320
Process Versions and noise reduction................................................................. 320
Detail panel Noise Reduction sliders.................................................................... 322
Color noise.......................................................................................................... 323
Non-raw image noise reduction.................................................................................. 323
Adding grain to improve appearance of sharpness.............................................. 326
Localized noise reduction in Camera Raw............................................................ 328
Localized moiré removal in Camera Raw............................................................. 330
Localized sharpening in Photoshop................................................................................... 332
Smart Sharpen filter.................................................................................................... 332
Basic Smart Sharpen mode.................................................................................. 332
Advanced Smart Sharpen mode.................................................................................. 334
Removing Motion Blur......................................................................................... 335
Shake Reduction filter................................................................................................. 336
The Shake Reduction controls.............................................................................. 337
Repeat filtering..................................................................................................... 338
Smart object support........................................................................................... 338
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Blur direction tool................................................................................................ 339
How to get the best results................................................................................... 339
Creating a depth of field brush.................................................................................... 342
5 Image Editing Essentials 345
Pixels versus vectors......................................................................................................... 346
Photoshop as a vector program.................................................................................. 347
Image resolution terminology..................................................................................... 347
ppi: pixels per inch.............................................................................................. 347
lpi: lines per inch................................................................................................. 347
dpi: dots per inch................................................................................................. 348
Desktop printer resolution.................................................................................... 348
Choosing the right pixel resolution for print........................................................ 349
The optimum number of pixels................................................................................... 349
Repro considerations.................................................................................................. 350
The relationship between ppi and lpi........................................................................... 351
But we always use 300 ppi!................................................................................. 352
Altering the image size................................................................................................ 353
Image interpolation..................................................................................................... 354
Nearest Neighbor (hard edges)............................................................................ 354
Bilinear ............................................................................................................... 355
Bicubic (smooth gradients) ................................................................................. 355
Bicubic Smoother (enlargement).......................................................................... 355
Bicubic Sharper (reduction)................................................................................. 355
Bicubic Automatic................................................................................................ 355
Preserve Details (enlargement)............................................................................ 356
Basic pixel editing.............................................................................................................. 358
The image histogram................................................................................................... 358
The Histogram panel............................................................................................ 360
Basic Levels editing and the histogram....................................................................... 361
Bit depth..................................................................................................................... 362
8-bit versus 16-bit image editing......................................................................... 363
16-bit and color space selection.......................................................................... 364
Comparing 8-bit with 16-bit editing..................................................................... 365
The RGB edit space and color gamut........................................................................... 366
Direct image adjustments............................................................................................ 368
Adjustment layers approach................................................................................. 368
Adjustments panel controls.................................................................................. 369
Properties panel controls..................................................................................... 369
Maintaining focus in the Properties panel............................................................ 371
Levels adjustments..................................................................................................... 372
Analyzing the histogram....................................................................................... 372
Using Levels to improve the contrast................................................................... 374
Curves adjustment layers........................................................................................... 376
On-image Curves editing..................................................................................... 378
Direct Curves dialog................................................................................................... 380
Saving and loading curves.......................................................................................... 380
Using Curves in place of Levels.......................................................................... 382
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Output levels adjustments.................................................................................... 382
Using Curves to improve contrast........................................................................ 384
Curves luminance and saturation........................................................................ 384
Luminosity and Color blending modes................................................................ 386
Curve presets...................................................................................................... 388
Locking down portions of a curve....................................................................... 390
Creating a dual contrast curve............................................................................. 391
Brightness and Contrast.............................................................................................. 392
Correcting shadow and highlight detail....................................................................... 394
Amount................................................................................................................ 394
Tonal Width.......................................................................................................... 394
Radius.................................................................................................................. 394
Color Correction.................................................................................................. 397
Midtone Contrast................................................................................................. 397
Auto image adjustments.............................................................................................. 398
Match Color corrections............................................................................................. 400
Enhance Brightness and Contrast............................................................................... 400
Color corrections............................................................................................................... 402
Color Balance adjustments......................................................................................... 402
Basic color balancing with Levels............................................................................... 402
Color corrections using Curves.................................................................................. 404
Hue/Saturation............................................................................................................ 406
