Photoshop CS for Dummies or Introduction to Java Programming Comprehensive

Photoshop CS for Dummies

Author: Deke McClelland

• Covers the main features of Photoshop-the industry standard software package for image creation, correction, and enhancement

• Explores the essentials: menu bar, tool palette, modifying images, retouching images, painting and drawing, creating type, adding special effects, creating and managing layers, preparing images for the Web, and much more

• Updated to cover all the new features in both the Mac and Windows versions of the latest Photoshop release

• A ready reference that helps Photoshop novices become productive quickly and introduces experienced Photoshop users to the latest Photoshop tricks and techniques

• Authored by Deke McClelland, a member of the Photoshop Hall of Fame, who has published more than sixty books on computer graphics and electronic publishing

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	1
Pt. 1	Getting the Basics Down	7
Ch. 1	Introducing the Two Faces of Photoshop	9
Ch. 2	Getting to Know the Interface	17
Ch. 3	Using Photoshop for the First Time	33
Pt. II	The Care and Feeding of Pixels	65
Ch. 4	Sizing and Resizing Images	67
Ch. 5	Introducing Color	87
Ch. 6	Going to Hard Copy	115
Pt. III	Selections and Layers	135
Ch. 7	Making Selections	137
Ch. 8	Working with Layers	157
Pt. IV	Basic Editing	183
Ch. 9	Adjusting Color and Tone	185
Ch. 10	Creating Composite Images	207
Ch. 11	Using Filters	223
Pt. V	Using Your Virtual Paintbrush	247
Ch. 12	Painting 101	249
Ch. 13	Coloring inside the Lines	271
Ch. 14	Changing History and Erasing Pixels	289
Pt. VI	Heavy-Duty Photoshop	309
Ch. 15	Using Masks and Channels	311
Ch. 16	Using Paths and Shapes	329
Ch. 17	Adding and Manipulating Type	353
Pt. VII	Photoshop for Webbies	377
Ch. 18	Spinning Graphics for the Web	379
Ch. 19	Slicing and Dicing Images	407
Pt. VIII	The Part of Tens	423
Ch. 20	Ten (Or So) Filters You Can Use to Create Fast Effects	425
Ch. 21	Ten Things to Do with Your Photoshop Masterpiece	429
	Index	437

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Introduction to Java Programming, Comprehensive

Author: Y Daniel Liang

Groundbreaking fundamentals — first approach enables readers to understand the basics before being introduced to more challenging topics. Liang offers one of the broadest ranges of carefully chosen examples, reinforcing key concepts with objectives lists, introduction and chapter overviews, easy-to-follow examples, chapter summaries, review questions, programming exercises, and interactive self-test. Now uses standard classes only. Offers new chapters on data structures, JSF for visual Web development, and Web services; includes a new standalone chapter on the full GUI library. Uses UML diagrams in every example starting chapter 8. Includes additional notes with diagrams. Comprehensive coverage of Java and programming make this a useful reference for IT professionals.