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Praise for the Photoshop Bibles and
Deke McClelland
You’re probably thinking that if someone has the gall to call his book
a Bible, it had better be pretty good. If you’re not thinking that, it’s
probably because you’ve already experienced the Photoshop Bible
and you know it’s good.
— Los Angeles Times
Say goodbye to those dull and dusty step-by-step tutorials now that
Deke McClelland, the Digital Guru of computer graphics, has updated
his international bestseller, the Macworld Photoshop 5 Bible.
— Adobe.com
A great program deserves a great book. Photoshop has one in this
mammoth paperback (Photoshop Bible).
— Cincinnati Enquirer
I’ve been involved with Photoshop for over seven years, and for as
long as I can remember, I’ve had Deke looking over my shoulder.
Deke takes you through Photoshop and covers a lot of areas with
impressive depth.
— Mark Hamburg, Adobe Principal Scientist and Architect for Photoshop
It’s always nice to see something that was very good become great — bigger and better
than its predecessor (which was already quite good), the Macworld Photoshop 5 Bible
kicks some serious butt: it’s simply outstanding.
— PhotoBooks.com
The Photoshop Bible is a must have encyclopedia of Photoshop info. It’s a tribute to
Deke’s Photoshop knowledge that even the most veteran Photoshop users find the
“Bible” required reading.
— Jeff Schewe, Imaging Artist and Author
(Photoshop Bibles) show you the ins and outs of this fascinating program, with
step-by-step instructions for both everyday techniques and unusual but useful tricks.
— Houston Chronicle
This is an excellent book. I believe you will use it for years.

— Space Coast PC Journal
[In Photoshop Studio Secrets] McClelland takes you step by step through every stage
of the design, from concept to execution. This is the book you need if you’re more
interested in the artwork than in the tools.
— Los Angeles Times
With Photoshop expert Deke McClelland at the steering wheel, how can you go wrong!
— The Design & Publishing Center
The Photoshop 5 Bible by Deke McClelland sits proudly on my desk and is a constant
source of information and assistance as I confidently create with Adobe Photoshop 5.
McClelland’s complete understanding of Adobe’s suite of imaging software is only
surpassed by his ability to teach. He may be my favorite author!
— Susanne York, Houston, TX
I gotta tell you — the Photoshop Bible has saved me many times. There is nothing
more a designer needs (except for coffee) sitting beside his Mac than the Photoshop
Bible.
— Jason K. Jennings, Nashville, TN
While it may theoretically be possible to use Photoshop without the Photoshop Bible,
I can’t imagine why anyone would want to try.
— Tim Wilson, Keys Entertainment
McClelland offers tons of tips, tricks and procedures. There are more insights than any
one person will likely be able to digest, but even a few will prove invaluable for getting
more out of the program… . One advantage of such a large book is that complicated
subjects can be dealt with at length. McClelland takes full advantage of this in the
special effects section, detailing how the different filters work, what the effects of the
filters are, and how users can better control the results… Macworld Photoshop Bible
succeeds as a valuable tome for users of all levels. It will be helpful for beginners and
relevant to advanced users.
— Communication Arts
This was the best computer book I’ve ever read.
— SM, Boulder, CO

This Author’s style is inviting and comfortable. He explains complex concepts in a very
simple, familiar manner. Nothing else comes close.
— TG, North Hollywood, CA
I read this book on vacation — and still had a good time!
— DLG, Vanderbilt, Mississippi
This book has the most extensive coverage of Adobe Photoshop I’ve seen! Thanks for
helping me realize the limitless potential of Photoshop!
— DG, Big Sandy, Texas
…this encyclopedic effort ought to help both new and experienced users unleash the
power of this multidimensional program. Nearly every feature is explored in detail — in
McClelland’s conversational style…. One imaging topic of importance among Photoshop
disciples — Unsharp Making— gets no less than seven pages in the Bible. It’s as clear an
explanation of USM as has ever been published, backed up with examples showing the
effects achieved by varying the Amount, Radius, and Threshold settings. In fact, if you’re
looking for only one comprehensive Photoshop book, this may be the one.
— Photo District News
It’s a must have for every professional Photoshop user.
— RC, London, England
I teach Photoshop; there would be no way for me to survive my first class without this
book! Deke McClelland incorporates a funny way of explaining things, he’s very
thorough and tells you about “real-life” situations, not just what Adobe wants its
customers to know.
— CD, Addison, Texas
I thought I was an expert Photoshop user, but you should see how many pages I’ve
marked in this book. Deke’s presentation is one of the clearest and most accurate
I’ve seen.
— CS, Fullerton, California
This book puts the Photoshop user manual to shame!
— DB, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Deke is humorous, not a self-righteous “know everything” author. This book cuts