Vibrance...................................................................................................................... 409
Color Lookup adjustments.......................................................................................... 410
Photo Filter................................................................................................................. 412
Multiple adjustment layers.......................................................................................... 413
Adjustment layer masks.............................................................................................. 414
Properties panel mask controls................................................................................... 414
Editing a mask using the masks controls............................................................. 416
Live shape properties ................................................................................................. 418
Blend mode adjustments............................................................................................. 422
Cropping............................................................................................................................ 424
Entering measurement units................................................................................. 424
Delete cropped pixels.................................................................................................. 425
Crop ratio modes........................................................................................................ 425
Landscape and portrait mode crops............................................................................ 426
Crop tool presets........................................................................................................ 426
Crop overlay display................................................................................................... 427
Crop tool options........................................................................................................ 428
Front Image cropping.................................................................................................. 428
Disable edge snapping......................................................................................... 428
Selection-based cropping........................................................................................... 430
Canvas size................................................................................................................. 431
Big data....................................................................................................................... 432
Perspective crop tool................................................................................................... 433
Content-aware scaling................................................................................................ 434
How to protect skin tones..................................................................................... 436
How to remove objects from a scene.................................................................... 437
Image rotation............................................................................................................. 438
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6 Black and white 439
Converting color to black and white................................................................................... 440
Dumb black and white conversions............................................................................. 440
Smarter black and white conversions.......................................................................... 440
Black & White adjustment presets............................................................................... 443
Split color toning using Color Balance....................................................................... 444
Split color toning using Curves adjustments.............................................................. 446
Split color toning using a Gradient Map..................................................................... 448
Camera Raw black and white conversions................................................................... 450
Pros and cons of the Camera Raw approach........................................................ 450
HSL grayscale conversions.................................................................................. 452
Camera Calibration panel tweaks......................................................................... 452
Camera Raw Split Toning panel.................................................................................. 453
Saturation shortcut.............................................................................................. 453
Camera Raw color image split toning.................................................................. 454
Black and white output....................................................................................................... 457
Advanced B&W Photo tips.......................................................................................... 457
7 Extending the dynamic range 459
High dynamic range imaging............................................................................................. 460
HDR essentials............................................................................................................ 461
Alternative approaches......................................................................................... 462
Bracketed exposures............................................................................................ 462
Photomatix Pro........................................................................................................... 462
Displaying deep-bit color.................................................................................... 463
Capturing a complete scenic tonal range.................................................................... 464
HDR shooting tips....................................................................................................... 465
HDR File formats.................................................................................................. 466
How to fool Merge to HDR................................................................................... 466
Basic tonal compression techniques.................................................................................. 468
Blending multiple exposures....................................................................................... 468
Camera Raw adjustments using Process 2012............................................................ 472
Processing HDR files in Camera Raw.......................................................................... 474
The Camera Raw options..................................................................................... 474
Merge to HDR Pro.............................................................................................................. 478
Response curve.......................................................................................................... 478
Tone mapping HDR images......................................................................................... 480
Local Adaptation.................................................................................................. 480
Removing ghosts................................................................................................. 482
How to avoid the ‘HDR’ look................................................................................. 482
Smooth Edges option.................................................................................................. 484
HDR toning example................................................................................................... 484
How to smooth HDR toned images............................................................................. 488
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8 Image retouching 491
Basic cloning methods....................................................................................................... 492
Clone stamp tool......................................................................................................... 492
Clone stamp brush settings................................................................................. 492
Healing brush............................................................................................................. 494
Choosing an appropriate alignment mode.................................................................. 496
Clone Source panel and clone overlays...................................................................... 496
Clone and healing sample options....................................................................... 498
Better healing edges.................................................................................................... 499
Spot healing brush...................................................................................................... 500
Healing blend modes........................................................................................... 501
Spot healing in Content-Aware mode......................................................................... 502
Patch tool.................................................................................................................... 504
The patch tool and content-aware filling.............................................................. 506
Adaptation methods............................................................................................. 508
Content-aware move tool............................................................................................ 509
