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The Photoshop Channels Book
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Release NotesUsing Photoshop without taking advantage of channels is a bit like attempting to
make a fine recording with nothing but a crummy cassette recorder: You can do
so, but the results won't be very satisfying. However, if you're new to the
world of digital imaging--perhaps because you've just found your way to
Photoshop after purchasing your first digital camera--you may find channels
daunting. With this book, you don't need to! As you work along with author (and
National Association of Photoshop Professionals president) Scott Kelby on the
book's results-intensive tutorials, you'll quickly discover the amazing things
you can accomplish, using Photoshop to separate images into channels so that you
can then alter the image's color and opacity, duplicate it, move it, and more.
Also covered are all of Photoshop's newest channel-related features, including
an improved Histogram palette that displays channels in color with a dynamic
view of how filters, curves, and other settings will affect tonal range and bit
depth.

Table of Contents

Channel basics 1
This is where is starts 2
Channel basics 6
Creating your first channel 13
Channels shortcuts 21
Masking using channels 25
Understanding masks 26
Masking using channels 34
Combing channel masks 42
Blend modes for channels? 52
Hard to mask images 54
Channel shortcuts 75
Layer masks & adjustment layers 79
Layer mask essentials 80
Compositing images 86
Adjustment layer masks 94
Spot-color channels 96
Layer mask shortcuts 106
From color to black & white 109
Picking the best of three 110
The lab lightness channel 116
The calculations method 120
Channel mixer method 128
Channels & better color 135
Adding detail to portraits 136
Creating vibrant color 148
Blending channels 158
Toning down highlights 164
Better red eye repair 170
Sharpening with channels 177
Sharpening to avoid noise 178
Two-pass lab sharpening 186
Alpha channel edge mask 192
Reducing blue channel noise 200
Channels & Web optimization 211
Weighted optimization 212
Influencing the color table 222
Special effects using channels 227
Adding a beam of light 228
Infrared effect 234
Mapping one image to another 240
Lighting effects texture channel 250
Keeping the real shadows 256
Where to go next 260

Product Details

* ISBN: 0321269063
* ISBN-13: 9780321269065
* Format: Paperback, 275pp
* Publisher: Peachpit Press
* Pub. Date: February 2006
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