straight to the usable information, without the typical hype or fluff of the manufacturer
manuals.
— EV, Somerset, New Jersey
I’m able to do more than I thought possible with Photoshop using this guide.
— DH, Lincoln, Nebraska
I like the clear, concise, and practical application of each process in Photoshop.
Especially the use of layers! WOW!
— MRB, Langley, Washington
I have every Photoshop book and this one is the best. It is the one I go to when I need
an answer.
— EF, Boulder Colorado
What I really like about the book is that Deke McClelland starts at the basics and takes
you step by step as if you knew nothing about scanning or images. He takes nothing for
granted, explaining in the introduction such fundamentals as when to use Photoshop
and when to use a drawing program…So what does Photoshop do and how does this
book help you in doing it? Mr. McClelland will answer both questions and every other
question you can think of within the confines of the Macintosh and Photoshop.
— Work Place, University College, Dublin, Ireland
No other book about Photoshop is as good as this one. It’s the best!
— JO, Garsfontein, South Africa
A truly wonderful book, jam packed with useful hints, tricks and basic procedures in
Photoshop.
— TW, Dubuque, Iowa
I had tough deadlines and had never used Photoshop before. This book added years to
my life!
— RB, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Great job McClelland! Many books are dull, but this one made me laugh out loud. It
was easy to read the whole thing.
— PM, Vallejo, California
I am laughing all day thinking about and reading this book.

— SA, Barcelona, Spain
Given the technical nature of the topic and the depth of coverage, you might expect the
writing to be rather dry — somewhat less than inspiring. Fortunately, Deke McClelland
is as accomplished a writer as he is a Photoshop guru. He has managed to keep a
potentially heavy topic from becoming too great a burden on the reader, while
maintaining a strong flow of information. His wit and style show through repeatedly in
every chapter. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who uses Adobe Photoshop
on the Mac or PC.
— Flash
It has an answer waiting for every question I could possibly have about Photoshop.
— TL, Corona, California
This “Bible” brings all the comfort that the King James Version no longer does — it’s
my new “Linus Blanket!” I have yet to go find a topic that I can think of that isn’t
covered by the book, and it is stuffed full of topics that wouldn’t have occurred to me.
— NC, London, England
I learn something new every time I open it.
— SFJ, Billerica, Massachusetts
It’s a great book…definitely every Photoshop user’s dream.
— CT, Brisbane, Australia
I like Deke McClelland’s sense of humor! Plus I loved all the information he poured
forth about every feature of Photoshop. I just think this book is excellent!
— TC, Augusta, Georgia
I think I love you, Deke McClelland! Thank you for continuing my ongoing quest!
— KW, Ocoee, Florida
This is a great book. I know Photoshop but I never realized you could do so much with
it until I read this book.
— TLS, Whitestone, New York
It is easily understandable and very easy reading with as much information put
together as I thought possible. It has everything!
— GKP, Eugene, Oregon

This book helped me to understand the thought processes the developers went through
to build the program, which helps me to be a better user.
— JD, Arkansas City, Kansas
The best Photoshop book I’ve seen — I know: I’m a sixteen-year professional.
— CD, Hazelwood, Missouri
While reading this book, it felt like a good friend was sitting over my shoulder letting
me in on all the tips and tricks no one else would tell me about or knew about.
Thanks!
— JO, San Marcos, Texas
Anyone involved with design knows about this book.
— TS, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This book has information on all aspects of Photoshop in non-technical, everyday
language. It was enjoyable to read and I learned a lot.
— NI, Fairlawn, New Jersey
I selected Macworld Photoshop 4.0 Bible for my digital imaging course because I
was impressed with its thoroughness and with the fact that it’s very appropriate for
beginning through advanced-level students a very comprehensive text!
— Thomas Shirley, Faculty member, Digital Imaging, Columbia College, IL

