Table of Contents for

The Adobe Photoshop Layers Book: Harnessing Photoshop's Most Powerful Tool, covers Photoshop CS3

INDEX

A

Adjustment layers, 12, 15–16

isolating corrections in, 60–65

B

Blend If sliders, 163–166

splitting, 168

Blend If tool, for advanced blending, 161

applications, 168–179

color-based mask creation, 167, 181–187

features, 162–168

for masking, 180–187

knockouts feature, 168–169

transparency creation, 181–187

Blending

advanced. see Blend If tool

color targeting in, 167

modes, 134

Brush size, 87

C

Calibration devices, 28, 35

Canvas Extension Color, 19

Channels, 109, 189–190, 221

for separations of color image into RGB components, 206–209

grayscale, 209

Clone Stamp, 74, 105–107

Collage, 247–249. see also Panoramas

definition, 246

guidelines for, 246–247

Color

enhancements, 101–102

filtration to reproduce color from black and white, 199–203

for collage, 247

image creation from black and white image, 190–198

image separation into RGB components, 204–209

layers, 202

modes, 138–139, 147

representation of black-and-white images, 190

Color Balance function, 77

Color-based mask and Blend If tool, 181–187

Components. see Image components

Composite layers, 90–91

Copyright symbol, 20

Correction of images. see Images, digital

Cropping, in images, 225–227

D

Difference mode, 145

Digital images. see Images, digital

Dodge modes, 140–141

E

Exclusion mode, 146

F

Fill and opacity, 131

Filtered color, creation of, 199–203

H

Hard mix mode, 145

Healing tool, 74, 75

Hue mode, 146

Hue setting, 93

Hue/Saturation technique, 94, 95

I

Image components

separated, and black-and-white conversions, 209–215

separation, 189–190

separation in RGB components, 204–209

Image editing, 26

capture, 29–30

editing and correction, 31–32

evaluation, 30–31

purposing and output, 32–33

setup, 27–29

Image-editing input device, 27

Images, digital, 218–219

color and tonal corrections, 221–225

cropping in, 225–227

editing checklist and application, 219–242

evaluation for editing, 221

list of corrections for, 223

selective corrections of color and tone, 232–241

softness enhancement, 229–231

underlighting, 223

Inner Glow style, 115

Isolating image elements, 65–69

K

Keystrokes, 21

Knockouts feature, 168–169

L

Layer, 2–5

clipping, 55

creation, 14–16, 18–24, 42

features of buttons, 7–10

grouping, 46–48

icons, 17

linking, 56

merging, 51–52

naming, 42–44

palettes and menus, 5–11

Styles, 197–198

types of, 11–13

viewing preferences, 13–14

Layer Actions.atn, 122–123

Layer modes, 133–134

based calculations, 153–157

behavior when applied to color and tone, 134–148

color burn mode, 138

color dodge, 140–141

color mode, 147

darken mode, 137

darker color mode, 139

difference mode, 145

exclusion mode, 146

for color reproduction from black and white, 199–203

for separation of color and tone components, 149–153

hard light mode, 143

hard mix mode, 145

hue mode, 146

lighten mode, 139

lighter color, 141

linear burn mode, 138

linear dodge, 141

linear light mode, 144

luminosity mode, 148

multiply mode, 137–138

normal mode, 136

overlay mode, 142, 156, 157

pin light mode, 145

saturation mode, 147

screen mode, 140

soft light mode, 142–143

vivid light mode, 143

Layer-friendly formats, 4

Layers, addition for a change

simple layer repair example, 73–74

Levels adjustment, 64

Levels slider changes, 61–64

Light’s Fingerprint, 61–62

Lighting

for collage, 247

for image editing, 223

Linear light mode, 144

Local contrast, 105

Luminosity mode, 148

M

Manual effects, 120

automated manual effects tools, 122–123

combining manual effects and styles, 124–131

Masking

and alternative layer to, 104

with Blend If tool, 180–187

Masking areas of an image, 81–82

add soft focus, 96

clean up, 83–84

enhancing natural color and tone, 92

expanding on process, 82–83

reducing image noise, 84–86

Modes, of layer. see Layer modes

Multiple source images, 250

Multiply mode, 137–138

N

Non-destructive editing, 4

Normal mode, 136

O

Opacity, 136

Overlay mode, 142, 156, 157

P

Panoramas, 250–251. see also Collage

steps for completion, 252

Photoshop’s essential tools list, 33–34

commands, 36–38

external applications, 34–36

filters, 40

freehand tools, 39–40

functions, 38–39

Pin light mode, 145

Polygon Lasso tool, 69–71

R

RAW images, 220–221

RGB components, 209

color image separation into, 204–209

S

Saturation mode, 147

Screen mode, 140

Separations of image components, 189–190

of color image to RGB components, 204–209

Sharpen and enhance contrast, 102–103

Sharpening, 105

Smart Objects, 51–52

Soft light mode, 142–143, 228, 232

Soft-focus effects, 96

Style(s)

and effects, basics of, 112–114

managing, 119

manual effects, 120

saving, 117

T

Threshold tool, 171

Transparency and Blend If tool, 167, 181

U

Underlighting, of image, 223

Underlying Layer sliders, 165–166

Unsharp Mask filter, 103–104

Unsharp masking, 154–157

V

Vector masks, 130

Vivid light mode, 143