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Contents What’s new 1 .................................................................................................................................... What’s new in CS6 3 ............................................................................................................ Productivity enhancements (JDI’s) in CS6 9 .................[...]

Add swatches from HTML CSS and SVG | Creative Cloud 120 ........................................... Choosing colors in the Color and Swatches panels 121 ...................................................... Viewing multiple images 123 ................................................................................................ Adding a conditio[...]

Moving, copying, and deleting selected pixels 215 ............................................................... Saving selections and alpha channel masks 219 ................................................................. Selecting a color range in an image 222 .............................................................................. Makin[...]

Correct lens distortions in Camera Raw 323 ........................................................................ Sharpening and noise reduction in Camera Raw 326 .......................................................... Adjust color rendering for your camera in Camera Raw 328 ................................................ Manage Camera Raw se[...]

Filling and stroking selections, layers, and paths 445 .......................................................... Generate a pattern using the Pattern Maker 448 ................................................................. Gradients 450 .............................................................................................................[...]

Saving files in graphics formats 581 ..................................................................................... Saving PDF files 584 ............................................................................................................ Creating web photo galleries 590 ................................................................[...]

Creating 3D objects and animations (Photoshop CS5 Extended) 702 ................................. 3D painting (Photoshop Extended) 707 ................................................................................ 3D texture editing (Photoshop Extended) 709 ...................................................................... Combining and conve[...]

What's new To learn more, view these recommended resources online. Using Content -Aware Move and Extend Lynda.com (May. 7, 2012) video-tutorial Recompose images with these simple steps. Vector Shapes Infinite Skills (Oct. 7, 2012) video-tutorial Drawing shapes in CS6 Wide-angle lens correction Kelby (Oct. 7, 2012) video-tutorial Quickly compen[...]

video-tutorial Genuine vector shapes, type styles, and more. Preset migration and sharing Kelby (May. 7, 2012) video-tutorial Apply common settings across workgroups. Streamlined 3d controls Lynda.com (May. 7, 2012) video-tutorial Expand creative possibilities into another dimension. Using Content -Aware Patch Lynda.com (May. 7, 2012) video-tutoria[...]

What's new in CS6 To the top Adobe Creative Cloud only New features for all Photoshop CS6 users Retouching and transforming Filters Video Color and tonal adjustments 3D (Photoshop Extended only) Automation Painting and patterns Drawing Workspace and workflow Type Compatibility with Adobe Touch and Photoshop companion apps Camera Raw 7 To highl[...]

To the top Ctrl- double click (Windows) or Cmd- double click (Mac OS) the Zoom tool icon. Shift - Ctrl-double click (Windows) or Shift -Cmd -double click (Mac OS) the Zoom tool icon to view all open documents at 200%. Changes in view options In the Zoom tool options bar and the Hand tool options bar, the button for viewing an image at its actual si[...]

To the top To the top To the top The following new features are available to all Photoshop CS6 users and are not Adobe Creative Cloud only. Retouching and transforming Content -Aware Move tool The Content - Aware Move tool lets you quickly recompose images without complex layering or slow, precise selections. Extend mode convincingly expands or con[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top The redesigned video engine also supports a wider range of import formats. When you're ready to export final video, Photoshop provides helpful presets and options for the DPX, H.264, and QuickTime formats. Note: In Windows, you install QuickTime separately. For detailed instructions, see New video fe[...]

To the top Vector layers Intuitive path editing To the top Brush color dynamics Color Dynamics remain consistent for each stroke by default. Color Dynamics settings automatically vary color as you paint. In previous versions of Photoshop, dynamics settings changed color for each distinct tip stamp in a stroke. In Photoshop CS6, however, dynamic cha[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top To the top To the top Background save Background saving lets you keep working after you choose Save commands, instead of waiting for saving to complete. Note : If you regularly save large files and want the most consis[...]

Productivity enhancements (JDI's) in CS6 To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top Photoshop CS6 contains over 60 productivity enhancements, also known as Just Do It (JDI) features. These small improvements address longtime customer requests and collectively can greatly increase your productivity. For informa[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top GPU Increased stability by prequalifying detected GPUs before use Image resizing Bicubic Automatic option auto -selects the best resample method based on the type of resize Importing (Mac OS) ImageKit scanner and camera support to import images from more devices Layers Add[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top Printing Added Edit button for description field in Print dialog Allow Print dialog and print preview window to be resized Allow customizable preview ba[...]

New video features in CS6 To the top To the top Tutorials from the experts Intuitive video creation Import a wider range of file formats Export final video with the Adobe Media Encoder Video Groups Audio tracks and controls Video transitions Change video clip duration and speed Apply filters to video layers Apply motion effects to text, still image[...]

To the top Import a video file; it's automatically added as a new Video Group. To create an empty group for adding content to, click a filmstrip icon on the left of the Timeline panel, and choose New Video Group from the pop- up menu. Edit a Video Group To reposition clips, drag them in the Timeline. To change in and out points, drag clip bord[...]

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Arabic and Hebrew type (CS6) To the top To the top To the top Enable Middle Eastern features Text direction Digit Types Legacy font support Default fonts Automatic Kashida insertion Ligatures (OpenType fonts) Hyphenation Diacritical marks Justification alternates For a tutorial on Arabic and Hebrew type features, see this video from Photoshop exper[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top Digit type selection (InDesign panel shown) Legacy font support Fonts that have been traditionally used (for example, AXT fonts) can continue to be used in this release of the software. However, it is recommended that newer Open Type fonts be used for text- based elements. Missing Glyph Protect[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top To the top Hyphenation options (InDesign panel shown) Diacritical marks In the Arabic script, a diacritic or a diacritical mark is a glyph used to indicate consonant length or short vowels. A diacritical mark is placed[...]

3D workflow in Photoshop Extended CS6 To the top To the top Note: To the top From an expert: 3D in CS6 - a video tour Updated 3D features for Creative Cloud only 3D panel targets scene elements Properties panel provides contextual settings Move tool consolidates object and camera adjustments On -image controls directly edit elements Create and adju[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top In the streamlined 3D panel, select specific elements you want to edit: 1 . At the top of the 3D panel, select Scene , Meshes , Materials , or Lights . 2 . Select an individual element (such as Current View in the Scene section). Or select multiple elements to apply uniform properties. 3 . Adjust settings[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top To the top To the top To edit the original path, type, or image layer, selected the related mesh in the 3D panel, and click Edit Source in the Properties panel. Note: The Photoshop Extended CS5 Repousse feature is call[...]

Add Lighting Effects | CS6 To the top Note: Colorize Exposure Gloss Metallic Ambience Texture To the top To the top Point Infinite Apply the Lighting Effects filter From an Expert: Lighting Effects tutorials Lighting Effects types Adjust a Point light in the preview window Adjust an Infinite light in the preview window Adjust a Spot light in the pr[...]

Spot To the top To the top To the top To the top 2 o’clock Spotlight Blue Omni Circle Of Light Crossing Crossing Down Default Five Lights Down/Five Lights Up Flashlight Flood Light Parallel Directional RGB Lights Casts an elliptical beam of light. The line in the preview window defines the light direction and angle, and the handles define the edg[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Soft Direct Lights Soft Omni Soft Spotlight Three Down Triple Spotlight To the top To the top To the top Two unfocused white and blue directional lights. White has a soft (20) intensity. Blue has a medium (67) intensity. A soft o[...]

Key shortcuts for new CS6 features To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top Print Blur gallery (Field, Iris, Tilt- Shift) Liquify Crop tool Adaptive Wide Angle This list covers some of the most helpful shortcuts for new and udpated Photoshop CS6 features. Print To clear print settings, hold down the spacebar while selecting File > [...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Y: Polygon Constraint tool M: Move tool H: Hand tool Z: Zoom tool Control shortcuts P: Preview W: Show Constraint E: Show Mesh T: Correction S: Scale F: Focal Length R: Crop Factor A: As Shot Hidden shortcuts not visible in inter[...]

Supported file formats in Photoshop CS6 Asterisks (*) indicate formats newly supported with CS6. Audio import formats The following formats can now be opened in Photoshop Standard and Extended. (In Photoshop CS5 and prior, Extended was required.) AAC* AIFF* M2A* M4A* MP2* MP3* Video import formats .264* 3GP, 3GPP* AVC* AVI F4V* FLV* MOV (QuickTime)[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy PICT Resource (Mac only, can open only) Radiance 3D- related formats 3D Studio (import only) DAE (Collada) Flash 3D* (export only) JPS* (JPEG Stereo) KMZ (Google Earth 4) MPO* (Multi -Picture format) U3D Wavefront|OBJ 27[...]

What’s new in CS5 Adobe recommends Have a tutorial you would like to share? Video tutorial: Content - aware fill Chris Orwig Seamlessly replace image elements. Video tutorial: Common - sense enhancements in CS5 Deke McClelland Increase your efficiency with these five quick tips. Video tutorial: The best new feature in CS5: HDR Pro Deke McClelland[...]

sharpen images with minimal artifacts. See Correct lens distortions in Camera Raw , Sharpening, noise reduction, and process version in Camera Raw , and Vignette and grain effects in Camera Raw . Dozens of customer - inspired productivity enhancements Boost your efficiency with countless workflow improvements. Selected highlights let you: Create la[...]

Photoshop getting started tutorials To learn more, view these recommended resources online. Learn Photoshop CS6 video tutorials Adobe TV (Jul. 11, 2012) video-tutorial Layers 101 Infinite Skills (Aug. 9, 2012) video-tutorial Introduction to layers and the Layers panel What is Photoshop? Lynda.com (May. 7, 2012) video-tutorial An introduction to the[...]

Adobe Photoshop CS5/CS6 tutorials To the top To the top To the top To the top Essential Photoshop tutorials and learning resources for getting started and new features. New content for CS6 Learn Photoshop CS6 video tutorials Getting started and what's new content Getting started with CS5 Setup Downloading, installing, and setting up Overview G[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Adjust colors nondestructively (video 8:04) Dodge, burn, and sponge colors (video 6:47), CS4 - CS5 Match, replace, and mix colors (HTML) Retouching and transforming Sharpen images (video 5:45), CS4 - CS5 Straighten an image (vide[...]

Workspace and workflow To learn more, view these recommended resources online. How to tune Photoshop CS6 for peak performance Jeff Tranberry (Oct. 18, 2012) article Background -save and Auto -recover Kelby (May. 7, 2012) video-tutorial Protect precious image data. Preset migration and sharing Kelby (May. 7, 2012) video-tutorial Apply common setting[...]

Workspace basics To the top To the top Photoshop CS6 workspace Workspace overview Manage windows and panels Save and switch workspaces Hide tool tips Photoshop CS6 workspace The Photoshop CS6 workspace is easy to use and includes a number of design enhancements. Different brightness levels: Choose Edit > Preference (Windows) or Photoshop > Pr[...]

Default Illustrator workspace A. Tabbed Document windows B. Application bar C. Workspace switcher D. Panel title bar E. Control panel F. Tools panel G. Collapse To Icons button H. Four panel groups in vertical dock The Application bar across the top contains a workspace switcher, menus (Windows only), and other application controls. On the Mac for [...]

To the top (Illustrator) Adjust panel brightness In User Interface preferences, move the Brightness slider. This control affects all panels, including the Control panel. Reconfigure the Tools panel You can display the tools in the Tools panel in a single column, or side by side in two columns. (This feature is not available in the Tools panel in Fi[...]

Navigator panel now in its own dock You can prevent panels from filling all the space in a dock. Drag the bottom edge of the dock up so it no longer meets the edge of the workspace. Move panels As you move panels, you see blue highlighted drop zones , areas where you can move the panel. For example, you can move a panel up or down in a dock by drag[...]

To rearrange panels in a group, drag a panel’s tab to a new location in the group. To remove a panel from a group so that it floats freely, drag the panel by its tab outside the group. To move a group, drag the title bar (the area above the tabs). Stack floating panels When you drag a panel out of its dock but not into a drop zone, the panel floa[...]

To the top In some products, if you select Auto- Collapse Icon Panels from the Interface or User Interface Options preferences, an expanded panel icon collapses automatically when you click away from it. To add a floating panel or panel group to an icon dock, drag it in by its tab or title bar. (Panels are automatically collapsed to icons when adde[...]

To the top Hide tool tips When you position the pointer over most tools and options, descriptions appear in tool tips by default. If you find tool tips visually distracting, you can hide them. In the Interface preferences, deselect Show Tool Tips. Note: Tool tips are not available in some dialog boxes. More Help topics Adobe Bridge Legal Notices | [...]

Panels and menus To the top To the top Enter values in panels, dialog boxes, and the options bar Working with sliders Working with pop - up panels Display and define menus Enter values in panels, dialog boxes, and the options bar Do any of the following: Type a value in the text box, and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS). Drag the slider. Mo[...]

To the top To the top down the Shift key while dragging accelerates the scrubbing by a factor of 10. Hovering over the title of a slider or pop - up slider shows the scrubby slider Working with pop - up panels Pop - up panels provide easy access to available options for brushes, swatches, gradients, styles, patterns, contours, and shapes. You can c[...]

Display context menus Context menus display commands relevant to the active tool, selection, or panel. They are distinct from the menus across the top of the workspace. Viewing the context menu for the Eyedropper tool 1 . Position the pointer over an image or panel item. 2 . Right -click (Windows) or Control - click (Mac OS). Define a set of menus [...]

2 . In the Keyboard Shortcuts & Menus dialog box, choose a set of menus from the Set menu. 3 . Click the Delete Set icon . Temporarily show hidden menu items It’s possible to temporarily show items that you’ve hidden in a menu. After the menu closes, the items return to their hidden state. Do one of the following: From a menu with hidden it[...]

Tools To the top Tool galleries Selecting and displaying tools Using the options bar Tool presets When you start Photoshop, the Tools panel appears at the left of the screen. Some tools in the Tools panel have options that appear in the context -sensitive options bar. You can expand some tools to show hidden tools beneath them. A small triangle at [...]

Crop and slice tools gallery Retouching tools gallery row, and single column selections. edged), and magnetic (snap - to) selections. using an adjustable round brush tip The Magic Wand tool selects similarly colored areas. The Crop tool trims images. The Slice tool creates slices. The Slice Select tool selects slices. The Spot Healing Brush tool re[...]

Painting tools gallery Drawing and type tools gallery The Magic Eraser tool erases solid- colored areas to transparency with a single click. The Blur tool blurs hard edges in an image. The Sharpen tool sharpens soft edges in an image. The Smudge tool smudges data in an image. The Dodge tool lightens areas in an image. The Burn tool darkens areas in[...]

Navigation, notes, and measuring tools gallery 3D tools gallery (Photoshop Extended) The path selection tools make shape or segment selections showing anchor points, direction lines, and direction points. The type tools create type on an image. The type mask tools create a selection in the shape of type. The pen tools let you draw smooth- edged pat[...]

To the top Selecting and displaying tools Select a tool Do one of the following: Click a tool in the Tools panel. If there is a small triangle at a tool’s lower right corner, hold down the mouse button to view the hidden tools. Then click the tool you want to select. Press the tool’s keyboard shortcut. The keyboard shortcut is displayed in its [...]

Standard Precise Normal Brush Tip Full Size Brush Tip Show Crosshair In Brush Tip Show Only Crosshair While Painting To the top To the top Each default pointer has a different hotspot , where an effect or action in the image begins. With most tools, you can switch to precise cursors, which appear as cross hairs centered around the hotspot. In most [...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Show All Tool Presets Sort By Tool Show Current Tool Presets Text Only, Small List, or Large List Note: To choose a tool preset, click the Tool Preset picker in the options bar, and select a preset from the pop - up panel. You ca[...]

Preferences Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy About preferences Numerous program settings are stored in the Adobe Photoshop CS5 Prefs file, including general display options, file-saving options, performance options, cursor options, transparency options, type opt[...]

Key shortcuts for new CS6 features To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top Print Blur gallery (Field, Iris, Tilt- Shift) Liquify Crop tool Adaptive Wide Angle This list covers some of the most helpful shortcuts for new and udpated Photoshop CS6 features. Print To clear print settings, hold down the spacebar while selecting File > [...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Y: Polygon Constraint tool M: Move tool H: Hand tool Z: Zoom tool Control shortcuts P: Preview W: Show Constraint E: Show Mesh T: Correction S: Scale F: Focal Length R: Crop Factor A: As Shot Hidden shortcuts not visible in inter[...]

Plug -ins Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy About plug - in modules Plug - in modules are software programs developed by Adobe Systems and by other software developers in conjunction with Adobe Systems to add features to Photoshop. A number of importing, exportin[...]

Presets To the top To the top Text Only Small Thumbnail or Large Thumbnail Small List or Large List Stroke Thumbnail Migrate presets from earlier versions of Photoshop (CS6) From an expert: Migrating presets into Photoshop CS6 Work with the Preset Manager Migrate presets from earlier versions of Photoshop (CS6) If you've created presets in Pho[...]

Note: Note: To delete a preset in the Preset Manager, select the preset and click Delete. You can always use the Reset command to restore the default items in a library. Load a library of preset items Do one of the following: Click the triangle to the right of the Preset Type pop - up menu and then choose a library file from the bottom of the panel[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy c . Click OK. 2 . To display hidden files in Windows Vista: a . Go to Start > Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Folder Options. b . In the View tab, under Hidden files and folders, select Show hidden files[...]

Show or hide non -printing Extras To the top Show or hide Extras Show or hide Extras Guides, grids, selection edges, slices, and text baselines are examples of nonprinting Extras that help you select, move, or edit objects. You can enable or disable any combination of Extras without affecting the image. You can also show or hide enabled Extras to c[...]

Positioning elements with snapping To the top Use snapping Use snapping Snapping helps with precise placement of selection edges, cropping marquees, slices, shapes, and paths. However, if snapping prevents you from correctly placing elements, you can disable it. Enable or disable snapping Choose View > Snap. A check mark indicates that snapping [...]

Positioning with the Ruler tool To the top Position with the Ruler tool Position with the Ruler tool The Ruler tool helps you position images or elements precisely. The Ruler tool calculates the distance between any two points in the workspace. When you measure from one point to another, a nonprinting line is drawn, and the options bar and Info pan[...]

Specifying columns for an image To the top Specify columns for an image Specify columns for an image Columns help you position images or elements precisely. The New, Image Size , and Canvas Size commands let you specify image width in terms of columns. Using columns is convenient when you plan to import an image into a page -layout program, such as[...]

Rulers To the top To the top To the top About rulers Change a ruler’s zero origin Change the unit of measurement About rulers Rulers help you position images or elements precisely. When visible, rulers appear along the top and left side of the active window. Markers in the ruler display the pointer’s position when you move it. Changing the rule[...]

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Undo and history To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top Use the Undo or Redo commands Revert to the last saved version Restore part of an image to its previously saved version Cancel an operation Receive notification when an operation is completed Using the History panel Make a snapshot of an image Paint with a state or s[...]

You can also use the History panel to delete image states and, in Photoshop, to create a document from a state or snapshot. To display the History panel, choose Window > History, or click the History panel tab. Photoshop History panel A. Sets the source for the history brush B. Thumbnail of a snapshot C. History state D. History state slider Kee[...]

To the top Create or replace a document with an image state Do one of the following: Drag a state or snapshot onto the Create a New Document From Current State button in the History panel. The history list for the newly created document contains only the Duplicate State entry. Select a state or snapshot, and click the Create a New Document From Cur[...]

To the top Make a snapshot of an image The Snapshot command lets you make a temporary copy (or snapshot ) of any state of the image. The new snapshot is added to the list of snapshots at the top of the History panel. Selecting a snapshot lets you work from that version of the image. Snapshots are similar to the states listed in the History panel, b[...]

Customizing keyboard shortcuts To the top To the top To the top Define new keyboard shortcuts Clear shortcuts from a command or tool Delete a set of shortcuts View a list of current shortcuts Photoshop lets you view a list of all shortcuts, and edit or create shortcuts. The Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box serves as a shortcut editor, and includes all[...]

To the top View a list of current shortcuts To view a list of current shortcuts, export them to an HTML file, which you can display or print with a web browser. 1 . Choose Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts. 2 . From the Shortcuts For menu, choose a shortcut type: Application Menus, Panel Menus, or Tools. 3 . Click Summarize. Legal Notices | Online Priva[...]

Default keyboard shortcuts To the top Keys for selecting tools Keys for viewing images Keys for Puppet Warp Keys for Refine Edge Keys for the Filter Gallery Keys for Liquify Keys for Vanishing Point Keys for the Camera Raw dialog box Keys for the Black -and- White dialog box Keys for Curves Keys for selecting and moving objects Keys for transformin[...]

Elliptical Marquee tool Lasso tool Polygonal Lasso tool Magnetic Lasso tool L L Magic Wand tool Quick Selection tool W W Crop tool Slice tool Slice Select tool C C Eyedropper tool Color Sampler tool Ruler tool Note tool Count tool I I Spot Healing Brush tool Healing Brush tool Patch tool Red Eye tool J J Brush tool Pencil tool Color Replacement too[...]

To the top Rounded Rectangle tool Ellipse tool Polygon tool Line tool Custom Shape tool 3D Object Rotate tool* 3D Object Roll tool* 3D Object Pan tool* 3D Object Slide tool* 3D Object Scale tool* K K 3D Camera Rotate tool* 3D Camera Roll tool* 3D Camera Pan tool* 3D Camera Walk tool* 3D Camera Zoom* N N Hand tool H H Rotate View tool R R Zoom tool [...]

To the top To the top mode) Simultaneously pan multiple documents simultaneously with Hand tool Shift - drag Shift - drag Switch to Zoom In tool Control + spacebar Command + spacebar Switch to Zoom Out tool Alt + spacebar Option + spacebar Move Zoom marquee while dragging with the Zoom tool Spacebar-drag Spacebar-drag Apply zoom percentage, and kee[...]

To the top To the top Cycle (backward) through preview modes Shift + F Shift + F Toggle between original image and selection preview X X Toggle between original selection and refined version P P Toggle radius preview on and off J J Toggle between Refine Radius and Erase Refinements tools Shift + E Shift + E Keys for the Filter Gallery Result Window[...]

To the top density, pressure, rate, or turbulent jitter by 1 Density, Pressure, Rate, or Turbulent Jitter text box Density, Pressure, Rate, or Turbulent Jittertext box Decrease/increase brush size by 2, or density, pressure, rate, or turbulent jitter by 1 Left Arrow/Right Arrow with Brush Size, Density, Pressure, Rate, or Turbulent Jitter slider sh[...]

To the top Constrain selection to a 15° rotation Alt + Shift to rotate Option + Shift to rotate Select a plane under another selected plane Control -click the plane Command -click the plane Create 90 degree plane off parent plane Control -drag Command -drag Delete last node while creating plane Backspace Delete Make a full canvas plane, square to [...]

Hue Targeted Adjustment tool Ctrl+Alt+Shift+H Command+Option+Shift+H Saturation Targeted Adjustment tool Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S Command+Option+Shift+S Luminance Targeted Adjustment tool Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L Command+Option+Shift+L Grayscale Mix Targeted Adjustment tool Ctrl+Alt+Shift+G Command+Option+Shift+G Last -used Targeted Adjustment tool T T Adjustment [...]

To the top To the top Temporarily activate the White Balance tool and change the Open Image button to Open Object. (Does not work if Crop tool is active.) Shift Shift Select multiple points in Curves panel Click the first point; Shift - click additional points Click the first point; Shift - click additional points Add point to curve in Curves panel[...]

To the top Result Windows Mac OS Open the Curves dialog box Control + M Command + M Select next point on the curve + (plus) + (plus) Select the previous point on the curve - (minus) - (minus) Select multiple points on the curve Shift - click the points Shift -click the points Deselect a point Control + D Command + D To delete a point on the curve S[...]

To the top To the top Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Move selection 1 pixel Move tool + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Move tool + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Move layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on layer Control + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Command + Right Arrow, Lef[...]

To the top To the top Switch from Pen tool or Freeform Pen tool to Convert Point tool when pointer is over anchor or direction point Alt Option Close path Magnetic Pen tool -double - click Magnetic Pen tool -double - click Close path with straight- line segment Magnetic Pen tool + Alt- double -click Magnetic Pen tool + Option - double -click Keys f[...]

To the top Cycle through blending modes Shift + + (plus) or – (minus) Shift + + (plus) or – (minus) Normal Shift + Alt + N Shift + Option + N Dissolve Shift + Alt + I Shift + Option + I Behind (Brush tool only) Shift + Alt + Q Shift + Option + Q Clear (Brush tool only) Shift + Alt + R Shift + Option + R Darken Shift + Alt + K Shift + Option + K[...]

To the top Keys for selecting and editing text This partial list provides shortcuts that don’t appear in menu commands or tool tips. Result Windows Mac OS Move type in image Control -drag type when Type layer is selected Command -drag type when Type layer is selected Select 1 character left/right or 1 line down/up, or 1 word left/right Shift + Le[...]

To the top To the top To the top Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow Option + Down Arrow or Up Arrow Decrease or increase baseline shift 2 points or pixels Shift + Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow Shift + Option + Down Arrow or Up Arrow Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems Alt + Left Arrow or Right [...]