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About the Author
In 1985, Deke McClelland oversaw the implementation of the first personal com-
puter-based production department in Boulder, Colorado. He later graduated to be
artistic director for Publishing Resources, one of the earliest all-PostScript service
bureaus in the United States.
These days, Deke is the author of the award-winning titles Photoshop for Windows
Bible and Macworld Photoshop Bible (both published by IDG Books Worldwide), now
in their eighth year with more copies in print than any other guides on computer
graphics.
Other best-selling titles include Photoshop For Dummies, Photoshop Studio Secrets,
Web Design Studio Secrets (all IDG Books Worldwide), Real World Illustrator 9, and
Real World Digital Photography (both Peachpit Press). He also serves as host to sev-
eral entertaining and educational video training series, including Total Photoshop,
Total InDesign, and Total Illustrator (all Total Training).
In 1989, Deke won the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Computer Book. Since
then, he has received honors from the Society for Technical Communication (once
in 1994 and twice in 1999), the American Society of Business Press Editors (1995),
the Western Publications Association (1999), and the Computer Press Association
(1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, and twice in 1999). In 1999, Book Bytes named Deke
its Author of the Year.
Deke is presently working on his new visual learning series, Look & Learn, which
is slated to include Look & Learn Photoshop and Look & Learn Flash (IDG Books
Worldwide). He is a contributing editor for Macworld magazine.

To my mad little Max, and the woman who created him.
Two sweeter people you never did see.
To see these two people is sweetness indeed.
Foreword
I
f you are reading this foreword, it probably means that you’ve purchased a copy
of Adobe Photoshop 6.0, and for that I and the rest of the Photoshop team at
Adobe thank you.
If you own a previous edition of the Photoshop Bible, you probably know what to
expect. If not, then get ready for an interesting trip.
A lot of attention in various forums has been given to the fact that the year 2000
marks the ten-year anniversary of Adobe Photoshop. Unless you buy this book
almost immediately after it comes out, I will also have been working on Photoshop
for ten years, so this seems like a good time to do a little looking back.
When I joined the Photoshop team, my first task was to start adding vector drawing
capabilities to a program that even in 1.0 could lay claim to being the leading desk-
top raster editing program. In other words, I was to implement a Bézier pen tool
that as initially planned was little more than a glorified lasso tool. Ten years later,
Photoshop 6 is now taking vectors on in earnest. I trust that doesn’t mean that we
sat still for the 9+ years between Photoshop 2.0 and Photoshop 6.0. It certainly
doesn’t feel that way.
If we had done so, I suspect that we would have heard from Deke McClelland since
he’s been watching over our shoulders for almost as long as I can remember.
While Photoshop 6 probably provides more instant gratification features than any
previous version, at its core it offers a broad collection of basic and not so basic
tools for building and manipulating images. Becoming a skilled Photoshop user
involves getting to know those tools, how they interact, and when to use them. The
best way I’ve found to do that is through use, exploration, and play. On the other
hand, since Photoshop allows one to do so much, it can be difficult to know where
to begin. It’s like opening a watch maker’s tool chest: The screwdrivers are pretty

