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THE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS4 LAYERS BOOK
The Adobe Photoshop CS4 Layers Book
Harnessing Photoshop's most powerful tool
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Richard Lynch, Richard Lynch has written six books on Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, including his bestselling Hidden Power series. A photographer, designer, editor, and web developer, he writes for PCPhoto, Popular Photography, Digital Photographer and Digital Photography Techniques. He teaches photography courses and is a beta tester for Adobe Photoshop.

Description
MasterPhotoshop CS4 with this visual, hands-on guide to using layers, under the expert guidance of digital imaging specialist Richard Lynch. Layers, Photoshop's most powerful feature, is the core of a nondestructive image-editing workflow. Step-by-step instructions and practical examples illustrate how to? * Polish: correct and enhance color, fix composition problems, and repair damage or flaws * Manipulate: isolate image areas for changes, adjustments and experimental concepts * Understand: use all forms of layer blending, including transparency, clipping masks, opacity/fill, layer masks, layer modes, channel targeting, Blend If, and Effects/Styles The accompanying DVD comes complete with a generous library of practical actions based on techniques from the book that add functional power to Photoshop, along with practice images for all the exercises in the book. This focused, highly accurate, comprehensive, and practical guide offers invaluable advice for all users of Adobe Photoshop CS4.

Audience
All Photoshop users-regardless of what you are using Photoshop for, a good understanding of the layers tool is absolutely key to mastering the software

Contents


Introduction
Chapter 1 - The Basics of Layers: Layer Functions and Creation
Chapter 2 - Layer Management: Concepts of a Layer-Based Work Flow
Chapter 3 -  Object and Image Area Isolation in Layers
Chapter 4 -  Masking: Enhanced Area Isolation
Chapter 5 - Applying Layer Effects
Chapter 6 - Exploring Layer Modes
Chapter 7 - Advanced Blending with Blend If
Chapter 8 -  Breaking Out Components
Chapter 9 - Taking an Image through the Process
Chapter 10 - Making a Layered Collage or Composite Image
Photoshop's Essential Tool List
Index



Bibliographic details
Paperback, 320 pages, publication date: FEB-2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-52155-8
Imprint: FOCAL PRESS

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