Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

Chapter
7
Chapter
Make Magic with Digital
Special Effects
Since Photoshop’s inception, photographers and
graphic designers alike have been using the
application for digital imaging and photo
manipulation. Photoshop can transform an
average shot into a good photograph, a good
photograph into a great one, and a great image
into creative fine art. Graphic designers can
start with photographs or a blank document
and create logos, magazine covers, billboards,
and more without using markers or X-ACTO
knives.
Just as with the previous versions, Photoshop
CS6 offers many powerful tools for creating
designs or enhancing photographs. Some have
been improved and others are totally new to
this version. Some tools and techniques simply
improve the image or photograph, and others
magically transform the subject or the entire
image.
You can simulate the effect of using traditional
photographic filters to enhance the colors or
change the areas in focus in an image. You can
draw attention to one part of the image using a
vignette or change the point of focus digitally
after the shot has been captured. Using the
Merge to HDR feature, you can combine
multiple exposures to realize a photo with a
wider range of tones than the camera can
capture in one shot. You can change the point
of focus and even the depth of field in a photo
after the shot. You can digitally alter structures
and maintain perspective. And you can make
unwanted elements magically disappear from a
photograph.