obvious, but what about all these other strange and mysterious instruments?
This is where Deke comes in. In Deke’s hands, Photoshop goes from being just a
toolbox to being a strange and wonderful land all its own. The Photoshop Bible is a
guided tour through that land with a guide who has been over the territory many
times.
Deke takes you through most of Photoshop and covers a lot of areas in impressive
depth. Not only does he show you the features in Photoshop— after all, you’ve got
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the manual to do that — he shows you how to use them to address issues that look
almost like real world problems. This is the Photoshop Bible not the Photoshop
Encyclopedia and hence it tells stories rather than just presenting information.
A second thing that you’ll get from this book is a lot of commentary. Deke isn’t shy
about letting you know how he feels about various features. I don’t always agree
with Deke’s opinions on these matters, but I think his openness about his opinions
makes the book much richer. If you become a routine user of Photoshop, you will
almost certainly develop your own opinions, some of which will probably match
Deke’s and some of which probably won’t. It’s valuable to get his opinions during
the tour, however, because, even if you end up disagreeing with them, they give you
more to think about.
Finally, the most invigorating aspect of this book is the enthusiasm Deke brings to
the tour. You’ll note that I included “play” in my list of strategies for coming to know
Photoshop, and I think just having fun with the program is really one of the best
things you can do when starting out. Deke almost relentlessly conveys that sense
of excitement and fun, and for that I thank him.
So, fasten your seat belts, put on your pith helmets, and get ready. It’s a fascinating
trip ahead.
Mark Hamburg
Principal Scientist and Architect for Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Systems Incorporated

September 2000
Preface
I
have no idea where you are as you read this. You might be sitting in front of your
computer, lounging on a beach in Martinique, or curled up under the covers with
a flashlight. But there’s a chance you’re standing in a bookstore with a clerk behind
you asking if you need any help. If so, you’re at what we in the book biz like to call
the “point of purchase” (POP). From my perspective, the POP is a dangerous place,
fraught with ambiguities and temptations. There’s a chance—however infinitesimal —
that you might put this book back where you found it and buy a competing title. I
shudder to think of it.
So for the benefit of you POPers, I’m about to lay it on a bit thick.
This book is not only the number-one selling guide to Adobe Photoshop, but one
of the two or three most successful books on any electronic publishing topic ever
printed. You can find dozens of localized translations throughout the world. The
Dutch translation has been known to come out before the English edition, and I
just received an e-mail from my German translator urging me to get her manuscript
ASAP. The Photoshop Bible is the most widely accepted textbook for college courses.
It is also the only third-party book that has been edited from cover to cover for tech-
nical accuracy by members of Photoshop’s programming team (for which I am duly
grateful).
Now, we all know “bestseller” doesn’t necessarily translate to “best”—I needn’t
remind you that pet rocks were once hotter than Pokémon. But the Photoshop Bible
seems to have touched a chord. Based on the letters I’ve received over the years,
most readers find the book informative, comprehensive, and entertaining. (Okay, one
woman summed it up as “violent, satanic, and blasphemous” — cross my heart, it’s
true — but now that we’ve removed all the backward lyrics, I think we’ve addressed
that problem.) Knowing that people not only buy the book, but actually read it and
find it pleasurable, gives me more satisfaction than I can say.
The driving philosophy behind Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible is a simple one: Even

the most intimidating topic can be made easy if it’s explained properly. This goes
double when the subject of the discussion is something as modest as a piece of
software. Photoshop isn’t some remarkable work of nature that defies our compre-
hension. It’s nothing more that a commercial product designed by a bunch of regu-
lar people like you for the express purpose of being understood and put to use by
a bunch of regular people like you. If I can’t explain something that’s inherently so
straightforward, then shame on me.
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I’ve made it my mission to address every topic head-on — no cop-outs, no apolo-
gies. Everything’s here, from the practical benefits of creating accurate masks to
the theoretical wonders of designing your own custom layer styles. I wasn’t born
with this knowledge, and there are plenty of times when I’m learning with you. But
when I don’t know how something works, I do the research and figure it out, some-
times discussing features directly with the programmers, sometimes taking advan-
tage of other sources. My job is to find out the answers, make sure those answers
make sense, and pass them along to you as clearly as I can.
I also provide background, opinions, and a few feeble attempts at humor. A dry list-
ing of features followed by ponderous discussions of how they work doesn’t mean
squat unless I explain why the feature is there, where it fits into your workflow,
and — on occasion — whether or not it’s the best solution. I am alternatively cranky,
excited, and just plain giddy as I explain Photoshop, and I make no effort to contain
my criticisms or enthusiasm. This book is me walking you through the program as
subjectively as I would explain it to a friend.
But before I brag any more about the book, it’s possible you’re not even sure what
Photoshop is, much less why you’d need a book on the subject. Just so we’re all
clear, let’s take a peek at the program.
What Is Photoshop?
Photoshop 6 is a professional-level image editor that runs on a Power Macintosh
computer running OS 8.5 or later; or a Pentium-based PC equipped with any of sev-

