Adobe Photoshop CS6

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Adobe? Photoshop? CS6

Learn to correct,

enhance, and distort

digital photos; create

image composites;

and prepare images for

print and the web.

Compile and edit video,

including transitions

and motion effects.

Use content-aware tools

to seamlessly replace

or duplicate areas of an

image. Create and

manipulate 3D images

in Photoshop CS6

Extended.

The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way

to learn Adobe Photoshop CS6

Classroom in a Book?, the best-selling series of hands-on software training

workbooks, helps you learn the features of Adobe software quickly and

easily. Classroom in a Book offers what no other book or training program

does¡ªan official training series from Adobe Systems Incorporated,

developed with the support of Adobe product experts.

What you need to use this book: Adobe Photoshop CS6 software, for

either Windows or Mac OS. (Software not included.)

note: Classroom in a Book does not replace the documentation,

support, updates, or any other benefits of being a registered owner of

Adobe Photoshop software. includes DVD-rom with lesson files and

up to 2 hours of premium video training from Adobe Photoshop CS6:

Learn by Video.

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classroom

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Adobe Photoshop CS6 Classroom in a Book contains 14 lessons. The

book covers the basics of learning Adobe Photoshop and provides

countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with

the program. You can follow the book from start to finish or choose only

those lessons that interest you.

¡°The Classroom in a Book

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you need to master the

software is included:

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Adobe? Photoshop ? CS6

classroom in a book?

The official training workbook from Adobe Systems

Adobe? Photoshop? CS6 Classroom in a Book?

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Contents

Getting Started 1

About Classroom in a Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

What¡¯s new in this edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

What¡¯s in Photoshop Extended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Installing Adobe Photoshop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Starting Adobe Photoshop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Copying the Classroom in a Book files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Restoring default preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Additional resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Adobe certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1

Getting to Know the Work Area

8

Starting to work in Adobe Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Using the tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Using the options bar and other panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Undoing actions in Photoshop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Customizing the workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Finding resources for using Photoshop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Checking for updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

2

Basic Photo Corrections

44

Strategy for retouching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Resolution and image size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Getting started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Adjusting the color in Camera Raw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Straightening and cropping the image in Photoshop . . . . . . . . 51

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