Adobe Photoshop 6

Real World Adobe Photoshop 6 takes off where other books tell you to "Ask your printer." It clearly explains the concepts underlying real production techniques and provides step-by-step instructions for implementing them. There also are plenty of examples, screen shots, sidebars, expert workarounds, tips, and tricks.

Real World Adobe Photoshop 6 explains modern prepress, photography, and imaging to beginners, the computer savvy, and old pros in the traditional (non-digital) realms. After laying the groundwork, it moves on to cover all the major features and functions of Photoshop 6 for both Macintosh and Windows machines, including:

• Color theory, color management, and color correction
• Image capture, image correction, and special effects
• Layer styles and selections
• Vector shape drawing
• Production workflow, image storage
• Output for print, and the Web

• Foreword Photoshop Conquers the World xxi
• Preface Photoshop in the Real World Xxiii
• ONE Building a Photoshop System 1
• TWO Essential Photoshop Tips and Tricks 11
• THREE Image Essentials 73
• FOUR Color Essentials 105
• FIVE Color Settings 117 six Tonal Correction 213
• SEVEN Color Correction 263
• EIGHT The Digital Darkroom 325
• NINE Sharpening 363
• TEN Spot Colors and Duotones 389 ELEVEN Line Art 431 TWELVE Scanners 439
• THIRTEEN Capturing Images 449
• FOURTEEN Selections 473
• FIFTEEN Essential Image Techniques 5.53
• SIXTEEN Storing Images 627
• SEVENTEEN Output Methods 677
• EIGHTEEN Multimedia and the Web 715