Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One

Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One
Deke's the guy to guide you through the pixel-pushing power of Photoshop. Updated to explore all the new CS4 features. Now with 4 hours of video.

Learn the ins and outs of Adobe's pixel-wrangling powerhouse with the Photoshop master himself gently guiding your journey in Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One. Deke shows you how to make sense of Photoshop as you learn to make tonal adjustments, balance and correct colors, make selections and masks, sharpen details, apply special effects, master the use of layers, and much much more. And when you're done with an exercise, you'll have proof that the training worked—in the form of a finished project that you can use as a roadmap for expressing your own creative ideas with Photoshop.

As with all One-on-One books, this one includes a series of professionally produced instructional videos, all unique to the book and available nowhere else, produced by industry leader lynda.com. But this time, we offer three improvements: The videos are now 35 percent bigger, measuring a full 1024 by 768 pixels. We no longer downsample, so every screen element is perfectly crisp. And you get more than four hours of content. That's right: Four luxuriant hours of video training with every book.

Combine proven instruction with the biggest bang for the buck on the market, and you have One-on-One. There really is nothing like it.

Product Details:

List price: $49.99USD
Length: 544 pages with 4 hours of video instruction on DVD
ISBN 13: 9780596521899 / ISBN 10: 0596521898

Table of Contents:

Preface. How One-on-One Works


Lesson 1. Open and Organize

  • What Is Photoshop?
  • Opening an Image
  • Organizing and Examining Photos
  • Using Metadata
  • Batch Renaming

Lesson 2. Highlights, Midtones, and Shadows

  • Brightness, Contrast, and Levels
  • Automatic Image Correction
  • Adjusting Brightness Levels
  • Correcting with Curves
  • Compensating for Flash and Backlighting

Lesson 3. Correcting Color Balance

  • What Are Hue and Saturation?
  • Fixing a Color Cast
  • Tint and Color
  • Colorizing a Grayscale Image
  • Correcting with Camera Raw

Lesson 4. Making Selections

  • Isolating an Image Element
  • Selecting Regions of Continuous Color
  • Quick Selection and Refine Edge
  • Selecting an Irregular Image
  • Drawing Precise Curves

Lesson 5. Crop, Straighten, and Size

  • Whole-Image Transformations
  • The Order in Which We Work
  • Auto Crop and Straighten
  • Straightening a Crooked Image
  • Using Rotate View with the Crop Tool
  • Resizing an Image

Lesson 6. Paint, Edit, and Heal

  • The Essential Eight, Plus Three
  • The Three Editing Styles
  • Coloring Scanned Line Art
  • Adding Fills and Textures
  • The Improved Editing Tools
  • Healing and Patching

Lesson 7. Creating and Applying Masks

  • Seeing through Photoshop’s Eyes
  • Using the Color Range Command
  • Refining a Selection with a Quick Mask
  • Working with the Masks Palette
  • Defining a Mask from Scratch
  • Putting the Mask in Play

Lesson 8. Focus and Filters

  • The Subterfuge of Sharpness
  • Sharpening an Image
  • Gaussian Blur and Median
  • Applying Free-Form Distortions

Lesson 9. Building Layered Compositions

  • The Benefits and Penalties of Layers
  • How to Manage Layers
  • Arranging and Modifying Layers
  • Importing, Transforming, and Warping Layers
  • Masks, Knockouts, and Luminance Blending
  • Working with Layer Comps
  • Aligning Layers and Blending Photographs
  • Content-Aware Scaling

Lesson 10. Text and Shapes

  • The Vector-Based Duo
  • Creating and Formatting Text
  • Drawing and Editing Shapes
  • Bending and Warping Type

Lesson 11. Styles and Specialty Layers

  • The Amazing World of Dynamic Edits
  • Layer Attributes Versus Layers
  • Adding Layer Effects
  • Applying Strokes and Glows
  • Simulating Reflections with Bevel and Emboss
  • Fixing Problem Effects
  • Creating and Modifying Adjustment Layers
  • Working with Smart Objects
  • Nondestructive Smart Filters

Lesson 12. Printing and Output

  • Local Printing Versus Commercial Reproduction
  • RGB Versus CMYK
  • Printing to an Inkjet Printer
  • Preparing a CMYK File for Commercial Reproduction
  • Packaging Multiple Images from the Bridge

 

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Comments

Can't figure out how to apply workflow settings on Mac

Submitted by brianlutz925 on 20 October 2010 - 6:38pm.

Ok, so I downloaded the CSF file from the website and for starters Photoshop doesn't recognize the file.
In the book it says to drop the workflow settings into Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Settings
Ok, this path does not exist. They do not lead to each other. I can't find the folder to drop it into.
I found the folder where the other color settings are stored so I dropped it in there. The other color settings have a different file extension. Everytime I try something, I go to the color settings and Best workflow never comes up as an option. Even when I choose to look at more settings, the ones that include European and Japan, it's still not there. This is particularly frustrating. Anyone else have the same problem? Solution?

