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ongratulations on buying one of the most complicated pieces of software ever
created. Fortunately, its also one of the most rewarding. No other program on
the market lets you massage, beautify, and transform images like Photoshop.
Its so popular that people use its name as a verb: Dude, you Photoshopped the
heck out of her! Youd be hard-pressed to nd a published image that hasnt spent
some quality time in this program, and those that didnt probably should have.
The bad news is that its a tough program to learn; you wont become a Photoshop
guru overnight. Luckily, you hold in your hot little hands a book that covers the
program from a practical standpoint, so youll learn the kinds of techniques you can
use every day. Its written in plain English for normal people, so you dont have to
be any kind of expert to understand it. Youll also learn just enough theory (where
appropriate) to help you understand why youre doing what youre doing.
NOTE
Adobe used to offer two versions of the program: Photoshop Standard and Photoshop Extended,
which included extra features such as 3D tools. However, they combined the two versions in CC.
Whats New in Photoshop CC
Adobe has added some nice new features to Photoshop CC and, as noted above,
they rolled all of the features that used to be in Photoshop Extended into the CC
version. The inclusion of 3D tools aside, Photoshop CC isnt the most feature-packed
upgrade the program has seen, but its still got some good stuf in it, especially in
the realm of actions and lters. Heres an overview of the new goodies (dont worry
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if you dont yet understand some of the terms used hereyoull learn what they
mean as you read through this book):
Retina ready. Both Photoshop and Bridge now support Retina displays, Apples
super-high resolution monitors (called HiDPI on PCs) and as such, youll spot a
new 200 percent option in the View menu (which lets you see web graphics at
the size theyll appear in a browser). Several plug-ins also support these mind-
bogglingly crystal-clear displays including Liquify, Save for Web, Merge to
HDR, Vanishing Point, Adaptive Wide Angle, Lens Correction, and the Filter
Gallery. While the new Adobe Camera Raw 8 isnt yet Retina-happy, it should
be soon (probably in version 8.1).
Conditional actions. This super useful new feature lets you record a conditional
action (see Chapter 18) that chooses among several previously recorded ac-
tions in order to meet criteria that you set. Youll learn all about it on page 768.
Field Blur, Iris Blur, and Tilt-Shift lters now work with Smart Filters. Some
of the most useful new features in Photoshop CS6 were the Field Blur, Iris Blur,
and Tilt-Shift lters, which make creating blurry backgrounds easier than ever.
Here in CC, those lters now work with Smart Filters, so you can run em non-
destructively without having to duplicate your Image layer. These lters also
take advantage of OpenCL, a technology found in newer graphics cards that
lets Photoshop tap into the cards processing power. As a result, previewing
and applying these lters to your images is noticeably faster.
Camera Raw lter and other Camera Raw enhancements. One of the most
useful changes in Photoshop CC is that the Camera Raw plug-in is available as
a Photoshop lter (it works as a Smart Filter, too). Camera Raw also has a new
Radial lter that lets you apply adjustments in a circular fashion either from
the inside of your image to its edges or vice-versa (its like a circular Gradient
Filter). You can now heal areas that arent round using Camera Raws Spot Re-
moval tool, and the new Upright feature lets you correct perspective problems.
Last but not least, when merging multiple 32-bit image exposures using the
Merge to HDR Pro dialog box, you can have Photoshop automatically create
a Smart Object out of the result and then open it in the Camera Raw lter for
ne-tuning. (Camera Raw is discussed throughout this book, but the bulk of
the coverage is in Chapter 9.)
Shake Reduction lter. In previous versions of Photoshop, there wasnt much
hope of making a blurry image look sharp (aside from using the Emboss lter).
However, Photoshop CCs new Shake Reduction lter analyzes your image and
traces the pattern of the blurry parts in order to eradicate it. It does an incred-
ible job on images that are slightly blurry due to camera shake. Youll learn all
about it starting on page 462.
Redesigned Smart Sharpen lter. Rounding out the improvements in the
sharpening realm is the completely redesigned Smart Sharpen lter. It sports
a new and improved sharpening method that keeps from introducing halos
around high-contrast edges, a new noise-reduction slider, as well as a simpli-
ed, resizable dialog box.
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Faster Liquify lter that works with Smart Filters. The Liquify lter also takes
advantage of your graphics cards processing power, so it runs up to 16 times
faster than it used to (especially when youre working with big les). It now works
with Smart Filters (page 632), too, which lets you use it nondestructively on
any kind of layer including Shape, Type, and Video layers. Its masking controls
were also simplied, it sports a new Smooth tool, and the new Load Last Mesh
button lets you summon the last mesh you made.
Minimum and Maximum lter improvements. Both of these lters were notori-
ous for making round things appear square, though by choosing Roundness from
the new Preserve drop-down menu, that wont happen. And when you choose
Roundness, you can enter decimals into the lters Radius elds, letting you be
a lot more precise when youre using em to ne-tune a layer mask.
