Adobe ® Photoshop CS6 ® onDemand Steve Johnson Perspection, Inc. Que Publishing, 800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46240 USA Adobe® Photoshop® CS6 on Demand Publisher Paul Boger Copyright © 2012 by Perspection,Inc. Associate Publisher All rights reserved. No part of this book shall be reproduced, stored in a Greg Wiegand retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photo- Acquisitions Editor copying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publish- Laura Norman er. No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein. Although every precaution has been taken in the prepara- Managing Editor tion of this book, the publisher and author assume no responsibility for errors Steve Johnson or omissions. Nor is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use Author of the information contained herein. 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Adobe Photoshop CS6 On Demandhas been created by the professional trainers and writers at Perspection, Inc. to the standards you’ve come to expect from Que publishing. Together, we are pleased to present this training book. Perspection, Inc. is a software training company committed to providing information and training to help people use software more effectively in order to communicate, make decisions, and solve problems. Perspection writes and produces software training books, and develops multimedia and web-based training. Since 1991, we have written more than 120 computer books, with several bestsellers to our credit, and sold over 5 million books. This book incorporates Perspection’s training expertise to ensure that you’ll receive the maximum return on your time. You’ll focus on the tasks and skills that increase productivity while working at your own pace and convenience. 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Perspection iii About the Author SteveJohnson has written more than 70 books on a variety of computer software, including Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, Adobe Flash Profes- sional CS5, Adobe InDesign CS5, Adobe Illustrator CS5, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2010 and 2007, Microsoft Office 2008 for the Macintosh, and Apple Mac OS X Lion. In 1991, after working for Apple Computer and Microsoft, Steve founded Perspection, Inc., which writes and produces software training. When he is not staying up late writing, he enjoys coaching baseball, playing golf, gardening, and spending time with his wife, Holly, and three children, JP, Brett, and Hannah. Steve and his family live in Northern California, but can also be found visiting fam- ily all over the western United States. aa iv We Want to Hear from You! As the reader of this book, youare our most important critic and commentator. We value your opinion and want to know what we’re doing right, what we could do bet- ter, what areas you’d like to see us publish in, and any other words of wisdom you’re willing to pass our way. As an associate publisher for Que, I welcome your comments. You can email or write me directly to let me know what you did or didn’t like about this book—as well as what we can do to make our books better. Please note that I cannot help you with technical problems related to the topic of this book. We do have a User Services group, however, where I will forward spe- cific technical questions related to the book. When you write, please be sure to include this book’s title and author as well as your name, email address, and phone number. I will carefully review your com- ments and share them with the author and editors who worked on the book. Email: [email protected] Mail: Greg Wiegand Que Publishing 800 East 96th Street Indianapolis, IN 46240 USA For more information about this book or another Que title, visit our web site at www.quepublishing.com. Type the ISBN (excluding hyphens) or the title of a book in the Search field to find the page you’re looking for. a Acknowledgments v This page intentionally left blank c Contents Introduction xix 1 Getting Started with Photoshop CS6 1 Installing Photoshop 2 New! Starting Photoshop 4 Viewing the Photoshop Window 6 New! Showing and Hiding Panels 7 Working with Panels 8 Working with Photoshop Tools 10 New! Creating a New Document 12 Selecting Color Modes and Resolution 13 Creating a New Document Using Presets 14 Working with Non-Square Pixels 15 Opening Images 16 Inserting Images in a Document 17 Importing Raw Data from a Digital Camera 18 New! Working with Smart Objects 20 Changing Image Size and Resolution 22 New! Checking for Updates and Patches 24 New! Getting Help While You Work 26 c Saving a Document 28 New! Using the Status Bar 30 New! Closing a Document 31 Finishing Up 32 2 Understanding Navigation and Measurement Systems 33 Changing the View Size with the Navigator Panel 34 New! Changing the View Area with the Navigator Panel 35 Changing the Color of the Navigator Panel View Box 36 Changing the Screen Display Mode 37 New! Changing the View with the Zoom Tool 38 New! Increasing or Decreasing Magnification 40 vii Moving Images in the Document Window 41 Working with Multiple Documents 42 Working with One Image in Multiple Windows 43 Moving Layers Between Documents 44 Creating Notes 45 Working with the Info Panel 46 New! Changing How the Info Panel Measures Color 47 Working with Rulers 48 Creating Tool Presets 50 3 Customizing the Way You Work 51 Optimizing Photoshop 52 Setting General Preferences 54 New! Setting File Handling Preferences 56 New! Setting Interface Preferences 58 New! Setting Cursors Preferences 60 Controlling Transparency &Gamut Preferences 61 Working with Units & Rulers 62 Working with Guides, Grid & Slices 64 Setting Plug-Ins Preferences 66 New! Selecting Scratch Disks 67 Allocating Memory & Image Cache 68 New! Setting Type Preferences 70 New! Managing Libraries with the Preset Manager 71 New! Using and Customizing Workspaces 72 New! Building Specialized Workspaces 74 New! Creating a Customized User Interface 75 Defining Shortcut Keys 76 c 4 Mastering the Art of Selection 77 Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool 78 New! Using the Elliptical Marquee Tool 79 New! Using the Single Row and Single Column Marquee Tools 80 New! Using the Lasso Marquee Tool 81 New! Using the Magnetic Lasso Tool 82 New! Using the Polygonal Lasso Tool 84 New! Using the Quick Selection Tool 85 Using the Magic Wand Tool 86 New! Selecting by Color Range 87 New! Refining a Selection Edge 88 New! Modifying an Existing Selection 90 viii Working with an Existing Selection 92 New! Copying and Pasting a Selection 93 Using Channels to Create and Store Selections 94 Using Free Transform and Transform 96 Using the Crop Tool 98 New! Using the Perspective Crop Tool 100 New! Using Content-Aware Scaling 101 Using Content-Aware Fill 102 Using Content-Aware Patch 104 New! Using Content-Aware Move and Extend 105 New! Using the Puppet Warp 106 5 Working with Layers 107 Understanding the Layers Panel 108 New! Defining Layer Designations and Attributes 109 New! Creating a New Layer 110 Selecting Layers 112 New! Creating a Layer Group 113 New! Creating a Selection from a Layer 114 Creating a Layer from a Selection 115 Converting a Background into a Layer 116 Controlling Image Information Using the Layers Panel 118 New! Filtering Layers in the Layers Panel 119 New! Using Merge Layer Options 120 Linking and Unlinking Layers 121 Aligning and Combining Layers 122 Working with Layer Blending Modes 124 New! Setting Layer Opacity 125 New! c Duplicating a Layer 126 Deleting Layers 127 Moving Layers Between Documents 128 Working with the Layer Comps Panel 129 Exporting Layers as Files 130 Setting Layers Panel Options 131 Using Smart Guides to Align Layers 132 New! 6 Working with the History Panel 133 Setting History Panel Options 134 Working with Linear and Non-Linear History 136 Controlling the Creative Process with Snapshots 138 Duplicating a History State in Another Document 139 Contents ix