书名 : The Adobe Photoshop Layers Book: Harnessing Photoshop’s Most Powerful Tool, covers Photoshop CS3 (Paperback)
作者 : by Richard Lynch (Author)
出版 : Focal Press publisher
版本 : 1st
日期 : July 30, 2007
语言 : English
ISBN : 0240520769
URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0240520769/
Richard Lynch, Richard Lynch has written six books on Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, including his bestselling Hidden Power series. A photographer, designer, editor, and web developer, he writes for PCPhoto, Popular Photography, Digital Photographer and Digital Photography Techniques. He teaches photography courses and is a beta tester for Adobe Photoshop.
Description
Create, correct, and control with layers, the most powerful tool in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements Imagine yourself in total control of every adjustment to your photos. You?ve seen the illustrations in glossy magazines, the fine art reproductions in museum catalogs, the award-winning pictures of professional photographers. To produce this kind of magic, understanding how to use layers for your entire breadth of image correction is key. Discover the best ways to showcase your talent with the full power of layers from best-selling author/digital image specialist Richard Lynch. Learn what layers can do for you as an integral part of organizing image development, creating and storing image versions with nondestructive editing, and promoting a positive workflow. Timeless, not version specific, this book will help you take layers to a new level to increase your efficiency and produce better end results, whatever release of the software you use. Step-by-step instructions and practical examples illustrate how to? Don?t make your work harder than it needs to be when you can use layers to control any adjustment using multiple forms of blending concurrently – transparency, clipping, opacity/fill, masking, modes, channel targeting, Blend If, and styles. Author Richard Lynch is a photographer, designer, editor, web developer, and author of the popular ?Hidden Powers? series on Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. He also writes for PCPhoto, Popular Photography, Digital Photographer, and Digital Photography Techniques.
Audience
For the 4-5 million Photoshop users worldwide.
Contents
Introduction: The World of Image Layers;
1: The Basics of Layers: Layer Functions and Creation;
2: Layer Management: Concepts of a Layer-Based Workflow;
3: Basic Object and Image Area Isolation;
4: Masking: Enhanced Area Isolation;
5: Applying Layer Effects;
6: Exploring Layer Modes;
7: Advanced Blending Modes;
8: Breaking Out Components;
9: Taking an Image Through the Process;
10: Making Layered Collage and Composite Images;
Epilogue: Using RAW in Your Layer Workflow;
Considering Color Management: Testing Your Workflow
