Do you spend too much time doing repetitive production tasks such as
placing and replacing images, resizing them, dragging them from one
document to another, and preparing images for printing instead of being
creative? Do you use Adobe Photoshop CS2 and have some experience with
scripting? You’re in luck. Since Adobe Creative Suite 2 was created
with built-in support for scripting, virtually every repetitive or
time-consuming task that creative professionals have to do in the Adobe
Creative Suite can be streamlined with the help of a script. This book
describes how to use JavaScript to manipulate and extend Adobe
Photoshop within Adobe Creative Suite 2, and provides reference
information for the JavaScript objects, properties, and functions
defined by Adobe’s applications. Now available in print for the first
time, this scripting reference provides the information experienced
JavaScript users need to create custom scripts for Photoshop, whether
you’re looking to automate Camera Raw options and settings,
automatically resize and export large batches of images into your
page-layout application, or want to automatically add metadata, like a
copyright notice, to selected image files. These are just a few
examples of how you can use Photoshop CS2’s built-in scripting
capabilities to save you from hours of repetitive tasks.

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Can you find your digital photographs when you need them, or do you spend more time rifling through your hard drive and file cabinets than you'd like? Do you have a system for assigning and tracking content data on your photos? If you make a living as a photographer, do your images bear your copyright and contact information, or do they circulate in the marketplace unprotected?

As professional photographer and author Peter Krogh sees it, "your DAM system is fundamental to the way your images are known, both to you and to everyone else." DAM, or Digital Asset Management, in the world of digital photography refers to every part of the process that follows the taking of the picture, through final output and permanent storage. Anyone who shoots, scans or stores digital photographs, is practicing some form of digital asset management. Unfortunately, most of us don't yet know how to manage our files (and our time) very systematically, or efficiently.

In The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers, Krogh brings clarity to the often overwhelming task of managing digital photographs, with a solid plan and practical advice for fellow photographers on how to file, find, protect and re-use photographs. Following a thorough overview of the DAM system and de-mystifications of metadata and digital archiving, Krogh focuses on best practices for digital photographers using Adobe Photoshop CS2. He explains how to use Adobe Bridge, the new CS2 navigational software that replaces the File Browser introduced in Photoshop 7, with full details on integrating Bridge, Camera Raw and Digital Asset Management software.

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Adobe InDesign CS2 is a powerful, but
complicated, page layout technology. Sure, learning how to use the
various tools and techniques is important, but what you really need and
want to know is how to put those tools and techniques to use to
complete projects at work. That’s where Adobe InDesign CS2 @ Work: Projects You Can Use on the Job
comes into play. The InDesign tools and basics are introduced to you in
the first three chapters. After that, you will accomplish a variety of
real-world job tasks with detailed instructions that allow for
personalization. The projects you will learn to tackle include:

• Business Collateral
• Marketing Materials
• Newspaper/Magazine Ads and Posters
• Brochures
• Interactive Reports/Presentations
• Monthly Newsletters
• Product Catalogues
• Order Forms
• Annual Reports

Tips, tricks and notes provide you with the information that you need to carry over what you learn in Adobe InDesign CS2 @ Work: Projects You Can Use on the Job to your job. Put your knowledge and talents to work!

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�“I’m
really impressed with Adobe InDesign @work: Projects You Can Use on the
Job. Cate Indiano found just the right balance of easy step-by-step
instructions and pertinent background information, including workflow,
project management, and production issues. The example layouts and
files are well-designed and provide real-world context for the entire
book. You won’t find any fluff here - just a combination of clear and
purposeful text and screenshots.”

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There are plenty of books available to teach you how to use the
different tools that are a part of Adobe Illustrator CS2. But how many
will actually show you how to work with the tools and techniques and
apply them to real-world, relevant projects that you encounter every
day at work? This one will. Adobe Illustrator CS2 @ Work: Projects You Can Use on the Job
is a project-based guide that will help you complete workplace projects
while you learn how to use Illustrator CS2. Detailed, well-explained
instructions will help you accomplish job-related tasks, including:

• Designing and working with logos.
• Designing corporate identity materials.
• Illustrating a poster.
• Designing product packaging.
• Designing a trifold brochure.
• Designing a magazine advertisement.
• Designing a DVD package, label and menu.
• Designing a website.

Tips, tricks and notes will provide you with the information that you
need to apply what you learn through these projects to projects you
encounter every day at work. Learn by doing rather than reading with Adobe Illustrator CS2 @ Work: Projects You Can Use on the Job.

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Working with Color with Bruce Heavin is a movie-based tutorial designed
to help anyone understand the basic principles of color relationships,
especially as they relate to digital design and/or composition. Part
one of the training begins with a 47-minute lecture on color principles
featuring value, hue and color relationships. Part two of the training
involves a workshop covering digital color mixing, shifting,
saturation, tinting, shading, hue, toning, the creation of swatches,
personalized color systems and more. Step-by-step instructions using
Adobe Photoshop guide you through a number of exercises so you can
learn at your own pace.