Adobe photoshop cs3/best workflow .csf

Submitted by gapeach9989 on 6 May 2010 - 9:43pm.

Hi, I am so confused right now, I dont understand when you say copy the color settings to your hard drive. When I copy it to the c drive I get an error and I can't download it. Also what program should I use to open the program. Please please please help.

Thanks

Adobe photoshop cs3/best workflow .csf

Submitted by LensCreek on 26 May 2010 - 8:45pm.

Hi,

What operating system are you using? I will attempt to help you, as I had the same problem at first (Windows 7), since there wasn't an explanation in the book.

Thanks,
Terry

photoshop cs3 one on one with windows 7

Submitted by lmb9071 on 3 August 2010 - 12:07pm.

Hi Terry,

Do you know if photoshop cs3 one on one will work with windows 7?

Thank-you!

Lisa

photoshop cs3 one on one with windows 7

Submitted by RenaissanceMan on 3 August 2010 - 6:00pm.

I'm not Terry, but to give you an answer anyway..

Photoshop CS3 One On One is just Deke's book. If you mean the videos on the accompanying disk, I haven't had any problems viewing One On One videos in Windows 7. (I have the CS2 and CS3 books.) If you mean PhotoShop CS3 itself, yes, I had it working (Bridge was a bit flaky, particularly in preview mode, but aside from that it was fine) in Windows 7 before I upgraded to CS5. Consequently I'd expect any content that Deke demonstrates in his book to work in a Windows 7 environment as well, though I have to admit that I haven't tested that.

Don't know where else to post.

Submitted by legacy10000 on 15 April 2010 - 11:28am.

How do I get a list and download for listening all of your and Deke's Martini Hour broadcasts?

Thanks

Where to find Deke's Martini Hour

Submitted by chuck88 on 18 March 2011 - 1:57pm.

Deke's Martini Hour is located in iTunes under Podcasts. You can download and listen to them from the the very first podcast, as I have just started doing. They are not only interesting and informative but they are also very entertaining and quite funny at times. So, take off your shoes, mix a drink and enjoy.

Settings for Photoshop and Bridge

Submitted by Iric_S on 15 April 2010 - 6:58am.

I had to reinstall PS4 on my PC when I changed hard drives. I lost all of my settings from the videos and book. Is there a list of the settings available?

Thank you.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Submitted by jlthorne on 7 February 2010 - 1:03pm.

I am running version 10.6.2 with a newer Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad. My preferences panel is different than on page xxi, plus I am not able to make the changes. I am brand new to photoshop so I have no clue how to fix this issue. Is this a problem or just carry on and ignore. Thanks for any assistance.

Under OS X 10.6

Submitted by deke on 8 February 2010 - 2:52am.

The keyboard prefs are organized into panels. You have to hunt thru the panels, but ultimately they're still there.

Or just ignore -- it mostly just affects your ability to use the function keys (F1 thru F12).

compared to lynda

Submitted by vfabella on 19 January 2010 - 2:59pm.

I just finished the lynda.com one on one tutorial at the fundamental level and thoroughly enjoyed it. I was wondering how this book and its videos compare to the fundamenta/advanced/mastery lynda.com videos.

Ch 6 Missing Patterns for Step 17

Submitted by Iric_S on 8 January 2010 - 8:53pm.

There are only two patterns available to me when I try to choose the pattern for the metal pattern. Can I get the other pattern file?

Best workflow color file

Submitted by jimcummings on 1 January 2010 - 3:36pm.

I made the change to the best workflow you indicated (in the book) manually but where does Windows 7 keep the color files (csf files) anyway? Anyone know. Thanx

Jim Cummings

Best workflow color file - CS4 One-on-One

Submitted by ngmulla on 7 May 2010 - 9:01am.

Jim, did you ever get an answer to your question? How did you manually change to the best workflow? I can't find how to copy the best workflow to the user\application data location in Windows 7. Thanks a lot.

Best Workflow - Windows 7

Submitted by LensCreek on 26 May 2010 - 8:57pm.

I had the same issue at first, but I conducted a search for the following listing, which is in the upper right corner of the My Computer window:

*.csf

where "*" designates "ALL" files with the extension .csf. I found that they are located in the following folder, which is where you would paste your copy of the file:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Color\Settings\Recommended)

You should see the file North American General Purpose in this folder. If not, I would suggest you run a search as well, since our folders may be set up in a slightly different manner (my laptop isn't set up with multiple users).

Hope this helps,
Terry

using blur to sharpen

Submitted by ctabbdds on 9 December 2009 - 9:49pm.

