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Color Spaces, Device Characterization, and Color Management in Photoshop 7
Dec 20, 2002
This sample chapter provides an overview of how we see color, measure color, calibrate color scanners, monitors and printers, and what color working spaces and file bit-depths to use in Photoshop.
Combining 3D and 2D Images
Mar 9, 2001
Janet Ashford and John Odam show you how to combine a rendered 3D image with the scan of a photograph.
Combining Multiple Images in Adobe Photoshop Elements 7
Feb 20, 2009
Learn to combine multiple photos to create that great shot that you didn’t actually get.
Compare and Rate Your Images in Aperture
Feb 17, 2006
In this lesson, you’ll start by comparing images first in the Viewer and then in the Light Table. Next, you’ll assign simple and advanced ratings to images. Finally, you’ll add keywords and metadata to images and create a Smart Album to group some images by specific search criteria.
Comparing Digital Camera Sensors, Part 1
Feb 22, 2008
In part one of this three-part series, Peter Bauer takes a look at some practical aspects of different-sized camera sensors in digital SLRs. Which camera should you buy? You may want to read this first.
Comparing Digital Camera Sensors, Part 2
Feb 29, 2008
Digital SLR cameras can do more than ever before, but is it worth the extra money to buy a DSLR that uses a sensor the size of a 35mm negative instead of a less-expensive camera using a smaller sensor? Pete Bauer did some independent testing using a full-frame Canon 5D and a camera using Canon's smaller APS-C size sensor.
Comparing Digital Camera Sensors, Part 3
Mar 7, 2008
In this final installment of his three-part series, Peter Bauer addresses specific differences between shooting cameras with full frame sensors and cameras with APS-C size sensors.
Complete Guide to Using Actions in Photoshop
Dec 22, 2005
Whenever you perform a repetitive task in Photoshop, you can save yourself time and effort by using actions. Helen Bradley's quick-start guide explains what a Photoshop action is, how to find and play an action, and how to record your own.
Complex Flash MX Graphics on a Single Layer
Jun 21, 2002
To work effectively with complex graphics, you need to understand how Flash shapes interact when they are on the same layer or on different layers. In this chapter, you learn how to work with multiple shapes on one layer.
Compositing an Imaginary Place with Photoshop
Nov 29, 2002
See how an idea for a client turned into a new method for creating imaginary places as Sharon Steuer pieces together digital snapshots in Photoshop to create an original composition.
Compositing Multiple Images in Photoshop
Oct 6, 2015
In this excerpt from The Digital Negative: Raw Image Processing in Lightroom, Camera Raw, and Photoshop, 2nd Edition, Jeff Schewe shows you how to use Photoshop to composite your images.
Compositions
Mar 16, 2001
Without compositions, an After Effects project is merely a list of footage items. Compositions describe how you arrange the footage items in space and in time. Here Peachpit author Antony Bolante shows you how to create and customize compositions.
Controlling 3ds Max Light Sources
Aug 29, 2003
Illumination in the digital world is a calculated affair, but the best lighting effects are achieved by artists who follow the lead of nature. Learn about the light sources available in 3ds max and how you can control them to bring the best results.
Controlling Exposure Using Histograms
Aug 13, 2001
When you work in 3D graphics, it is up to you to simulate the results of a real camera’s exposure settings. In this article New Rider's author Jeremy Birn teaches you how to use a histogram to control exposure.
Controlling Flash Audio Volume with Sound Objects
Apr 21, 2006
If you work with audio in Flash, you know that attaching audio to a keyframe is an easy way to incorporate sounds into your movies. But what if you need to control sound dynamically at runtime to change its volume, pan from left to right, or determine how long it has been playing? James Gonzalez shows you how to create a Sound object that can be manipulated and controlled in a whole host of ways, giving you a much greater degree of control and flexibility with the audio assets of your Flash projects.
Controlling Movie Clip Properties with ActionScript 3.0
Sep 23, 2008
By using ActionScript in addition to or instead of the Flash interface, you can create many more interactive possibilities in your Flash projects. The Adobe Creative Team shows how easy it is to use ActionScript to control the properties of a movie clip.
Controlling the Movie Clip in Flash
May 18, 2001
Learn how to customize your pointer, eliminate flickering graphics, and animate with ActionScript.
Converting the Background in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Dec 6, 2010
There are many things you can do to a layer that you can’t do to the Background. You can, however, convert the Background into a layer, at which time it will adopt all the functions of a normal layer. In this excerpt from Photoshop CS5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas show you how.
Converting to Black and White Using Camera Raw
Dec 18, 2010
Although Photoshop has its own Black & White conversion adjustment layer, you can create a much better black-and-white conversion using Camera Raw. In this excerpt from The Adobe Photoshop CS5 Book for Digital Photographers, Scott Kelby shows you how.
Converting Web Pages to Adobe PDF
Oct 17, 2008
Have you ever printed a page directly from the Web, and discovered with dismay that the finished product looked nothing like the original version onscreen? The Adobe Creative Team shows how Adobe Acrobat 9 can help solve that problem (and others!) by enabling you to save a web page directly to PDF.

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