eral versions of Microsoft Windows. By image editor, I mean that Photoshop enables
you to edit photos and artwork scanned to disk. You can then post the resulting
images on the Internet or print them on paper.
Here’s an example: Your job is to take a picture of your company’s high-and-mighty
CEO, touch up the crow’s feet, fix the hair, and publish the Chief’s smiling face on
the cover of the annual report. No problem. Just shoot the photo, have it scanned
to disk, open Mr. or Mrs. CEO inside Photoshop, and away you go. Photoshop arms
you with all the digital wrinkle cream, toupee relaxer, jowl remover, and tooth pol-
isher that you could ask for. The head honcho looks presentable no matter how
badly the company is doing.
Photoshop, then, is about changing reality. It follows in the footsteps of a rich pro-
cession of after-camera tools. Despite all the hand-wringing you may have heard
about the veracity of photographs in the digital age, image editing has been around
almost as long as photography itself. Witness the editorial image below, lifted from
the hallowed pages of a 1917 issue of The Geographic (predecessor to National
Geographic). The men on the left are authentic, but I’m a bit skeptical about that
fellow inside the van. Today’s editing techniques may be more sophisticated, but
they’re hardly anything new.
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In 1917, The Geographic tendered this image as a genuine photograph,
and very likely many readers thought nothing of it. One day, future
generations will think the same of our work.
Photoshop goes beyond just reducing the distance between two Giza pyramids on
the cover of National Geographic or plopping a leaning Tom Cruise, photographed
in Hawaii, onto the supportive shoulder of Dustin Hoffman, photographed in New
York, for a Newsweek spread (both duller-than-fiction applications of image-editing
software). Photoshop brings you full-tilt creativity. Picture the head of an eagle on
the body of a lion with the legs of a spider and the wings of a dove. Picture yourself
in a boat on a river with tangerine trees and marmalade skies. Whether your inspi-

rations are original or derivative, Photoshop lets you paint snapshots from your
dreams. If you can picture it in your head, you can paint it in Photoshop.
About This Book
If you’re familiar with previous editions of this book, this one represents your
everyday average exhaustive renovation. As is often the case, I am assisted by Julie
PhotoDeluxe For Dummies King and Amy InDesign For Dummies Thomas Buscaglia,
long-time contributors to the Bible. (Julie has been adding her touch since the very
first Bible; Amy has been on board for the last seven renditions.) With their help,
I’ve added detailed discussions on the subjects of layers, blending options, styles,
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vector-based shapes, color management, object-oriented text, the expanded TIFF
and PDF file formats, free-form distortions, and the usual plethora of interface
enhancements. As always, we’ve reworked the structure of the book to suit the
newest version of Photoshop, creating new parts, rehashing every chapter without
exception, and rewriting several chapters from the ground up. In short, we’ve
deprived ourselves of sleep and sanity to make you happy.
If you’re new to the Bible, I urge you to take a brief moment and make sure you have
the right one before you pay the clerk and take it home. You are currently holding
the Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible, designed specifically for folks who own PCs
equipped with Microsoft Windows. If you use a Apple Macintosh or iMac instead,
put this book down and request a copy of the Macworld Photoshop 6 Bible, which
is far more likely to suit your needs.
That silver Frisbee on the back cover
In the back of this book, you’ll find a CD-ROM. It contains Photoshop plug-ins and
several high-resolution pieces of stock photography in full, natural color. I’ve
included many of the pivotal images from this book so that you can follow along
with my examples as you see fit.
The Bible is nothing if not comprehensive. To bolster this claim, I’ve included a few
additional chapters as PDF files on the CD-ROM. Assuming you have Adobe Acrobat

