Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS5: The Essential Techniques for Imaging Professionals (Paperback)

If you’re pursuing a career in digital imaging or design, or you’re already working in the field, Adobe Photoshop is a tool you need to master. This book covers the core image editing techniques in Photoshop CS5 that a professional truly needs to know to succeed.
 
Learn the basics—from acquiring and editing images to making selections and image enhancements to using more advanced features such as layer styles and layer masking. Richard Harrington offers the essential techniques needed to advance your career with a focus not just on digital photography, but also the Web, graphic design, multimedia, and video.

The full-color book includes a DVD with hand-on exercises and practice images as well as 72 new video training tutorials (more than 6+ hours) that expand on the lessons in the book and provide a rich multimedia experience for beginning and intermediate Photoshop users. Coverage of exciting new Photoshop CS5 features includes: Puppet Warp, Merge to HDR Pro, Content-Aware Fill/Scale/Heal, 3D Text, Mixer Brush, and Lens Corrections.

You will also learn about:

• Repairing and retouching digital images

• Color corrections and enhancements

• Blending modes and maximizing filters

• Selection tools and techniques

• Photoshop actions and automations to speed up your workflow

• Camera Raw workflow

About the author: Richard Harrington is the founder of RHED Pixel, a visual communications company based in Washington, D.C. A graphic design and new media expert, he has written several books including Photoshop for Video and Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 2. He is an Adobe and Apple certified trainer and a National Association of Photoshop Professionals Dream Team Instructor. He produces the popular podcast Understanding Adobe Photoshop available on both iTunes and the Adobe TV.

 

如果你正在追求數位影像或設計的職業生涯，或者你已經在這個領域工作，Adobe Photoshop是你需要精通的工具。這本書介紹了Photoshop CS5中的核心圖像編輯技術，這些技術對於成功的專業人士來說是必須掌握的。

從獲取和編輯圖像到進行選擇和圖像增強，再到使用更高級的功能，如圖層樣式和圖層遮罩，你將學習到基礎知識。Richard Harrington提供了必要的技巧，不僅關注數位攝影，還包括網頁設計、平面設計、多媒體和視頻等領域，以提升你的職業生涯。

這本全彩色書籍附帶一個DVD，其中包含實踐練習和練習圖像，還有72個新的視頻教程（超過6個小時），擴展了書中的課程，為初學者和中級Photoshop用戶提供豐富的多媒體體驗。關於令人興奮的新的Photoshop CS5功能的介紹包括：Puppet Warp、Merge to HDR Pro、Content-Aware Fill/Scale/Heal、3D Text、Mixer Brush和Lens Corrections。

你還將學習到以下內容：
- 修復和修飾數位圖像
- 色彩校正和增強
- 混合模式和最大化濾鏡
- 選擇工具和技巧
- 用於加快工作流程的Photoshop操作和自動化
- Camera Raw工作流程

關於作者：Richard Harrington是位於華盛頓特區的視覺傳播公司RHED Pixel的創始人。作為一位平面設計和新媒體專家，他已經撰寫了幾本書，包括《Photoshop for Video》和《Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 2》。他是Adobe和Apple認證的培訓師，也是國家Photoshop專業人員協會的夢幻團隊教師。他製作了廣受歡迎的播客節目《Understanding Adobe Photoshop》，可在iTunes和Adobe TV上收聽。