DAVID BUSCH’S QUICK SNAP GUIDE TO ADOBE ® PHOTOSHOP.COM: AN INSTANT START-UP MANUAL FOR EDITING AND SHARING YOUR PHOTOS ONLINE David D. Busch | Rebekkah Hilgraves Course Technology PTR A part of Cengage Learning Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, United States David Busch’s Quick Snap Guide to Adobe® © 2009 David D. Busch Course Technology Photoshop.com: An Instant Start-Up 25 Thomson Place ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright Manual for Editing and Sharing Your Boston, MA 02210 herein may be reproduced, transmitted, stored, or used in any form or by Photos Online USA any means graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including but not limited to David D. 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Also thanks to Mike Tanamachi, cover designer; Bill Hartman, layout; and my agent, Carole McClendon, who has the amazing ability to keep both publishers and authors happy. iv About the Authors About the Authors With more than a million books in print, David D. Buschis one of the best-selling authors of books on digital photography and imaging technology, and the originator of popular series like David Busch’s Pro SecretsandDavid Busch’s Quick Snap Guides.He has written eight hugely successful guidebooks for Nikon digital SLR models, ten additional user guides for other camera models, as well as many popular books devoted to dSLRs, including Mastering Digital SLR Photography, Second Edition and Digital SLR Pro Secrets. As a roving photojournalist for more than 20 years, he illustrated his books, maga- zine articles, and newspaper reports with award-winning images. He’s operated his own commercial studio, suffocated in formal dress while shooting weddings-for-hire, and shot sports for a daily newspaper and upstate New York college. His photos have been published in magazines as diverse as Scientific American andPetersen’s PhotoGraphic, and his articles have appeared in Popular Photography & Imaging,The Rangefinder, The Professional Photographer,and hundreds of other publications. He’s also reviewed dozens of digital cameras for CNet and Computer Shopper. When About.com named its top five books on Beginning Digital Photography, debuting at the #1 and #2 slots were Busch’s Digital Photography All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies andMastering Digital Photography.During the past year, he’s had as many as five of his books listed in the Top 20 of Amazon.com’s Digital Photography Bestseller list—simultaneously! Busch’s 100-plus other books published since 1983 include bestsellers like David Busch’s Quick Snap Guide to Using Digital SLR Lenses. He is a member of the Cleveland Photographic Society, which has been in continuous operation since 1887, and can be located at www.clevelandphoto.org. Co-authorRebekkah Hilgravesis the founder and president of SheTech and Company, which began as a part-time, one-person consultancy in the mid-1990s. Specializing in user training and online curriculum, Hilgraves has been working her way through the IT industry for many years, starting in technical support and moving through technical documentation, training, project management, and finally small business consult- ing, which includes web hosting, web design and maintenance, internet and social media marketing, small networks, software support and the ubiquitous “other duties as assigned” (which is probably the entirety of any consultant’s job description). She is also an acclaimed soprano who actively performs in numerous operas, solo recitals, and as a guest concert artist in venues throughout the United States. v David Busch’s Quick Snap Guide to Adobe Photoshop.com Contents Preface..............................................................................................xv Introduction ......................................................................................xvi 1 Getting Started: Introduction to Editing with Photoshop.com..................1 Creating an Account...........................................................................................2 Creating Your Photoshop.com ID...................................................................3 Creating Your Personal Sharing URL..............................................................4 Verifying Your Photoshop Express ID..............................................................5 Signing In for the First Time..................................................................................6 Free Account vs. Subscription.......................................................................7 Parts of the Home Page.......................................................................................8 Adjusting Account Settings.................................................................................10 Set Profile Image.......................................................................................11 Choosing Photos for Photoshop.com....................................................................12 Deciding What Photos to Include................................................................12 Uploading Photos.............................................................................................14 Optimizing Your Available Capacity............................................................14 Browsing for Files......................................................................................15 Uploading to Your Library..................................................................................16 Uploading to an Album.....................................................................................18 Creating an Album on the Fly.....................................................................18 Creating an Album First.............................................................................18 Uploading to Your Newly Created Album....................................................19 vi Contents Creating and Managing Albums and Album Groups.............................................20 Creating Album Groups.............................................................................20 Deleting an Image.....................................................................................21 Deleting an Album....................................................................................22 Deleting an Album Group..........................................................................23 File Upload Utility for PC...................................................................................24 Downloading and Installing........................................................................24 Logging into Photoshop.com Through the Uploader.......................................25 Adding Photos Using the Uploader.....................................................................26 Adding Files and Creating Albums..............................................................26 Syncing with Photoshop.com......................................................................27 Signing Out of the Uploader......................................................................27 File Upload Utility for Mobile Phones...................................................................28 Downloading from Photoshop.com..............................................................28 Downloading from Your Mobile Device........................................................29 Choose Your Device Type...........................................................................29 2 Your Photo Library.............................................................................31 My Photos........................................................................................................32 Parts of the Screen....................................................................................32 Top Menu and Toolbar...............................................................................32 Left Menu.................................................................................................32 Main Pane...............................................................................................32 Bottom Toolbar..........................................................................................32 Viewing Your Library.........................................................................................34 Viewing All Photos....................................................................................36 Viewing Most Recent.................................................................................36 Adjusting Thumbnail Size...........................................................................37 vii David Busch’s Quick Snap Guide to Adobe Photoshop.com View and Sort..................................................................................................38 View........................................................................................................38 Sort.........................................................................................................39 Sorting in Table View.................................................................................40 Album Activities................................................................................................42 Creating a New Album..............................................................................42 Moving Photos into an Album.....................................................................42 Album Cover............................................................................................43 Album Views............................................................................................44 Publishing Albums.....................................................................................44 Sharing Albums........................................................................................45 Describing Images............................................................................................46 Adding a Caption.....................................................................................46 Adding and Understanding Tags.................................................................47 Searching for Images........................................................................................48 3 Creating Your Gallery........................................................................51 Parts of the Screen............................................................................................52 Top Menu Bar...........................................................................................53 Left Menu.................................................................................................53 Gallery Information Pane...........................................................................53 Main Pane...............................................................................................53 Bottom Toolbar..........................................................................................53 Adding a Tag Line.............................................................................................54 Understanding Tag Lines............................................................................54 Example Tag Lines.....................................................................................54 Inserting a Tag Line...................................................................................54 Adding a Description........................................................................................56 Understanding Descriptions........................................................................56 Example Descriptions................................................................................56 Inserting a Description...............................................................................57 viii Contents Adding a Background Image.............................................................................58 Understanding Background Images.............................................................58 Apply a Background Image........................................................................58 Going Public....................................................................................................60 Choosing Photos for Public Albums..............................................................60 Making an Album Public............................................................................61 Managing Gallery Contents...............................................................................62 Removing Albums from the Gallery.............................................................62 Managing and Maintaining Gallery Albums................................................63 Other Public Album Maintenance................................................................63 Browsing Public Galleries..................................................................................64 Browsing..................................................................................................64 Sorting....................................................................................................64 4 Create an Album Slideshow...............................................................67 Parts of the Screen............................................................................................68 Getting to the Slideshow Settings................................................................68 Top Toolbar..............................................................................................68 Right Menu...............................................................................................69 Bottom Toolbar..........................................................................................69 Zoom, Duration, and Layout...............................................................................70 Zoom......................................................................................................70 Duration ..................................................................................................70 Layout......................................................................................................71 Captions: On or Off?........................................................................................72 All about Captions and What They Have to Say...........................................72 Layout Controls.................................................................................................74 How 2D Looks and Works..........................................................................74 How 3D Works and Looks..........................................................................74 ix