Reader (which you can download at www.adobe.com), you can open the chapters,
read them on screen, and print them at your leisure. Among these on-disk chapters
are two collections of Photoshop shortcuts — the most extensive of their kind —
one for Macintosh users (Chapter C) and one for Windows (Chapter D). This way,
even if you unknowingly purchased the wrong version of the book, you have all
the shortcuts you need. The CD also includes PDF copies of all the printed chapters
in this book, perfect for those times you want to print an additional copy of a chap-
ter to highlight, underline, or paper the birdcage. Bear in mind, however, that I pro-
vide these PDFs for your personal use only. If you distribute them to friends and
family, you’re breaking all kinds of federal codes, interstate treaties, and Geneva
Convention ordinances. If you’re unlucky enough to get caught, the FBI will raid
your house and make you sit in the corner and write bad checks. Okay, I made that
up. All I can really do is tell you I’d rather you didn’t share the PDF chapters and
hope you don’t. I’m powerless; pity me.
As an extra special bonus, you’ll find several QuickTime movie tutorials that
explain how to use some of Photoshop’s most challenging features. These are
excerpted from my video training series, Total Photoshop, from Total Training
(www.totaltraining.com).
Perhaps best of all, the CD is cross-platform, so you can open it on a Mac or PC.
Read the appendix, “Using the CD-ROM,” for a complete listing of the contents of
the CD.
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Conventions
Every computer book seems to conform to a logic all its own, and this one’s no
exception. Although I try to avoid pig latin — ellway, orfay hetay ostmay artpay — I
do subscribe to a handful of conventions that you may not immediately recognize.
Vocabulary

Call it computerese, call it technobabble, call it the synthetic jargon of propeller
heads. The fact is, I can’t explain Photoshop in graphic and gruesome detail without
reverting to the specialized language of the trade. However, to help you keep up, I
can and have italicized vocabulary words (as in random-access memory) with which
you may not be familiar or which I use in an unusual context. An italicized term is
followed by a definition.
If you come across a strange word that is not italicized (that bit of italics was for
emphasis), look it up in the index to find the first reference to the word in the book.
Commands and options
To distinguish the literal names of commands, dialog boxes, buttons, and so on, I
capitalize the first letter in each word (for example, click on the Cancel button). The
only exceptions are option names, which can be six or seven words long and filled
with prepositions like to and of. Traditionally, prepositions and articles (a, an, the)
don’t appear in initial caps, and this book follows that time-honored rule, too.
When discussing menus and commands, I use an arrow symbol to indicate hierar-
chy. For example, Choose File ➪ Open means to choose the Open command from
the File menu. If you have to display a submenu to reach a command, I list the
command used to display the submenu between the menu name and the final com-
mand. Choose Image ➪ Adjust ➪ Invert means to choose the Adjust command from
the Image menu and then choose the Invert command from the Adjust submenu.
Version numbers
A new piece of software comes out every 15 minutes. That’s not a real statistic,
mind you, but I bet I’m not far off. As I write this, Photoshop has advanced to
Version 6.0. But by the time you read this, the version number may be seven hun-
dredths of a percentage point higher. So know that when I write Photoshop 6, I mean
any version of Photoshop short of 7.
Similarly, when I write Photoshop 5, I mean Versions 5.0, 5.0.2, and 5.5; Photoshop 4
means Versions 4.0 and 4.0.1; Photoshop 3 means Versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.3, 3.0.4,
and 3.0.5; you get the idea.
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Icons
Like just about every computer book currently available on your greengrocer’s
shelves, this one includes alluring icons that focus your eyeballs smack-dab on
important information. The icons make it easy for folks who just like to skim books
to figure out what the heck’s going on. Icons serve as little insurance policies
against short attention spans. On the whole, the icons are self-explanatory, but
I’ll explain them anyway.
The Caution icon warns you that a step you’re about to take may produce disas-
trous results. Well, perhaps “disastrous” is an exaggeration. Inconvenient, then.
Uncomfortable. For heaven’s sake, use caution.
The Note icon highlights some little tidbit of information I’ve decided to share with
you that seemed at the time to be remotely related to the topic at hand. I might tell
you how an option came into existence, why a feature is implemented the way it is,
or how things used to be better back in the old days.
The Photoshop 6 icon explains an option, command, or other feature that is
brand-spanking new to this latest revision. If you’re already familiar with previous
versions of Photoshop, you might just want to plow through the book looking for
Photoshop 6 icons and see what new stuff is out there.
This book is bursting with tips and techniques. If I were to highlight every one of
them, whole pages would have light-bulbs popping out all over the place. The Tip
icon calls attention to shortcuts that are specifically applicable to the Photoshop
application. For the bigger, more useful power tips, I’m afraid you’ll have to actually
read the text.
The Cross-Reference icon tells you where to go for information related to the cur-
rent topic. I included one a few pages back and you probably read it without think-
ing twice. That means you’re either sharp as a tack or an experienced computer-
book user. Either way, you won’t have any trouble with this icon.
I thought of including one more icon that alerted you to every new bit of informa-
tion — whether Photoshop 6–dependent or not — that’s included in this book. But I