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The fully updated Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium software (which
includes Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive, and Acrobat) is a
unified design environment. The Creative Suite 2 enables you to realize
your ideas anywhere-in print, on the Web, or on mobile devices, and
this info-packed guide lets users get right down to doing just that by
focusing on the Creative Suite 2 features they’re most likely to use
and showcasing each in a stand-alone tip–complete with a relevant hint
or two and a graphic example. In this fashion, readers learn just what
they need to know, exploring the programs in a way that makes sense to
them.

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Scott Kelby and Felix Nelson (the creative team behind Photoshop User magazine) take their best-selling Photoshop Killer Tips books to a whole new level with their update for Photoshop CS2.

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Okay,
why a book of nothing but tips? Because that’s where all the really
slick, really useful, and really fun stuff is. It’s true! If we’re
looking through a book and we see the word “Tip” we’re all immediately
drawn to it, because we know we’re about to learn something great.�
Maybe it’s an undocumented keyboard shortcut, a hidden inside secret,
or just a faster, better way to do something we do every day. The only
problem with the tips in these books is that there are never enough of
‘em.� That is, until now.

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That’s
because this book is packed cover-to-cover, wall-to-wall with nothing
but those cool Photoshop CS2 sidebar tips. Every tip is designed to
make you work faster, smarter, and have more fun using Photoshop CS2.
There are no detailed descriptions of CMYK separation set-ups, or long
boring discussions on color management theory. It’s just tips–short,
sweet, and to the point.

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But
we’ve done the “tip” idea one better, because every tip has a
full-color graphic to make the tips even more accessible, even more
fun, and even easier to use. Most importantly, to get in this book
they’ve got to be “Killer Tips.” The kind of tip that makes you smile,
nod, and then call all your friends and “tune them up” with your new�
status as Photoshop guru.

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If
you’ve wondered how the pros get twice the work done in half the time,
it’s because they know all the tips, and all the tricks. Now with this
book, so will you.

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If you’re ready to go from blindly following step-by-step instructions
to “Aha, I finally GET Photoshop!” this is the place to start. In these
pages, world renowned Photoshop instructor and best-selling author Ben Willmore
writes in his signature style�intuitive, crystal clear, and
in-depth�helping you gain the deep understanding needed to master
Photoshop’s most essential features. Complex concepts like Curves and
Channels are broken down into easy to digest metaphors and
descriptions, and features new to Photoshop CS2�such as Bridge, Smart
Objects, the revamped Layers Palette and Camera Raw dialog box, as well
as the awesome new Warping and Vanishing Point features�are all covered
in the depth they deserve, making it possible to quickly adapt them
into your daily workflow. Whether you�re a photographer, designer,
production artist or hobbyist, the knowledge you gain in this book can
dramatically change the way you think about Photoshop.

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For both Mac and Windows PC users, Photoshop CS2 is the market leader
and industry standard for commercial bitmap image manipulation. Also
known as the “digital dark room,” Photoshop is the unparalleled tool of
choice among graphics professionals and hobby photographers alike.
Written by 20-year photo retouching veteran Glenn Honiball, Commercial
Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio is the only book to deliver advice
for the photographer and artist working with Photoshop CS 2 in a real
world commercial environment. Honiball offers incomparable technical
and artistic guidance for professionals, graphic artists,
photographers, and just about anyone involved in creating and
manipulating digital images. Production artists face unrealistically
tight deadlines and heavy workloads that leave little time for trial
and error. Photo retouchers need practical, immediate Photoshop
solutions to help them produce quality images with minimal effort and
in a short amount of time. All the tools, techniques, and skills you
need to achieve consistent, professional results with Photoshop CS2 can
be found in Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio. Anyone with
intermediate-to-advanced Photoshop skills–whether you want to explore
photo retouching personally or as an imaging professional or
student–can use Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio to
produce sharp, expert, extraordinary photos that don’t look retouched.
Under Honibell’s seasoned direction, you’ll be able to tackle your
greatest photo-retouching challenges with ease, precision and
efficiency. He guides you through Photoshop CS2’s new and innovative
features; explains advanced capabilities; shows you how to adapt and
custom-fit the software to meet your needs; offers time-saving tips for
accelerating your workflow; and delivers advice and inspiration for
exercising your own creative genius. Commercial Photoshop Retouching:
In the Studio is the ideal resource for any digital artist who wants to
develop and perfect professional-level retouching using Photoshop CS 2.
With this book, you will bring photo correction and manipulation to a
whole new level.

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Photoshop can be an intimidating and time-consuming program to
learn. Wouldn’t you rather spend your time learning by doing rather
than reading? Adobe Photoshop CS 2 On Demand features
step-by-step instructions with accompanying visuals so that you spend
more time learning and less time reading. The in-depth, wide-ranging
coverage will enable you to get the most out of Photoshop CS 2 and
included tool, such as:

• File browser
• Brush special effects
• Photo retouching
• Enhanced web output features
• Healing brush

Studying
for the Adobe Certified Exam for Photoshop? This tutorial also includes
exam objectives throughout its pages. You will become a master of
Photoshop CS 2 with the help of Adobe Photoshop CS 2 On Demand.

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