- Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS5: Color Correction and Enhancement
- Jul 15, 2010
- Learning how to spot problems in your images and then choosing the right correction technique is an essential part of mastering Photoshop. Richard Harrington describes the most important tools and shows you how to use them to make the best color correction and enhancement choices.
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- Understanding Color Profile Basics In Mac OS X
- Dec 30, 2005
- Profiles represent the color capabilities of your color-imaging devices. They are used by color management systems and applications to ensure predictable and accurate color reproduction. Therefore, the quality and accuracy of your profiles are crucial. In this lesson, you'll explore the differences between generic and custom device profiles and look at the options for acquiring both types.
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- Understanding Color Profiles in Microsoft Windows XP
- Jul 7, 2006
- Joshua Weisberg dives into profiles, explaining profile types and differences, profile installation, native color space, and printing a target file that will create profiles for your printer.
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- Understanding HDR Toning in Adobe Photoshop CS5
- Mar 23, 2011
- HDR Toning, new in Adobe Photoshop CS5, lets you apply HDR-style effects to a single image instead of having to shoot and merge a set of bracketed images. Even if you don’t like wild HDR effects, HDR Toning is a welcome addition to the range of Photoshop tools you can use to make the most of the available dynamic range in your photos. Photoshop expert Conrad Chavez walks you through all your options.
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- Understanding Resolution in Adobe Photoshop CS4
- Apr 29, 2009
- This chapter covers issues of resolution in Photoshop CS4, from pixels and images to resampling to using the image size dialog.
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- Understanding Spot Color
- Oct 19, 2001
- In this article, master Photoshop teacher Gary Bouton guides her and you through preparing an image for and then defining a spot color.
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- Understanding the Unresolved Cross-References Window in FrameMaker
- Sep 7, 2001
- New Riders author and FrameMaker expert Lisa Jahred shows you how to overcome the challenges of unresolved cross-references by using FrameMaker’s Update Unresolved Cross-References window.
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- Understanding Type and Text in Photoshop, Part 1
- Apr 13, 2007
- In Part 1 of his three-part series, Photoshop expert Pete Bauer explains the fundamental concepts you need to understand to work with type in Photoshop.
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- Understanding Type and Text in Photoshop, Part 2: Type Layers and Tools
- Apr 20, 2007
- In Part 2 of his three-part series, Photoshop expert Pete Bauer explains how you can work with Photoshop's type layers and tools to add text to your artwork.
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- Understanding Type and Text in Photoshop, Part 3: Type-Related Palettes
- Apr 27, 2007
- In Part 3 of his three-part series, Photoshop expert Pete Bauer provides an in-depth look at the many type-related options Photoshop offers through the Character and Paragraph palettes.
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- Undoing Actions in Adobe Photoshop CS5
- Dec 10, 2010
- This excerpt from Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book shows you how to undo a single action, undo multiple actions, and use a context menu.
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- Untold Mysteries of CSS
- Dec 23, 2004
- Molly Holzschlag looks behind the curtain to show you how three untold CSS mysteries can be put to use to assist with diagnostics during development, savvy global styling, out-and-out hacks, better design flexibility, and accessibility.
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- Upgrading Your PC's Graphics and Display
- Sep 26, 2003
- Mark Soper tells you why a graphics and display upgrade could be one of the single best investments you can make in your system, and then shows you how to do it.
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- Usability Experts Are from Mars, Graphic Designers Are from Venus
- Jan 25, 2002
- Usability mavens such as Jakob Nielsen think that the Web is an ill-used database. Graphic designers such as Kioken think that it is a fledgling multimedia platform. Could both groups be right? Curt Cloninger looks at both sides of this issue.
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- Use Flash Behaviors and ActionScripting to Control Audio Playback
- Apr 14, 2006
- One of the great strength of Flash is its capability to consistently and reliably play audio across a wide variety of computer platforms and environments. According to James Gonzalez, this capability might be the best reason to use Flash for projects in which sound is an important component. Read on to learn how to use Flash sound behaviors and ActionScript to control audio playback in your Flash projects.
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- Use Photoshop LAB to Spice Up Your Image's Colors
- Oct 13, 2006
- The best cooks never follow recipes, or at least not literally. A pinch of something extra here, a little bit of something not in the list of ingredients there, and presto, a culinary masterpiece. It's that way with LAB, too. In this sample chapter, you'll learn how to wipe out casts while enhancing other colors, exclude brilliant colors without formally selecting them or using a mask, and choose certain colors for more of a boost than others.
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- Using Adobe Digital Publishing Suite for Tablet Applications
- Sep 27, 2012
- With InDesign and Adobe’s complementary set of tools, known as the Digital Publishing Suite, a whole new world of design and interactivity has opened up to designers and publishers everywhere. This chapter covers the Digital Publishing Suite apps, design and workflow considerations, setting up your document, interactivity and digital overlays, the Folio Builder Panel, Folio Producer, and publishing your app to a store.
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- Using Adobe Photoshop to Create Great Effects with Your Old Photos
- Jun 11, 2015
- In this excerpt from Photo Restoration: From Snapshots to Great Shots, Robert Correll shows you how to work with Clarity, duotones, and masks to create cool effects with your old photos.
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- Using Advanced Editing Techniques for Video in Photoshop
- Jan 31, 2013
- This chapter shows you how to add the cool Photoshop effects that make your videos look more polished. You will learn about multi-track editing, how layers and Blend modes work with video, and how to mix different types of media on a Timeline. But don’t worry; the learning curve is not difficult.
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- Using an Effect More Than Once in a Layer Style in Adobe Photoshop CC
- Jun 19, 2015
- A great way to add visual impact to a design element is to apply multiple instances of effects such
as strokes, glows, or shadows. You don’t have to duplicate layers to do this, because you can apply
multiple instances of an effect inside the Layer Styles dialog box. Learn how in this excerpt from Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book (2015 release).
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