found myself using it every other paragraph. Besides, that would have robbed you
of the fun of discovering the new stuff.
How to Bug Me
Even in its sixth edition, scanned by the eyes of hundreds of thousands of readers
and scrutinized intensely for months at a time by myself and my editors, I’ll bet
someone, somewhere will still manage to locate errors and oversights. If you notice
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those kinds of things and you have a few spare moments, please let me know. I
always appreciate readers’ comments.
If you want to share your insights, comments, or corrections, please visit my Web
site, the infamous . There you’ll find news and excerpts
about my books, tips for various graphics products, and other goofy online stuff.
Let me know what you think. To e-mail me, click on the Contact Deke button. Don’t
fret if you don’t hear from me for a few days, or months, or ever. I read every letter
and try to implement nearly every constructive idea anyone bothers to send me.
But because I receive hundreds of reader letters a week, I can respond to only a
small percentage of them.
Please, do not write to ask me why your copy of Photoshop is misbehaving on your
specific computer. I was not involved in developing Photoshop, I am not employed
by Adobe, and I am not trained in product support. Adobe can answer your techni-
cal support questions way better than I can, so I leave it to the experts.

Now, without further ado, I urge you to turn the page and advance forward into the
great untamed frontier of image editing. But remember, this book can be a danger-
ous tool if wielded unwisely. Don’t set it on any creaky card tables or let your chil-
dren play with it without the assistance of a stalwart adult, preferably an All-Star
Wrestler or that guy who played the Incredible Hulk on TV. And no flower pressing.
The little suckers would be pummeled to dust by this monstrously powerful colos-
sus of a book.
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Contents at a Glance
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Part I: Welcome to Photoshop 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 1: What’s Up with Photoshop 6? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 2: Inside Photoshop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter 3: Image Fundamentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Part II: Painting and Retouching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Chapter 4: Defining Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Chapter 5: Painting and Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Chapter 6: Filling and Stroking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Chapter 7: Retouching, Repeating, and Restoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Part III: Selections, Masks, and Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Chapter 8: Selections and Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Chapter 9: Masks and Extractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Chapter 10: Corrective Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Chapter 11: Full-Court Filtering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Part IV: Layers, Objects, and Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553
Chapter 12: Working with Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555
Chapter 13: The Wonders of Blend Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609
Chapter 14: Shapes and Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653
Chapter 15: Fully Editable Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685

Part V: Color for Print and the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725
Chapter 16: Essential Color Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727
Chapter 17: Mapping and Adjusting Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755
Chapter 18: Printing Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807
Chapter 19: Creating Graphics for the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 841
Appendix: Using the CD-ROM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893
Bonus Chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On the CD-ROM
Chapter A: Constructing Homemade Effects
Chapter B: Actions and Other Automations
Chapter C: Macintosh Shortcuts
Chapter D: Windows Shortcuts
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899
End-User License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 940
CD-ROM Installation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 946