Photoshop CS6 Unlocked101 Tips, Tricks, & Techniques
Curious to see what we’ve got in store for you?
Good, because there’s plenty of meaty technique to get your teeth into along with lots of tips and tricks. Have a look through the table of contents to see what’s covered.
Table of Contents
Preface
- Who Should Read This Book
- What's in This Book
- Where to Find Help
- The SitePoint Newsletters
- Your Feedback
- Acknowledgments
- Conventions Used in This Book
1. Getting Started with Photoshop
- The Photoshop Workspace
- Working in Photoshop
- Photoshop Layers
- Photoshop Toolbox
- Other Useful Tasks and Shortcuts
- When Photoshop Stops Working
- All Tooled Up
2. Basic Skills
- Placing a Graphic in Your File
- Resizing a Document
- Resizing a Layer or Selection
- Rotating a Layer or Selection
- Using Drawing Tools to Create Lines
- Perfect Squares and Circles
- Straightening Edges of a Rounded Rectangle
- Curved Design Elements
- Reusing Vector Shapes
- Sampling Colors from Image Files
- Saving Color Swatches
- Finding the Hexadecimal Code for a Color
- Adjusting Layer Transparency
- Fading an Image into the Background
- Blending Two Images Together
- Rounding the Corners of a Photo
- Masking Multiple Layers with the Same Shape
- Making a Dotted Coupon Box
- Applying a Drop Shadow
- Images with Transparent Backgrounds
- A Solid Foundation
3. Creating Buttons
- Making a Simple Flat Button
- Adding an Outline to a Button
- Making a Pill Button
- Making a Gradient Button
- Making a Shiny Plastic Button
- Making a Flat Plastic Button
- Making a Round Push-button
- Making a Metallic Button with a Matte Finish
- Making a Shiny Metallic Button
- Making Angled Tab Buttons
- Making a Rounded Tab Button
- Making a Rounded Arrow Button
- Making a File Folder Tab Button
- Making a Badge Button
- Making a Sticker Button
- Cute as a Button
4. Creating Backgrounds
- Making a Seamless Tiling Background
- Making a Striped Background
- Making a Pixel Background
- Making a Gradient Background
- Creating a Brushed Metal Background
- Creating a Woodgrain Background
- Making a Granite Background
- Making a Textured Stone Background
- Making a Textured Paper Background
- Making a Rice-paper Background
- Making a Rainbow-striped Background
- Got Your Back
5. Working with Text
- Adding a Single Line of Text
- Word-wrapping Text
- Adding Lorem Ipsum Text
- Increasing the Space between Lines of Text
- Increasing the Space between Letters
- Using Paragraph and Character Styles
- Word-wrapping Text inside a Shape
- Warping Text
- Wrapping Text around a Curved Object
- Making Small Text More Readable
- Making Text Follow a Path
- Adding an Outline
- Making Text Glow
- Making Glassy Text
- Creating Chiseled or Engraved Text
- Giving Text a Stamp Effect
- Giving Text a Motion Effect
- Adding a Shadow to Text
- Adding a Pattern to Text
- Adding a Gradient to Text
- Changing the Shape of Letters
- It's All in the Fine Print
6. Adjusting Images
- Straightening Crooked Images
- Making Whites Whiter
- Making Blacks Blacker
- Adjusting Tone and Contrast
- Making Colors More Vivid
- Removing Color Tints from Photos
- Darkening Areas on an Image
- Lightening Areas on an Image
- Fixing the Red-eye Effect
- Converting Photographs to Black-and-white Images
- Making Sepia Images
- Matching Lighting and Colors between Images
- Combining Two Distinct Images
- Getting Rid of Dust and Scratch Marks
- Smoothing Grainy or Noisy Images
- Sharpening Images
- Adjusting Dark Shadows and Bright Highlights
- Photo Op
7. Manipulating Images
- Adding Scanlines to an Image
- Creating a Magnifying Glass Effect
- Making the Foreground of a Photo Stand Out
- Adding a Bokeh Effect to a Photo
- Creating a Bordered Photo Effect
- Creating a Photo App Effect
- Adding a Paint Effect to an Image
- Isolating an Object from an Image
- Saving an Object on a Transparent Background for a Flash Movie
- Creating a Reflection for an Image
- Creating an Image Thumbnail
- Putting a Picture onto a Product Box
- Placing a Picture onto a Curved Surface
- Making Product Photos for an Ecommerce Site
- Removing Blemishes from a Portrait
- Removing Distracting Elements from an Image
- Merging Partial Scans into a Single Image
- Replacing a Color in an Image
- Coloring a Grayscale Image
- You're in Control
8. Designing a Website
- Before Firing up Photoshop
- Setting up a Grid in Photoshop
- Making Wireframes in Photoshop
- Designing a Website Using Photoshop
- Experimenting with Different Layouts
- Filling an Area with a Pattern
- Adding a Content Shadow Effect
- Creating Web-optimized Images from a Photoshop Site Mockup
- Taking It to the Web
9. Advanced Photoshop Techniques
- Creating Thumbnails for Multiple Images
- Saving Settings for a Batch Command
- Pausing an Action to Make Customizations
- Watermarking Multiple Photos
- Saving Photoshop Actions
- Saving Layer Style Sets
- Saving Multiple Comps for Presentation
- Creating an Animated GIF
- Editing Videos in Photoshop
- Let the Adventure Begin
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Author Notes
…I’m super excited to showcase this brand new edition! I hope you find it useful and helpful for learning how to use Photoshop CS6 to make awesome web graphics for your projects!…
Corrie Haffly
Author
corriehaffly.com
WHAT’S NEW IN THE 2012 EDITION
- Up-to-date for CS6: Each solution has been updated for Photoshop CS6 and covers new tools like: Content Aware, Blur Gallery, and the Perspective Crop tool.
- Brand new solutions: Web design has evolved, so there are plenty of new solutions, including: grid design using Photoshop, creating and using sprites, and using vectors.
- Tons of tips: New time-saving tips have been added, such as creating reusable template files and easy-to-use swatch libraries.