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Mastering
Photoshop
®
CS3
for Print Design and Production
Ted LoCascio
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
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Mastering
Photoshop
®
CS3
for Print Design and Production
Ted LoCascio
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
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Acknowledgments
First and foremost, I must thank everyone at Sybex and John Wiley & Sons for making this
book possible. Thanks to publishers Neil Edde and Dan Brodnitz and to acquisitions editor Pete
Gaughan for sharing my vision on this project and for being as genuinely enthusiastic about
Photoshop as I am. Thanks also to developmental editor Doug Nelson for helping me organize
this title and paying such close attention to the details, and to Walt Dietrich for acting as my tech-
nical editor and making sure every step, shortcut, and tip is correct.
Thank you to Dr. Taz Tally for his extensive contributions to the manuscript.
Special thanks to my copyeditor, Sharon Wilkey, for making this book read as well as it does. I
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schedule and keeping everything on track. I would also like to thank compositor Maureen Forys
for doing such a great job of laying out the book.
Loving thanks to my wife, Jill, and to my son, Enzo, for being so patient while I was busy writ-
ing this book. Thanks also to Mom, Dad, Val, Bob and Evelyn Innocenti, and the rest of my
extended family for being so supportive.
I must also thank Lynda Weinman, Michael Ninness, Garo Green, Tanya Staples, Chris Mattia,
and the rest of the wonderful staff at Lynda.com for allowing me to be a part of their excellent
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Stone and David Blatner. Special thanks also go out to Barry Anderson and all of the instructors
and staff at the Adobe CS Conference.
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And of course, thanks to Adobe for making such great software to write about.
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About the Author
Ted LoCascio is a professional graphic designer and an expert in Photoshop, Photoshop Elements,
InDesign, Illustrator, and QuarkXPress. He served as senior designer at KW Media and the
National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) for several years, and has created lay-

outs and designs for many successful software training books, videos, and magazines.
Ted is the author of InDesign CS2 at Your Fingertips, The InDesign Effects Book, and Combining
Images with Photoshop Elements. He has contributed articles to Photoshop User magazine, InDesign
Magazine, and Creativepro.com, and has taught at Photoshop World. Ted is also the video author
of InDesign CS2 Essential Training, Font Management, Illustrator CS2 Creative Techniques, Creative
Suite 2 Integration: Print Project Workflow, Getting Started with Quark Interactive Designer, and Bridge
and Version Cue CS3 Essential Training—all available at Lynda.com. And he teaches a digital graph-
ics course at St. Petersburg College in Seminole, Florida.
A graphic designer for more than 10 years, Ted’s designs and illustrations have been featured
in several national newsstand and trade magazines, such as Photoshop User, Mac Design Magazine,
Nikon’s Capture User, Great Output, AAA Going Places, and Florida Trend. As a professional
designer, he has used Adobe software to create layouts for magazines, books, and various adver-
tising and marketing materials, including brochures, product packaging, posters and signs, and
interactive PDFs.
A Chicago native (born a hopeless Cubs fan) and Columbia College alumnus, Ted relocated to
the Tampa Bay area in 1994. He currently resides in Tarpon Springs, Florida, with his wife, Jill, and
their son, Enzo.
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Contents at a Glance
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xv
Chapter 1 • Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Chapter 2 • Making Good Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Chapter 3 • Working with Brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Chapter 4 • Working with Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Chapter 5 • Tonal and Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Chapter 6 • Enhancing and Retouching for Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Chapter 7 • Combining Image Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
Chapter 8 • Layer Styles and Filter Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299
Chapter 9 • Reducing Noise and Sharpening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
Chapter 10 • Editing in Camera Raw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .381

Chapter 11 • CS3 Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .433
Chapter 12 • Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .473
Chapter 13 • Saving, Printing, and Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .497
Appendix • The Bottom Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .539
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .557
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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xv
Chapter 1 • Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
What’s New in CS3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
New Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Enhanced Curves Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Smarter Smart Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Quick Selection Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Refine Edge Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Preferences for Print Designers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
A New Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
File Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Cursors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Transparency & Gamut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Units & Rulers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Guides, Grid, Slices, & Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Setting Up a Workspace for Print Design/Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Managing Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Saving a Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Deleting a Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Using Screen Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Customizing Menus and Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Editing Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Editing Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Color Management: What Color Settings Should I Use? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
What’s an ICC Color Profile? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Monitor Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Color Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Synchronized Color Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Understanding Resolution for Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Pixel Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
What’s My Resolution? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
The Bottom Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Chapter 2 • Making Good Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Defining Good Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
The Selection Border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
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