To the top To the top To the top Turn current modal control on and toggle all other modal controls Alt -click Option - click Change action or action set options Alt + double -click action or action set Option + double - click action or action set Display Options dialog box for recorded command Double -click recorded command Double -click recorded c[...]

To the top Expand and collapse list of layers Alt + click Option + click on list triangles Jump to the next/previous whole second in timeline Hold down the Shift key when clicking the Next/Previous Frame buttons (on either side of the Play button). Hold down the Shift key when clicking the Next/Previous Frame buttons (on either side of the Play but[...]

To the top To the top To the top Toggle airbrush option Shift + Alt + P Shift + Option + P Keys for the Channels panel If you prefer channel shortcuts starting with Ctrl/Command + 1 for red, choose Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts, and select Use Legacy Channel Shortcuts. Result Windows Mac OS Select individual channels Ctrl + 3 (red), 4 (green), 5 (bl[...]

To the top To the top To the top Display Color Bar menu Right-click color bar Control -click color bar Cycle through color choices Shift - click color bar Shift -click color bar Keys for the History panel Result Windows Mac OS Create a new snapshot Alt + New Snapshot Option + New Snapshot Rename snapshot Double -click snapshot name Double -click sn[...]

Select top layer Alt + . (period) Option + . (period) Select bottom layer Alt + , (comma) Option + , (comma) Add to layer selection in Layers panel Shift + Alt + [ or ] Shift + Option + [ or ] Select next layer down/up Alt + [ or ] Option + [ or ] Move target layer down/up Control + [ or ] Command + [ or ] Merge a copy of all visible layers into ta[...]

To the top To the top To the top Create layer mask that hides all/selection Alt - click Add Layer Mask button Option -click Add Layer Mask button Create vector mask that reveals all/path area Control -click Add Layer Mask button Command- click Add Layer Mask button Create vector mask that hides all or displays path area Control + Alt -click Add Lay[...]

To the top To the top Set swatch color as background color Control -click swatch Command -click swatch Delete swatch Alt -click swatch Option -click swatch Keys for 3D tools (Photoshop Extended) Result Windows Mac OS Enable 3D object tools K K Enable 3D camera tools N N Hide nearest surface Alt + Ctrl + X Option + Command + X Show all surfaces Alt [...]

To the top To the top Extend/shorten selected measurement in increments Shift + Ctrl + left/right arrow key Shift +Command + left/right arrow key Rotate selected measurement Ctrl + up/down arrow key Command + up/down arrow key Rotate selected measurement in increments Shift + Ctrl + up/down arrow key Shift + Command + up/down arrow key Keys for DIC[...]

To the top Highlight entire image Control + Delete Command + Delete Fill foreground area and preview extraction Shift - click with Fill tool selected Shift - click with Fill tool selected Move mask when Edge Touchup tool is selected Control -drag Command -drag Add opacity when Cleanup tool is selected Alt -drag Option -drag Toggle Show menu options[...]

Undo/Redo F1 Cut F2 F2 Copy F3 F3 Paste F4 F4 Show/Hide Brush panel F5 F5 Show/Hide Color panel F6 F6 Show/Hide Layers panel F7 F7 Show/Hide Info panel F8 F8 Show/Hide Actions panel F9 Option + F9 Revert F12 F12 Fill Shift + F5 Shift + F5 Feather Selection Shift + F6 Shift + F6 Inverse Selection Shift + F7 Shift + F7 Legal Notices | Online Privacy [...]

Grid and guides To the top Position with guides and the grid Position with guides and the grid Guides and the grid help you position images or elements precisely. Guides appear as nonprinting lines that float over the image. You can move and remove guides. You can also lock them so that you don’t move them by accident. Smart Guides help you align[...]

Move a guide 1 . Select the Move tool , or hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) to activate the Move tool. 2 . Position the pointer over the guide (the pointer turns into a double -headed arrow). 3 . Move the guide in any of the following ways: Drag the guide to move it. Change the guide from horizontal to vertical, or vice versa, by holdin[...]

Run Photoshop in 32-bit mode (64 -bit Mac OS only) In 64 -bit versions of Mac OS 10.5 and later, some older, optional plug -ins are available only if Photoshop is running in 32 -bit mode: 1 . In the Finder, choose Go > Applications. 2 . Expand the Photoshop folder. Then right -click the Photoshop application icon, and choose Get Info. 3 . In the[...]

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Image essentials To the top To the top To the top About bitmap images About vector graphics Combining vector graphics and bitmap images Color channels Bit depth Convert between bit depths About bitmap images Bitmap images—technically called raster images —use a rectangular grid of picture elements (pixels) to represent images. Each pixel is ass[...]

To the top To the top To the top Color channels Every Photoshop image has one or more channels, each storing information about color elements in the image. The number of default color channels in an image depends on its color mode. By default, images in Bitmap, Grayscale, Duotone, and Indexed Color mode have one channel; RGB and Lab images have thr[...]

Image size and resolution To the top About pixel dimensions and printed image resolution File size About monitor resolution About printer resolution Determine a suggested resolution for an image View the print size on - screen | CS5 and CS6 Resampling Change pixel dimensions of an image Change the print dimensions and resolution What affects file s[...]

To the top To the top Pixel dimensions equal document (output) size times resolution. A. Original dimensions and resolution B. Decreasing the resolution without changing pixel dimensions (no resampling) C. Decreasing the resolution at same document size decreases pixel dimensions (resampling). Quickly display the current image size If you want to q[...]

To the top To the top A 620 - by 400 - pixel image displayed on monitors of various sizes and resolutions. When preparing images for viewing on - screen, you should consider the lowest monitor resolution that your photo is likely to be viewed on. About printer resolution Printer resolution is measured in ink dots per inch, also known as dpi. Genera[...]

To the top To the top Draft Produces a resolution that is the same as the screen frequency (no lower than 72 pixels per inch). Good Produces a resolution 1.5 times the screen frequency. Best Produces a resolution 2 times the screen frequency. View the print size on - screen | CS5 and CS6 Do one of the following: Choose View > Print Size. Select [...]

To the top To the top To the top Bicubic Smoother A good method for enlarging images based on Bicubic interpolation but designed to produce smoother results. Bicubic Sharper A good method for reducing the size of an image based on Bicubic interpolation with enhanced sharpening. This method maintains the detail in a resampled image. If Bicubic Sharp[...]

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Acquiring images from cameras and scanners To the top To the top To the top Acquiring digital images from cameras Import images from a digital camera using WIA (Windows only) Importing scanned images Acquiring digital images from cameras You can copy images to your computer by connecting your camera or a media card reader to your computer. Use the [...]

Import images using a TWAIN interface TWAIN is a cross - platform interface for acquiring images captured by certain scanners, digital cameras, and frame grabbers. 1 . Install the TWAIN software provided by the device manufacturer. 2 . Download the Photoshop TWAIN plug -in for Windows or Mac OS . The plug -in supports 32- bit Windows and Mac OS. It[...]

Creating, opening, and importing images To the top To the top To the top Create an image Duplicate an image Open files Open PDF files Open an EPS file For detailed instructions, click the links below. To ask questions, request features, or report problems, visit feedback.photoshop.com . Create an image 1 . Choose File > New. 2 . In the New dialo[...]

To the top In such cases, you must specify the correct format in which to open the file. You can retain (where possible) layers, masks, transparency, compound shapes, slices, image maps, and editable type when bringing your Illustrator art into Photoshop. In Illustrator, export the art in the Photoshop (PSD) file format. If your Illustrator art con[...]

To the top Trim Box Crops to the region specified for the intended finished size of the page. Art Box Crops to the region specified in the PDF file for placing the PDF data into another application. 7 . Under Image Size , enter values (if necessary) for Width and Height: To preserve the aspect ratio of the pages as they’re scaled to fit within th[...]

Viewing images To the top To the top To the top Change the screen mode View another area of an image Use the Rotate View tool Disable trackpad gestures (Mac OS) Use the Navigator panel Zoom in or out Change the screen mode You can use the screen mode options to view images on your entire screen. You can show or hide the menu bar, title bar, and scr[...]

To the top To the top To the top 2 . Do any of the following: Drag in the image. A compass will indicate north in the image, regardless of the current canvas angle. In the options bar, enter degrees in the Rotation Angle field. Click or drag the circular Set Angle of Rotation control. 3 . To restore the canvas to the original angle, click Reset Vie[...]

Note: Some Zoom tool preferences require OpenGL. If Enable OpenGL Drawing is unavailable, your video card does not support this technology. 2 . In the General preferences, select any of the following: Animated Zoom Enables continuous zooming while holding down the Zoom tool Zoom Resizes Windows See Automatically resize the window when zooming. Zoom[...]

If the entire image originally fit within the document window, the image zooms in to fit the window. If only a portion of the image was originally visible, the image zooms out. Drag the zoom marquee to magnify a different part of the image. 2 . Release the mouse button and then the H key. The image returns to the previous magnification and tool. Au[...]

Image information To the top Work with the Info panel Display file information in the document window Work with the Info panel The Info panel shows the color values beneath the pointer and, depending on the tool in use, gives other useful information. The Info panel also displays a hint on using the selected tool, gives document status information,[...]

To the top 2 . In the Info Panel Options dialog box, for First Color Readout, choose one of the following display options: Actual Color Displays values in the current color mode of the image. Proof Color Displays values for the output color space of the image. A color mode Displays the color values in that color mode. Total Ink Displays the total p[...]

File information view options when Version Cue is enabled 2 . Choose a view option from the pop - up menu: Note: If you have Version Cue enabled, choose from the Show submenu. Version Cue Displays the Version Cue workgroup status of your document, such as open, unmanaged, unsaved, and so forth. This option is available only if you have Version Cue [...]

Add swatches from HTML CSS and SVG | Creative Cloud Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy You can add colors specified in an HTML, CSS, or SVG document to the Swatches panel. If a color value is repeated in a document, only one instance of the color is added not dupl[...]

Choosing colors in the Color and Swatches panels To the top To the top To the top Color panel overview Select a color in the Color panel Select a color in the Swatches panel Color panel overview The Color panel (Window > Color) displays the color values for the current foreground and background colors. Using the sliders in the Color panel, you c[...]

To choose a foreground color, click a color in the Swatches panel. To choose a background color, Ctrl- click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) a color in the Swatches panel. Note: Change how swatches are displayed by choosing an option from the Swatches panel menu. More Help topics Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy 122[...]

Viewing multiple images To the top To the top View images in multiple windows Match zoom and location in multiple images View images in multiple windows The document window is where your images appear. You can open multiple windows to display different images or different views of the same one. A list of open windows appears in the Window menu. To [...]

Without Match All command (top), and with Match All command (bottom) selected 4 . Select the Zoom tool or the Hand tool. 5 . Select one of the images, hold down the Shift key, and click in or drag an area of an image. The other images are magnified to the same percentage and snap to the area you clicked. More Help topics Legal Notices | Online Priv[...]

Adding a conditional mode change to an action To the top Add a conditional mode change to an action Add a conditional mode change to an action You can specify conditions for a mode change so that the conversion can occur during an action , which is a series of commands applied sequentially to a single file or a batch of files. When a mode change is[...]

Customizing indexed color tables To the top Customize indexed color tables Customize indexed color tables The Color Table command lets you make changes to the color table of an indexed - color image. These customization features are particularly useful with pseudocolor images —images displaying variations in gray levels with color rather than sha[...]

Customizing indexed color tables To the top Customize indexed color tables Customize indexed color tables The Color Table command lets you make changes to the color table of an indexed - color image. These customization features are particularly useful with pseudocolor images —images displaying variations in gray levels with color rather than sha[...]

About color To the top Understanding color Color models, spaces, and modes Adjusting color hue, saturation, and brightness Understanding color Knowing how colors are created and how they relate to each other lets you work more effectively in Photoshop. Instead of achieving an effect by accident, you’ll produce consistent results thanks to an unde[...]

To the top To the top Color wheel R. Red Y. Yellow G. Green C. Cyan B. Blue M. Magenta For example, you can decrease the amount of any color in an image by increasing the amount of its opposite on the color wheel—and vice versa. Colors that lie opposite each other on the standard color wheel are known as complementary colors. Similarly, you can i[...]

HSB color model H. Hue S. Saturation B. Brightness More Help topics Understanding color management Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy 130[...]

Choosing colors To the top To the top To the top About foreground and background colors Choose colors in the toolbox Choose colors with the Eyedropper tool Adobe Color Picker overview Choose a color with the Adobe Color Picker Choose a color while painting Choose web - safe colors Choose a CMYK equivalent for a non-printable color Choose a spot col[...]

To the top A. Point sample B. 5 x 5 average sample 3 . Choose one of the following from the Sample menu: All Layers Samples color from all layers in the document. Current Layer Samples color from the currently active layer. 4 . To circle the Eyedropper tool with a ring that previews the sampled color above the current foreground color, select Show [...]

To the top To the top Choose a color with the Adobe Color Picker You can choose a color by entering color component values in HSB, RGB, and Lab text boxes, or by using the color slider and the color field. To choose a color with the color slider and color field, click in the color slider or move the color slider triangle to set one color component.[...]

To the top To the top To the top Choose a color from the HUD color picker 1 . Select a painting tool. 2 . Press Shift + Alt + right -click (Windows) or Control + Option + Command (Mac OS). 3 . Click in the document window to display the picker. Then drag to select a color hue and shade. After clicking in the document window, you can release the pre[...]

To ensure that the final printed output is the color you want, consult your printer or service bureau and choose your color based on a printed color swatch. Manufacturers recommend that you get a new swatch book each year to compensate for fading inks and other damage. Important: Photoshop prints spot colors to CMYK (process color) plates in every [...]

High dynamic range images To the top To the top About high dynamic range images Take photos for HDR images Features that support 32 - bpc HDR images Merge images to HDR Adjust displayed dynamic range for 32- bit HDR images About the HDR Color Picker Paint on HDR images About high dynamic range images The dynamic range (ratio between dark and bright[...]

To the top To the top Secure the camera to a tripod. Take enough photos to cover the full dynamic range of the scene. You can try taking at least five to seven photos, but you might need to take more exposures depending on the dynamic range of the scene. The minimum number of photos should be three. Vary the shutter speed to create different exposu[...]

1 . Do one of the following: (Photoshop) Choose File > Automate > Merge To HDR Pro. (Bridge) Select the images you want to use and choose Tools > Photoshop > Merge To HDR Pro. Skip to step 5. 2 . In the Merge To HDR Pro dialog box, click Browse to select specific images, click Add Open Files, or choose Use > Folder. (To remove a part[...]

To the top To the top Corner option is used. Equalize Histogram Compresses the dynamic range of the HDR image while trying to preserve some contrast. No further adjustments are necessary; this method is automatic. Exposure and Gamma Lets you manually adjust the brightness and contrast of the HDR image. Move the Exposure slider to adjust gain and th[...]

HDR Color Picker A. Preview area B. Adjusted color C. Original color D. 32 - bit floating point values E. Intensity slider F. Picked color G. Color slider H. Color values Display the HDR Color Picker With a 32 - bpc image open, do one of the following: In the toolbox, click the foreground or background color selection box. In the Color panel, click[...]

To the top Paint on HDR images You can edit and add effects to HDR/32 - bpc images using any of the following Photoshop tools: Brush, Pencil, Pen, Shape, Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp, Eraser, Gradient, Blur, Sharpen, Smudge, and History Brush. You can also use the Text tool to add 32 - bpc text layers to an HDR image. When editing or painting on HDR [...]

Blending modes To the top Blending mode descriptions Blending mode examples The blending mode specified in the options bar controls how pixels in the image are affected by a painting or editing tool. It’s helpful to think in terms of the following colors when visualizing a blending mode’s effect: The base color is the original color in the imag[...]

To the top lighter than 50% gray, the image is lightened by decreasing the contrast. If the blend color is darker than 50% gray, the image is darkened by increasing the contrast. Linear Light Burns or dodges the colors by decreasing or increasing the brightness, depending on the blend color. If the blend color (light source) is lighter than 50% gra[...]

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Color modes To the top To the top To the top To the top RGB Color mode CMYK Color mode Lab Color mode Grayscale mode Bitmap mode Duotone mode Indexed Color mode Multichannel mode RGB Color mode Photoshop RGB Color mode uses the RGB model, assigning an intensity value to each pixel. In 8 - bits-per - channel images, the intensity values range from 0[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top than in 8 - bit images. Grayscale values can also be measured as percentages of black ink coverage (0% is equal to white, 100% to black). Grayscale mode uses the range defined by the working space setting that you specify in the Color Settings dialog box. Bitmap mode Bitmap mode uses one of two color valu[...]

Converting between color modes To the top To the top Convert an image to another color mode Convert an image to Bitmap mode Convert a color photo to Grayscale mode Convert a Bitmap mode image to Grayscale mode Convert a grayscale or RGB image to indexed color Convert an image to another color mode You can change an image from its original mode (sou[...]

To the top To the top To the top commonly use an 85 - line screen. Magazines use higher resolution screens, such as 133 - lpi and 150 - lpi. Check with your print shop for correct screen frequencies. Enter a value for the screen angle in degrees from - 180 to +180. The screen angle refers to the orientation of the screen. Continuous- tone and black[...]

Converting to indexed color reduces the number of colors in the image to at most 256—the standard number of colors supported by the GIF and PNG - 8 formats and many multimedia applications. This conversion reduces file size by deleting color information from the image. To convert to indexed color, you must start with an image that is 8 bits per c[...]

Transparency is selected; otherwise, all transparent areas are filled with 100% white. The image must have transparency for the Matte options to be available. Dithering Unless you’re using the Exact color table option, the color table may not contain all the colors used in the image. To simulate colors not in the color table, you can dither the c[...]

Customizing color pickers and swatches To the top To the top To the top Change the Color Picker Add and delete color swatches Manage swatch libraries Share swatches between applications Change the Color Picker Instead of using the Adobe Color Picker, you can choose colors from your computer operating system’s standard Color Picker or from a third[...]

To the top Load or replace a library of swatches Choose one of the following from the Swatches panel menu: Load Swatches Adds a library to the current set of swatches. Select the library file you want to use, and click Load. Replace Swatches Replaces the current list with a different library. Select the library file you want to use, and click Load.[...]

Understanding color management To the top To the top Why colors sometimes don’t match What is a color management system ? Do you need color management ? Creating a viewing environment for color management A color management system reconciles color differences among devices so that you can confidently predict the colors your system ultimately prod[...]

To the top To the top Do you need color management ? Without a color management system, your color specifications are device -dependent. You might not need color management if your production process is tightly controlled for one medium only. For example, you or your print service provider can tailor CMYK images and specify color values for a known[...]

Layers To learn more, view these recommended resources online. Layers 101 Infinite Skills (Aug. 9, 2012) video-tutorial Introduction to layers and the Layers panel 155[...]

Layer basics To the top About layers Layers panel overview Convert background and layers Duplicate layers Sample from all visible layers Change transparency preferences Adobe recommends Have a tutorial you would like to share? Top 10 Time Saving Enhancements to Layers in Photoshop CS6 Julieanne Kost Adobe Digital Imaging Evangelist Julieanne Kost s[...]

To the top To the top Video layers You can use video layers to add video to an image. After importing a video clip into an image as a video layer, you can mask the layer, transform it, apply layer effects, paint on individual frames, or rasterize an individual frame and convert it to a standard layer. Use the Timeline panel to play the video within[...]

To the top To the top To the top However, you can convert a background into a regular layer, and then change any of these attributes. When you create a new image with transparent content, the image does not have a background layer. The bottommost layer is not constrained like the background layer; you can move it anywhere in the Layers panel and ch[...]

1 . In Windows, choose Edit > Preferences > Transparency & Gamut; in Mac OS, choose Photoshop > Preferences > Transparency & Gamut. 2 . Choose a size and color for the transparency checkerboard, or choose None for Grid Size to hide the transparency checkerboard. 3 . Click OK. More Help topics Legal Notices | Online Privacy Polic[...]

Managing layers To the top To the top To the top Type Shape Fill Content Vector Mask Smart Object Video 3D (Extended only) Layer All Layers Note: To the top Rename a layer or group Assign a color to a layer or group Rasterize layers Delete a layer or group Export layers Merging layers Rename a layer or group As you add layers to an image, it’s he[...]

To the top To the top Note: Note: Note: Note: Deleting layers you no longer need reduces the size of your image file. To quickly delete empty layers, choose File > Scripts > Delete All Empty Layers. 1 . Select one or more layers or groups from the Layers panel. 2 . Do one of the following: To delete with a confirmation message, click the Dele[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Note: Flatten all layers Flattening reduces file size by merging all visible layers into the background and discarding hidden layers. Any transparent areas that remain are filled with white. When you save a flattened image, you c[...]

Selecting, grouping, and linking layers To the top To the top Select layers Group and link layers Show layer edges and handles Select layers You can select one or more layers to work on them. For some activities, such as painting or making color and tonal adjustments, you can work on only one layer at a time. A single selected layer is called the a[...]

To the top 1 . Select multiple layers in the Layers panel. 2 . Do one of the following: Choose Layer > Group Layers. Alt -drag (Windows) or Option - drag (Mac OS) layers to the folder icon at the bottom of the Layers panel to group the layers. 3 . To Ungroup the layers, select the group and choose Layer > Ungroup Layers. Add layers to a group[...]

Moving, stacking, and locking layers To the top To the top To the top To the top Change the stack order of layers and groups Move the content of layers Rotate a layer Lock layers Change the stack order of layers and groups Do one of the following: Drag the layer or group up or down in the Layers panel. Release the mouse button when the highlighted [...]

2 . Click the Lock All option in the Layers panel. Note: Layers in a locked group display a dimmed lock icon . Partially lock a layer 1 . Select a layer. 2 . Click one or more lock options in the Layers panel. Lock Transparent Pixels Confines editing to the opaque portions of the layer. This option is equivalent to the Preserve Transparency option [...]

Nondestructive editing To the top Techniques for nondestructive editing Techniques for nondestructive editing Nondestructive editing allows you to make changes to an image without overwriting the original image data, which remains available in case you want to revert to it. Because nondestructive editing doesn’t remove data from an image, the ima[...]

Copy CSS from layers | Creative Cloud Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Note: Copy CSS generates Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) properties from shape or text layers. It captures values for size, position, fill color (including gradients), stroke color, and drop shad[...]

Load selections from a layer or layer mask's boundaries Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Loading a layer or layer mask’s boundaries as a selection You can select all the non -transparent areas on a layer, or, if a layer mask exists, all the unmasked areas[...]

Editing layer masks Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Note: 1 . In the Layers panel, select the layer containing the mask you want to edit. 2 . Do one of the following: (CS6) Click the Mask thumbnail in the Layers panel (CS5) Click the Pixel Mask button in the Ma[...]

Masking layers with vector masks Note: Note: Add and edit vector masks A vector mask is a resolution independent path that clips out the contents of the layer. You create vector masks with the pen or shapes tools. For more information on working with the pen or shapes tools, see Drawing. Add a vector mask that shows or hides the entire layer 1 . In[...]

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Combining multiple images into a group portrait Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Note: You can use the Auto-Align Layers command from the Edit menu to make a composite photo from a pair of nearly identical images that may contain some unwanted areas. For example[...]

Revealing layers with clipping masks Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Note: A clipping mask lets you use the content of a layer to mask the layers above it. The masking is determined by the content of the bottom or base layer . The non -transparent content of the base layer clips (reveals), the cont[...]

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Masking layers To the top Note: About layer and vector masks Add layer masks Unlinking layers and masks Disable or enable a layer mask Apply or delete a layer mask Select and display the layer mask channel Change the layer mask rubylith color or opacity Adjusting mask opacity and edges You can add a mask to a layer and use the mask to hide portions[...]

To the top A vector mask creates a sharp - edged shape on a layer and is useful anytime you want to add a design element with clean, defined edges. After you create a layer with a vector mask, you can apply one or more layer styles to it, edit them if needed, and instantly have a usable button, panel, or other web- design element. The Properties pa[...]

To the top To the top To the top Note: To the top To the top To duplicate the mask, Alt - drag (Windows) or Option -drag (Mac OS) the mask to other layer. Unlinking layers and masks By default, a layer or group is linked to its layer mask or vector mask, as indicated by the link icon between the thumbnails in the Layers panel. The layer and its mas[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top Both the color and opacity settings affect only the appearance of the mask and have no effect on how underlying areas are protected. For example, you may want to change these settings to make the mask more easily visib[...]

Knockout to reveal content from other layers To the top Create a knockout Create a knockout Knockout options let you specify which layers “punch through” to reveal content from other layers. For example, you can use a text layer to knock out a color adjustment layer and reveal a portion of the image using the original colors. As you plan your k[...]

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Combine images with Auto -Blend Layers To the top Auto blend layers Auto blend layers Use the Auto-Blend Layers command to stitch or combine images with smooth transitions in the final composite image. Auto -Blend Layers applies layer masks as needed to each layer to mask out over - or underexposed areas or content differences. Auto- Blend layers i[...]

Aligning layers To the top To the top To the top Align objects on different layers Distribute layers and groups evenly Automatically align image layers Align objects on different layers You can align the content of layers and groups using the Move tool . (See Move the content of layers.) 1 . Do one of the following: To align multiple layers, select[...]