Content-aware move tool in Extend mode............................................................ 511
Working with the Clone Source panel......................................................................... 512
Perspective retouching................................................................................................ 514
Alternative history brush spotting technique............................................................... 516
Portrait retouching............................................................................................................. 518
Beauty retouching.............................................................................................................. 520
Liquify................................................................................................................................ 522
Advanced Liquify tool controls.................................................................................... 524
Reconstructions................................................................................................... 524
Mask options....................................................................................................... 525
View options........................................................................................................ 525
Saving the mesh.................................................................................................. 526
Photoshop CC performance and interface................................................................... 527
Smart Object support.................................................................................................. 527
On-screen cursor adjustments............................................................................. 528
Targeted distortions using Liquify........................................................................ 529
9 Layers, Selections and Masking 531
Selections and channels..................................................................................................... 532
Selections................................................................................................................... 532
Quick Mask mode....................................................................................................... 534
Creating an image selection........................................................................................ 535
Modifying selections................................................................................................... 536
Alpha channels........................................................................................................... 536
Modifying an image selection..................................................................................... 537
Selections, alpha channels and masks........................................................................ 539
Anti-aliasing............................................................................................................... 540
Feathering................................................................................................................... 540
Layers................................................................................................................................ 541
Layer basics................................................................................................................ 541
Image layers................................................................................................................ 541
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Vector layers............................................................................................................... 542
Text layers................................................................................................................... 542
Adjustment layers....................................................................................................... 542
Layers panel controls.................................................................................................. 542
Layer styles.......................................................................................................... 545
Adding layer masks..................................................................................................... 545
Viewing in Mask or Rubylith mode...................................................................... 546
Removing a layer mask........................................................................................ 546
Adding an empty layer mask................................................................................ 546
Thumbnail preview clipping................................................................................. 546
Properties Panel in Masks mode................................................................................. 548
Refine Edge command................................................................................................. 549
View modes......................................................................................................... 551
Edge detection..................................................................................................... 551
Smart Radius....................................................................................................... 552
Adjust Edge section............................................................................................. 552
Refine Edge output............................................................................................... 553
Working with the quick selection tool.......................................................................... 554
Combining a quick selection with Refine Edge............................................................ 556
Ragged borders with the Refine Edge adjustment........................................................ 562
Color Range masking.................................................................................................. 564
Layer blending modes........................................................................................................ 568
Advanced Blending options........................................................................................ 574
Knockout options................................................................................................. 574
Blend Interior effects............................................................................................ 574
Creating panoramas with Photomerge........................................................................ 576
Depth of field blending................................................................................................ 580
Working with multiple layers.............................................................................................. 582
Color coding layers..................................................................................................... 582
Layer group management............................................................................................ 582
Nested group layer compatibility......................................................................... 583
Managing layers in a group................................................................................. 584
Clipping masks........................................................................................................... 585
Ways to create a clipping mask............................................................................ 585
Masking layers within a group............................................................................. 586
Clipping layers and adjustment layers........................................................................ 586
Layer Comps panel..................................................................................................... 588
Layer linking............................................................................................................... 590
Selecting all layers............................................................................................... 590
Layer selection using the move tool ........................................................................... 591
Layer mask linking...................................................................................................... 592
Layer locking.............................................................................................................. 593
Lock Transparent Pixels....................................................................................... 593
Lock Image Pixels................................................................................................ 593
Lock Layer Position............................................................................................. 593
Lock All................................................................................................................ 593
Smarter naming when merging layers ........................................................................ 594
Layer filtering.............................................................................................................. 594
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Isolation mode layer filtering............................................................................... 596
Transform commands........................................................................................................ 597
Repeat Transforms...................................................................................................... 599
Interpolation options................................................................................................... 599
