Adobe Photoshop 5.5 and Adobe Illustrator 8.0: Advanced Classroom in a Book

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Pub. Date: 1999-10-01
Publisher(s): Pearson P T R
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Summary

If you've already mastered the basics of Adobe Photoshop 5.5 and Adobe Illustrator 8.0, then you're ready to move on to more challenging features and effects. Adobe Photoshop 5.5 and Illustrator 8.0 Advanced Classroom in a Book is full of exercises that incorporate advanced typography, image compositing, painting, and image-correction techniques. Not only does the book teach you how to use Photoshop and Illustrator for complex tasks such as gradients and masks, it also tells you when to use which program.Adobe's training experts created the book's self-paced lessons, which lead you through advanced projects that will sharpen your print, Web, and multimedia skills. The cross-platform CD that comes with it contains all the files you need to complete the lessons and provides hands-on experience in working with Photoshop and Illustrator at the professional level.

Table of Contents

Introduction
About Advanced Classroom in a Book
1(1)
Copying the Advanced Classroom in a Book files
2(1)
Restoring default preferences
3(2)
Additional resources
5(1)
Other learning resources
6(4)
Preparing Images for Print or Web
Getting started
10(1)
Basic image editing for both print and Web images
11(6)
Preparing an image for print
17(5)
Preparing an image for the Web
22(14)
Shading and Blending
Choosing Illustrator versus Photoshop
36(1)
Getting started
37(1)
Shading and blending in Photoshop
38(17)
Shading and blending in Illustrator
55(11)
Acquiring Digital Images
General tips for acquiring images
66(6)
Acquiring images via flatbed scanning
72(10)
Acquiring digital photography
82(4)
Acquiring Photo CD images
86(5)
Acquiring elements from the Web
91(5)
Capturing screens
96(4)
Acquiring frames from video
100(1)
About digital and analog-digital video files
100(1)
General video issues affecting graphics
101(1)
Acquiring frames from analog video
102(5)
Acquiring frames from digital video
107(9)
Advanced Masking
Getting started
116(1)
Masking in Illustrator
117(1)
Using the Pathfinder palette to cut away sections
117(2)
Using compound paths with masks
119(3)
Creating a compound mask
122(1)
Putting the four quadrants together
123(2)
Creating masks with the pen tool
125(2)
Masking in Photoshop
127(1)
Getting started
128(1)
Extracting a mask
128(3)
Masking with a path
131(1)
Defringing a selection
132(1)
Making a layer mask from a Color Range - selection
133(2)
Using Quick Mask to fix the edges
135(2)
Putting it all together with layers
137(2)
Adding text and finishing the business card
139(5)
Advanced Compositing
Getting started
144(1)
Beginning the design
145(1)
Using layer modes to blend
146(2)
Setting the layer transparency display to white
148(1)
Blending with layer masks
148(3)
Using adjustment layers
151(3)
Editing and managing masks
154(3)
Importing a Photoshop image into Illustrator
157(11)
Returning to Photoshop from Illustrator
168(9)
Color Management and Distribution
Color management basics
177(1)
Production workflow for a printed postcard
177(1)
Getting started
178(1)
Creating the postcard
178(1)
Choosing an appropriate workspace in Photoshop
179(7)
Editing the postcard image
186(2)
Color-separating an image
188(1)
Matching colors in different applications
188(1)
Opening a file with an embedded profile
189(1)
Color management in Adobe Illustrator
190(3)
Finalizing the artwork in Illustrator
193(3)
Matching color and assembling the artwork
196(1)
Setting separation options
197(2)
Preparing Illustrator graphics for use in other applications
199(1)
Preparing Illustrator graphics for remote printing
199(4)
Creating Web-based art
203(5)
Optimizing Web-based art
208(3)
Saving optimized images
211(21)
Advanced Typography and Layout
Getting started
232(1)
Setting up your document
233(4)
Creating trim and fold marks
237(3)
Defining bleeds
240(3)
Applying a PANTONE color
243(2)
Creating a tabbed price chart
245(2)
Importing and styling text
247(7)
Creating and applying a spot varnish
254(1)
Printing tiled sections
255(1)
Exploring on your own
256(5)
Mastering the Pen Tool
About Bezier curves
261(1)
Getting started
261(2)
Drawing precise shapes
263(6)
Adding color with the gradient mesh tool
269(2)
Drawing natural shapes with the pen and pencil tools
271(2)
Coloring the tulip with the pen tool and gradient mesh tool
273(2)
Arranging your art in the Layers palette
275(2)
Using the pen tool in Photoshop to create highlights
277(1)
Transforming paths to add a shadow to the vase
278(6)
Two-Color Print Projects
About channels
284(1)
Getting started
285(1)
Improving the image quality
286(5)
Creating a duotone
291(1)
Preparing to add a spot color
292(1)
Adding a spot color
293(1)
Adding definition to your colored object
294(2)
Completing your poster in Illustrator
296(5)
Preparing final files for printing
301(1)
Making sure that two-color files print properly
302(6)
Creating an Animated Web Ad Banner
Getting started
308(1)
Setting up your document
309(1)
Designing your banner
310(4)
Specifying layers and exporting the artwork
314(3)
Creating the animation and adding effects
317(8)
Setting the animation's timing
325(1)
Optimizing and exporting the banner
326(3)
Exploring on your own
329(6)
Animating With Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects
Getting started
335(1)
Adding vector graphics to a raster image
335(3)
Preparing Photoshop layers for animation
338(9)
Making it move
347(16)
Compressing the composition for video and the Web
363(8)
Index 371(8)
Project Designers 379

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