For video frames shot against a static background, you can convert frames into layers, then add or delete content across multiple frames. 1 . Copy or place the images you want to align into the same document. Each image will be in a separate layer. See Duplicate layers. You can load multiple images into layers using a script. Choose File > Scrip[...]

Create and manage layers and groups To the top Create layers and groups View layers and groups within a group Show or hide a layer, group, or style Create layers and groups A new layer appears either above the selected layer or within the selected group in the Layers panel. Create a new layer or group 1 . Do one of the following: To create a new la[...]

To the top To the top Choose Layer > New > Layer Via Cut to cut the selection and paste it into a new layer. Note: You must rasterize Smart Objects or shape layers to enable these commands. View layers and groups within a group Do one of the following to open the group: Click the triangle to the left of the folder icon . Right- click (Windows[...]

Applying Smart Filters To the top To the top About Smart Filters Apply a Smart Filter Edit a Smart Filter Hide Smart Filters Reorder, duplicate, or delete Smart Filters Mask Smart Filters About Smart Filters Any filter applied to a Smart Object is a Smart Filter. Smart Filters appear in the Layers panel below the Smart Object layer to which they ar[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top Edit a Smart Filter If a Smart Filter contains editable settings, you can edit it at any time. You can also edit blending options for Smart Filters. Note: When you edit a Smart Filter, you can’t preview filters stacked above it. After you finish editing the Smart Filter, Photoshop again displays the fil[...]

Mask Smart Filter effects 1 . Click the filter mask thumbnail in the Layers panel to make it active. A border appears around the mask thumbnail. 2 . Select any of the editing or painting tools. 3 . Do one of the following: To hide portions of the filter, paint the mask with black. To show portions of the filter, paint the mask with white. To make t[...]

Create Smart Objects To the top To the top About Smart Objects Create Smart Objects Duplicate a Smart Object Edit the content of a Smart Object Replace the contents of a Smart Object Export the contents of a Smart Object Convert a Smart Object to a layer About Smart Objects Smart Objects are layers that contain image data from raster or vector imag[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top An easy way to work with camera raw files is to open them as Smart Objects. You can double -click the Smart Object layer containing the raw file at any time to adjust the Camera Raw settings. Select one or more layers and choose Layer > Smart Objects > Convert To Smart Object. The layers [...]

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Layer opacity and blending To the top To the top To the top Specify overall and fill opacity for selected layers Specify a blending mode for a layer or group Group blend effects Exclude channels from blending Specify a tonal range for blending layers Filling new layers with a neutral color Adobe recommends Have a tutorial you would like to share? B[...]

To the top However, you can choose to have the blending mode of the bottommost layer apply only to that layer, allowing you to preserve the original blending appearance of the clipped layers. (See Mask layers with clipping masks.) You can also apply the blending mode of a layer to layer effects that modify opaque pixels, such as Inner Glow or Color[...]

To the top To the top Note: To view blending options for a text layer, choose Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options, or choose Blending Options from the Add A Layer Style button at the bottom of the Layers panel menu. 2 . From the Advanced Blending area of the Layer Style dialog box, deselect any channels you do not want to include when the [...]

Blending modes To the top Blending mode descriptions Blending mode examples The blending mode specified in the options bar controls how pixels in the image are affected by a painting or editing tool. It’s helpful to think in terms of the following colors when visualizing a blending mode’s effect: The base color is the original color in the imag[...]

To the top lighter than 50% gray, the image is lightened by decreasing the contrast. If the blend color is darker than 50% gray, the image is darkened by increasing the contrast. Linear Light Burns or dodges the colors by decreasing or increasing the brightness, depending on the blend color. If the blend color (light source) is lighter than 50% gra[...]

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Layer comps To the top To the top To the top About layer comps Create a layer comp Apply and view layer comps Change and update a layer comp Clear layer comp warnings Delete a layer comp Export layer comps About layer comps Designers often create multiple compositions or comps of a page layout to show clients. Using layer comps, you can create, man[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top In the Layer Comp panel, do any of the following: To view a layer comp, you first need to apply it. Click the Apply Layer Comp icon next to a selected comp. To cycle through a view of all layer comps, use the Previous and Next buttons at the bottom of the panel. (To cycle through specific comps, first sel[...]

Layer effects and styles To the top To the top About layer effects and styles Apply preset styles Layer Style dialog box overview Apply or edit a custom layer style Layer style options Modify layer effects with contours Set a global lighting angle for all layers Display or hide layer styles Copy layer styles Scale a layer effect Remove layer effect[...]

To the top To the top Click a style in the Styles panel to apply it to the currently selected layers. Drag a style from the Styles panel onto a layer in the Layers panel. Drag a style from the Styles panel to the document window, and release the mouse button when the pointer is over the layer content to which you want to apply the style. Note: Hold[...]

To the top To edit an existing style, double -click an effect displayed below the layer name in the Layers panel. (Click the triangle next to the Add a Layer Style icon to display the effects contained in the style.) 3 . Set effect options in the Layer Style dialog box. See Layer style options. 4 . Add other effects to the style, if desired. In the[...]

To the top To the top apply a glow that emanates from the inside edges of the layer’s content. Spread Expands the boundaries of the matte prior to blurring. Style Specifies the style of a bevel: Inner Bevel creates a bevel on the inside edges of the layer contents; Outer Bevel creates a bevel on the outside edges of the layer contents; Emboss sim[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top Using global light gives the appearance of a common light source shining on the image. Do one of the following: Choose Layer > Layer Style > Global Light. In the Global Light dialog box, enter a value or drag the angle radius to set the angle and altitude, and click OK. In the Layer Style dialog box[...]

To the top To the top 1 . In the Layers panel, expand the layer style to see its effects. 2 . Drag the effect to the Delete icon . Remove a style from a layer 1 . In the Layers panel, select the layer containing the style you want to remove. 2 . Do one of the following: In the Layers panel, drag the Effects bar to the Delete icon . Choose Layer >[...]

Save a set of preset styles as a library 1 . Do one of the following: Choose Save Styles from the Styles panel menu. Select Styles on the left side of the Layer Style dialog box. Then choose Save Styles from the pop - up menu. When using a shape or Pen tool, click the layer style thumbnail in the options bar. Then choose Save Styles from the pop - [...]

Selecting To learn more, view these recommended resources online. Selecting areas of a photo video2brain (May. 7, 2012) video-tutorial Discover the basic building block of image editing. Refine a selection Infinite Skills (Aug. 9, 2012) video-tutorial Refine a selection or mask edge 208[...]

Making selections Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top Note: To the top About selecting pixels Select, deselect, and reselect pixels About selecting pixels A selection isolates one or more parts of your image. By selecting specific areas, you can edit and[...]

Adjusting pixel selections To the top To the top Move, hide, or invert a selection Adjust selections manually Expand or contract a selection by a specific number of pixels Create a selection around a selection border Expand a selection to include areas with similar color Clean up stray pixels in a color -based selection Refine selection edges Softe[...]

To the top To the top You can use the selection tools to add to or subtract from existing pixel selections. Before manually adding to or subtracting from a selection, you may want to set the feather and anti- aliasing values in the options bar to the same settings used in the original selection. Add to a selection or select an additional area 1 . M[...]

To the top To the top To the top Original selection (left), and after Border command: 5 pixels (right) 1 . Use a selection tool to make a selection. 2 . Choose Select > Modify > Border. 3 . Enter a value between 1 and 200 pixels for the border width of the new selection, and click OK. The new selection frames the original selected area, and i[...]

To the top border where edge refinement occurs. Refine Radius and Erase Refinements tools Let you precisely adjust the border area in which edge refinement occurs. To quickly toggle from one tool to the other, press Shift+E. To change the brush size, press the bracket keys. Brush over soft areas such as hair or fur to add fine details to the select[...]

To the top 2 . Enter a value for the Feather Radius, and click OK. Note: A small selection made with a large feather radius may be so faint that its edges are invisible and thus not selectable. If you see the message “No pixels are more than 50% selected,” either decrease the feather radius or increase the size of the selection. Or click OK to [...]

Moving, copying, and deleting selected pixels To the top To the top Move a selection Copy selections Copy between applications Delete selected pixels Move a selection 1 . Select the Move tool . 2 . Move the pointer inside the selection border, and drag the selection to a new position. If you have selected multiple areas, all move as you drag. Origi[...]

Dragging a selection into another image Create multiple copies of a selection within an image 1 . Select the Move tool , or hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) to activate the Move tool. 2 . Copy the selection: Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and drag the selection. To copy the selection and offset the duplicate by 1 pixel, hol[...]

To the top Using the Paste Into command A. Window panes selected B. Copied image C. Paste Into command D. Layer thumbnails and layer mask in Layers panel E. Pasted image repositioned 4 . Select the Move tool , or hold down the Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) key to activate the Move tool. Then drag the source contents until the part you want app[...]

To the top Shape Layer Creates a new shape layer that uses the path as a vector mask. Note: When copying artwork from Adobe Illustrator, the default clipboard preferences in Illustrator may prevent the Paste dialog box from appearing in Photoshop. Select AICB in the File Handling and Clipboard area of the Preferences dialog box in Illustrator if yo[...]

Saving selections and alpha channel masks To the top To the top About masks and alpha channels Create and edit alpha channel masks Save and load selections About masks and alpha channels When you select part of an image, the area that is not selected is masked , or protected from editing. So, when you create a mask, you isolate and protect areas of[...]

To the top Adobe recommends Have a tutorial you would like to share? Book excerpt: Using the Masks panel Conrad Chavez Quickly fine -tune masks with one consolidated set of options. Create an alpha channel mask using current options 1 . Click the New Channel button at the bottom of the Channels panel. 2 . Paint on the new channel to mask out image [...]

2 . Choose Select > Save Selection. 3 . Specify the following in the Save Selection dialog box, and click OK: Document Chooses a destination image for the selection. By default, the selection is placed in a channel in your active image. You can choose to save the selection to a channel in another open image with the same pixel dimensions or to a[...]

Selecting a color range in an image Selection Image The Color Range command selects a specified color or color range within an existing selection or an entire image. If you want to replace a selection, be sure to deselect everything before applying this command. The Color Range command is not available for 32 - bits-per - channel images. To refine [...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy None Grayscale Black Matte White Matte Quick Mask Note: To the top Increasing fuzziness expands selection If you selected Localized Color Clusters, use the Range slider to control how far or near a color must be from the sample p[...]

Making quick selections To the top Sample All Layers Auto- Enhance To the top Select with the Quick Selection tool Select with the Magic Wand tool Select with the Quick Selection tool You can use the Quick Selection tool to quickly “paint” a selection using an adjustable round brush tip. As you drag, the selection expands outward and automatica[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Tolerance Anti -aliased Contiguous Sample All Layers 2 . Specify one of the selection options in the options bar. The Magic Wand tool’s pointer changes depending on which option is selected. Selection options A. New B. Add To C[...]

Selecting with the lasso tools To the top To the top Select with the Lasso tool Select with the Polygonal Lasso tool Select with the Magnetic Lasso tool Select with the Lasso tool The Lasso tool is useful for drawing freeform segments of a selection border. 1 . Select the Lasso tool , and set feathering and anti -aliasing in the options bar. (See S[...]

To the top Width Contrast Frequency Stylus Pressure If the pointer is not over the starting point, double -click the Polygonal Lasso tool pointer, or Ctrl- click (Windows) or Command- click (Mac OS). 7 . (Optional) Click Refine Edge to further adjust the selection boundary. See Refine selection edges . Select with the Magnetic Lasso tool When you u[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy 8 . To switch temporarily to the other lasso tools, do one of the following: To activate the Lasso tool, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and drag with the mouse button depressed. To activate the Polygonal Lasso tool, [...]

Selecting with the marquee tools Rectangular Marquee Elliptical Marquee Single Row or Single Column Marquee Normal Fixed Ratio Fixed Size The marquee tools let you select rectangles, ellipses, and 1 - pixel rows and columns. 1 . Select a marquee tool: Makes a rectangular selection (or a square, when used with the Shift key). Makes an elliptical sel[...]

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Duplicate, split, and merge channels To the top To the top To the top Duplicate channels Split channels into separate images Merge channels Duplicate channels You can copy a channel and use it in the current image or another image. Duplicate a channel If you are duplicating alpha channels between images, the channels must have identical pixel dimen[...]

If you are working with DCS files that have accidentally lost their links (and so cannot be opened, placed, or printed), open the channel files, and merge them into a CMYK image. Then re -save the file as a DCS EPS file. 1 . Open the grayscale images containing the channels you want to merge, and make one of the images active. You must have more th[...]

Create a temporary quick mask To the top Creating and editing a quick mask Change Quick Mask options Creating and editing a quick mask To use Quick Mask mode, start with a selection and then add to or subtract from it to make the mask. You can also create the mask entirely in Quick Mask mode. Color differentiates the protected and unprotected areas[...]

To the top Painting in Quick Mask mode A. Original selection and Quick Mask mode with green chosen as mask color B. Painting with white in Quick Mask mode adds to the selection C. Painting with black in Quick Mask mode subtracts from the selection 5 . Click the Standard Mode button in the toolbox to turn off the quick mask and return to your origin[...]

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Channel basics To the top To the top About channels Channels panel overview Show or hide a channel Show color channels in color Select and edit channels Rearrange and rename alpha and spot channels Delete a channel About channels Channels are grayscale images that store different types of information: Color information channels are created automati[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top Show or hide a channel You can use the Channels panel to view any combination of channels in the document window. For example, you can view an alpha channel and the composite channel together to see how changes made in the alpha channel relate to the entire image. Click in the eye column next t[...]

Drag the channel name in the panel to the Delete icon. Choose Delete Channel from the Channels panel menu. Click the Delete icon at the bottom of the panel, and then click Yes. Note: When you delete a color channel from a file with layers, visible layers are flattened and hidden layers are discarded. This is done because removing a color channel co[...]

Channel calculations To the top To the top To the top Blending layers and channels Blend channels with the Apply Image command Blend channels with the Calculations command Add and Subtract blending modes Blending layers and channels You can use the blending effects associated with layers to combine channels within and between images into new images[...]

To the top 6 . Choose the second source image, layer, and channel, and specify options. 7 . For Blending, choose a blending mode. For information on the Add and Subtract options, see Add and Subtract blending modes. For information on other blending options, see Blending mode descriptions. 8 . Enter an Opacity value to specify the effect’s streng[...]

Extract an object from its background To the top To the top Use the more effective and flexible Refine Edge command Use the older, optional Extract plug- in (Windows only) When you extract an object, Photoshop erases its background to transparency. Pixels on the edge of the object lose the color components derived from the background, so they can b[...]

Force Foreground Select this option if the object is especially intricate or lacks a clear interior. 4 . Select the Edge Highlighter tool , and draw to define the edge of the object you want to extract. Drag so that the highlight slightly overlaps both the foreground object and its background. Use a large brush to cover wispy, intricate edges where[...]

Image adjustments To learn more, view these recommended resources online. Using adjustment layers video2brain (May. 7, 2012) video-tutorial Change color and tone with total flexibility. Auto color corrections Kelby (May. 7, 2012) video-tutorial One-click corrections to common image issues. 243[...]

Understanding color adjustments To the top To the top Before making color and tonal adjustments Correcting images Adjustments panel overview Color adjustment commands Make a color adjustment Save adjustment settings Reapply adjustment settings Correcting colors in CMYK and RGB Identify out - of - gamut colors Before making color and tonal adjustmen[...]

To the top To adjust the tonality in just shadow and highlight areas, use the Shadow/Highlight command. See Improve shadow and highlight detail. 5 . (Optional) Make other color adjustments. After you correct the overall color balance of your image, you can make optional adjustments to enhance colors or produce special effects. 6 . Sharpen the edges[...]

To the top Adjust Levels Auto Levels command Curves command Exposure command Vibrance command Photo Filter command Color Balance command Hue/Saturation command Match Color command Replace Color command Selective Color command Channel Mixer command To the top Save and apply adjustment presets In CS5, the Adjustments panel has a list of presets for c[...]

Note: To the top To the top To the top Click an adjustment icon in the Adjustments panel. In CS5, you can also select an adjustment preset in the Adjustments panel. Create an adjustment layer. See Create and confine adjustment and fill layers . Double -click the thumbnail of an existing adjustment layer in the Layers panel. You can also choose Imag[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top Identify out - of - gamut colors A gamut is the range of colors that a color system can display or print. A color that can be displayed in RGB could be out of gamut , and therefore unprintable, for your CMYK setting. I[...]

Viewing histograms and pixel values To the top To the top About histograms Histogram panel overview View the histogram for a multilayered document Preview histogram adjustments Refresh the histogram display View color values in an image View color information while adjusting color Adjusting color samplers About histograms A histogram illustrates ho[...]

Adjust the view of the Histogram panel Choose a view from the Histogram panel menu. Expanded View Displays the histogram with statistics. It also displays: controls for choosing the channel represented by the histogram, viewing options in the Histogram panel, refreshing the histogram to display uncached data, and choosing a specific layer in a mult[...]

To the top To the top To the top By default, the Histogram panel displays statistics in the Expanded View and All Channels View. 1 . Choose Show Statistics from the Histogram panel menu. 2 . Do one of the following: To view information about a specific pixel value, place the pointer in the histogram. To view information about a range of values, dra[...]

To the top To the top Click the Cached Data Warning icon . Click the Uncached Refresh button . Choose Uncached Refresh from the Histogram panel menu. For information about cache level, see Histogram panel overview. View color values in an image You can use the Info panel to see the color value of pixels as you make color corrections. When you work [...]

To the top Adjusting color samplers Once you’ve added a color sampler, you can move or delete it, hide it, or change the color sampler information displayed in the Info panel. Move or delete a color sampler 1 . Select the Color Sampler tool . 2 . Do one of the following: To move a color sampler, drag the sampler to the new location. To delete a c[...]

High dynamic range images To the top To the top About high dynamic range images Take photos for HDR images Features that support 32 - bpc HDR images Merge images to HDR Adjust displayed dynamic range for 32- bit HDR images About the HDR Color Picker Paint on HDR images About high dynamic range images The dynamic range (ratio between dark and bright[...]

To the top To the top Secure the camera to a tripod. Take enough photos to cover the full dynamic range of the scene. You can try taking at least five to seven photos, but you might need to take more exposures depending on the dynamic range of the scene. The minimum number of photos should be three. Vary the shutter speed to create different exposu[...]

1 . Do one of the following: (Photoshop) Choose File > Automate > Merge To HDR Pro. (Bridge) Select the images you want to use and choose Tools > Photoshop > Merge To HDR Pro. Skip to step 5. 2 . In the Merge To HDR Pro dialog box, click Browse to select specific images, click Add Open Files, or choose Use > Folder. (To remove a part[...]

To the top To the top Corner option is used. Equalize Histogram Compresses the dynamic range of the HDR image while trying to preserve some contrast. No further adjustments are necessary; this method is automatic. Exposure and Gamma Lets you manually adjust the brightness and contrast of the HDR image. Move the Exposure slider to adjust gain and th[...]

HDR Color Picker A. Preview area B. Adjusted color C. Original color D. 32 - bit floating point values E. Intensity slider F. Picked color G. Color slider H. Color values Display the HDR Color Picker With a 32 - bpc image open, do one of the following: In the toolbox, click the foreground or background color selection box. In the Color panel, click[...]

To the top Paint on HDR images You can edit and add effects to HDR/32 - bpc images using any of the following Photoshop tools: Brush, Pencil, Pen, Shape, Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp, Eraser, Gradient, Blur, Sharpen, Smudge, and History Brush. You can also use the Text tool to add 32 - bpc text layers to an HDR image. When editing or painting on HDR [...]

Convert a color image to black and white Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Note: Preset menu Auto Color Sliders Preview The Black & White adjustment lets you convert a color image to grayscale while maintaining full control over how individual colors are conv[...]

Adjusting image color and tone in CS6 To the top Note: To the top To the top Note: Overview of adjusting image color and tone in CS6 Adjusting image color and tone with adjustment layers Adjusting image color and tone in Camera Raw Overview of adjusting image color and tone in CS6 Two ways to adjust image tone and color are to use adjustment layers[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy For more information about Adobe Camera Raw Adobe Camera Raw topics Photoshop Tutorial: Open a JPEG in Camera Raw by Brodie Butler Amazing Wonders of Adobe Camera Raw 7.0 in Photoshop CS6 by Russell Preston Brown In addition to t[...]

Adjust HDR exposure and toning Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Note: Exposure Offset Gamma Note: The Exposure and HDR Toning adjustments are primarily designed for 32- bit HDR images, but you can also apply them to 16 - and 8 - bit images to create HDR -like ef[...]

Adjust color and tone with Levels and Curves eyedroppers To the top To the top Note: Set black and white points using the Eyedropper tools Color correct using the eyedroppers Set black and white points using the Eyedropper tools Keep in mind that using the eyedroppers undoes any previous adjustment you made in Levels or Curves. If you plan to use t[...]

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Curves adjustment To the top Note: To the top Curves overview Adjust image color and tone with Curves Add contrast to the midtones of a photo with Curves Keyboard shortcuts: Curves Curves overview In the Curves adjustment, you adjust points throughout an image’s tonal range. Initially, the image’s tonality is represented as a straight diagonal [...]

Note: Note: Choosing Image > Adjustments > Curves applies the adjustment directly to the image layer and discards image information. 2 . (Optional) To adjust the color balance, in the Adjustments panel (CS5) or the Properties panel (CS6), choose the channel you want to adjust from the menu to the left of the Auto button. 3 . In the Adjustment[...]

To the top To the top Detailed Grid Displays gridlines in 10% increments. Show Channel Overlays Displays color channel curves superimposed on the composite curve. Histogram Displays a histogram of the original image tonal values behind the graph. Baseline Displays the original image color and tonality as a 45 -degree angle line for reference, Inter[...]

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Adjust shadow and highlight detail To the top Note: Note: Note: Amount Note: Tonal Width Improve shadow and highlight detail Improve shadow and highlight detail The Shadow/Highlight command is one method for correcting photos with silhouetted images due to strong backlighting or correcting subjects that have been slightly washed out because they we[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Radius Brightness Midtone Contrast Black Clip And White Clip much, try reducing Shadow Tone Width toward zero so that only the darkest regions are lightened. If, however, you want to brighten the midtones as well as the shadows, [...]

Adjusting hue and saturation To the top Note: Apply a Hue/Saturation adjustment Adjust color saturation using Vibrance Adjust color saturation in image areas Hue/Saturation lets you adjust the hue, saturation, and lightness of a specific range of colors in an image or simultaneously adjust all the colors in an image. This adjustment is especially g[...]

Note: black to a color). Values can range from - 100 (percentage of black) to +100 (percentage of white). Click the Reset button to undo a Hue/Saturation setting in the Adjustments panel (CS5) or the Properties panel (CS6). Specify the range of colors adjusted using Hue/Saturation 1 . Apply a Hue/Saturation adjustment. 2 . In the Adjustments panel [...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top Note: To the top Saturate Desaturate Adjust color saturation using Vibrance Vibrance adjusts the saturation so that clipping is minimized as colors approach full saturation. This adjustment increases the saturation of [...]

Adjusting image sharpness and blur To the top Note: To the top Amount Radius Remove Angle More Accurate Sharpening recommendations Sharpen using Smart Sharpen Sharpen using Unsharp Mask Sharpen selectively Add lens blur Blur image areas Sharpen image areas Sharpening recommendations Sharpening enhances the definition of edges in an image. Whether y[...]

Fade Amount Tonal Width Radius To the top 4 . Adjust sharpening of dark and light areas using in the Shadow and Highlight tabs. (Click the Advanced button to display the tabs). If the dark or light sharpening halos appear too strong you can reduce them with these controls, which are only available for 8 - bits and 16 - bits -per - channel images: A[...]

To the top value of 4 or more, on a scale of 0 to 255. So, if adjacent pixels have tonal values of 128 and 129, they are not affected. To avoid introducing noise or posterization (in images with flesh tones, for example), use an edge mask or try experimenting with Threshold values between 2 and 20. The default Threshold value (0) sharpens all pixel[...]

Note: To the top To the top to retouch the final edge mask. Setting the black point high in Levels to eliminate random pixels in the edge mask Choose Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur to feather the edges. The Maximum, the Median, and the Gaussian Blur filters soften the edge mask so that the sharpening effects blend better in the final image. Al[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top 2 . Do the following in the options bar: Choose a brush tip and set options for the blending mode and strength in the options bar. Select Sample All Layers in the options bar to blur using data from all visible layers.[...]

Levels adjustment To the top To the top Note: Note: Levels overview Adjust tonal range using Levels Adjust color using Levels Add contrast to a photo with Levels Levels overview You use the Levels adjustment to correct the tonal range and color balance of an image by adjusting intensity levels of image shadows, midtones, and highlights. The Levels [...]