Brand-new Image Size dialog box and interpolation method. The Image Size
dialog box has been simplied and redesigned to include a resizable image
preview that helps you see the results of your settings before applying em,
which is incredibly helpful in choosing the right interpolation method. The new
Preserve Details interpolation method sharpens areas of ne detail in your image
in order to produce higher quality enlargements (this new method includes a
noise-reduction slider, too). All interpolation methods now have keyboard short-
cuts , and theres a handy list of size presets in the new Fit To drop-down menu.
Rounded Rectangle tool has editable properties. One of the problems with
using the Rounded Rectangle tool was that you had to guess at the Radius set-
ting in order to produce the corner roundness that you want. Thats all changed
now. When you use the Rounded Rectangle tool (or the plain ol Rectangle tool)
in Photoshop CC, the Properties panel that opens includes four elds that you
can use to alter the roundness of each corner individually, after youve drawn
the shape.
Path improvements. You can now activate multiple paths in the Paths panel by
Shift- or -clicking (Ctrl-clicking on a PC) them, which lets you delete, duplicate,
and change their stacking order en masse (you can also Shift-click to activate
em in your document). And speaking of paths, Photoshop CC also lets you use
the space bar to reposition an anchor point while youre drawing a path.
Selective layer ltering. This option lets you view only the layers that are
currently active in the Layers panel. Its really handy when your Layers panel
is long and youre editing layers that dont necessarily match any of the other
layer-ltering criteria, as well as when youre editing vector shapes. Page 73
has details.
Default character and paragraph styles. Once youve saved frequently-used
text formatting as character or paragraph styles, you can use the new Save As
Defaults option to make Photoshop automatically add them to new documents,
as well as to existing documents that didnt previously contain any styles. You
can also activate multiple styles in the Character or Paragraphs panel and
delete em all at once.
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CSS support. To the delight of web designers worldwide, the new Copy CSS
command lets you copy color and formatting info into your computers memory
as fully functional CSS code, so you can then paste it into your favorite HTML
editor. Youll spot the new command in the shortcut menus you get when you
Control-click (right click) Type and Shape layers. Also new is the ability to point
the Swatches panel to an HTML, CSS, or SVG le and have it automatically
generate swatches from the color info inside those les (the Tip on page 494
tells you how to accomplish this).
3D. The experience of painting 3D objects in Photoshop has been improved
and live previews are up to a hundred times faster than in previous versions
of the program. To help you get a grip on 3D, this book sports a brand-new
chapter (Chapter 21) that shows you how to start creating and working with
3D text and objects.
There are also tons of little changes in Photoshop CC, too, that are the direct result
of Adobes customer feedback initiative called Just Do It (JDI). Heres a partial list:
the Crop tool now includes a setting that brings back the resolution eld in the
Options bar, you can save more than one Photoshop document at the same time,
the Color Range command is better at detecting faces, a new anti-aliasing option
makes text look like it will in popular web browsers, the Type tool new supports Indic
languages, the Migrate Presets feature now copies over presets that arent currently
loaded in Photoshop and doesnt require a restart, metadata and ICC proles are
now saved with PNG les, Shape layer thumbnails now accurately preview the whole
document, the Color Pickers hex eld is automatically highlighted when you open
the dialog box, and last but not least, the Brush Preset picker now includes a brush
tip preview as well as angle and roundness controls (which are also accessible from
the Brush tools shortcut menu).
About This Book
Adobe has pulled together an amazing amount of information in its online help
system (see online Appendix B, available from this books Missing CD page at www.
missingmanuals.com/cds), but despite all these eforts, its geared toward seasoned
Photoshop jockeys and assumes a level of skill that you may not have. The explana-
tions are very clipped and to the point, which makes it difcult to get a real feel for
the tool or technique you need help with.
Thats where this book comes in. Its intended to make learning Photoshop CC
tolerableand even enjoyableby avoiding technical jargon as much as possible
and explaining why and when youll want to use (or avoid) certain features of the
program. Its a conversational and friendly approach intended to speak to beginners
and seasoned pixel pushers alike.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION
Meet the Creative Cloud
Dude, what the heck happened to Photoshop CS7? What on
earth does CC mean?
Great question. For the first time ever, Adobe isnt shipping
perpetually licensed, boxed versions of their products; instead,
your only option is to subscribe toand then downloadthe
software.
Using a service called the Adobe Creative Cloud, you can sub-
scribe on an annual or monthly basis to one or all of Adobes
products. For example, a Single App Creative Cloud subscription
for Photoshop CC costs about $20 a month and gives you access
to both Mac and PC versions of the program that you can install
on up to two machines (say, a desktop and laptop). If you use
two or more Adobe programs (say, Photoshop and InDesign),
you might want to subscribe to all of their products which, as of
this writing, includes 24 programs and services (both Mac and
PC versions)including the entire Adobe web font collection
and the ability to share your projects with the collaborative
Behance community (see the Note on page 2)for about $50
a month. (Of course, these prices could change; check with
Adobe for current pricing.)
