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Achieve high-level Photoshop mastery - and produce even the most complex imagery with speed and efficiency. This richly illustrated guide provides everything you need - explanations, concepts, and practical advice - to deliver expert results in any medium.
Manage color successfully for print - integrate spot colors with four-color process; prepare half-tones, duotones, and color separations with WYSIWYG ease; construct files that process quickly; know when to check with your printer and why.
Make the most of scanned images - obtain the best image your scanner can deliver; touch up photos realistically; upgrade the quality of inferior photos.
Be creative with Layers, Selections, and Masks - compose images that are easily altered or restored; avoid data loss when correcting color; apply filters selectively on images; preserve fine detail in composites.
Extend the pen tool and paths - create painterly effects with paths; use cloned paths to make drop shadows, glows, and textures; use text outlines from Illustrator as paths in Photoshop.
Design Web-ready graphics - build compact images that download quickly; create eye-catching 3D buttons and seamless tiles; convert QuarkXPress and PageMaker files for the Web.
Plus! The 32-page Ventana Color Studio, including illustrations and examples.
Join Ventana?s growing online community of Photoshop professionals!
Chat in real time with other graphics pros
Exchange ideas & solutions on the bulletin board
Link to online updates from Ventana and helpful Web resources
Plus! Valuable files and tools:
- Practice files for the book?s tutorials
- Free high-resolution photo images
- Free clipart
- Dozens of shareware, demo, and free filters