Note: Note: To the top To the top 2 . (Optional) To adjust tones for a specific color channel, choose an option from the Channel menu. 3 . (Optional) To edit a combination of color channels at the same time, Shift -select the channels in the Channels panel before choosing the Image > Adjustments > Levels command. (This method does not work in[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Image layer doesn’t extend to the ends of the graph, indicating that the image is not using the full tonal range. A. Shadow Input slider B. Highlight Input slider For more information Adjusting image tone and color in CS6 282[...]

Quickly adjust black and white points To the top Adjust black and white points with the Auto option Adjust black and white points with the Auto option The Auto option for Levels and Curves and the Auto Tone command automatically adjust the black point and white point in an image. This clips a portion of the shadows and highlights in each channel an[...]

Applying the Color Balance adjustment To the top To the top Apply the Color Balance adjustment Change the color balance using the Photo Filter command Apply the Color Balance adjustment The Color Balance command changes the overall mixture of colors in an image for generalized color correction. 1 . Make sure that the composite channel is selected i[...]

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Apply a Brightness/Contrast adjustment To the top Apply the Brightness/Contrast adjustment Apply the Brightness/Contrast adjustment The Brightness/Contrast adjustment lets you make simple adjustments to the tonal range of an image. Moving the brightness slider to the right increases tonal values and expands image highlights, to the left decreases v[...]

Dodge or burn image areas Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Note: Midtones Shadows Highlights The Dodge tool and the Burn tool lighten or darken areas of the image. These tools are based on a traditional darkroom technique for regulating exposure on specific area[...]

Adjustment and fill layers To the top To the top About adjustment and fill layers Create and confine adjustment and fill layers Edit or merge adjustment and fill layers About adjustment and fill layers An adjustment layer applies color and tonal adjustments to your image without permanently changing pixel values. For example, rather than making a L[...]

Create an adjustment layer Do one of the following: Click the New Adjustment Layer button at the bottom of the Layers panel, and choose an adjustment layer type. Choose Layer > New Adjustment Layer, and choose an option. Name the layer, set layer options, and click OK. (Photoshop CS5) Click an adjustment icon or select an adjustment preset in th[...]

To the top 9 . Modify the adjustment as needed in the Adjustments panel (CS5) or Properties panel (CS6). The adjustment is only applied to the unmasked (or partially masked) areas of the image. If necessary click Color Range again to make further adjustments to the adjustment layer mask. Edit or merge adjustment and fill layers Editing adjustment a[...]

Applying special color effects to images To the top To the top To the top To the top Desaturate colors Invert colors Create a two -valued black and white image Posterize an image Apply a gradient map to an image Desaturate colors The Desaturate command converts a color image to grayscale values, but leaves the image in the same color mode. For exam[...]

To the top the image back to the previous color mode, and replace the various gray tones with the colors you want. 1 . Do one of the following: Click the Posterize icon in the Adjustments panel. Choose Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Posterize. Note: You can also choose Image > Adjustments > Posterize. But keep in mind that this method m[...]

Making quick tonal adjustments To the top To the top To the top Apply the Auto Contrast adjustment Remove a color cast using Auto Color Set Auto adjustment options Using the Equalize command Adjust black and white points with the Auto option Apply the Auto Contrast adjustment The Auto Contrast command adjusts image contrast automatically. Because A[...]

To the top Auto Color Correction Options dialog box A. Auto Contrast option B. Auto Levels option C. Auto Color option D. Set target colors, black point, and white point 1 . Click the Levels or Curves icon in the Adjustments panel. 2 . Alt - click (Windows) or Option - click (Mac OS) the Auto button in the Adjustments panel (CS5) or Properties pane[...]

To the top The Equalize command redistributes the brightness values of the pixels in an image so that they more evenly represent the entire range of brightness levels. Equalize remaps pixel values in the composite image so that the brightest value represents white, the darkest value represents black, and intermediate values are evenly distributed t[...]

Matching, replacing, and mixing colors To the top Matching colors Replacing colors Mixing colors selectively Matching colors Match the color in different images The Match Color command matches colors between multiple images, between multiple layers, or between multiple selections. It also lets you adjust the colors in an image by changing the lumin[...]

To the top 1 . (Optional) Make a selection in the layer you want to match. Use this method when matching a color region (for example, facial skin tones) in one layer with a region in another. If you don’t make a selection, then the Match Color matches the colors of the entire source layer. 2 . Make sure that the layer you want to target (apply th[...]

Leave the Lightness setting at zero to maintain contrast. To maintain both contrast and saturation, select the Hue blending mode for the adjustment layer. 4 . If necessary, enlarge or reduce the affected area by painting on the mask with white or black. (See Edit a layer mask.) For more information, see Adjustments panel overview. Use the Replace C[...]

To the top Book excerpt: Using the Color Replacement tool Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas Walk through the process step by step. 1 . Select the Color Replacement tool . (If the tool isn’t visible, access it by holding down the Brush tool.) 2 . In the options bar, choose a brush tip. Generally, you should keep the blending mode set to Color. 3 [...]

5 . Drag the sliders to increase or decrease the components in the selected color. You can also save the settings you make for the Selective Color adjustment and reuse the settings on other images. More Help topics Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy 300[...]

Targeting images for press To the top To the top To the top Setting highlight and shadow target values Using Levels to preserve highlight and shadow details for printing Set target values using the eyedroppers Setting highlight and shadow target values Assigning (targeting) highlight and shadow values of an image is necessary because most output de[...]

darkest points you want to preserve. This method does not work if the Curves adjustment is set to the CMYK composite channel. When identifying the lightest highlight details that you want targeted to a printable (lower) value, don’t include specular highlights. Specular highlights such as the highlight glint in jewelry or a spot of glare are mean[...]

Camera Raw To learn more, view these recommended resources online. Camera Raw 7 plug -in Kelby (May. 7, 2012) video-tutorial Tap into the latest noise, color, and dynamic range controls. Enhancing Raw images video2brain (May. 7, 2012) video-tutorial Draw upon the full range of image data. 303[...]

Introduction to Camera Raw To the top To the top About camera raw files About Camera Raw About the Digital Negative (DNG) format Processing images with Camera Raw Camera Raw dialog box overview Work with the Camera Raw cache in Adobe Bridge Work with Camera Raw and Lightroom About camera raw files A camera raw file contains unprocessed, uncompresse[...]

To the top To the top After you process and edit a camera raw file using the Camera Raw plug- in, an icon appears in the image thumbnail in Adobe Bridge. If you open a camera raw file in Photoshop, you can save the image in other image formats, such as PSD, JPEG, Large Document Format (PSB), TIFF, Cineon, Photoshop Raw, PNG, or PBM. From the Camera[...]

To the top settings by clicking the link beneath the image preview in the Camera Raw dialog box. 7. Save the image, or open it in Photoshop or After Effects. When you finish adjusting the image in Camera Raw, you can apply the adjustments to the camera raw file, open the adjusted image in Photoshop or After Effects , save the adjusted image to anot[...]

To the top To the top Shadows and Highlights Displays shadow and highlight clipping using the buttons at the top of the Histogram. Clipped shadows appear in blue, and clipped highlights appear in red. Highlight clipping is shown if any one of the three RGB channels is clipped (fully saturated with no detail). Shadow clipping is shown if all three R[...]

Navigate, open, and save images in Camera Raw To the top To the top Process, compare, and rate multiple images Automating image processing Open images Save a camera raw image in another format Process, compare, and rate multiple images The most convenient way to work with multiple camera raw images is to use the Filmstrip view in Camera Raw. Filmst[...]

To the top To the top When creating a droplet, select Suppress File Open Options Dialogs in the Play area of the Create Droplet dialog box. This prevents the display of the Camera Raw dialog box as each camera raw image is processed. Open images To process raw images in Camera Raw, select one or more camera raw files in Adobe Bridge, and then choos[...]

TIFF Saves copies of the camera raw files as TIFF (Tagged -ImageFile Format ) files. Specify whether to apply no compression, or LZW or ZIP file compression. TIFF is a flexible bitmap image format supported by virtually all paint, image - editing, and page -layout applications. TIFF provides greater compression and compatibility with other applicat[...]

Process versions in Camera Raw Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Process Version 2012 Process Version 2010 Process Version 2003 The process version is the technology that Camera Raw uses to adjust and render photos. Depending on which process version you use, dif[...]

Make color and tonal adjustments in Camera Raw To the top Note: To the top Note: Histogram and RGB levels Preview highlight and shadow clipping White balance controls Adjust tone Fine- tune tone curves Clarity, Vibrance, and Saturation controls HSL / Grayscale controls Adjust color or tone using the Targeted Adjustment tool Tone a grayscale image E[...]

To the top Note: White Balance As Shot Auto Note: Temperature Note: Tint White balance controls To adjust the white balance, identify which objects in the image you want to be neutral -colored (white or gray), and then adjust the colors to make those objects neutral. A white or gray object in a scene takes on the color cast by the ambient light or [...]

To the top Note: Note: Exposure (All) Contrast (All) Highlights (PV2012) Shadows (PV2012) Whites (PV2012) Blacks (PV2012) Blacks (PV2010 and PV2003) Recovery (PV2010 and PV2003) Fill Light (PV2010 and PV2003) Brightness (PV2010 and PV2003) Adjust tone You adjust the image tonal scale using the tone controls in the Basic tab. When you click Auto at [...]

To the top Note: To the top Clarity Vibrance Saturation To the top Hue Saturation Luminance Grayscale Mix To the top Fine -tune tone curves Use the controls in the Tone Curve tab to fine- tune images after you’ve made tone adjustments in the Basic tab. The tone curves represent changes made to the tonal scale of an image. The horizontal axis repr[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top To the top Dragging up or right increases values; dragging down or left decreases values. Sliders for more than one color may be affected when you drag with the Targeted Adjustment tool. Selecting the Grayscale Mix Tar[...]

Make local adjustments in Camera Raw To the top To the top Note: Temp (PV2012) Tint (PV2012) Exposure (All) Highlights (PV2012) Shadows (PV2012) Brightness (PV2010 and PV2003) Contrast (All) Saturation (All) Clarity (All) Sharpness (All) Noise Reduction (PV2012) About local adjustments Apply local adjustments with the Adjustment Brush tool in Camer[...]

Moiré Reduction (PV2012) Defringe (PV2012) Color (All) Size Feather Flow Density Auto Mask Show Mask Note: Note: To the top Note: Temp (PV2012) Removes moiré artifacts, or color aliasing. Removes fringe colors along edges. See Remove local color fringes. Applies a tint to the selected area. Select the hue by clicking the color sample box to the r[...]

Tint (PV2012) Exposure (All) Highlights (PV2012) Shadows (PV2012) Brightness (PV2010 and PV2003) Contrast (All) Saturation (All) Clarity (All) Sharpness (All) Noise Reduction (PV2012) Moiré Reduction (PV2012) Defringe (PV 2012) Color (All) Note: To the top Note: New Local Correction Setting Compensates for a green or magenta color cast. Sets the o[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Delete “preset name” Rename “preset name” Preset name appear in the Local Adjustment Settings menu and can be applied to any image that is opened in Camera Raw. Deletes the selected local adjustment preset. Renames the se[...]

Rotate, crop, and retouch images in Camera Raw To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top Rotate images Straighten images Crop images Remove red-eye Remove spots Rotate images Click the Rotate Image 90° Counter Clockwise button (or press L). Click the Rotate Image 90° Clockwise button (or press R). Note: Using commands in the Edit men[...]

2 . Select one of the following from the Type menu: Heal Matches the texture, lighting, and shading of the sampled area to the selected area. Clone Applies the sampled area of the image to the selected area. 3 . (Optional) In the tool options under the Histogram, drag the Radius slider to specify the size of the area that the Spot Removal tool affe[...]

Correct lens distortions in Camera Raw To the top To the top To the top About lens corrections Correct image perspective and lens flaws automatically From an expert: Correct image perspective and lens flaws manually Correcting Chromatic Aberration in Camera Raw 7.1 About lens corrections Camera lenses can exhibit different types of defects at certa[...]

Note: Distortion Chromatic Aberration Vignetting To the top Distortion Vertical Horizontal Rotate Scale Fix Red/Cyan Fringe Fix Blue/Yellow Fringe Defringe Amount Midpoint To the top 1 . In the nested Profile tab of the Lens Corrections tab, select Enable Lens Profile Corrections. 2 . If Camera Raw does not find a suitable profile automatically, se[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Note: In the Color tab of the Lens Correction panel, select the Remove Chromatic Aberration checkbox. Remove global purple/magenta and green fringes In the Color tab of the Lens Correction panel, adjust the purple and green Amoun[...]

Sharpening and noise reduction in Camera Raw To the top Amount Radius Detail Masking To the top Note: Note: Sharpen photos Reduce noise Sharpen photos The sharpening controls on the Detail tab adjust edge definition in the image. The Adjustment Brush tool and Graduated Filter tool use the Radius, Detail, and Masking values when local sharpening is [...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Luminance Luminance Detail Luminance Contrast Color Color Detail Reduces luminance noise. Controls the luminance noise threshold. Useful for noisy photos. Higher values preserve more detail but can produce noisier results. Lower [...]

Adjust color rendering for your camera in Camera Raw To the top To the top To the top To the top Apply a camera profile Specify a default camera profile Apply a profile to a group of images Create a camera profile preset Customize profiles using the DNG Profile Editor For each camera model it supports, Camera Raw uses color profiles to process raw [...]

To the top 5 . To apply the preset to a group of images, select the images and then choose Apply Preset > Preset Name from the Camera Raw Settings menu. Customize profiles using the DNG Profile Editor To improve color rendering or customize a camera profile, use the standalone DNG Profile Editor utility. For example, use the DNG Profile Editor t[...]

Manage Camera Raw settings To the top To the top To the top Save image states as snapshots Save, reset, and load Camera Raw settings Specify where Camera Raw settings are stored Copy and paste Camera Raw settings Apply saved Camera Raw settings Export Camera Raw settings and DNG previews Specify Camera Raw workflow options Save image states as snap[...]

To the top To the top Specify where Camera Raw settings are stored Choose a preference to specify where the settings are stored. The XMP files are useful if you plan to move or store the image files and want to retain the camera raw settings. You can use the Export Settings command to copy the settings in the Camera Raw database to sidecar XMP file[...]

To the top To the top Applying a preset Note: You can also apply presets from the Presets tab. Export Camera Raw settings and DNG previews If you store file settings in the Camera Raw database, you can use the Export Settings To XMP command to copy the settings to sidecar XMP files or embed them in DNG files. This is useful for preserving the image[...]

5 - 1/8 inches. You can also use the Image Size command to adjust resolution in Photoshop. Sharpen For Allows you to apply output sharpening for Screen, Matte Paper , or Glossy Paper . If you apply output sharpening, you can change the Amount pop- up menu to Low or High to decrease or increase the amount of sharpening applied. In most cases, you ca[...]

Vignette and grain effects in Camera Raw To the top To the top Simulate film grain Apply a postcrop vignette Simulate film grain The Grain section of the Effects tab has controls for simulating film grain for a stylistic effect reminiscent of particular film stocks. You can also use the Grain effect to mask enlargement artifacts when making large p[...]

Paint Overlay Applies the postcrop vignette by blending original image colors with black or white. Appropriate when a soft effect is desired but may reduce highlight contrast. 3 . Refine the effect by adjusting any of the following sliders: Amount Positive values lighten the corners, negative values darken them. Midpoint Higher values restrict the [...]

Repair and restoration To learn more, view these recommended resources online. Using Content -Aware Move and Extend Lynda.com (May. 7, 2012) video-tutorial Recompose images with these simple steps. Using Content -Aware Patch Lynda.com (May. 7, 2012) video-tutorial Seamlessly repair imperfections. 336[...]

Content aware patch and move | CS6 To the top Patch Adaptation Sample All Layers To the top Mode Adaptation Sample All Layers Content- Aware Patch Content- Aware Move For information about using the Patch tool in previous versions, see Patch an area. Content-Aware Patch The patch tool is used to remove unwanted image elements. The Content - Aware o[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy 3 . Select an area to move or extend. You can use the Move tool to draw a selection, or use any of the other Selection tools as well. 4 . Drag the selection over to the area you want to place the object. Learn More: Content - Awa[...]

Retouching and repairing images To the top To the top Aligned Sample About the Clone Source panel Retouch with the Clone Stamp tool Set sample sources for cloning and healing Retouch with the Healing Brush tool Retouch with the Spot Healing Brush tool Patch an area Remove red eye About the Clone Source panel The Clone Source panel (Window > Clon[...]

Note: Note: To the top 4 . Set the sampling point by positioning the pointer in any open image and Alt- clicking (Windows) or Option -clicking (Mac OS). Make sure you are not working on an adjustment layer. The Clone Stamp tool does not work on adjustment layers. 5 . (Optional) In the Clone Source panel, click a clone source button and set an addit[...]

To the top Note: Mode Source Aligned Sample Note: To the top In the Clone Source panel, select the source you want to use and enter the x and y pixel values for the Offset option. Retouch with the Healing Brush tool The Healing Brush tool lets you correct imperfections, causing them to disappear into the surrounding image. Like the cloning tools, y[...]

Proximity Match Create Texture Content- Aware To the top Brush automatically samples from around the retouched area. Using the Spot Healing Brush to remove a blemish For retouching a large area or for more control over the source sampling, you can use the Healing Brush instead of the Spot Healing Brush. 1 . Select the Spot Healing Brush tool from t[...]

Note: Note: To the top Pupil Size Darken Amount Patched image Repair an area using sampled pixels 1 . Select the Patch tool . 2 . Do one of the following: Drag in the image to select the area you want to repair, and select Source in the options bar. Drag in the image to select the area from which you want to sample, and select Destination in the op[...]

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Correcting image distortion and noise To the top To the top Correction Search Criteria Lens Profiles About lens distortion Correct lens distortion and adjust perspective Reduce image noise and JPEG artifacts About lens distortion Barrel distortion is a lens defect that causes straight lines to bow out toward the edges of the image. Pincushion disto[...]

Remove Distortion Fix Fringe settings Vignette Amount Vignette Midpoint Vertical Perspective Horizontal Perspective Angle Note: Scale Manually correct image perspective and lens flaws You can apply manual correction alone or use it to refine automatic lens correction. 1 . Choose Filter > Lens Correction. 2 . In the upper-right corner of the dial[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top Strength Preserve Details Reduce Color Noise Sharpen Details Remove JPEG Artifacts Set a lens default. If your image has EXIF metadata for the camera, lens, focal length, and f - stop, you can save the current settings[...]

Reshaping and transforming To learn more, view these recommended resources online. Correcting perspective video2brain (May. 7, 2012) video-tutorial Fix photo angles fast. Straightening a crooked image video2brain (May. 7, 2012) video-tutorial Define the horizon line. New Crop tool Lynda.com (Oct. 7, 2012) video-tutorial Interactive previews help yo[...]

Crop and straighten photos | CS6 To the top Size and proportions View Crop Options Use Classic mode Auto- center preview Show Cropped Area Enable crop shield Delete cropped pixels To the top Crop or remove part of an image | CS6 Crop tool updates | Creative Cloud only Straighten an image | CS6 Transform perspective while cropping | CS6 Resize the c[...]

To the top To the top Updates to the Crop tool include numerous bug fixes and enhancements, including: Front Image and new presets in the Aspect Ratio menu. Clicking the double -arrow icon changes the crop orientation by swapping the Width and Height values. This icon replaces the Rotate Crop Box button. Choosing W x H x Resolution from the Aspect [...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top Steps to transform perspective A. Original image B. Adjust cropping marquee to match the object’s edges C. Final image 1 . To correct image perspective, hold down the Crop tool and select the Perspective Crop tool . [...]

Transforming objects To the top Note: Scale Apply transformations Select an item to transform Set or move the reference point for a transformation Scale, rotate, skew, distort, apply perspective, or warp Flip or rotate precisely Repeat a transformation Duplicate an item when transforming it Transform freely Warp an item Puppet Warp Apply transforma[...]

Rotate Skew Distort Perspective Warp Rotate 180, Rotate 90 CW, Rotate 90 CCW Flip To the top Note: To the top To the top Note: horizontally, vertically, or both horizontally and vertically. Turns an item around a reference point. By default, this point is at the center of the object; however, you can move it to another location. Slants an item vert[...]

Note: To the top Note: To the top To the top To the top Note: If you chose Distort, drag a corner handle to stretch the bounding box. If you chose Perspective, drag a corner handle to apply perspective to the bounding box. If you chose Warp, choose a warp from the Warp Style pop - up menu in the options bar, or to perform a custom warp, drag the co[...]

Note: To the top 3 . Do one or more of the following: To scale by dragging, drag a handle. Press Shift as you drag a corner handle to scale proportionately. To scale numerically, enter percentages in the Width and Height text boxes in the options bar. Click the Link icon to maintain the aspect ratio. To rotate by dragging, move the pointer outside [...]

Note: To the top 1 . Select what you want to warp. 2 . Do one of the following: Choose Edit > Transform > Warp. If you chose a different transform command or the Free Transform command, click the Switch Between Free Transform And Warp Modes button in the options bar. 3 . Do one or more of the following: To warp using a specific shape, choose [...]

Mode Density Expansion Show Mesh 3 . In the options bar, adjust the following mesh settings: Determines the overall elasticity of the mesh. Choose Distort for a highly elastic mesh good for warping wide- angle images or texture maps. Determines the spacing of mesh points. More Points increases precision but requires more processing time; Fewer Poin[...]

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Adjusting crop, rotation, and canvas To the top Cropped Area Note: Crop Guide Overlay Crop images Transform perspective while cropping | CS5 Crop and straighten scanned photos Straighten an image Rotate or flip an entire image Change the canvas size Make a frame Crop images Cropping is the process of removing portions of an image to create focus or[...]

Shield To the top Note: The cropping shield shades the image area that will be deleted or hidden. When Shield is selected, you can specify color and opacity for the shield. When Shield is deselected, the area outside the cropping marquee is revealed. 6 . Do one of the following: To complete the crop, press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS), click [...]

To the top To the top To the top to precisely match the object’s edges. 5 . Drag the side handles to extend the cropping bounds while preserving the perspective. Do not move the center point of the cropping marquee. The center point needs to be in its original position in order to perform perspective correction. 6 . Do one of the following: Press[...]

180° 90° CW 90° CCW Arbitrary Flip Canvas Horizontal or Vertical Note: To the top Note: To the top Choose Image > Image Rotation, and choose one of the following commands from the submenu: Rotates the image by a half -turn. Rotates the image clockwise by a quarter - turn. Rotates the image counterclockwise by a quarter- turn. Rotates the imag[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Make a frame You can make a photo frame by increasing the canvas size and filling it with a color. You can also use one of the prerecorded actions to make a styled photo frame. It’s best work on a copy of your photo. 1 . Open t[...]

Create panoramic images with Photomerge To the top To the top About Photomerge Take pictures for Photomerge Create a Photomerge composition Create 360- degree panoramas (Photoshop Extended) Adobe recommends Have a tutorial you'd like to share? Book excerpt: Panoramas made easy Scott Kelby Quickly master Photomerge with this excerpt from the Ad[...]

To the top different exposures, but extreme differences make alignment difficult. Some digital cameras change exposure settings automatically as you take pictures, so you may need to check your camera settings to be sure that all the images have the same exposure. Create a Photomerge composition 1 . Do one of the following: Choose File > Automat[...]

To the top Photoshop creates one multi - layer image from the source images, adding layer masks as needed to create optimal blending where the images overlap. You can edit the layer masks or add adjustment layers to further fine tune the different areas of the panorama. To replace empty areas around image borders, use a content- aware fill. (See Co[...]

Content -aware scaling To the top To the top To the top Resize images and protect content Preserve visual content when scaling images Specify content to protect when scaling Resize images and protect content Content - Aware Scale resizes an image without changing important visual content such as people, buildings, animals, and so forth. While norma[...]

1 . Make a selection around the content you want to protect and then, in the Channels panel, click Save Selection As Channel . 2 . (Optional) Choose Select > All if you’re scaling a Background layer. 3 . Choose Edit > Content -Aware Scale. 4 . In the options bar, choose the alpha channel you created. 5 . Drag a handle on the bounding border[...]

Liquify filter To the top To the top Liquify filter overview Liquify filter enhancements | Creative Cloud only Applying Liquify as a smart filter | Creative Cloud only Distortion tools Distort an image Freeze and thaw areas Work with meshes Work with backdrops Reconstruct distortions Liquify filter overview The Liquify filter lets you push, pull, r[...]

To the top To the top To the top Another enhancement to the Liquify filter is an added behavior for the Reconstruct tool. If you hold down the alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) key while dragging the tool across a warp, the Reconstruct tool smooths a warp rather than scaling back or removing it. Applying Liquify as a smart filter | Creative Cloud on[...]

To the top To the top Use other tools to change the image in new ways. 6 . Do one of the following: Click OK to close the Liquify dialog box and apply the changes to the active layer. Click Cancel to close the Liquify dialog box without applying changes to the layer. Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and click Reset to revert all distortio[...]

To the top To the top To apply a saved distortion mesh, click Load Mesh, select the mesh file you want to apply, and click Open. If the image and distortion mesh aren’t the same size, the mesh is scaled to fit the image. (CS6) To apply the last saved distortion mesh, click Load Last Mesh. (Creative Cloud) Meshes are automatically saved in your do[...]