Numeric Transforms.................................................................................................... 600
Transforming selections and paths.............................................................................. 600
Transforms and alignment........................................................................................... 601
Warp transforms......................................................................................................... 602
Puppet Warp............................................................................................................... 604
Pin rotation.......................................................................................................... 605
Pin depth............................................................................................................. 606
Multiple pin selection.......................................................................................... 606
Smart Objects...................................................................................................... 606
Drag and drop a document to a layer.......................................................................... 610
Smart Objects.................................................................................................................... 612
Photoshop paths................................................................................................................ 616
Pen path modes.......................................................................................................... 617
Drawing paths with the pen tool.................................................................................. 617
Pen path drawing example.......................................................................................... 617
Pen tool shortcuts summary................................................................................ 619
Rubber Band mode.............................................................................................. 619
Multi selection path options........................................................................................ 620
Vector masks............................................................................................................... 622
Isolating an object from the background.............................................................. 623
10 Blur, optical and lighting effects filters 625
Filter essentials.................................................................................................................. 626
16-bit filters................................................................................................................ 626
Blur filters................................................................................................................... 626
Adding a Radial Blur or Spin blur to a photo........................................................ 626
Average Blur........................................................................................................ 628
Gaussian Blur...................................................................................................... 628
Motion Blur.......................................................................................................... 628
Surface Blur......................................................................................................... 633
Box Blur............................................................................................................... 633
Shape Blur........................................................................................................... 633
Lens Blur............................................................................................................. 634
Depth of field effects............................................................................................ 634
Blur Gallery filters....................................................................................................... 636
Iris Blur................................................................................................................ 636
Radius field controls............................................................................................ 637
Blur Tools options................................................................................................ 638
Tilt-Shift blur....................................................................................................... 640
Blur ring adjustments........................................................................................... 642
Field Blur............................................................................................................. 642
Applying a Blur Gallery filter to a video clip......................................................... 644
New Smart Object support.......................................................................................... 645
Blur Gallery filters on video layers....................................................................... 645
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Smart objects and selections............................................................................... 645
Blur Gallery filter with a smart object plus mask.................................................. 646
Smart Filters...................................................................................................................... 648
Applying Smart Filters to pixel layers......................................................................... 649
Lens Corrections......................................................................................................... 654
Custom lens corrections...................................................................................... 654
Selecting the most appropriate profiles................................................................ 658
Adobe Lens Profile Creator......................................................................................... 659
Interpolating between lens profiles...................................................................... 659
Lens Correction profiles and Auto-Align.............................................................. 659
Adaptive Wide Angle filter........................................................................................... 660
How the Adaptive Wide Angle filter works............................................................ 662
Applying constraints............................................................................................ 663
Rotating a constraint............................................................................................ 664
Saving constraints............................................................................................... 664
Constraint line colors........................................................................................... 665
Polygon constraints............................................................................................. 665
Calibrating with the Adaptive Wide Angle filter.................................................... 668
Editing panorama images..................................................................................... 669
Lighting Effects filter............................................................................................ 672
Properties panel adjustments............................................................................... 673
Filter Gallery...................................................................................................................... 676
11 Image management 677
The Bridge solution............................................................................................................ 678
Configuring the General preferences........................................................................... 678
Launching Bridge........................................................................................................ 680
Rotating the thumbnails and preview.......................................................................... 680
Arranging the Bridge contents............................................................................................ 682
Customizing the panels and content area.................................................................... 684
Bridge workspace examples........................................................................................ 686
Working with multiple windows.................................................................................. 688
Slideshow mode ........................................................................................................ 689
Thumbnail settings..................................................................................................... 690
Cache management..................................................................................................... 691
Advanced and miscellaneous preferences................................................................... 693
One-click previews...................................................................................................... 694
Deleting files............................................................................................................... 694
Stacking images.......................................................................................................... 694
Auto-stacking.............................................................................................................. 696
Bridge panels..................................................................................................................... 698
