Accurate Layer Selections Using Photoshop's Selection Tools: Use Photoshop and Illustrator to Refine Your Artwork

ISBN-13: 9781484274927 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 956 str.

Jennifer Harder

Spis treści

Part 1: Working in Photoshop with Scans and Creating Beginner Selections

Chapter 1:  Introduction and Pre-Photoshop Tools

Sub –Topics:

• Scanner basics

• Pre-Photoshop tools for drawing the sketch and importing

• Saving scanned files

Chapter 2:  Basic Tools to Know in Photoshop

Sub –Topics

• Basic tools to know in Photoshop

• Filters

• Saving files

Chapter 3:  Basic Marquee Tools

Sub –Topics

• Basic Marquee tools

• Making rectangular and elliptical selections

• Single column marquee

Chapter 4:  Using Crop Tools to Make Selections

Sub –Topics:

• Using crop tools (crop and perspective) to make selections

Part 2: Working in Photoshop, Creating Intermediate Selections

Chapter 5:  Lasso Selection Tools

Sub – Topics:

• Lasso selection tools for more complex shape selections

Chapter 6:  Selections Magic Wand, Quick Mask Mode, & Type Mask

Sub – Topics:

• Selections that need a Magic Wand expanding and contracting 

• Quick Mask Mode with a brush

• Type mask selections

Chapter 7:  Quick Selection and Object Selection Tools

Sub - Topics

• Quick selection tool

• Object selection tool

Chapter 8:  Using Select Color Range and Sky

Sub – Topics:

• Using Select Color Range and Sky to select difficult subjects

Chapter 9:  Working with Focus Area & Select and Mask Properties

Sub – Topics:

• Focus area dialog box

• Select and mask properties for multiple selection tools dialog box

Part 3: Working in Photoshop, Creating Advanced Selections

Chapter 10: Shape Tool, Pen Tool, and Creating Paths

Sub - Topics:

• Shape tools

• Pen tools

• Creating paths and saving them

Chapter 11: Channel Selections from Paths

Sub - Topics:

• Channel selections from paths

• Saving selections and loading them

Chapter 12: Save a Selection as a Layer Mask

Sub - Topics:

• Save a selection as a layer mask

• Refining masks on layers and adjustment layers  

Part 4: Working in Illustrator, Refining Your Artwork

Chapter 13: Placing Your Artwork into Illustrator

Sub - Topics: 

• Placing and linking your artwork into Illustrator on the correct layers

• Scaling artwork

Chapter 14: Image Trace

Sub - Topics: 

• Image tracing panel options

Chapter 15: Working with the Pen Tools

Sub - Topics: 

• Working with the Pen tools

• Using blend Modes & Layers

Chapter 16: Illustrator Tools

Sub - Topics: 

• Working with Illustrator tools

 o Paint brush

 o Blob brush

 o Eraser tool

 o Scissor tool & Knife tool

 o Shaper, Pencil, Path Eraser, Join tools

 o Live Paint Bucket and Live Selection tools & Shape builder

Chapter 17: Adjust Colors and Saving Artwork

Sub - Topics: 

• Adjust colors and saving artwork

Chapter 18: Conclusion

Sub - Topics:  

• Looking at other Adobe programs such as Adobe Animate

O autorze

Jennifer Harder has worked in the graphic design industry for over 10 years. She has a degree in Graphic Communications and is currently teaching Acrobat, InDesign, and Dreamweaver courses at Langara College. As a freelancer, Jennifer frequently works with Adobe PDFs to help enhance websites. She enjoys talking about Adobe Software and her interests include writing, illustration, and working on her websites.

Blurb

Take your hand-drawn illustrations to the next level by using various selection tools in Photoshop to clean up the artwork, and Illustrator for final refinement. Also, learn to save your artwork as vector images to be used for web, print, or even stills for character animation.

Author Jennifer Harder begins by showing you how to use basic tools in Photoshop to clean up your artwork, followed by Marquee tools and more. Next, you will see how to use more advanced tools such as Lasso, Magic Wand, the Object Selection tool, and so on. You’ll then get a demonstration of how to control the type of selection using the selection main menu, how to copy selections to another layer, and how to use the focus area. This is followed by a chapter that covers paths, channels, and layer masks that you will master to clean up your artwork. 

To round things out, you will learn how to use Illustrator’s different features to further enhance your artwork. On completing the book, you will have mastered how to make your artwork and illustrations portfolio-ready.

You will:

• Master each selection tool found in Photoshop
• Choose the right tools for cleaning and refining artwork
• Save selections for other projects
• Make your artwork scalable in Illustrator using various methods