Remove all distortions Click Restore All in the Reconstruct Option area of the dialog box. This removes distortions even in frozen areas. Reconstruct part of a distorted image 1 . Freeze areas you want to keep distorted. 2 . Select the Reconstruct tool and specify brush options in the Tool Options area of the dialog box. 3 . (CS5 only) Choose an op[...]

Free transformations of images, shapes, and paths To the top Transform freely Transform freely The Free Transform command lets you apply transformations (rotate, scale, skew, distort, and perspective) in one continuous operation. You can also apply a warp transformation. Instead of choosing different commands, you simply hold down a key on your key[...]

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Vanishing Point To the top Vanishing Point dialog box overview Work in Vanishing Point Export measurements, textures, and 3D information About perspective planes and the grid Define and adjust perspective planes in Vanishing Point Render grids to Photoshop About selections in Vanishing Point Fill selections with another area of an image Copy select[...]

Vanishing Point dialog box A. Vanishing Point menu B. Options C. Toolbox D. Preview of vanishing point session E. Zoom options Vanishing Point tools Vanishing Point tools behave like their counterparts in the main Photoshop toolbox. You can use the same keyboard shortcuts for setting tool options. Selecting a tool changes the available options in t[...]

To the top Work in Vanishing Point 1. (Optional) Prepare your image for work in Vanishing Point. Before choosing the Vanishing Point command, do any of the following: To place the results of your Vanishing Point work in a separate layer, first create a new layer before choosing the Vanishing Point command. Placing the Vanishing Point results in a s[...]

To the top To the top To the top 6. Click OK. Grids can be rendered to Photoshop by choosing Render Grids To Photoshop from the Vanishing Point menu before you click OK. For detailed information, see Render grids to Photoshop. Export measurements, textures, and 3D information 3D information (planes), textures, and measurements created in Vanishing [...]

Create related perspective planes After creating a plane in Vanishing Point, you can create (tear off) additional planes that share the same perspective. Once a second plane is torn off from the initial perspective plane, you can tear off additional planes from the second plane and so forth. You can tear off as many planes as you want. Although new[...]

To the top To the top Note: Selections temporarily show when they are resized or repositioned even if Show Edges is turned off. Adjust the spacing of the perspective plane grid Do any of the following: Select the Edit Plane or the Create Plane tool, and then enter a Grid Size value in the tool options area. (Photoshop Extended only) Select the Meas[...]

Copying a selection and moving a selection from one perspective plane to another Make selections in Vanishing Point 1 . Select the Marquee tool. 2 . (Optional) In the tool options area, enter values for any of the following settings before making the selection: Feather Specifies how much to blur the edges of the selection. Opacity Specify this valu[...]

To the top To the top To rotate a floating selection, select the Transform tool and move the pointer near a node. When the pointer changes to a curved double arrow, drag to rotate the selection. You can also select the Flip option to flip the selection horizontally along the vertical axis of the plane or select the Flop option to flip the selection[...]

To the top To the top 2 . Alt - drag (Windows) or Option -drag (Mac OS) the selection with the Marquee tool to create a copy of the selection and its image pixels. The copy becomes a floating selection , which seems to hover above the main image. You can move a floating selection, or you can select the Transform tool to scale or rotate the floating[...]

To the top To the top To paint and blend the strokes with the lighting of the surrounding pixels while retaining the selected color, choose Luminance. To paint and blend with the colors, lighting, and shading of the surrounding pixels, choose On. 5 . (Optional) Specify the paint application options: To paint continuously, automatically conforming t[...]

Note: Once you start creating a measurement from within a plane, it’s possible to continue drawing the measurement beyond the plane boundaries. 2 . With a measurement selected, enter a Length value to set its measured length. 3 . (Optional) Draw additional measurements. The size of these measurements are scaled to the size of your initial measure[...]

Transforming objects To the top Note: Scale Apply transformations Select an item to transform Set or move the reference point for a transformation Scale, rotate, skew, distort, apply perspective, or warp Flip or rotate precisely Repeat a transformation Duplicate an item when transforming it Transform freely Warp an item Puppet Warp Apply transforma[...]

Rotate Skew Distort Perspective Warp Rotate 180, Rotate 90 CW, Rotate 90 CCW Flip To the top Note: To the top To the top Note: horizontally, vertically, or both horizontally and vertically. Turns an item around a reference point. By default, this point is at the center of the object; however, you can move it to another location. Slants an item vert[...]

Note: To the top Note: To the top To the top To the top Note: If you chose Distort, drag a corner handle to stretch the bounding box. If you chose Perspective, drag a corner handle to apply perspective to the bounding box. If you chose Warp, choose a warp from the Warp Style pop - up menu in the options bar, or to perform a custom warp, drag the co[...]

Note: To the top 3 . Do one or more of the following: To scale by dragging, drag a handle. Press Shift as you drag a corner handle to scale proportionately. To scale numerically, enter percentages in the Width and Height text boxes in the options bar. Click the Link icon to maintain the aspect ratio. To rotate by dragging, move the pointer outside [...]

Note: To the top 1 . Select what you want to warp. 2 . Do one of the following: Choose Edit > Transform > Warp. If you chose a different transform command or the Free Transform command, click the Switch Between Free Transform And Warp Modes button in the options bar. 3 . Do one or more of the following: To warp using a specific shape, choose [...]

Mode Density Expansion Show Mesh 3 . In the options bar, adjust the following mesh settings: Determines the overall elasticity of the mesh. Choose Distort for a highly elastic mesh good for warping wide- angle images or texture maps. Determines the spacing of mesh points. More Points increases precision but requires more processing time; Fewer Poin[...]

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Drawing and painting To learn more, view these recommended resources online. Vector Shapes Infinite Skills (Oct. 7, 2012) video-tutorial Drawing shapes in CS6 394[...]

About drawing To the top To the top Shape Layers Paths Fill Pixels Understanding shapes and paths Drawing modes Understanding shapes and paths Drawing in Adobe Photoshop involves creating vector shapes and paths. In Photoshop, you can draw with any of the shape tools, the Pen tool, or the Freeform Pen tool. Options for each tool are available in th[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy A. Shape Layers B. Paths C. Fill Pixels More Help Topics 396[...]

Drawing shapes To the top Note: To the top Create a shape on a shape layer Creating, editing, and working with shape layers Draw multiple shapes in a layer Draw a wheel shape Draw a custom shape Save a shape or path as a custom shape Create a rasterized shape Shape tool options Edit shapes The shape tools provide an easy way to create buttons, navi[...]

To the top Add To Shape Area Subtract From Shape Area Intersect Shape Areas Exclude Overlapping Shape Areas To the top To the top To the top To the top For more information, see Drawing and type tools gallery. Draw multiple shapes in a layer You can draw separate shapes on a layer, or use the Add, Subtract, Intersect, or Exclude options to modify t[...]

Mode Opacity Anti -Aliased To the top Arrowheads Start And End Note: Circle Defined Proportions Defined Size Fixed Size From Center Indent Sides By Proportional Radius Sides Smooth Corners or Smooth Indents Snap To Pixels Square Unconstrained Weight 1 . Select a layer. You cannot create a rasterized shape on a vector - based layer (for example, a t[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top To change stroke width for other shape tools, choose Layer > Layer Style > Stroke. (See Apply or edit a custom layer style .) Edit shapes A shape is a fill layer linked to a vector mask. You can easily change the[...]

Painting tools To the top To the top Note: To the top Mode About painting tools, presets, and options Paint with the Brush tool or Pencil tool Paint tool options Selecting a cursor preference About painting tools, presets, and options Adobe Photoshop provides several tools for painting and editing image color. The Brush tool and the Pencil tool wor[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Opacity Flow Airbrush Auto erase Tablet pressure buttons To the top Sets the transparency of color you apply. As you paint over an area, the opacity does not exceed the set level no matter how many times you move the pointer over[...]

Brush presets To the top To the top To the top Select a preset brush Change how preset brushes are displayed Load, save, and manage brush presets Create a new preset brush A preset brush is a saved brush tip with defined characteristics, such as size, shape, and hardness. You can save preset brushes with the characteristics you use often. You can a[...]

To the top You can save the library anywhere. However, if you place the library file in the Presets/Brushes folder in the default preset location, the library name will appear at the bottom of the Brush Presets panel menu after you restart Photoshop. Rename a preset brush Do one of the following: Select a brush in the Brush Presets panel, and choos[...]

Creating and modifying brushes To the top Brush panel overview Create a brush tip from an image Create a brush and set painting options Standard brush tip shape options Bristle tip shape options Erodible tip options | CS6 Airbrush tip options | CS6 Brush pose options | CS6 Other brush options Brush scattering Clear brush options You can create brus[...]

To the top Note: To the top Note: To the top Size Use Sample Size Flip X 2 . Select an option set on the left side of the panel. The available options for the set appear on the right side of the panel. Click the check box to the left of the option set to enable or disable the options without viewing them. Create a brush tip from an image 1 . Using [...]

Flip Y Angle Roundness Hardness Spacing Flipping a brush tip on its x axis. A. Brush tip in its default position B. Flip X selected C. Flip X and Flip Y selected Changes the direction of a brush tip on its y axis. Flipping a brush tip on its y axis. A. Brush tip in its default position B. Flip Y selected C. Flip Y and Flip X selected Specifies the [...]

To the top Shape Bristles Length Thickness Stiffness Spacing Angle Brush preview Note: To the top Size Softness Shape Sharpen Tip Spacing Brush preview To the top Size Hardness Distortion Increasing the spacing makes the brush skip While using a preset brush, press the [ key to decrease the brush width; press the ] key to increase the width. For ha[...]

Granularity Spatter Size Spatter Amount Spacing Brush preview To the top Tilt X Tilt Y Rotation Pressure To the top Noise Wet Edges Airbrush/Build -up Smoothing Protect Texture To the top Scatter and Control Off Fade Pen Pressure, Pen Tilt, Stylus Wheel, Rotation Count Controls how grainy the paint drops look. Controls the size of the paint droplet[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Note: Count Jitter and Control Off Fade Pen Pressure, Pen Tilt, Stylus Wheel, Rotation To the top If you increase the count without increasing the spacing or scattering values, painting performance may decrease. Specifies how the[...]

Blending modes To the top Blending mode descriptions Blending mode examples The blending mode specified in the options bar controls how pixels in the image are affected by a painting or editing tool. It’s helpful to think in terms of the following colors when visualizing a blending mode’s effect: The base color is the original color in the imag[...]

To the top lighter than 50% gray, the image is lightened by decreasing the contrast. If the blend color is darker than 50% gray, the image is darkened by increasing the contrast. Linear Light Burns or dodges the colors by decreasing or increasing the brightness, depending on the blend color. If the blend color (light source) is lighter than 50% gra[...]

Color Burn Linear Burn Lighten Screen Color Dodge Linear Dodge (Add) Overlay Soft Light Hard Light Vivid Light Linear Light Pin Light Hard Mix Difference Exclusion Subtract Divide Hue Saturation Color Luminosity, 80% opacity Lighter Color Darker Color Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy 413[...]

Creating textured brushes To the top Invert Scale Texture Each Tip Mode Depth Minimum Depth Depth Jitter and Control Off Fade Pen Pressure, Pen Tilt, Stylus Wheel, Rotation To the top To the top Textured brush options Copy textures between tools Dual brushes Textured brush options A textured brush uses a pattern to make strokes look as if they are [...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Mode Diameter Spacing Scatter Count second brush tip from the Dual Brush section of the Brush panel, and set any of the following options. A. Primary brush tip stroke (hard round 55). B. Secondary brush tip stroke (grass). C. Dua[...]

Adding dynamic elements to brushes To the top Note: Size Jitter and Control Off Fade Pen Pressure, Pen Tilt, Stylus Wheel Minimum Diameter Tilt Scale Angle Jitter and Control Off Fade Pen Pressure, Pen Tilt, Stylus Wheel, Rotation Adding brush dynamics Color dynamics brush options Transfer brush options Adding brush dynamics The Brush panel provide[...]

Initial Direction Direction Roundness Jitter and Control Off Fade Pen Pressure, Pen Tilt, Stylus Wheel, Rotation Minimum Roundness Brush Projection (CS6) To the top Apply per tip Foreground/Background Jitter and Control Off Fade Pen Pressure, Pen Tilt, Stylus Wheel, Rotation Hue Jitter Saturation Jitter Brightness Jitter Purity To the top pressure,[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Opacity Jitter and Control Off Fade Pen Pressure, Pen Tilt, Stylus Wheel Flow Jitter and Control Off Fade Pen Pressure, Pen Tilt, Stylus Wheel Brush strokes without paint dynamics (left) and with paint dynamics (right) Specifies [...]

Drawing or painting with a graphics tablet Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Note: Change brush size and opacity with pen pressure If you work with a graphics drawing tablet, such as the Wacom® tablet, you can control painting tools with pen pressure, angle, rot[...]

Painting with the Mixer Brush Current Brush Load swatch Preset pop -up menu Wet Load Mix Sample All Layers Paint with the Mixer Brush The Mixer Brush simulates realistic painting techniques such as mixing colors on the canvas, combining colors on a brush, and varying paint wetness across a stroke. The Mixer Brush has two paint wells, a reservoir an[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To draw a straight line, click a starting point in the image. Then hold down Shift, and click an ending point. When using the Brush tool as an airbrush, hold down the mouse button without dragging to build up color. More Help Top[...]

Painting with a pattern Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top Set the following in the options bar. Options available vary with each tool. Paint with a pattern The Pattern Stamp tool paints with a pattern. You can select a pattern from the pattern librarie[...]

Painting stylized strokes with the Art History Brush Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy The Art History Brush tool paints with stylized strokes, using the source data from a specified history state or snapshot. By experimenting with different paint style, size, an[...]

Erasing parts of an image To the top To the top Erase with the Eraser tool Change similar pixels with the Magic Eraser tool Change pixels to transparent with the Background Eraser tool Auto Erase with the Pencil tool Erase with the Eraser tool The Eraser tool changes pixels to either the background color or to transparent. If you’re working on a [...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top Note: To the top Change pixels to transparent with the Background Eraser tool The Background Eraser tool erases pixels on a layer to transparency as you drag. You can erase the background while maintaining the edges of[...]

Managing pattern libraries and presets Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy You can keep your patterns organized in libraries that you can load or remove from pattern pop -up panels. Load a library of patterns Choose one of the following from a Pattern pop - up pane[...]

Creating patterns Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top Note: A pattern is an image that is repeated, or tiled , when you use it to fill a layer or selection. Photoshop comes with various preset patterns. You can create new patterns and save them in librar[...]

Draw a path that snaps to defined edges To the top Draw using the magnetic pen options Draw using the magnetic pen options The Magnetic Pen is an option of the Freeform Pen tool that lets you draw a path that snaps to the edges of defined areas in your image. You can define the range and sensitivity of the snapping behavior, as well as the complexi[...]

Drawing with the Pen tools To the top To the top About the Pen tools Draw straight line segments with the Pen tool Draw curves with the Pen tool Finish drawing a path Draw with the Freeform Pen tool Draw straight lines followed by curves Draw curves followed by straight lines Draw two curved segments connected by a corner Draw using the magnetic pe[...]

To the top The last anchor point you add always appears as a solid square, indicating that it is selected. Previously defined anchor points become hollow, and deselected, as you add more anchor points. 5 . Complete the path by doing one of the following: To close the path, position the Pen tool over the first (hollow) anchor point. A small circle a[...]

To the top To the top To the top Drawing an S curve A. Starting to drag new smooth point B. Dragging in same direction as previous direction line, creating an S curve C. Result after releasing mouse button (Photoshop only) To change the direction of the curve sharply, release the mouse button, and then Alt -drag (Windows) or Option - drag (Mac OS) [...]

To the top To the top To the top Drawing a straight segment followed by a curved segment (part 1) A. Straight segment completed B. Positioning Pen tool over endpoint (the Convert Point icon appears only in Illustrator and InDesign) C. Dragging direction point 3 . Position the pen where you want the next anchor point; then click (and drag, if desire[...]

The Magnetic Pen is an option of the Freeform Pen tool that lets you draw a path that snaps to the edges of defined areas in your image. You can define the range and sensitivity of the snapping behavior, as well as the complexity of the resulting path. The Magnetic Pen and Magnetic Lasso tools share many of the same options. 1 . To convert the Free[...]

Editing paths To the top Path segments, components, and points Select a path Adjust path segments Add or delete anchor points Convert between smooth points and corner points Adjust path components Path segments, components, and points A path consists of one or more straight or curved segments. Anchor points mark the end points of the path segments.[...]

To the top To the top Separate path components selected Select a path Selecting a path component or path segment displays all of the anchor points on the selected portion, including any direction lines and direction points if the selected segment is curved. Direction points appear as filled circles, selected anchor points as filled squares, and uns[...]

Adjust the length or angle of straight segments 1 . With the Direct Selection tool , select an anchor point on the segment you want to adjust. 2 . Drag the anchor point to the desired position. Shift - drag to constrain the adjustment to multiples of 45°. Adjust the position or shape of curved segments 1 . With the Direct Selection tool ,, select [...]

To the top To the top 1 . Using the Pen tool, position the pointer over the endpoint of the open path that you want to connect to another path. The pointer changes when it’s precisely positioned over the endpoint. 2 . Click the endpoint. 3 . Do one of the following: To connect the path to another open path, click an endpoint on the other path. Wh[...]

To the top To convert a smooth point to a corner point without direction lines, click the smooth point. Clicking a smooth point to create a corner point To convert a corner point without direction lines to a corner point with independent direction lines, first drag a direction point out of a corner point (making it a smooth point with direction lin[...]

Dragging a path to a new location Note: If you drag a path so that the move pointer is over another open image, the path is copied to that image. Reshape a path component 1 . Select the path name in the Paths panel, and use the Direct Selection tool to select an anchor point in the path. 2 . Drag the point or its handles to a new location. Merge ov[...]

Alignment options A. Top B. Vertical Centers C. Bottom D. Left E. Horizontal Centers F. Right To distribute components, select at least three components you want to distribute. Then, in CS6, choose an option from the Path Arrangement drop - down menu in the options bar, or in CS5, select a distribute option from the options bar. Distribute options [...]

Adding color to paths To the top To the top Fill paths with color Stroke paths with color Fill paths with color A path created with the Pen tool does not become an image element until you stroke or fill it. The Fill Path command fills a path with pixels using a specified color, a state of the image, a pattern, or a fill layer. Path selected (left) [...]

completing the steps below. (You cannot stroke a path when a mask, text, fill, adjustment, or Smart Object layer is active.) Path selected (left) and stroked (right) Stroke a path using the current Stroke Path options 1 . Select the path in the Paths panel. 2 . Click the Stroke Path button at the bottom of the Paths panel. Each click of the Stroke [...]

Converting between paths and selection borders To the top To the top Convert paths to selection borders Convert a selection to a path Convert paths to selection borders Paths provide smooth outlines that you can convert into precise selection borders. You also can convert selection borders into paths, using the Direct Selection tool for fine- tunin[...]

Tolerance values can range from 0.5 to 10 pixels and determine how sensitive the Make Work Path command is to slight changes in the selection shape. The higher the tolerance value, the fewer the anchor points used to draw the path and the smoother the path. If the path is used as a clipping path and you have problems printing the image, use a highe[...]

Filling and stroking selections, layers, and paths To the top To the top To the top Fill with the Paint Bucket tool Fill a selection or layer with color Content- aware, pattern, or history fills Fill the work canvas Stroke a selection or layer with color Draw a circle or square You can fill the inside of a selection, path, or layer with a color or [...]

To the top To the top Adobe recommends Have a tutorial you would like to share? Video tutorial: Content - aware fill Chris Orwig Seamlessly replace image elements. Scripted Patterns in CS6 Dave Cross Easily create geometric pattern fills. 1 . Select the part of the image you want to fill. 2 . Choose Edit > Fill. On the Background layer, press De[...]

To the top Draw a circle or square You can draw a circle or square using the elliptical or rectangular marquee tools, and then add a line (called a stroke ) to the selection marquee. Stroking a selection is a quick way to add a border or frame around an object. You can stroke any selection you create with the selection tools. 1 . In the Layers pane[...]

Generate a pattern using the Pattern Maker Pattern Maker is an optional plug -in that you can download for Windows or Mac OS . The Pattern Maker filter slices and reassembles an image to make a pattern. The Pattern Maker works in two ways: Fills a layer or selection with a pattern. The pattern can be made of one large tile, or multiple duplicate ti[...]

Tile History buttons A. Save Preset Pattern B. First Tile C. Previous Tile D. Next Tile E. Last Tile F. Delete icon 10 . When you are satisfied with a pattern preview and you have saved the tiles that you might want to use in the future, click OK to fill the layer or selection. If you are creating preset patterns only, click Cancel to close the dia[...]

Gradients To the top Apply a gradient fill Manage gradient presets Gradient Editor overview Create a smooth gradient Specify the gradient transparency Create a noise gradient Apply a gradient fill The Gradient tool creates a gradual blend between multiple colors. You can choose from preset gradient fills or create your own. Note: The Gradient tool [...]

To the top To the top Specify a blending mode and opacity for the paint. (See Blending modes.) To reverse the order of colors in the gradient fill, select Reverse. To create a smoother blend with less banding, select Dither. To use a transparency mask for the gradient fill, select Transparency. (See Specify the gradient transparency.) 6 . Position [...]

To the top Gradient Editor dialog box A. Panel menu B. Opacity stop C. Color stops D. Adjust values or delete the selected opacity or color stop E. Midpoint Create a smooth gradient 1 . Select the Gradient tool . 2 . Click inside the gradient sample in the options bar to display the Gradient Editor dialog box. 3 . To base the new gradient on an exi[...]

To the top To the top 15 . To save the gradient as a preset, click New after you have finished creating the gradient. Note: New presets are saved in a Preferences file. If this file is deleted or damaged, or if you reset presets to the default library, the new presets will be lost. To permanently save new presets, save them in a library. Specify th[...]

Managing paths To the top To the top To the top Paths panel overview Create a new path in the Paths panel Create a new work path Manage paths Paths panel overview The Paths panel (Window > Paths) lists the name and a thumbnail image of each saved path, the current work path, and the current vector mask. Turning thumbnails off can improve perform[...]

To the top (Mac OS) to temporarily select the Subtract From Path Area option. Manage paths When you use a pen or shape tool to create a work path, the new path appears as the work path in the Paths panel. The work path is temporary; you must save it to avoid losing its contents. If you deselect the work path without saving it and start drawing agai[...]

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Creating type To the top To the top About type layers Entering type Enter point type Enter paragraph type Paste lorem -ipsum placeholder text (CS6) Resize or transform a type bounding box Convert between point type and paragraph type Type in Adobe Photoshop consists of vector -based type outlines—mathematically defined shapes that describe the le[...]

To the top To the top words to your image. Paragraph type uses boundaries to control the flow of characters, either horizontally or vertically. Entering text this way is useful when you want to create one or more paragraphs, such as for a brochure. Type entered as point type (top) and in a bounding box (bottom) Type on a path flows along the edge o[...]

To the top To the top To the top and Height, and click OK. 3 . Select additional type options in the options bar, Character panel, Paragraph panel, or Layer > Type submenu. 4 . Enter the characters. To begin a new paragraph, press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS). If you enter more type than can fit in the bounding box, the overflow icon appea[...]

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Editing text To the top To the top To the top Edit text Specify curly or straight quotes Apply anti- aliasing to a type layer Check and correct spelling Find and replace text Assign a language for text Scaling and rotating type Change the orientation of a type layer Rasterize type layers Edit text 1 . Select the Horizontal Type tool or the Vertical[...]

To the top To the top Note: When you use anti- aliasing, type may be rendered inconsistently at small sizes and low resolutions (such as the resolution used for web graphics). To reduce this inconsistency, deselect the Fractional Width option in the Character panel menu. 1 . Select the type layer in the Layers panel. 2 . Choose an option from the a[...]

To the top To the top Change All Searches for and replaces all occurrences of the found text. Change/Find Replaces the found text with the revised text, and then searches for the next occurrence. Assign a language for text Photoshop uses language dictionaries to check hyphenation. Language dictionaries are also used to check spelling. Each dictiona[...]

To the top To the top Original type (left) and type without vertical rotation (right) 1 . Select the vertical type you want to rotate or unrotate. 2 . Choose Standard Vertical Roman Alignment from the Character panel menu. A check mark indicates that the option is selected. Note: You cannot rotate double - byte characters (full - width characters a[...]

Creating type effects To the top Create type along or inside a path Warp and unwarp type Create a work path from type Convert type to shapes Create a type selection border Add a drop shadow to text Fill type with an image You can perform various operations on type to change its appearance. For example, you can warp type, convert type to shapes, or [...]

To the top Select the Horizontal Type tool or the Vertical Type tool . Select the Horizontal Type Mask tool or the Vertical Type Mask tool . 2 . Position the pointer so that the baseline indicator of the type tool is on the path and click. After you click, an insertion point appears on the path. The baseline indicator of the Type tool (left) and th[...]