Folders panel.............................................................................................................. 698
Favorites panel............................................................................................................ 698
Preview panel.............................................................................................................. 699
Review mode............................................................................................................... 700
Managing images in Bridge............................................................................................... 701
Image rating and labeling............................................................................................ 702
Sorting images in Bridge............................................................................................ 704
Filter panel.................................................................................................................. 705
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Metadata panel............................................................................................................ 706
Image metadata.................................................................................................... 707
File Info metadata................................................................................................. 707
IPTC Extensions.......................................................................................................... 708
Other types of metadata....................................................................................... 710
Importance of metadata....................................................................................... 712
Edit History log.................................................................................................... 713
Hidden metadata.................................................................................................. 713
Keywording................................................................................................................. 714
Keywords panel........................................................................................................... 715
Image searches........................................................................................................... 716
Collections panel........................................................................................................ 718
Smart Collections................................................................................................ 719
Contact Sheet II........................................................................................................... 720
Behance export........................................................................................................... 721
Bridge automation.............................................................................................................. 722
Renaming images........................................................................................................ 723
Renaming schemes.............................................................................................. 724
Undoing a Batch Rename..................................................................................... 724
Applying Camera Raw settings.................................................................................... 724
Mini Bridge........................................................................................................................ 725
The Mini Bridge interface............................................................................................ 725
View options........................................................................................................ 727
Filter and sort menus........................................................................................... 728
Navigation................................................................................................................... 728
Searching images........................................................................................................ 730
12 Print output 731
Print sharpening................................................................................................................ 732
Judge the print, not the display................................................................................... 733
High Pass filter edge sharpening technique................................................................ 733
Soft proof before printing............................................................................................ 736
Managing print expectations................................................................................ 738
Making a print.................................................................................................................... 739
Photoshop Print dialog............................................................................................... 739
Printer selection................................................................................................... 739
Color Management.............................................................................................. 742
Rendering intent selection.................................................................................... 744
Hard Proofing...................................................................................................... 745
Position and Size................................................................................................. 747
Print selected area................................................................................................ 748
Ensuring your prints are centered (Mac)..................................................................... 749
Printing Marks..................................................................................................... 750
Functions............................................................................................................. 750
Saving operating system print presets........................................................................ 751
Print output scripting.................................................................................................. 751
Configuring the Print Settings (Mac and PC).............................................................. 752
Photoshop managed color on Windows............................................................... 753
Custom print profiles.................................................................................................. 754
XVIII Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers
13 Automating Photoshop 755
Working with Actions......................................................................................................... 756
Playing an action........................................................................................................ 756
Recording actions....................................................................................................... 757
Troubleshooting actions.............................................................................................. 759
Limitations when recording actions............................................................................ 760
Actions only record changed settings.................................................................. 760
Background layers and bit depth.......................................................................... 760
Layer naming....................................................................................................... 761
Inserting menu items........................................................................................... 761
Batch processing actions............................................................................................ 762
Exporting and importing presets................................................................................. 764
Creating a droplet....................................................................................................... 765
Conditional Actions.................................................................................................... 766
Conditional action droplets.................................................................................. 767
Image Processor......................................................................................................... 770
Scripting............................................................................................................................ 771
Script Events Manager................................................................................................ 771
Automated plug-ins............................................................................................................ 772
Crop and Straighten Photos........................................................................................ 772
Fit Image..................................................................................................................... 772
Index 773
Colourmanagement.net...................................................................................................... 790
Rod Wynne-Powell............................................................................................................. 791
SOLUTIONS Photographic.......................................................................................... 791
Pixel Genius PhotoKit plug-in............................................................................................ 792
www.pixelgenius.com................................................... 792