Could not finish the softbear sharpen using high pass command. Tried to choose overlay in the layers palette but the pop-up menu is grayed out. Did I miss a step?
Thanks

Help with Ellipse, Figure 4-36

Submitted by Iric_S on 15 April 2010 - 6:58am.

Spectrum Color Wheel

Submitted by Iric_S on 5 November 2009 - 5:42pm.

Deek and Co,
On Page 71 of the CS4 one-on-one book, there is a color wheel. I would like a copy, since it lists the variation names as well. Would it be possible to post it on the web site to download?

Thank You

DITCH:
Discretion, Integrity, Tolerance, Civility, Humility

Wall sized image would be handy

Submitted by crisderaud on 6 November 2009 - 9:32am.

You say in the book that "...you'll want to rip it out of the book and paste it to your wall."

I do want to do that but it's too small and I don't want to tear up my book! It doesn't scan to a larger size worth a darn either.

A nice high res printable file would really be helpful.

Thanks

Hopefully Helpful Bridge Rotation Tip

Submitted by Iric_S on 3 November 2009 - 1:14pm.

I hope that this will help someone else. I've just started the lessons. In the first lesson, one of the tasks is to rotate some thumbnails (P 14, #10). My rotate buttons were greyed out and wouldn't work, but the rotation in Photoshop itself worked fine.

I found out that the thumbnail images were locked on my PC. Right clicking on each one brings up a menu that has an unlock / Lock selection about 2/3 of the way down. I unlocked the images and could rotate all I wanted.

Level of Knowledge in book?

Submitted by Iric_S on 5 November 2009 - 5:44pm.

Hi,
I am a beginner in Photoshop. I know a few things that I've picked up, but some of them, like changing foreground and background colors stumped me. Is you book appropriate to learn photoshop from the ground up, or does it assume some knowledge? Right now I'm dirt poor so I can't afford the videos.

The book is definitely helpful for a beginner, I've realized!

Thanks

Yes, Photoshop can make

Submitted by vistachan on 6 November 2009 - 6:14pm.

Yes, Photoshop can make design so easy but it's too complicated

Photoshop CS4 Channels and Masks

Submitted by Brigitte Grimshaw on 21 October 2009 - 6:43pm.

I'm on Chapter 7 -- Employing a Knockout Mask and am trying to open "Ancient doorway." I get the following message: Could not complete your request because an unexpected end of file was encountered. I've never seen this before. Any suggestions?

This book is a benchmark on

Submitted by peters on 12 September 2009 - 11:28am.
This book is a benchmark on CS4. I used it and it was just great. I am into printing business and the new tools of CS4 really helped me in catalog printing. CS4 is bringing profits for me and this book was a great teacher.

Great book

Submitted by probusl@brevard... on 11 June 2009 - 11:01am.
Is this book available in Spanish?

E-media version of book

Submitted by David-Michael on 30 May 2009 - 8:08pm.
Greetings to all, does anyone know if there is an electronic version of Photoshop CS4 One-on-One (ISBN 10: 0-596-52189-8 | ISBN 13: 9780596521899) available? I would like to use it for a college course I am teaching but it needs to be available as e-media to meet to ADA requirements. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. p.s. the Safari version will not work for this purpose as it cannot be read by JAWS. Dm davidrengh@whccd.edu

Word templates

Submitted by Brigitte Grimshaw on 21 May 2009 - 7:53pm.
I've just purchased the Adobe Photoshop CS4 One on One and followed all the directions for changing the preferences and shortcut keys for the Mac (OSX). Now, none of my Word documents open and when I try to open a blank document from Templates, I get the following error message: "This file could not be found. Try one or more of the following: *check the spelling of the name of the document *try a different file name All was working fine before I made the changes suggested in the book. Any ideas?

Well, Word shouldn't react to anything Photoshop is doing

Submitted by deke on 21 May 2009 - 8:01pm.
Having said that, my guess is it's a memory error. Try restarting your computer. Hopefully, that'll clean out the RAM and permit your computer to function like a champ again.

Keyboard Shortcuts on the Mac

Submitted by phil711 on 30 April 2009 - 11:55pm.
On page xxi is a note explaining how to get the keyboard shortcuts into a Mac. It is not working for me. The illustration (Figure 14) has some slight differences. My iMac is fairly new -- running Mac OS X 10.5.5. Are other folks having this problem? (or did I miss something?) Meanwhile, I am pressing on without the shortcuts and loving it. I would love it more with the shortcuts. Any help would be appreciated. Phil

Composite drifter.psd

Submitted by rcbacon1 on 21 March 2009 - 10:47am.
In lesson 9 of your amazing CS4 book, the composite drifter is not available on the disk. When you open the image you get this message (in english and three other languages) "this layered Photoshop file was not saved with a composite image." Is there any way I can get that image so I can do the lesson? Thanks for your help. Christy Bacon (rcbacon1@comcast.net)
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