To the top To the top To the top Example of type warped with Fish style. Warp type 1 . Select a type layer. 2 . Do one of the following: Select a type tool, and click the Warp button in the options bar. Choose Type > Warp Text (CS6) or Layer > Type > Warp Text (CS5). Note: You can use the Warp command to warp text in a type layer. Choose E[...]

To the top To the top Add a drop shadow to text Add a drop shadow to give depth to text in an image. 1 . In the Layers panel, select the layer containing the text to which you want to add a drop shadow. 2 . Click the Layer Style button at the bottom of the Layers panel and choose Drop Shadow from the list that appears. 3 . If possible, position the[...]

Formatting characters To the top Note: To the top Select characters Character panel overview About Dynamic Shortcuts Specify type size Change the type color Change the color of individual letters Underline or strike through text Apply all caps or small caps Specify superscript or subscript characters Character styles | CS6 Specifying default type s[...]

Note: To the top To the top Character panel A. Font Family B. Font Size C. Vertical Scale D. Set Tsume option E. Tracking F. Baseline Shift G. Language H. Font Style I. Leading J. Horizontal scale K. Kerning Select Show Asian Text Options in the Type preferences for the Set Tsume option to appear in the Character panel. You can access additional co[...]

PostScript (72 points/inch) Traditional (72.27 points/inch) To the top To the top Note: To the top Note: To the top Define the point size unit 1 . Choose Edit > Preferences > Units & Rulers (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > Units & Rulers (Mac OS). 2 . For Point/Pica Size, select from the following options: Sets a unit size[...]

To the top To the top To the top Regular capital letters (top) compared to small - cap letters (bottom) 1 . Select the type you want to change. 2 . Do one of the following: Click the All Caps button or the Small Caps button in the Character panel. Choose All Caps or Small Caps from the Character panel menu. A check mark indicates that the option is[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy 1 . Do any of the following: Choose Type > Load Default Type Styles. In the Character Styles or the Paragraph Styles panel, choose Load Default Type Styles from the panel menu. 2 . If you are loading the default type styles in[...]

Line and character spacing To the top To the top Set leading Kern and track Shift the baseline Turn fractional character widths off or on Set leading The vertical space between lines of type is called leading (rhymes with sledding ). For Roman type, leading is measured from the baseline of one line of text to the baseline of the line above it. The [...]

To the top To the top Kerning and tracking options A. Original text B. Text with optical kerning C. Text with manual kerning between W and a D. Text with tracking E. Cumulative kerning and tracking You can also use manual kerning, which is ideal for adjusting the space between two letters. Tracking and manual kerning are cumulative, so you can firs[...]

By default, the software uses fractional character widths between characters. This means that the spacing between characters varies, and will sometimes use only fractions of whole pixels. In most situations, fractional character widths provide the best spacing for type appearance and readability. However, for type in small sizes (less than 20 point[...]

Formatting paragraphs To the top To the top To the top Format paragraphs Paragraph panel overview Specify alignment Specify justification for paragraph type Adjust word and letter spacing in justified text Indent paragraphs Adjust paragraph spacing Specify hanging punctuation for Roman fonts Adjust hyphenation automatically Prevent words from break[...]

Left Align Text Center Text Right Align Text Top Align Text Center Text Bottom Align Text To the top Justify Last Left Justify Last Centered Justify Last Right Justify All Justify Last Top Justify Last Centered Justify Last Bottom Justify All Note: To the top 1 . Do one of the following: Select a type layer if you want all the paragraphs in that ty[...]

Word Spacing Letter Spacing Glyph Scaling To the top Indent Left Margin Indent Right Margin Indent First Line To the top To the top 3 . Enter values for Word Spacing, Letter Spacing, and Glyph Scaling. The Minimum and Maximum values define a range of acceptable spacing for justified paragraphs only. The Desired value defines the desired spacing for[...]

Note: To the top Words Longer Than _ Letters After First _ Letters And Before Last _ Letters Hyphen Limit Hyphenation Zone Hyphenate Capitalized Words Note: To the top Note: To the top 2 . Choose Roman Hanging Punctuation from the Paragraph panel menu. A check mark indicates that the option is selected. Double - byte punctuation marks available in [...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top Single - line Composer The Single- line composer offers a traditional approach to composing type one line at a time. This option is useful if you want manual control over how lines break. The Single - line Composer use[...]

Arabic and Hebrew type (CS6) To the top To the top To the top Enable Middle Eastern features Text direction Digit Types Legacy font support Default fonts Automatic Kashida insertion Ligatures (OpenType fonts) Hyphenation Diacritical marks Justification alternates For a tutorial on Arabic and Hebrew type features, see this video from Photoshop exper[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top Digit type selection (InDesign panel shown) Legacy font support Fonts that have been traditionally used (for example, AXT fonts) can continue to be used in this release of the software. However, it is recommended that newer Open Type fonts be used for text- based elements. Missing Glyph Protect[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top To the top Hyphenation options (InDesign panel shown) Diacritical marks In the Arabic script, a diacritic or a diacritical mark is a glyph used to indicate consonant length or short vowels. A diacritical mark is placed[...]

Fonts To the top To the top To the top About fonts Previewing fonts Choose a font family and style Change the font on multiple layers About missing fonts and glyph protection OpenType fonts Apply OpenType features About fonts A font is a complete set of characters—letters, numbers, and symbols—that share a common weight, width, and style, such [...]

To the top To the top To the top The Font Family menu in both the Character panel and the options bar shows a preview of available fonts. You can choose a font family and style by typing its name in the text box. As you type, the name of the first font or style beginning with that letter appears. Continue typing until the correct font or style name[...]

To the top Regular (left) and OpenType (right) fonts A. Ordinals B. Discretionary ligatures C. Swashes OpenType fonts may include an expanded character set and layout features to provide richer linguistic support and advanced typographic control. OpenType fonts from Adobe that include support for central European (CE) languages include the word “[...]

Asian type To the top To the top To the top To the top Display and set Asian type options Reduce spacing around Asian type characters Specify how leading is measured in Asian type Use tate - chu - yoko Align Asian characters with mojisoroe Specify left and right underlining with Asian type Set Asian OpenType font attributes Asian OpenType options C[...]

To the top To the top To the top Numerals without tate - chu - yoko (left) compared to numerals rotated with tate - chu - yoko (right) 1 . Select the characters you want to rotate. 2 . Choose Tate - Chu - Yoko from the Character panel menu. A check mark indicates that the option is turned on. Note: Using tate - chu - yoko does not prevent you from [...]

To the top (Windows) From the Windows Start menu, choose Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Character Map. (Mac OS) From the Input pop - up menu at the right side of the menu bar, choose Show Character Viewer. Note: (Mac OS) If the Input menu does not display in the menu bar, choose Apple menu > System Preferences > Language &am[...]

To the top To the top Japanese Traditional Substitutes the standard glyph with the traditional- variant glyph. Proportional Metrics Substitutes the half- width and the full -width glyphs with the proportional glyph. Kana Substitutes the standard kana glyph with the horizontally optimized kana glyph for horizontal layout. However, the differences ar[...]

To the top Kinsoku shori specifies line breaks for Japanese text. Characters that cannot begin a line or end a line are known as kinsoku characters. Photoshop includes weak and maximum kinsoku sets based on the Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) X 4051 - 1995. Weak kinsoku sets omit long vowel symbols and small hiragana characters. Disable or enabl[...]

Video and animation To learn more, view these recommended resources online. Video workflow Kelby (May. 7, 2012) video-tutorial Intuitive editing for video DSLRs and other sources. 493[...]

New video features in CS6 To the top To the top Tutorials from the experts Intuitive video creation Import a wider range of file formats Export final video with the Adobe Media Encoder Video Groups Audio tracks and controls Video transitions Change video clip duration and speed Apply filters to video layers Apply motion effects to text, still image[...]

To the top Import a video file; it's automatically added as a new Video Group. To create an empty group for adding content to, click a filmstrip icon on the left of the Timeline panel, and choose New Video Group from the pop- up menu. Edit a Video Group To reposition clips, drag them in the Timeline. To change in and out points, drag clip bord[...]

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Video and animation overview (CS5) To the top Note: Note: Note: To the top About video layers in Photoshop Extended Supported video and image sequence formats (Photoshop Extended) Animation panel overview Switch animation modes (Photoshop Extended) Specify timeline duration and frame rate (Photoshop Extended) About video layers in Photoshop Extende[...]

To the top Note: Cineon and JPEG 2000 are supported if the plug - ins are installed. For more information on plug - ins and how to install them, see Plug - ins. Color mode and bit depth Video layers can contain files in the following color modes and bits per channel (bpc): Grayscale: 8, 16, or 32 bpc RGB: 8, 16, or 32 bpc CMYK: 8 or 16 bpc Lab: 8 o[...]

Looping Options Frame Delay Time Tween Animation Frames Duplicate Selected Frames Convert To Timeline Animation (Photoshop Extended) Cached frames indicator Comments track Convert To Frame Animation Timecode Or frame number display Current -time indicator Global Lighting track Keyframe navigator Layer duration bar Altered Video track Time ruler Tim[...]

To the top Note: To the top Note: To select units to display, choose Panel Options from the Animation panel menu and select Frame Numbers or Timecode. To toggle between units, Alt- click (Windows) or Option -click (Mac OS) the current- time display in the upper-left corner of the timeline. Show or hide layer properties in the timeline (Photoshop Ex[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Set the timeline area to preview(Photoshop Extended) Understanding the timeline mode video 501[...]

Creating frame animations To the top Frame animation workflow Add frames to an animation Select animation frames Edit animation frames Unifying layer properties in animation frames Copy frames with layer properties Create frames using tweening Add a new layer for each new frame Hide layers in animation frames Specify a delay time in frame animation[...]

To the top To the top Change layer opacity to make content fade in or out. Change the blending mode of layers. Add a style to layers. Photoshop provides tools for keeping characteristics of a layer the same across frames. See Unifying layer properties in animation frames. 7. Add more frames and edit layers as needed. The number of frames you can cr[...]

To the top To the top To the top Edit animation frames 1 . In the Animation panel (in frame animation mode), select one or more frames. 2 . Do any of the following: To edit the content of objects in animation frames, use the Layers panel to modify the layers in the image that affect that frame. To change the position of an object in an animation fr[...]

To the top image; however, only the pasted layers are visible in the destination frames (the existing layers are hidden). Paste Over Selection Adds the contents of the pasted frames as new layers in the image. When you paste frames into the same image, using this option doubles the number of layers in the image. In the destination frames, the newly[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top Last Frame Adds frames between the first frame and last frame. This option is available only if you select the first frame in the Animation panel. 8 . In the Frames To Add box, enter a value, or use the Up or Down Arrow key to choose the number of frames. (This option is not available if you selected more[...]

To the top To the top 4 . Choose a disposal method: Automatic Determines a disposal method for the current frame automatically, discarding the current frame if the next frame contains layer transparency. For most animations, the Automatic option (default) yields the desired results. Note: To enable Photoshop to preserve frames that include transpar[...]

Creating timeline animations (Photoshop Extended) To the top Timeline animation workflow (Photoshop Extended) Use keyframes to animate layer properties (Photoshop Extended) Create hand- drawn animations (Photoshop Extended) Insert, delete, or duplicate blank video frames (Photoshop Extended) Specify onion skin settings (Photoshop Extended) Open a m[...]

To the top Change the position of a layer mask to reveal different parts of the layer. Turn a layer mask on or off. For some types of animation, such as changing the color of an object, or completely changing the content in a frame, you need additional layers with the new content. Note: To animate shapes, you animate the vector mask not the shape l[...]

To the top or to set or remove keyframes. When the keyframe navigator diamond is active (yellow), the current- time indicator lies precisely at a keyframe for that layer property. When the keyframe navigator diamond is inactive (gray), the current -time indicator lies between keyframes. When arrows appear on each side of the keyframe navigator box,[...]

To the top To the top Insert, delete, or duplicate blank video frames (Photoshop Extended) A blank video frame can be added to or removed from a blank video layer. You can also duplicate existing (painted) frames in blank video layers. 1 . In the Animation panel, select the blank video layer and then move the current- time indicator to the desired [...]

To the top Open a multilayer animation You can open animations that were saved in older versions of Photoshop as multilayer Photoshop (PSD) files. The layers are placed in the Animation panel in their stacking order, with the bottom layer becoming the first frame. 1 . Choose File > Open, and select the Photoshop file to open. 2 . In the Layers p[...]

Creating images for video To the top To the top About creating images for video Aspect ratio Create an image for use in video Load video actions Adjust pixel aspect ratio Prepare images for use in After Effects About creating images for video Photoshop can create images of various aspect ratios so that they appear properly on devices such as video [...]

To the top Frame aspect ratio describes the ratio of width to height in the dimensions of an image. For example, DV NTSC has a frame aspect ratio of 4:3 (or 4 width by 3 height) and a typical widescreen frame has a frame aspect ratio of 16:9. Some video cameras can record various frame aspect ratios. Many cameras that have a widescreen mode use the[...]

To the top To the top Circle in NTSC DV (720 x 480 pixels) document viewed on computer (square pixel) monitor with Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction turned on (top) and Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction turned off (bottom) You can simultaneously view an image with the Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction turned on and off. With the nonsquare pixel image open and [...]

To the top Reset the pixel aspect ratios 1 . With the document open, choose View > Pixel Aspect Ratio > Reset Pixel Aspect Ratios. 2 . In the dialog box, choose one of the following: Append Replaces the current pixel aspect ratios with the default values plus any custom pixel aspect ratios. This option is useful if you deleted a default value[...]

Saving and exporting video and animations (CS5) To the top To the top Bounding Box Redundant Pixel Removal Note: To the top To the top Video and animation export formats Optimize animation frames Flatten frames into layers Export video files or image sequences Specify QuickTime Movie settings (Photoshop Extended) Video and animation export formats [...]

All Frames In Frame and Out Frame Currently Selected Frames Alpha Channel Frame Rate 3G FLC Flash Video (FLV) QuickTime Movie AVI DV Stream Image Sequence MPEG - 4 Note: File Format Video Video Format Data Rate 3 . Click the Select Folder button, and navigate to the location for the exported files. To create a folder to contain your exported file, [...]

Optimized For Image Size Preserve Aspect Ratio Using Frame Rate Key Frame Video Options Audio Text Streaming Enable Streaming Optimize For Server Advanced Restrict Distribution Fragment Movie Color Table Motion Note: Compression Type Frame Per Second don't choose a data rate higher than the available bandwidth. Specifies the intended delivery [...]

Key Frame Every Limit Data Rate To Depth Quality Scan Mode Aspect Ratio Options DV Format Video Format Scan Mode Aspect Ratio Preserve Aspect Ratio Using Note: Format Frames Per Second Insert Space Before Number Options Video Format Data Rate Optimized For Specifies the key frame frequency. A higher key frame rate (lower number) improves video qual[...]

Image Size Preserve Aspect Ratio Using Frame Rate Key Frame Re - sync Markers Restrict Profile(s) To Encoding Mode To the top Note: Settings Filter Size Fast Start Fast Start- Compressed Header Hinted Streaming Compression Type Motion Data Rate Compressor choose MP4 from the File Format menu, choose H.264 from the Video Format menu, click Video Opt[...]

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Editing video and animation layers (Photoshop CS5 Extended) To the top To the top To the top Note: Transform video layers (Photoshop Extended) Create new video layers Specify when a layer appears in a video or animation (Photoshop Extended) Trim or move a video layer (Photoshop Extended) Lift work area (Photoshop Extended) Extract work area (Photos[...]

Note: To the top Move Layer In Point To Current Time Move Layer End Point To Current Time Trim Layer Start To Current Time Trim Layer End To Current Time Note: To the top Layers (In timeline mode) with the layer duration bar selected to drag Move the current- time indicator to the frame you want as the new In or Out point, and from the Animation pa[...]

To the top To the top To the top Layers after applying the Lift Work Area command Extract work area (Photoshop Extended) To delete portions of video and automatically remove the time gap, use the Extract Work Area command. The remaining content is copied to new video layers. 1 . Select the layers you want to edit. 2 . In the Animation panel, set th[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top Note: In the Layers panel, select two or more layers and do one of the following: Choose Layer > Group Layers. Choose Layer > Smart Objects > Convert to Smart Object. Rasterize video layers (Photoshop Extended[...]

Importing video files and image sequences (Photoshop Extended) To the top To the top To the top Open or import a video file (Photoshop Extended) Import image sequences (Photoshop Extended) Place a video or image sequence (Photoshop Extended) Reload footage in a video layer (Photoshop Extended) Replace footage in a video layer (Photoshop Extended) I[...]

To the top To the top To the top 3 . (Optional) Use the control points to scale, rotate, move, or warp the imported content. 4 . Click the Commit Transform button in the options bar to place the file. You can also place video directly from Adobe Bridge. Select the video file and then choose File > Place > In Photoshop. Reload footage in a vid[...]

Item with premultiplied channels (top) appears with a black halo when interpreted as Straight - Unmatted (lower - left). When interpreted as Premultiplied- Matte with black specified as background color, halo does not appear (lower - right). More Help topics About missing and mismatched color profiles Working with Image Sequences Legal Notices | On[...]

Painting frames in video layers (Photoshop Extended) To the top To the top Paint frames in video layers (Photoshop Extended) Cloning content in video and animation frames (Photoshop Extended) Restore frames in video layers (Photoshop Extended) Managing color in video layers (Photoshop Extended) Paint frames in video layers (Photoshop Extended) You [...]

To the top To the top overlays, deselect Show Overlay , and press Shift + Alt (Windows) or Shift + Option (Mac OS). 8 . Drag over the area of the frame you want to paint. Painting on a video layer is nondestructive. You can choose the Restore Frame or Restore All Frames command to discard the altered pixels on a specific frame or video layer. Chang[...]

Previewing video and animations To the top To the top To the top Preview a frame animation Set the timeline area to preview (Photoshop Extended) Previewing video or timeline animations (Photoshop Extended) Preview your document on a video monitor Preview a frame animation 1 . Do one of the following: Click the Play button in the Animation panel. Us[...]

To the top To see a more accurate preview of an animation created for the web, preview the animation in a web browser. Use the browser’s Stop and Reload commands to stop or replay the animation. Open the Save For Web & Devices dialog box, and click the Preview In Browser button. Preview audio for video layers (Photoshop Extended) When you ena[...]

6 . Select the Apply Pixel Aspect Ratio To Preview check box to display the image using the document’s (nonsquare) pixel aspect ratio. Deselect this option to display the image as it appears on your computer (square pixel) monitor. By default, the Apply Pixel Aspect Ratio To Preview check box is selected to maintain the image’s pixel aspect rat[...]

Filters and effects To learn more, view these recommended resources online. Blur gallery overview Kelby (May. 7, 2012) video-tutorial Quick, creative control in a dedicated blur workspace. Using the new three-part Blur Gallery Lynda.com (May. 7, 2012) video-tutorial Focus the eye with precisely placed blurs. 535[...]

Photographic blur gallery | CS6 To the top Field Blur Iris Blur Tilt-Shift Blur gallery Applying Blur gallery effects as smart filters | Creative Cloud only Blur effects Use the Blur gallery to quickly create three distinct photographic blur effects with intuitive on- image controls. Add Field Blur, Iris Blur, or a Tilt- Shift effect to a picture. [...]

To the top A. Sharp area B. Fade area C. Blur area 2 . Drag the handles to move them to redefine the various areas. 3 . Drag the blur handle to increase or decrease the blur. You can also use the Blur Tools panel to specify a blur value. Press the M key, to view the blur mask applied to the image. The dark areas indicate sharp areas, while light ar[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top Light Bokeh Bokeh Color Light Range Blur effects You can enhance the overall picture, by controlling the appearance of out -of -focus or blurred parts. Specify the bokeh parameters to ensure an overall pleasing effect.[...]

Adaptive wide angle filter | CS6 Correction Scale Focal Length Crop Factor As Shot Use the Adaptive Wide Angle filter to correct lens distortions due to using wide angle lenses. You can quickly straighten lines that appear curved in panoramas, or photos taken with fish- eye and wide angle lenses. For example, buildings seem to be leaning inwards wh[...]

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Add Lighting Effects | CS6 To the top Note: Colorize Exposure Gloss Metallic Ambience Texture To the top To the top Point Infinite Apply the Lighting Effects filter From an Expert: Lighting Effects tutorials Lighting Effects types Adjust a Point light in the preview window Adjust an Infinite light in the preview window Adjust a Spot light in the pr[...]

Spot To the top To the top To the top To the top 2 o’clock Spotlight Blue Omni Circle Of Light Crossing Crossing Down Default Five Lights Down/Five Lights Up Flashlight Flood Light Parallel Directional RGB Lights Casts an elliptical beam of light. The line in the preview window defines the light direction and angle, and the handles define the edg[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Soft Direct Lights Soft Omni Soft Spotlight Three Down Triple Spotlight To the top To the top To the top Two unfocused white and blue directional lights. White has a soft (20) intensity. Blue has a medium (67) intensity. A soft o[...]

Filter basics To the top To the top Using filters Apply a filter from the Filter menu Filter Gallery overview Apply filters from the Filter Gallery Blend and fade filter effects Tips for creating special effects Improve filter performance Using filters You can use filters to clean up or retouch your photos, apply special art effects that give your [...]

To the top To the top Filter Gallery overview The Filter Gallery provides a preview of many of the special effects filters. You can apply multiple filters, turn on or off the effect of a filter, reset options for a filter, and change the order in which filters are applied. When you are satisfied with the preview, you can then apply it to your image[...]

To the top To the top To the top To rearrange applied filters, drag the filter to a new position in the applied filter list in the lower right corner of the Filter Gallery dialog box. To remove applied filters, select a filter in the applied filter list, and click the Delete Layer icon . 6 . When you’re satisfied with the results, click OK. Blend[...]

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Filter effects reference To the top To the top Artistic filters Blur filters Brush Stroke filters Distort filters Noise filters Pixelate filters Render filters Sharpen filters Sketch filters Stylize filters Texture filters Video filters Other filters Digimarc filters Vanishing Point Note: Complete information on using some filters is available in o[...]

To the top Before (left) and after (right) using the Lens Blur filter; the background is blurred but the foreground stays sharp. Note: To apply a Blur filter to the edges of a layer, deselect the Lock Transparent Pixel option in the Layers panel. Average Finds the average color of an image or selection, and then fills the image or selection with th[...]

To the top To the top To the top blacks. Distort filters The Distort filters geometrically distort an image, creating 3D or other reshaping effects. Note that these filters can be very memory -intensive. The Diffuse Glow, Glass, and Ocean Ripple filters can be applied through the Filter Gallery. Diffuse Glow Renders an image as though it were viewe[...]

To the top To the top To the top Facet Clumps pixels of solid or similar colors into blocks of like - colored pixels. You can use this filter to make a scanned image look hand -painted or to make a realistic image resemble an abstract painting. Fragment Creates four copies of the pixels in the selection, averages them, and offsets them from each ot[...]

To the top To the top To the top color for dark areas and the background color for light areas. For a truer effect, change the foreground color to one of the common Conté Crayon colors (black, sepia, or sanguine) before applying the filter. For a muted effect, change the background color to white, add some of the foreground color to the white back[...]

To the top To the top To the top replace the discarded lines by duplication or interpolation. NTSC Colors Restricts the gamut of colors to those acceptable for television reproduction, to prevent oversaturated colors from bleeding across television scan lines. Other filters Filters in the Other submenu let you create your own filters, use filters t[...]

Smudge image areas Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy The Smudge tool simulates the effect you see when you drag a finger through wet paint. The tool picks up color where the stroke begins and pushes it in the direction you drag. 1 . Select the Smudge tool . 2 . C[...]

Oil Paint filter | CS6 Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Use the Oil Paint filter in Photoshop CS6 to give an image the look of a classic painting. 1 . Choose Filter > Oil Paint. 2 . Experiment with the Brush and Lighting options. 3 . Click OK to apply the fil[...]

Add Lighting Effects (CS5) To the top To the top Note: Gloss Material Exposure Ambience To the top Run Photoshop in 32- bit mode (64 -bit Mac OS only)p Apply the Lighting Effects filter Lighting Effects types Adjust an Omni light Adjust directional light using the preview window Adjust the spotlight using the preview window Lighting Effects styles [...]

Omni Directional Spotlight To the top To the top To the top To the top 2 o’clock Spotlight Blue Omni Circle Of Light Crossing Crossing Down Default You can choose from several lighting types: Shines light in all directions from directly above the image—like a light bulb over a piece of paper. Shines light from far away so that the light angle d[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Five Lights Down/Five Lights Up Flashlight Flood Light Parallel Directional RGB Lights Soft Direct Lights Soft Omni Soft Spotlight Three Down Triple Spotlight To the top To the top To the top Five white spotlights, down or up, of[...]

Applying specific filters To the top To the top To the top To the top Load images and textures for filters Set texture and glass surface controls Defining undistorted areas Apply the Dust And Scratches filter Apply the Displace filter Apply the Color Halftone filter Apply the Extrude filter Apply the Trace Contour filter Create a Custom filter Load[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top Increasing the radius blurs the image. Use the smallest value that eliminates the defects. 5 . Increase the threshold gradually by entering a value or by dragging the slider to the highest possible value that eliminates defects. Apply the Displace filter The Displace filter shifts a selection using a colo[...]