Whichever option you choose, you simply download the
software to your machine and install it, just like you normally
would. However, once a month your Adobe software phones
home via the Internet to validate your Creative Cloud account;
if Adobe cant validate your account, your software stops
working (along with your fonts). In other words, if you dont
pay, you dont get to play with the software (though there is
a 30-day grace period if, for whatever reason, your computer
cant connect to the Internet).
Once youre a Creative Cloud subscriber, you get 20 GB of
storage space, which you can use to hosts websites and sync
documents between computers and tablets (think iPads), and
to back up documents or share them with others (regardless of
whether or not those folks have Creative Cloud subscriptions).
You also get the ability to sync custom settings to the Cloud so
theyre accessible on other machines, such as actions, prefer-
ences, brushes, styles, and so on. For example, when you
subscribe to the Creative Cloud (even if its just for Photoshop)
and then install the program, your Adobe ID appears in the
Photoshop menu (the Edit menu on a PC) with a submenu that
contains Sync Settings Now and Manage Sync Settings options.
Choosing the latter opens the Sync Settings preferences (page
21) so you can decide which presets to sync. Youll also see a
new sync icon near the status bar at the bottom left of an open
document (its labeled in Figure 1-1 on page 2); give it a click
to sync your goodies.
You can also sync documents between devices. For example,
you can designate a folder on your hard drive for syncing, and
then any items you put into it automatically sync to the Creative
Cloud for access elsewhere (say, home or work). Subscribers
also get their hands on new features as soon as Adobe rolls
em out. (To learn the current version number of your copy of
Photoshop CC, choose Help

System Info.)
You might ask, Is this a good deal? Well, if you typically
upgrade your copy of Photoshop every other year, then sub-
scribing to it costs more than twice as much as youd pay
to upgrade it over that period of time (though doing so is
no longer an option). However, if you upgrade yearly, then
youll pay a mere $40 more per year for Creative Cloud but
gain access to new features as soon as theyre released, as
well as the syncing and sharing services mentioned above.
The bottom line is that now the only way to get Photoshop CC
is to subscribe to it. Adobe will continue to sell and support
Photoshop CS6 for a while; however, thats the last licensed
copy youll ever get (and theres nothing wrong with keeping
it on your machine if you already own it). Like it or not, were
in the realm of rental software now.
If youre in North America, you can purchase a Creative Cloud
subscription through Adobe.com, Amazon.com, or Staples.
com. Folks in other countries should go through Adobe.com.
And that, dear friends, is why the program is now called
Photoshop Creative Cloud (a.k.a. Photoshop CC).
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Some of the tutorials in this book refer to les you can download from this books
Missing CD page on the Missing Manuals website (www.missingmanuals.com/cds)
so you can practice the techniques youre reading about. And throughout the book,
youll nd several kinds of sidebar articles. The ones labeled Up to Speed help
newcomers to Photoshop do things or explain concepts that veterans are probably
already familiar with. Those labeled Power Users Clinic cover more advanced
topics for the brave of heart.
NOTE
Photoshop CC functions almost identically on Mac and Windows computers, but the screenshots in this
book were all taken on a Mac for the sake of consistency. However, the keyboard shortcuts for the two operating
systems are different, so youll find both included hereMac shortcuts first, followed by Windows shortcuts in
parentheses. In a few instances, the locations of certain folders differ, and in those cases, you get the directions
for both operating systems.
UP TO SPEED
What Does 64-bit Mean?
The cool phrase in computing circles for the past few years
has been 64-bit. While that term may sound pretty geeky,
its actually not that intimidating. 64-bit programs (a.k.a.
applications or apps) simply know how to count higher
than 32-bit programs.
So what does that mean in practice? 32-bit programs can open
and work with files that are up to 4 gigabytes in sizewhich is
already huge. 64-bit programs, on the other hand, can open
files that are way bigger than that, as long as your computers
operating system can handle 64-bit apps. (Mac OS X 10.5 [Leop-
ard] and Microsoft Windows Vista [the 64-bit version, anyway]
and later are up to the task.) 64-bit programs can also make
use of more memory than their 32-bit counterparts, which is
crucial when youre working with big honkin files. For example,
the 64-bit version of Photoshop lets you use more than 4 gigs
of RAM, which makes it run faster. (You can change how your
machines memory is allotted by tweaking Photoshops prefer-
ences as described on pages 2223.)
The bottom line is that, if you work with gigantic files, youll
want to use the 64-bit version of Photoshop. And since most
third-party plug-ins (Chapter 19) and filters (Chapter 15) have
now been upgraded to work in 64-bit mode, theres little
reason to cast a single glance backward. In Photoshop CC, the
64-bit version is all you get on a Mac; however, when you install
Photoshop on a PC, you get two full versions of the program
in two separate folders: one for 32-bit mode and another for
64-bit mode (located in Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CC
and Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Photoshop CC, respectively).
Simply quit one program and then launch the other.
You can still share Photoshop files with both Mac and PC folks,
just like you always have.
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