IndexEdit menu (continued)Free Transform option, 45, 63Keyboard Shortcuts option, 18Paste Special option, 58Puppet Warp option, 172Stroke option, 253Transform Path option, 199Edit menu (Bridge), Creative Suite Color Settings option, 5Effects panel, 159Elliptical Marquee tool, 247e-mail address, including in web photo gallery, 261embossing, 192, 199, 201, 205, 247Erodible tip brushes, 222exposure, 36–37, 117, 128–129Eye Candy 6 plug-in, 270–271Eyedropper tool, 29, 98eyeglasses, removing glare from, 96–97eyesbrightening, 102–103catchlights in, adding, 108–109color of, 98–99, 104–105depth of, increasing, 104–107lightening, 100–101sharpening, 110–111Ffaces. See portraitsFade Filter option, Edit menu, 227Fade Oil Paint option, Edit menu, 215Fan-Flat Cloner brush, 237feather radius, 55, 112, 202, 203featheringwith Blur tool, 139with Refine Edge tool, 57, 113selections, 51, 55, 103, 112, 202, 203vignettes, 159Field Blur tool, 138File Info option, File menu, 29File menuAutomate option, 21, 80, 256–257, 264Browse in Bridge option, 5, 14Browse in Mini Bridge option, 16File Info option, 29New option, 212, 222Open As Smart Object option, 44Open option, 12, 153Place option, 65, 189, 220Revert option, 226Save As option, 220Save option, 220Scripts option, 176, 177Fill option, Edit menuwith colors, 73, 102, 210, 237, 246, 251with patterns, 215, 229, 241Filter Gallery, 248–249filters. See also specific filterscustomizing, 92–95fading, 215keyboard shortcuts for, 18–19for layers, 40–41reversing effects of, in specific area, 95Find Edges filter, 226–227, 233fisheye lens, distortion from, 78–79Flat Point Medium Stiff brush, 212Flatten Image option, Layer menu, 61, 63, 71, 84folders, actions on all files in, 21foreground color, 47, 50–51, 71, 95, 105, 126frame, adding to an image, 246, 247frame actions, 246Frame Channel - 50 pixels action, 246Free Transform option, Edit menu, 45, 63function keys. See keyboard shortcutsGgallery print effect, 252–255Gaussian Blur, 92–93, 224–225General Preferences, Bridge, 15General Preferences, Photoshop, 8, 28geometric distortion, correcting, 76–77, 81glasses, removing glare from, 96–97Glowing Edges filter, 228, 230gold logo, creating, 270–271Gold Parchment fill pattern, 229Gold Vellum fill pattern, 229Gouache Light on Watercolor pattern, 241Gradient Editor, 26–27, 217, 219–221Gradient Fill adjustment, 60–61, 216–217gradient library, 27Gradient Map adjustment, 218–221gradientsblack-to-white gradient, 59color stops in, 27, 217, 219, 220–221customizing, 26–27, 217foreground and background used by, 101loading color sets for, 26radial, 100for reflections, 185Graduated Filter tool, 145, 150–151grayscale images. See black-and-white images.grd files, 27Group Layers option, Layer menu, 39group shots, 165, 168–169. See also portraitsHHand toolfor moving within images, 13, 56, 113for zooming, 87, 113, 229, 231HDR (high dynamic range) photo, 170–171HDR Toning adjustment, 174–175Healing Brushes, 86–89, 90–91, 160–161, 162, 164high dynamic range (HDR) photo, 170–171High Pass filter, 136–137high-contrast stylized effect, 216–217Highlight Priority style, 159highlightsadjusting, 117, 132–133clipped or blown, recovering, 144–145in Histogram, 117, 149specular highlights, adding, 108–109Histogramon camera, 149in Photoshop, 117, 121, 144, 149History Brush tool, 110–111274
History log, 9, 28, 29Horizontal Type Mask tool, 200Horizontal Type tool, 200HUD color picker, 222–223Hue/Saturation adjustment, 42, 102–103, 112–113Iimagesadding elements to, 164, 165backing up, 256–257cropping, 66, 68, 72–73finding, with Mini Bridge, 16–17moving elements in, 164–165multiple, in Bridgeactions on, 21comparing in Preview pane, 15contact sheet, creating, 257slide show, creating, 258–259web photo gallery, creating, 260–261multiple, in Photoshopassembling into panorama, 80–81blending together, 58–59, 62–63, 168–169contact sheet of, 256–257in diptych, triptych, or quadriptych, 72–73merging into HDR photo, 170–171opening, 12notes for, attaching. See Notes toolperspective of, 74–75, 172–173, 180–181, 198–199removing elements fromContent-Aware brushes for, 160–161glare from eyeglasses, 96–97Patch tool for, 162–163skin imperfections, 86–89Vanishing Point filter for, 182–183vignettes, 76–77, 81resizing, 66, 81–82scaling, 166–167straightening, 66, 69ink drawing effect, 226–227. See also sketched effectinkjet printers, 4, 83interfacefor Bridge, 15for Photoshop, 6–7interpolation algorithm, 82Invert adjustment, 229Iris Blur tool, 138–139irregular edge for image, 248–249JJPEG files, 140, 142Kkeyboard shortcutsfor actions, 20for brush qualities, 127for clipping masks, 201for cropping, 75for filters, 18–19for foreground and background colors, 105for interface, 7for launching Bridge, 14list of, printing, 19for preview modes, 57for Spotlight feature, 48, 91for text alignment, 203for workspaces, 11, 19for zooming, 48, 91keystone distortion, correcting, 74–75LLAB - Black & White Technique action, 125landscapes, improving sky in, 150–151Lasso tool, 54, 163, 166layer masks, 58–59, 162–163Layer menuCreate Clipping Mask option, 65Flatten Image option, 61, 63, 71, 84Group Layers option, 39New Adjustment Layer option, 158Rasterize option, 199Smart Objects option, 45, 132, 134Layer Style dialog box, 192, 247, 251layersactive layer, 41adjustment layers, 36–37, 42–43, 114. See also specificadjustmentsaligning, 62–63, 168–169, 176–179Background layerduplicating, 37, 41flattening all layers to, 61, 71, 84visibility of, 49blending, 62–63, 169, 176–179color-coding, 39defined, 34, 36file size affected by, 61filtering, 40–41flattening to Background layer, 61, 71, 84groups of, creating, 39merging, 9, 39, 61renaming, 38restricting effects of, 131selecting multiple layers, 41Smart Object layers, 44–45, 114, 132–133, 143vector layers, 64–65, 190, 198, 204Layers panelorganizing, 38–39, 94rearranging layers in, 36removing layers from, 47sliders in, 193Lens Correction filter, 76–77Lens Profiles panel, 77Levels adjustment, 54–55, 116, 121light. See also highlightsadjusting, 100–101, 118–119, 264–265catchlights, adding, 108–109Spotlight feature, 48, 91Lighten blend mode, 93Lighter Color blend mode, 216–217lips, color of, 104–105logo in gold, creating, 270–271Luminosity blend mode, 119, 137275
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