To the top Use the Info panel in Grayscale mode to identify a color value that you want traced. Then enter the value in the Level text box. Create a Custom filter 1 . Choose Filter > Other > Custom. The Custom dialog box displays a grid of text boxes into which you can enter numeric values. 2 . Select the center text box, which represents the[...]

Layer effects and styles To the top To the top About layer effects and styles Apply preset styles Layer Style dialog box overview Apply or edit a custom layer style Layer style options Modify layer effects with contours Set a global lighting angle for all layers Display or hide layer styles Copy layer styles Scale a layer effect Remove layer effect[...]

To the top To the top Click a style in the Styles panel to apply it to the currently selected layers. Drag a style from the Styles panel onto a layer in the Layers panel. Drag a style from the Styles panel to the document window, and release the mouse button when the pointer is over the layer content to which you want to apply the style. Note: Hold[...]

To the top To edit an existing style, double -click an effect displayed below the layer name in the Layers panel. (Click the triangle next to the Add a Layer Style icon to display the effects contained in the style.) 3 . Set effect options in the Layer Style dialog box. See Layer style options. 4 . Add other effects to the style, if desired. In the[...]

To the top To the top apply a glow that emanates from the inside edges of the layer’s content. Spread Expands the boundaries of the matte prior to blurring. Style Specifies the style of a bevel: Inner Bevel creates a bevel on the inside edges of the layer contents; Outer Bevel creates a bevel on the outside edges of the layer contents; Emboss sim[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top Using global light gives the appearance of a common light source shining on the image. Do one of the following: Choose Layer > Layer Style > Global Light. In the Global Light dialog box, enter a value or drag the angle radius to set the angle and altitude, and click OK. In the Layer Style dialog box[...]

To the top To the top 1 . In the Layers panel, expand the layer style to see its effects. 2 . Drag the effect to the Delete icon . Remove a style from a layer 1 . In the Layers panel, select the layer containing the style you want to remove. 2 . Do one of the following: In the Layers panel, drag the Effects bar to the Delete icon . Choose Layer >[...]

Save a set of preset styles as a library 1 . Do one of the following: Choose Save Styles from the Styles panel menu. Select Styles on the left side of the Layer Style dialog box. Then choose Save Styles from the pop - up menu. When using a shape or Pen tool, click the layer style thumbnail in the options bar. Then choose Save Styles from the pop - [...]

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Saving images To the top To the top Save a file Set file saving preferences Save large documents Export layers to files Testing Photoshop images for mobile devices with Adobe Device Central (CS5) Create mobile content with Adobe Device Central and Photoshop (CS5) Save a file Use the Save command to save changes to the current file or the Save As co[...]

To the top To the top To the top 2 . Set the following options: Image Previews Choose an option for saving image previews: Never Save to save files without previews, Always Save to save files with specified previews, or Ask When Saving to assign previews on a file- by-file basis. In Mac OS, you can select one or more preview types. (See Mac OS imag[...]

To the top Photoshop based on a targeted device. For example, a user interface designer might use Photoshop to create mock - ups. The designer can test the mock - ups on a variety of handsets, make necessary adjustments, and pass the improved mock - ups to developers. Create mobile content with Adobe Device Central and Photoshop (CS5) 1 . Start Pho[...]

File formats To the top To the top Choosing a file format About file compression Maximize compatibility for PSD and PSB files Photoshop format (PSD) Photoshop 2.0 format Photoshop DCS 1.0 and 2.0 formats Photoshop EPS format Photoshop Raw format Digital Negative format (DNG) BMP format Cineon format DICOM format GIF IFF JPEG format Large Document F[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top large areas of single color. JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) Lossy compression; supported by JPEG, TIFF, PDF, and PostScript language file formats. Recommended for continuous- tone images, such as photographs. JPEG uses lossy compression. To specify image quality, choose an option from [...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top Photoshop Raw format The Photoshop Raw format is a flexible file format for transferring images between applications and computer platforms. This format supports CMYK, RGB, and grayscale images with alpha channels, and multichannel and Lab images without alpha channels. Do[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top IFF IFF (Interchange File Format ) is a general-purpose data storage format that can associate and store multiple types of data. IFF is portable and has extensions that support still - picture, sound, music, video, and textual data. The IFF format includes Maya IFF and IFF (formerly [...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top PICT Resource (Mac OS) A PICT resource is a PICT file but takes a name and resource ID number. The PICT Resource format supports RGB images with a single alpha channel, and Indexed Color, Grayscale, and Bitmap mode images without alpha channels. You can use the [...]

To the top TIFF format supports CMYK, RGB, Lab, Indexed Color, and Grayscale images with alpha channels and Bitmap mode images without alpha channels. Photoshop can save layers in a TIFF file; however, if you open the file in another application, only the flattened image is visible. Photoshop can also save notes, transparency, and multiresolution p[...]

Supported file formats in Photoshop CS6 Asterisks (*) indicate formats newly supported with CS6. Audio import formats The following formats can now be opened in Photoshop Standard and Extended. (In Photoshop CS5 and prior, Extended was required.) AAC* AIFF* M2A* M4A* MP2* MP3* Video import formats .264* 3GP, 3GPP* AVC* AVI F4V* FLV* MOV (QuickTime)[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy PICT Resource (Mac only, can open only) Radiance 3D- related formats 3D Studio (import only) DAE (Collada) Flash 3D* (export only) JPS* (JPEG Stereo) KMZ (Google Earth 4) MPO* (Multi -Picture format) U3D Wavefront|OBJ 580[...]

Saving files in graphics formats To the top To the top Save in TIFF format Save in JPEG format Save in PNG format Save in GIF format Save in Photoshop EPS format Save in Photoshop DCS format Save in Photoshop Raw format Save in BMP format Save in Cineon format (16 - bit images only) Save in Targa format Save in TIFF format TIFF is a flexible raster[...]

To the top To the top To the top Format Options Specifies the format of your JPEG file. Baseline (“Standard”) uses a format recognized by most web browsers. Baseline Optimized creates a file with optimized color and a slightly smaller file size. Progressive displays a series of increasingly detailed versions of the image (you specify how many) [...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top JPEG Compresses the file by discarding some image data. You can choose the amount of JPEG compression from very little (JPEG Maximum Quality) to a lot (JPEG Low Quality). Files with JPEG encoding can be printed only on Level 2 (or later) PostScript printers and may not separate into individual [...]

Saving PDF files To the top To the top About Photoshop PDF format Save in Photoshop PDF format Adobe PDF presets About PDF/X and PDF/A standards PDF compatibility levels General options for Adobe PDF Compression and downsampling options for Adobe PDF Color management and PDF/X options for Adobe PDF Adding security to PDF files Save an Adobe PDF pre[...]

To the top 9 . (Optional) If you want to reuse the PDF save settings, click Save Preset and save your settings as a PDF preset. The new preset appears in the Adobe PDF Preset menu the next time you save a Photoshop PDF file and in any product in the Adobe Creative Suite. See also Save an Adobe PDF preset. 10 . Click Save PDF. Photoshop closes the S[...]

To the top To the top These PDF files can be opened in Acrobat 5.0 and Acrobat Reader 5.0 and later. Standard (Acrobat only) Creates PDF files to be printed to desktop printers or digital copiers, published on a CD, or sent to a client as a publishing proof. This set of options uses compression and downsampling to keep the file size down, but also [...]

To the top To the top To the top General options for Adobe PDF You can set the following options in the General section of the Adobe PDF Options dialog box: Description Displays the description from the selected preset, and provides a place for you to edit the description. You can paste a description from the clipboard. If you edit the description [...]

To the top To the top To the top Destination Describes the gamut of the final RGB or CMYK output device, such as your monitor or a SWOP standard. Using this profile, Photoshop converts the document’s color information (defined by the source profile in the Working Spaces section of the Color Settings dialog box) to the color space of the target ou[...]

dialog box, you save, load, edit, or delete Adobe PDF presets. Choose Edit > Adobe PDF Presets and do any of the following: To save settings as a new preset, click the New button, specify settings in the New PDF Preset dialog box, and click OK. To edit an Adobe PDF preset, select the preset in the Preset window, click the Edit button, and change[...]

Creating web photo galleries To the top To the top About web photo galleries Create a web photo gallery Making sure that your colors match Web photo gallery options Web photo gallery styles About customizing web photo gallery styles Customize or create a web photo gallery style Web photo gallery style tokens To create web galleries with Photoshop C[...]

To the top To the top Use the older, optional Photoshop plug- in 1 . Download and install the older Web Photo Gallery plug- in for Windows or Mac OS . 2 . Run Photoshop in 32 -bit mode (64 -bit Mac OS only). 3 . (Optional) Select the files or folder you want to use in Adobe Bridge. Your images will be presented in the order in which they’re displ[...]

To the top To the top Large Images Options for the main images that appear on each gallery page. Add numeric links (Available for some site styles) Places a numeric sequence (starting at 1, ending with the total number of pages in the gallery) running horizontally at the top of each gallery page. Each number is a link to the respective page. Resize[...]

To the top To the top The style folder must contain these files: Caption.htm, IndexPage.htm, SubPage.htm, Thumbnail.htm, and FrameSet.htm. You can rename the style folder but not the HTML template files in the folder. You can have an empty Caption.htm file, and place the HTML code and tokens determining the layout of the caption in the Thumbnail.ht[...]

%CREDITS% Inserts the credits for a caption from the file information. %CURRENTINDEX% Determines the link for the current home page. %CURRENTINDEXANCHOR% Resides in SubPage.htm and points to the first index page. %DATE% Determines the date that appears on the banner. %EMAIL% Determines the e -mail address contact information for the gallery. %FILEI[...]

Digimarc copyright protection To the top To the top To the top Read a Digimarc watermark Adding digital copyright information Before adding a digital watermark Embed a watermark Using the Watermark Durability setting Check the signal strength meter Note: Digimarc plug -ins require a 32- bit operating system. They are unsupported in 64 -bit versions[...]

To the top To the top To the top Embed a watermark To embed a digital watermark, you must first register with Digimarc Corporation—which maintains a database of artists, designers, and photographers and their contact information—to get a unique Digimarc ID. You can then embed the Digimarc ID in your images, along with information such as the co[...]

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Printing from Photoshop CS6 To the top Types of printing Types of images Color separation Quality of detail To the top To the top Print Print One Copy Printing basics About desktop printing Print images Position and scale images Print part of an image Print vector data Printing basics Whether you are printing an image to your desktop printer or sen[...]

To the top Note: Note: To the top To the top 1 . Choose File > Print. 2 . Select the printer, number of copies, and layout orientation. 3 . In the preview area at left, visually adjust the position and scale of the image relative to the selected paper size and orientation. Or to the right, set detailed options for Position And Size, Color Manage[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Note: include vector data, Photoshop sends the printer a separate image for each type layer and each vector shape layer. These additional images are printed on top of the base image, and clipped using their vector outline. Conseq[...]

Printing from Photoshop CS5 To the top Types of printing Types of images Color separation Quality of detail To the top To the top Print Print One Copy Printing basics About desktop printing Print images Position and scale images Print vector data Printing basics Whether you are printing an image to your desktop printer or sending it to a prepress f[...]

Note: To the top Print dialog box A. Preview print B. Set printer and print job options C. Set paper orientation D. Position and scale image E. Specify prepress output options F. Specify color management and proofing options 2 . Select the printer, number of copies, and paper orientation. In Mac OS, send 16- bit data to the printer to produce the h[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Note: To the top Note: Note: The Print dialog box may not reflect accurate values for Scale, Height, and Width if you set a scaling percentage in the Print Settings dialog box. To avoid inaccurate scaling, specify scaling using t[...]

Printing with color management in Photoshop CS6 To the top Rendering Intent Black Point Compensation Match Print Colors Gamut Warning Show Paper White To the top Let Photoshop determine printed colors Let printer determine printed colors Print a hard proof To better understand color management concepts and workflows, see Understanding Color Managem[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Note: To the top Proof Setup Simulate Paper Color Simulate Black Ink The Document Profile entry shows the profile embedded in the image. 3 . For Color Handling, choose Printer Manages Colors. 4 . (Optional) For Rendering Intent, [...]

Printing with color management | CS5 To the top Rendering Intent Black Point Compensation Match Print Colors Gamut Warning Show Paper White Note: To the top Let Photoshop determine printed colors Let printer determine printed colors Print a hard proof To better understand color management concepts and workflows, see Understanding Color Management .[...]

Note: To the top Choose Color Management to display additional options. 3 . Select Document. The profile is displayed in parentheses on the same line. 4 . For Color Handling, choose Printer Manages Colors. 5 . (Optional) Choose a rendering intent for converting colors to the destination color space. Many non -PostScript printer drivers ignore this [...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Proof Setup Simulate Paper Color Simulate Black Ink Note: The profile that appears in parentheses, should match the proof setup you selected earlier. 5 . For Color Handling, choose Photoshop Manages Colors. 6 . For Printer Profil[...]

Contact Sheets and PDF Presentations in CS6 Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top To the top Updated Contact Sheet II and PDF Presentation plug -ins return in Photoshop CS6, now 64-bit compatible for optimal performance on modern systems. Creating a contac[...]

Duotones To the top To the top To the top About duotones Convert an image to duotone Modify the duotone curve for a given ink Specifying overprint colors Adjust the display of overprint colors Saving and loading duotone settings View the individual colors of a duotone image Printing duotones Exporting duotone images to other applications About duot[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top the vertical axis. You can specify up to 13 points on the curve. When you specify two values along the curve, Photoshop calculates intermediate values. As you adjust the curve, values are automatically entered in the percentage text boxes. The value you enter in the text box indicate[...]

Exporting duotone images to other applications To export a duotone image to a page - layout application, you must first save the image in EPS or PDF format. (However, if the image contains spot channels, convert it to Multichannel mode and save it in DCS 2.0 format.) Remember to name custom colors using the appropriate suffix so that the importing [...]

Picture packages and contact sheets To the top Print photos in a picture package layout Create a contact sheet To create contact sheets in Photoshop CS5, see Create a PDF contact sheet in Adobe Bridge Help. You can also download the older, optional Picture Package and Contact Sheet plug -ins for Windows or Mac OS . Print photos in a picture package[...]

Click a placeholder in the Picture Package preview layout, then browse to select an image. Drag an image from the desktop or a folder into a placeholder. Add an image to a picture package by dragging the image from the desktop into a placeholder. You can change any image in the layout by clicking a placeholder and browsing to select an image. 5 . I[...]

To the top Dragging a placeholder to a new location in the Picture Package layout 6 . In the Grid area of the Picture Package Edit Layout dialog box, select the Snap To option to display a grid to help you position the elements in the custom layout. Enter a value in the Size text box to change the appearance of the grid. 7 . To add or delete a plac[...]

layer and each caption is on a separate text layer. 6 . In the Thumbnails area, specify layout options for the thumbnail previews. For Place, choose whether to arrange thumbnails across first (from left to right, then top to bottom) or down first (from top to bottom, then left to right). Enter the number of columns and rows that you want per contac[...]

Printing images to a commercial printing press To the top To the top Preparing images for press Set output options Print separations from Photoshop Prepare an image with spot channels for printing from another application Create a color trap Determine scan resolution for printing Preparing images for press From Photoshop, you can prepare image file[...]

Page marks A. Gradient tint bar B. Label C. Registration marks D. Progressive color bar E. Corner crop mark F. Center crop mark G. Description H. Star target 1 . Choose File > Print. 2 . Choose Output from the pop - up menu. 3 . Set one or more of the following options: Calibration Bars Prints an 11 - step grayscale, a transition in density from[...]

To the top To the top To the top Print separations from Photoshop When preparing your image for prepress and working with CMYK images or images with spot colors, you can print each color channel as a separate page. Note: Separations from CMYK, Duotone, or multi -channel documents printed on non- PostScript printers may not be identical to those pri[...]

To the top Trapping to correct misalignment A. Misregistration with no trap B. Misregistration with trap Trapping is intended to correct the misalignment of solid colors. In general, you don’t need traps for continuous -tone images such as photographs. Excessive trapping may produce an outline effect. These problems may not be visible on -screen [...]

Printing spot colors To the top To the top About spot colors Create a new spot channel Convert an alpha channel to a spot channel Edit a spot channel to add or remove color Change a spot channel’s color or solidity Merge spot channels Adjust overlapping spot colors About spot colors Spot colors are special premixed inks used instead of, or in add[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top Solidity at 100% and solidity at 50%. Note: The Solidity and color choice options affect only on - screen previews and composite prints. They have no effect on printed separations. Convert an alpha channel to a spot channel 1 . If a selection is active in the image, choose Select > Deselect. 2 . Do one[...]

To the top Adjust overlapping spot colors To prevent overlapping spot colors from either printing over or knocking out the underlying spot color, remove one of the spot colors where they overlap. Use a printed sample of the overprinted inks to adjust your screen display to help you predict how colors will look when printed. Note: In some cases, suc[...]

Automation To learn more, view these recommended resources online. Batch Actions Infinite Skills (Aug. 9, 2012) video-tutorial 624[...]

About actions and the Actions panel To the top To the top To the top About actions Actions panel overview For more information about actions About actions An action is a series of tasks that you play back on a single file or a batch of files—menu commands, panel options, tool actions, and so on. For example, you can create an action that changes [...]

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Creating actions To the top To the top Guidelines for recording actions Record an action Record a path Insert a stop Change settings when playing an action Exclude commands from an action Insert a non -recordable menu command Edit and rerecord actions Guidelines for recording actions Keep in mind the following guidelines when recording actions: You[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top you can also press the Esc key.) To resume recording in the same action, choose Start Recording from the Actions panel menu. Record a path The Insert Path command lets you include a complex path (a path created with a pen tool or pasted from Adobe Illustrator) as part of an action. When the action is play[...]

To the top To the top To exclude or include all commands or actions in an action or set, click the check mark to the left of the action or set name. To exclude or include all commands except the selected command, Alt - click (Windows) or Option - click (Mac OS) its check mark. To indicate that some of the commands within the action are excluded, in[...]

Playing and managing actions To the top To the top To the top Play an action on a file Specify playback speed Manage actions Manage action sets For more information about actions Play an action on a file Playing an action executes the action’s recorded commands in the active document. (Some actions require that you make a selection before playing[...]

To the top Alt -drag (Windows) or Option - drag (Mac OS) the action or command to a new location in the Actions panel. When the highlighted line appears in the desired location, release the mouse button. Select an action or command. Then choose Duplicate from the Actions panel menu. Drag an action or command to the Create New Action button at the b[...]

To the top 2 . Click OK to replace the current actions in the Actions panel with the default set, or click Append to add the set of default actions to the current actions in the Actions panel. Organize action sets To help you organize your actions, you can create sets of actions and save the sets to disk. You can organize sets of actions for differ[...]

Processing a batch of files To the top Convert files with the Image Processor Process a batch of files Create a droplet from an action Batch and droplet processing options Convert files with the Image Processor The Image Processor converts and processes multiple files. Unlike the Batch command, the Image Processor lets you process files without fir[...]

To the top To the top 7 . Click Run. Before you process your images, click Save to save the current settings in the dialog box. The next time you need to process files using this group of settings, click Load, and navigate to your saved Image Processor settings. Process a batch of files The Batch command runs an action on a folder of files. If you [...]

To the top Actions are the basis for creating droplets—you must create the desired action in the Actions panel before creating a droplet. (See Creating actions.) 1 . Choose File > Automate > Create Droplet . 2 . Specify where to save the droplet. Click Choose in the Save Droplet In section of the dialog box and navigate to the location. 3 .[...]

include at least one field that is unique for every file (for example, filename, serial number, or serial letter) to prevent files from overwriting each other. Starting Serial Number specifies the starting number for any serial number fields. Serial letter fields always start with the letter “A” for the first file. Compatibility Makes filenames[...]

Scripting To the top To the top Run a JavaScript Set scripts and actions to run automatically Photoshop supports external automation through scripting. In Windows, you can use scripting languages that support COM automation, such as VB Script. In Mac OS, you can use languages such as AppleScript that allow you to send Apple events. These languages [...]

Creating data -driven graphics To the top Define variables Rename a variable Define a data set Preview or apply a data set Generate graphics using data sets Creating data sets in external files Import a data set Data -driven graphics make it possible to produce multiple versions of an image quickly and accurately for print or web projects. For exam[...]

To the top content of a layer. Pixel Replacement variables replace the pixels in the layer with pixels from another image file. Text Replacement variables replace a string of text in a type layer. Note: GoLive recognizes all text and visibility variables, but not Pixel Replacement variables. Two versions of an image based on the same template A. Vi[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top 1 . Choose Image > Variables > Define. 2 . Choose the layer that contains the variable from the Layer pop - up menu. 3 . To rename the variable, enter a name in the Name text box. Variable names must begin with a letter, underscore, or colon and cannot contain spaces or special characters (except fo[...]

To the top Value1 -2<sep>Value2 -2<sep><sep>ValueN -2<nl> Value1 -M<sep>Value2 -M<sep><sep>ValueN -M<nl> All the variable names are listed on the first line, in the order that the values are given in subsequent lines. Each subsequent line represents one data set, with the values for each variable give[...]

Adding conditional actions | Creative Cloud Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Note: To the top Conditional actions let you build actions that choose what to do based on one of several different conditions. First, you choose a condition and then, optionally specif[...]

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Adding a conditional mode change to an action To the top Add a conditional mode change to an action Add a conditional mode change to an action You can specify conditions for a mode change so that the conversion can occur during an action , which is a series of commands applied sequentially to a single file or a batch of files. When a mode change is[...]

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Creating web photo galleries To the top To the top About web photo galleries Create a web photo gallery Making sure that your colors match Web photo gallery options Web photo gallery styles About customizing web photo gallery styles Customize or create a web photo gallery style Web photo gallery style tokens To create web galleries with Photoshop C[...]

To the top To the top Use the older, optional Photoshop plug- in 1 . Download and install the older Web Photo Gallery plug- in for Windows or Mac OS . 2 . Run Photoshop in 32 -bit mode (64 -bit Mac OS only). 3 . (Optional) Select the files or folder you want to use in Adobe Bridge. Your images will be presented in the order in which they’re displ[...]

To the top To the top Large Images Options for the main images that appear on each gallery page. Add numeric links (Available for some site styles) Places a numeric sequence (starting at 1, ending with the total number of pages in the gallery) running horizontally at the top of each gallery page. Each number is a link to the respective page. Resize[...]

To the top To the top The style folder must contain these files: Caption.htm, IndexPage.htm, SubPage.htm, Thumbnail.htm, and FrameSet.htm. You can rename the style folder but not the HTML template files in the folder. You can have an empty Caption.htm file, and place the HTML code and tokens determining the layout of the caption in the Thumbnail.ht[...]

%CREDITS% Inserts the credits for a caption from the file information. %CURRENTINDEX% Determines the link for the current home page. %CURRENTINDEXANCHOR% Resides in SubPage.htm and points to the first index page. %DATE% Determines the date that appears on the banner. %EMAIL% Determines the e -mail address contact information for the gallery. %FILEI[...]

Working with web graphics To the top To the top Creating rollover images Export to Zoomify Working with hexadecimal color values The Photoshop web tools make it easy to build component pieces for your web pages or to output complete web pages in preset or customized formats. Use layers and slices to design web pages and web page interface elements.[...]

To the top Working with hexadecimal color values Photoshop can display the hexadecimal values of image colors or copy a color’s hexadecimal value for use in an HTML file. View hexadecimal color values in the Info panel 1 . Choose Window > Info or click the Info panel tab to view the panel. 2 . Choose Panel Options from the panel menu. Under Fi[...]

Slicing web pages To the top To the top Slice types Slice a web page Convert auto and layer- based slices to user slices View slices and slice options Slices divide an image into smaller images that are reassembled on a web page using an HTML table or CSS layers. By dividing the image, you can assign different URL links to create page navigation, o[...]

To the top To the top Slice a web page You can use the slice tool to draw slice lines directly on an image, or design your graphic using layers, and then create slices based on the layers. Create a slice with the Slice tool 1 . Select the Slice tool . (Press the C key to cycle through tools grouped with the Crop too.) Any existing slices automatica[...]

between slices: Slice lines Define the boundary of the slice. Solid lines indicate that the slice is a user slice or layer -based slice; dotted lines indicate that the slice is an auto slice. Slice colors Differentiate user slices and layer - based slices from auto slices. By default, user slices and layer -based slices have blue symbols, and auto [...]

Modifying slice layout To the top To the top Select one or more slices Move, resize, and snap user slices Divide user slices and auto slices Duplicate slices Copy and paste a slice Combine slices Change the stacking order of slices Align and distribute user slices Delete a slice Lock all slices Select one or more slices Do one of the following: Sel[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top Divide user slices and auto slices Use the Divide Slice dialog box to divide slices horizontally, vertically, or both. Divided slices are always user slices, regardless of whether the original is a user slice or an auto slice. Note: You cannot divide layer -based slices. 1 . Select one or more slices. 2 .[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top Change the stacking order of slices When slices overlap, the last slice you create is the top slice in the stacking order. You can change the stacking order to gain access to underlying slices. You can specify which slice is on the top and bottom of the stack and move slices up or down in the stacking ord[...]

HTML options for slices To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top Display the Slice Options dialog box Specify a slice content type Rename a slice Choose a background color for a slice Assign URL link information to an Image slice Specify browser messages and Alt text Add HTML text to a slice Display the Slice Options dialog box Do one[...]

To the top To the top 2 . In the Slice Options dialog box, enter a URL in the URL text box. You can enter a relative URL or absolute (full) URL. If you enter an absolute URL, be sure to include the proper protocol (for example, http://www.adobe.com, not www.adobe.com). For more information on using relative and full URLs, see an HTML reference. 3 .[...]

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Optimizing images To the top To the top About optimization Save For Web & Devices overview Preview image gamma at different values Optimize an image for the web Save or delete optimization presets Work with slices in the Save For Web & Devices dialog box Compress a web graphic to a specific file size Resize artwork while optimizing Generate[...]

To the top To the top Save For Web & Devices dialog box (Photoshop version) A. Display options B. Toolbox C. Optimize pop - up menu D. Color Table pop - up menu E. Animation controls (Photoshop only) F. Zoom text box G. Preview In Browser menu H. Original image I. Optimized image Preview images in the dialog box Click a tab at the top of the im[...]

To the top To the top 2 . Click a tab at the top of the dialog box to select a display option: Optimized, 2 - Up, or 4 - Up. If you select 4 - Up, click the preview you want to optimize. 3 . (Optional) If your image contains multiple slices, select one or more slices you want to optimize. 4 . Select a preset optimization setting from the Preset men[...]

To the top To the top To the top linking the slices. Linked slices in GIF and PNG - 8 format share a color palette and dither pattern to prevent the appearance of seams between the slices. To show or hide all slices, click the Toggle Slices Visibility button . To select slices in the Save For Web & Devices dialog box, choose the Slice Select to[...]

To the top To the top Preview optimized images in a web browser You can preview an optimized image in any web browser installed on your system from the Save For Web & Devices dialog box (File > Save For Web & Devices). The browser preview displays the image with a caption listing the image’s file type, pixel dimensions, file size, comp[...]

Copy CSS from layers | Creative Cloud Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Note: Copy CSS generates Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) properties from shape or text layers. It captures values for size, position, fill color (including gradients), stroke color, and drop shad[...]

Output settings for web graphics To the top To the top To the top Set output options HTML output options Slice output options Background output settings Saving Files output settings Include title and copyright information with an image Set output options Output settings control how HTML files are formatted, how files and slices are named, and how b[...]

To the top To the top To the top Generate Table Aligns slices using an HTML table rather than a cascading stylesheet. Empty Cells Specifies how empty slices are converted to table cells. Select GIF, IMG W&H to use a 1 - pixel GIF with width and height values specified on the IMG tag. Select GIF, TD W&H to use a 1 - pixel GIF with width and [...]

Web graphics optimization options To the top To the top Web graphic formats JPEG optimization options GIF and PNG - 8 optimization options Optimize transparency in GIF and PNG images View the color table for an optimized slice Customize the color table for GIF and PNG - 8 images PNG - 24 optimization options WBMP optimization options SWF optimizati[...]

To the top are blended with the selected color. GIF and PNG - 8 optimization options GIF is the standard format for compressing images with flat color and crisp detail, such as line art, logos, or illustrations with type. Like the GIF format, the PNG - 8 format efficiently compresses solid areas of color while preserving sharp detail. PNG - 8 and G[...]

Pattern Applies a halftone- like square pattern to simulate any colors not in the color table. Noise Applies a random pattern similar to the Diffusion dither method, but without diffusing the pattern across adjacent pixels. No seams appear with the Noise dither method. Transparency and Matte Determines how transparent pixels in the image are optimi[...]

To the top To the top To the top Example of Pattern Transparency dithering (left) and applied to a web page background (right) Interlace Displays a low - resolution version of the image in a browser while the full image file is downloading. Interlacing can make downloading time seem shorter and can assure viewers that downloading is in progress. Ho[...]

Sort By Hue sorts by the location of the color on the standard color wheel (expressed as a degree from 0 to 360). Neutral colors are assigned a hue of 0 and located with the reds. Sort By Luminance sorts by the lightness or brightness of a color. Sort By Popularity sorts by the colors’ frequency of occurrence in the image. Add a new color to the [...]

To revert all web -shifted colors in the color table, choose Unshift All Colors from the Color Table palette menu. Map colors to transparency You can add transparency to an optimized image by mapping existing colors to transparency. 1 . Select one or more colors in the optimized image or color table. 2 . Do one of the following: Click the Map Trans[...]

To the top To the top To the top Load a color table 1 . Select Load Color Table from the Color Table palette menu. 2 . Navigate to a file containing the color table you want to load—either an Adobe Color Table (.act) file, an Adobe Color Swatch (.aco) file, or a GIF file (to load the file’s embedded color table). 3 . Click Open. PNG - 24 optimi[...]

To the top Note: SWF supports object - level opacity only. Use the Export command instead of the Save For Web & Devices command to maintain artwork’s stacking order by exporting each layer to a separate SWF file. You can then import the exported SWF files into Adobe Flash simultaneously. Compressed Compresses the exported file. Protect File P[...]

processors. (UTF - 8 is an 8 - bit format; UTF - 16 is a 16 - bit format.) ISO 8859 - 1 and UTF - 16 encoding don’t preserve file metadata. Optimize For Adobe SVG Viewer Optimizes images for Adobe SVG Viewer . More Help topics | 678[...]

3D and technical imaging To learn more, view these recommended resources online. Streamlined 3d controls Lynda.com (May. 7, 2012) video-tutorial Expand creative possibilities into another dimension. New 3D reflections and dragable shadows Lynda.com (May. 7, 2012) video-tutorial Add realism with ease. 679[...]

3D workflow in Photoshop Extended CS6 To the top To the top Note: To the top From an expert: 3D in CS6 - a video tour Updated 3D features for Creative Cloud only 3D panel targets scene elements Properties panel provides contextual settings Move tool consolidates object and camera adjustments On -image controls directly edit elements Create and adju[...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top In the streamlined 3D panel, select specific elements you want to edit: 1 . At the top of the 3D panel, select Scene , Meshes , Materials , or Lights . 2 . Select an individual element (such as Current View in the Scene section). Or select multiple elements to apply uniform properties. 3 . Adjust settings[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top To the top To the top To edit the original path, type, or image layer, selected the related mesh in the 3D panel, and click Edit Source in the Properties panel. Note: The Photoshop Extended CS5 Repousse feature is call[...]

Essential 3D concepts and tools (Photoshop CS5 Extended) To the top Meshes Note: Materials Lights To the top Understanding and displaying 3D files (Photoshop Extended) 3D object and camera tools (Photoshop Extended) 3D Axis (Photoshop Extended) Understanding and displaying 3D files (Photoshop Extended) Photoshop lets you position and animate 3D mod[...]

Rotate Roll Pan Slide Scale Rotate Roll Pan Walk Zoom Perspective Camera (Zoom only) Orthographic Camera (Zoom only) DOF (Zoom only) 3D object tools and options A. Return to initial object position B. Rotate C. Roll D. Pan E. Slide F. Scale G. Position menu H. Save current position I. Delete current position J. Position coordinates In the Tools pan[...]

Note: To the top Note: Note: view. Change or create 3D camera views Do one of the following: Select a preset camera view of the model from the View menu. All preset camera views use orthographic projection. To add a custom view, place the 3D camera in the desired position using the 3D camera tools, then click Save in the options bar. To return to t[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To resize the item, drag the center cube in the 3D Axis up or down. To compress or elongate the item along an axis, drag one of the colored transform cubes either toward or away from the center cube. To constrain movement to an o[...]

3D panel settings (Photoshop CS5 Extended) To the top 3D panel overview (Photoshop Extended) 3D Scene settings (Photoshop Extended) 3D Mesh settings (Photoshop Extended) 3D Materials settings (Photoshop Extended) 3D Lights settings (Photoshop Extended) 3D panel overview (Photoshop Extended) When you select a 3D layer, the 3D panel shows the compone[...]

Note: Note: To the top Choose Window > Workspace > Advanced 3D. Filter the 3D options displayed Click the Scene, Mesh, Materials, or Lights button at the top of the 3D panel. Show or hide a 3D mesh or light Click the eye icon next to the mesh or light entry in the top section of the 3D panel. You cannot turn material display on or off from th[...]

Render Settings Quality Interactive (Painting) Ray Traced Draft Ray Traced Final Note: Paint On Global Ambient Color Cross Section Plane Intersection Flip Cross Section Offset and Tilt Alignment Specifies the render preset for the model. To customize options, click Edit. For more information, see Change 3D render settings (Photoshop Extended). Choo[...]

To the top Note: Catch Shadows Note: Cast Shadows Invisible Shadow Opacity To the top 3 . At the top of the dialog box, click the currently unselected Cross Section button . By default all render settings are turned off for the alternate cross section, making it appear invisible. 4 . Choose render options for the alternate cross section, and click [...]

Diffuse Opacity Bump Normal Note: Environment Reflection A selected material and its associated texture maps. A. Displays Materials options B. Selected material C. Materials picker D. Material Drop and Select tools E. Texture map menu icon F. Texture map types For a selected material in the top section of the 3D panel, the lower section shows the p[...]

Illumination Gloss Shine Note: Specular Ambient Refraction Defines a color that doesn't rely on lighting to display. Creates the effect that the 3D object is lit from within. Defines the amount of light from a source that reflects off the surface and back to the viewer. You can adjust glossiness by entering a value in the field or using the sc[...]

Click the material preview to display the preset pop - up panel. 1 . In the 3D panel, click the material preview. 2 . In the preset pop- up panel, do any of the following: To apply a preset, double - click a thumbnail preview. To create a preset from the current texture settings, click the pop - up menu icon , and choose New Material. To rename or [...]

Target U and V Scale U and V Offset To the top 2 . In the Color Picker, set brightness to 50%, and set R, G, and B values to equal values. Click OK. 3 . In the 3D panel, click the folder icon next to Bump. 4 . Choose New Texture. 5 . Choose the following settings in the New dialog box: For Color Mode, choose Grayscale For Background Contents, choos[...]

Preset Light Type Intensity Color Image Create Shadows Softness Hotspot Falloff Use Attenuation Rotate tool Pan tool Slide tool Point Light at Origin Move to Current View Adjust light properties 1 . In the Lights section of the 3D panel, select a light from the list. 2 . In the lower half of the panel, set the following options: applies a saved gro[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Save Lights Preset Add Lights Replace Lights Light Guides: A. Point light B. Spot light C. Infinite light Save, replace, or add groups of lights To store groups of lights for later use, save them as a preset. To include the prese[...]

3D rendering and saving (Photoshop CS5 Extended) To the top Note: Change 3D render settings (Photoshop Extended) Render a 3D file for final output (Photoshop Extended) Saving and exporting 3D files (Photoshop Extended) Change 3D render settings (Photoshop Extended) Render settings determine how 3D models are drawn. Photoshop installs several preset[...]

Face Style Solid Unlit Texture Flat Constant Bounding Box Normals Depth Map Paint Mask Texture Render For Final Output Reflections, Refractions, Shadows Remove Backfaces Edge Style Crease Threshold Line Width Remove Backfaces Remove Hidden Lines Vertex Style Radius Remove Backfaces Remove Hidden Vertices Stereo Type 3 . (Optional) To see the effect[...]

Parallax Lenticular Spacing Focal Plane To the top Note: To the top Adjusts the distance between the two stereo cameras. Higher settings increase three-dimensional depth but reduce depth of field, making items ahead or behind the focal plane appear out of focus. For vertically interlaced images, specifies how many lines per inch the lenticular lens[...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy U3D and KMZ support JPEG or PNG as texture formats. DAE and OBJ support all Photoshop-supported image formats for textures. 3 . (Optional) If exporting to U3D format, choose an encoding option. ECMA 1 is compatible with Acrobat 7[...]

Adjust HDR exposure and toning Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Note: Exposure Offset Gamma Note: The Exposure and HDR Toning adjustments are primarily designed for 32- bit HDR images, but you can also apply them to 16 - and 8 - bit images to create HDR -like ef[...]

Creating 3D objects and animations (Photoshop CS5 Extended) To the top Mesh tools Repoussé Presets Extrude Inflate Materials Bevel Create 3D repoussé (Photoshop Extended) Create 3D objects from 2D images (Photoshop Extended) Create 3D animations (Photoshop Extended) Create 3D repoussé (Photoshop Extended) Note: In Photoshop CS6 Extended the repo[...]

Scene Settings Note: Inactive constraints Active Constraints Hole Constraints Lights in the form of a spherical panorama shine onto the object; choose a style of lights from the menu. Render Settings control how object surfaces look. (See Select a render preset.) Higher Mesh Quality settings increase mesh density, improving appearance but reducing [...]

Constraint tools Position coordinates Side Strength Angle To the top For text objects that already have internal paths, like the letter A , skip to step 3. 2 . Choose 3D > Repoussé > Create Constraints From Selection or Work Path. 3 . In the Repoussé dialog box, click the triangle to expand the Internal Constraints section. 4 . Choose a Typ[...]

Note: Note: Plane Two-Sided Plane Cylinder Sphere Note: 1 . Open a 2D image and select the layer you want to convert to a postcard. 2 . Choose 3D > New 3D Postcard From Layer. The 2D layer is converted to a 3D layer in the Layers panel. The 2D layer content is applied as a material to both sides of the postcard. The original 2D layer appears in [...]

Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy To the top 2D layer). When two texture maps reference the same file, the file appears only once in the Layers panel. Create 3D animations (Photoshop Extended) Using the Photoshop Animation timeline, you can create 3D animations t[...]

3D painting (Photoshop Extended) To the top To the top Reveal surfaces to paint on Set the paint falloff angle Identify paintable areas You can use any Photoshop painting tools to paint directly on a 3D model just as you would on a 2D layer. Use selection tools to target specific model areas or let Photoshop identify and highlight paintable areas. [...]

To the top curves away, the falloff angle increases, up to 90 degrees at the edges of the ball. A. Eye/camera angle B. Minimum angle C. Maximum angle D. Paint fade start E. Paint fade end 1 . Choose 3D > 3D Paint Falloff 2 . Set the minimum and maximum angle settings. The maximum paint falloff range is 0 - 90 degrees. At 0 degrees, paint is only[...]

3D texture editing (Photoshop Extended) To the top To the top Edit a texture in 2D format Display or hide a texture Create UV overlays Reparameterize a texture map Create a tile for a repeating texture You can use the Photoshop painting and adjustment tools to edit the textures contained in a 3D file, or to create new textures. Textures are importe[...]

To the top To the top To the top Create UV overlays A diffuse texture file used by multiple materials on a 3D model can group several content areas that are applied to different surfaces on the model. The process called UV mapping matches coordinates in the 2D texture map with specific coordinates on the 3D model. UV mapping allows the 2D texture t[...]

A repeating texture is composed of identical tiles in a grid pattern. A repeating texture can provide more realistic surface coverage of the model, use less storage, and improve rendering performance. You can convert any 2D file into a tiled painting. After previewing how multiple tiles interact in the painting, you save one tile for use as a repea[...]

Combining and converting 3D objects (Photoshop Extended) To the top To the top Combine 3D objects (Photoshop Extended) Combine 3D and 2D layers (Photoshop Extended) Convert a 3D layer to a 2D layer (Photoshop Extended) Convert a 3D layer to a Smart Object (Photoshop Extended) Combine 3D objects (Photoshop Extended) Merging 3D layers allows you to c[...]

To the top To the top Convert a 3D layer to a 2D layer (Photoshop Extended) Converting a 3D layer to a 2D layer rasterizes the 3D content in its current state. Convert a 3D layer to a regular layer only if you no longer want to edit the 3D model position, render mode, textures, or lights. The rasterized image retains the appearance of the 3D scene,[...]

Counting objects in an image (Photoshop Extended) To the top To the top Manually count items in an image Automatic counting using a selection You can use the Count Tool to count objects in an image. To count objects manually, you click the image with the Count tool and Photoshop tracks the number of clicks. The count number is displayed on the item[...]

4 . In the Selections area, select the Count data point and click OK. 5 . Choose Window > Measurement Log. 6 . Choose Analysis > Record Measurements, or click Record Measurements in the Measurement Log. (If this option isn’t available, select a tool other than the Count tool.) Photoshop counts the selection areas and enters the number in th[...]

DICOM files (Photoshop Extended) To the top To the top About DICOM files (Photoshop Extended) Open a DICOM file (Photoshop Extended) Create a 3D volume from DICOM frames (Photoshop Extended) Export DICOM frames as JPEG files (Photoshop Extended) DICOM metadata (Photoshop Extended) Animate DICOM files (Photoshop Extended) About DICOM files (Photosho[...]

To the top To the top the Hand icon at the top of the dialog box and drag across the frame. Create a 3D volume from DICOM frames (Photoshop Extended) 1 . Choose File > Open, select a DICOM file, and click Open. 2 . Select the frames you want to convert to a 3D volume. Shift - click to select contiguous frames. To select noncontiguous frames, Ctr[...]

To the top To the top 2 . Select frames in the DICOM File Import dialog box: Shift -click to select contiguous frames, Ctrl- click (Windows) or Command- click (Mac OS) to select noncontiguous frames, or click Select All to select all frames. 3 . Enter a prefix in the Prefix box in the Export Options area. 4 . Click Export Presentation (JPEG), selec[...]

Image Stacks (Photoshop Extended) To the top To the top About image stacks Creating an image stack Use a script to create an image stack About image stacks An image stack combines a group of images with a similar frame of reference, but differences of quality or content across the set. Once combined in a stack, you can process the multiple images t[...]

To the top Kurtosis kurtosis = ( sum( (value - mean) ) over non -transparent pixels ) / ( ( number of non -transparent pixels - 1 ) * (standard deviation) ). A measure of peakedness or flatness compared to a normal distribution. The kurtosis for a standard normal distribution is 3.0. Kurtosis greater than 3 indicates a peaked distribution, and kurt[...]

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Measurement (Photoshop Extended) To the top To the top About measurement (Photoshop Extended) Set the measurement scale (Photoshop Extended) Use scale markers (Photoshop Extended) Performing a measurement (Photoshop Extended) Use the Measurement Log (Photoshop Extended) About measurement (Photoshop Extended) Using the Photoshop Extended Measurement[...]

To the top To the top 5 . Click OK. The preset you created is added to the Analysis > Set Measurement Scale submenu. Delete a measurement scale preset 1 . Choose Analysis > Set Measurement Scale > Custom. 2 . Select the preset you want to delete. 3 . Click Delete Preset and click OK. Use scale markers (Photoshop Extended) Measurement scale[...]

1 . Open an existing document. 2 . Choose Analysis > Set Measurement Scale and choose a measurement scale preset for the document (see Set the measurement scale (Photoshop Extended)), or choose Custom and set a custom measurement scale. Measurements are computed and recorded in the Measurement Log using the scale units in effect when a measureme[...]

To the top selections, plus additional measurements for each selection. Scale The measurement scale of the source document (for example, 100 px = 3 miles). Scale Units Logical units of the measurement scale. Scale Factor The number of pixels assigned to the scale unit. Source Source of the measurement: Ruler tool, Count Tool, or Selection. Width Wi[...]

Reorder, resize, or sort columns in the log Do one of the following: Drag selected columns to reorder them in the log. The column position is indicated by a double black line. To resize a column, click the column header and then drag the separator. To sort data in a column, click the column header to change the sort order, or right- click the heade[...]

Photoshop and MATLAB (Photoshop Extended) To the top To the top To the top About Photoshop and MATLAB Set up MATLAB and Photoshop Connect/disconnect to Photoshop from MATLAB Using MATLAB Help MATLAB commands Create a document in MATLAB About Photoshop and MATLAB MATLAB is a high- level technical computing language and interactive environment for al[...]

To the top To the top To the top Using MATLAB Help MATLAB’s Help system includes examples of a MATLAB/Photoshop workflow. 1 . Choose Help > Full Product Family Help. You see a Photoshop Toolbox with submenu items, including Examples for getting started. If you don’t see the Photoshop Toolbox, try the following steps. 2 . Click the Start Butt[...]

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Understanding color management To the top To the top Why colors sometimes don’t match What is a color management system ? Do you need color management ? Creating a viewing environment for color management A color management system reconciles color differences among devices so that you can confidently predict the colors your system ultimately prod[...]

To the top To the top Do you need color management ? Without a color management system, your color specifications are device -dependent. You might not need color management if your production process is tightly controlled for one medium only. For example, you or your print service provider can tailor CMYK images and specify color values for a known[...]

Keeping colors consistent To the top To the top About color management in Adobe applications Basic steps for producing consistent color Synchronize color settings across Adobe applications Set up color management Change the appearance of CMYK black (Illustrator, InDesign) Managing process and spot colors About color management in Adobe applications[...]

To the top To the top To the top 3. Add color profiles to your system for any input and output devices you plan to use, such as scanners and printers. The color management system uses profiles to know how a device produces color and what the actual colors in a document are. Device profiles are often installed when a device is added to your system. [...]

To the top Pure CMYK black (K=100) appears jet black (or rich black) when viewed on - screen, printed to a non - PostScript desktop printer, or exported to an RGB file format. If you prefer to see the difference between pure black and rich black as it will appear when printed on a commercial press, you can change the Appearance Of Black preferences[...]

Color settings To the top To the top To the top Customize color settings About color working spaces Working space options About missing and mismatched color profiles Color management policy options Color conversion options About rendering intents Advanced controls in Photoshop Customize color settings For most color -managed workflows, it is best t[...]

To the top To the top Note: In Acrobat, you can use the color space in an embedded output intent instead of a document color space for viewing and printing. For more information on output intents, see Acrobat Help. Adobe applications ship with a standard set of working space profiles that have been recommended and tested by Adobe Systems for most c[...]

To the top To the top To the top Missing Profiles: Ask When Opening Displays a message whenever you open an untagged document. You will be given the option to override the policy’s default behavior. Select this option if you want to ensure the appropriate color management of documents on a case-by -case basis. Color conversion options Color conve[...]

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Working with color profiles To the top About color profiles About monitor calibration and characterization Calibrate and profile your monitor Install a color profile Embed a color profile Embed a color profile (Acrobat) Changing the color profile for a document Assign or remove a color profile (Illustrator, Photoshop) Assign or remove a color profi[...]

To the top To the top Managing color with profiles A. Profiles describe the color spaces of the input device and the document. B. Using the profiles’ descriptions, the color management system identifies the document’s actual colors. C. The monitor’s profile tells the color management system how to translate the document’s numeric values to [...]

To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top To the top Most profiling software automatically assigns the new profile as the default monitor profile. For instructions on how to manually assign the monitor profile, refer to the Help system for your operating system. Install a color profile Color profiles are often installed when a device i[...]

To the top To the top To the top not want to color- manage the document. After you remove the profile from a document, the appearance of colors is defined by the application’s working space profiles, and you can no longer embed a profile in the document. Assign Current Working Space [working space] Assigns the working space profile to the documen[...]

Color-managing documents for online viewing To the top To the top To the top Color -managing documents for online viewing Color -managing PDFs for online viewing Color -managing HTML documents for online viewing Color-managing documents for online viewing Color management for online viewing is very different from color management for printed media.[...]

Color-managing documents when printing To the top To the top To the top To the top Printing with color management Letting the printer determine colors when printing Letting the application determine colors when printing Obtaining custom profiles for desktop printers Color -managing PDFs for printing Printing with color management Color management o[...]

To the top fluorescent brighteners in them that look different to a scanner than they do in room light.) Create your own profile using a hardware profile - creation tool. This method is expensive but can provide the best results. A good hardware tool can create an accurate profile even with glossy papers. Tweak a profile created using one of the pr[...]

Color-managing imported images To the top To the top To the top To the top Color -managing imported images (Illustrator, InDesign) Using a safe CMYK workflow Preparing imported graphics for color management View or change profiles for imported bitmap images (InDesign) Color-managing imported images (Illustrator, InDesign) How imported images are in[...]

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Proofing colors To the top To the top About soft- proofing colors Soft -proof colors Save or load a custom proof setup (Photoshop, InDesign) Soft -proof colors (Acrobat) About soft-proofing colors In a traditional publishing workflow, you print a hard proof of your document to preview how its colors will look when reproduced on a specific output de[...]

To the top Custom soft- proof options Device To Simulate Specifies the color profile of the device for which you want to create the proof. The usefulness of the chosen profile depends on how accurately it describes the device’s behavior. Often, custom profiles for specific paper and printer combinations create the most accurate soft proof. Preser[...]

To the top the default location. To load a custom proof setup, click Load. Soft-proof colors (Acrobat) 1 . Do one of the following, depending on your version of Acrobat: (Acrobat 9) Choose Advanced > Print Production > Output Preview . (Acrobat X) Choose Tools > Print Production > Output Preview . 2 . Choose the color profile of a speci[...]