Adobe PHOTOSHOP 6.0 User manual

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Adobe® Photoshop® 6.0 User Guide for Windows® and Macintosh
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Contents
Getting Started Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Installing Adobe Photoshop and ImageReady . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Learning Adobe Photoshop and ImageReady . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Using Web resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Other learning resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Customer support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Adobe Photoshop Basics Using tools and palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Opening images in Photoshop and ImageReady . . . . . . . 12
Streamlining your workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Making tonal and color adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Retouching images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Making pixel selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Making edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Compositing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Drawing shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Creating type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Editing type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Designing Web graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Creating animations (ImageReady) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Optimizing Web graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
What’s New in Adobe
Photoshop 6.0
Superb vector support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Enhanced vector output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Layer styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Interactive image warping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Enhanced slicing capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Enhanced support for image maps and rollovers . . . . . . . 47
Weighted optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Improved Web workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Streamlined interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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Enhanced layer management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Expanded text features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Preset Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Other new and enhanced features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Looking at the Work Area Chapter 1
Using the toolbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Using the tool options bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Using palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Using context menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Viewing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Correcting mistakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Reverting to any state of an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Duplicating images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Using rulers, the measure tool, guides, and the grid . . . . . 74
Working with Extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Displaying status information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Displaying file and image information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Annotating images (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Jumping between applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Previewing an image in a browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Managing libraries with the Preset Manager
(Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Setting preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Resetting all warning dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Monitoring operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Closing files and quitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Getting Images into
Photoshop and
ImageReady
Chapter 2
About bitmap images and vector graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
About image size and resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Changing image size and resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Scanning images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Creating new images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Opening and importing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Placing files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Managing files with WebDAV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

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Working with Color Chapter 3
About color modes and models (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . 109
Color gamuts (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Adjusting the monitor display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Channels and bit depth (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Converting between color modes (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . 117
Converting to indexed color (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Applying colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Making color and tonal adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Producing Consistent
Color (Photoshop)
Chapter 4
Why colors sometimes don’t match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
About color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Do you need color management? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Creating a viewing environment for
color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Setting up color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Using predefined color management settings . . . . . . . . . 124
Customizing color management settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Specifying working spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Specifying color management policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Customizing advanced color management settings . . . 130
Saving and loading color management settings . . . . . . . 130
Synchronizing color management between
applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Soft-proofing colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Changing the color profile of a document . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Embedding profiles in saved documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Obtaining, installing, and updating color profiles . . . . . . 134
Creating an ICC monitor profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Selecting Chapter 5
About selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Making pixel selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Adjusting pixel selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Softening the edges of a selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Moving, copying, and pasting selections and layers . . . . 149
Working with snap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

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Saving and loading selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Deleting selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Removing fringe pixels from a selection
(Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Extracting objects from their background
(Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Drawing and Editing Chapter 6
About drawing and painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Drawing shapes and paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Using the shape tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Using the pen tools (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Drawing overlapping shapes (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Using the Paths palette (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Editing paths (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Managing paths (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Converting between paths and selection borders
(Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Adding color to paths (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Transforming and retouching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Using Channels and Masks Chapter 7
About channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Using the Channels palette (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Managing channels (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Mixing color channels (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Adding spot colors (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Using channel calculations to blend layers
and channels (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
About masks (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Creating temporary masks in Quick Mask mode
(Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Storing masks in alpha channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Using Layers Chapter 8
About layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
About layer sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Using the Layers palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Creating a layered image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

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Grouping layers into sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Moving and aligning the contents of layers . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Editing layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Creating clipping groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Specifying layer properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Using the Layer Style dialog box (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . 220
Setting layer blending options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Using layer styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Customizing layer styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Creating and editing contours (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Hiding portions of a layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Using adjustment layers or fill layers (Photoshop) . . . . . . 242
Managing layered images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Using Type Chapter 9
About type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Creating type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Working with type layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Formatting characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Formatting paragraphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Controlling hyphenation and justification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Working with composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Setting options for Chinese, Japanese,
and Korean type (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Designing Web Pages Chapter 10
About designing Web pages with Photoshop and
ImageReady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Creating and viewing slices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Selecting and modifying slices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Specifying slice options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Creating and viewing image maps (ImageReady) . . . . . . 286
Selecting and modifying image maps (ImageReady) . . . 288
Specifying image map options (ImageReady) . . . . . . . . . 291
Selecting an image map type (ImageReady) . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Working with rollovers (ImageReady) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Creating Web photo galleries (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

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Creating Animations
(ImageReady)
Chapter 11
About animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Creating animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Working with layers in animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Viewing animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Optimizing animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Viewing animated images in Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Saving animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Opening and importing files as animations . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Optimizing Images for
the Web
Chapter 12
About optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Viewing images during optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Choosing a file format for optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Optimizing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Using weighted optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Optimizing colors in GIF and PNG-8 images . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Working with hexadecimal values for color . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Making transparent and matted images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Previewing and controlling dithering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Setting optimization preferences (ImageReady) . . . . . . . 345
Using a droplet to automate optimization settings
(ImageReady) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Saving optimized images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Setting output options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Creating background images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Saving and Exporting
Images
Chapter 13
Saving images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
About file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Adding file information (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Adding digital copyright information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Setting preferences for saving files (Photoshop) . . . . . . . 366
Creating multiple-image layouts (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . 367
Placing Photoshop images in other applications
(Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

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Printing (Photoshop) Chapter 14
About printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Printing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Positioning and scaling images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Setting output options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Selecting halftone screen attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Printing part of an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Choosing a print encoding method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Printing vector graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Using color management when printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Printing with Adobe PressReady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Creating color traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Printing duotones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Printing color separations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Automating Tasks Chapter 15
About actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Using the Actions palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Recording actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Playing actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Setting playback options (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Editing actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Managing actions in the Actions palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Using the Batch command (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Using droplets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Using the Automate commands (Photoshop) . . . . . . . . . 410
External automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

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Getting Started
elcome to the Adobe
®
Photoshop
®
6.0
application, the world-standard
image-editing, photo-retouching,
and Web-graphics solution. With its integrated
Web tool application, Adobe ImageReady
™
3.0,
Photoshop delivers a comprehensive environment
for professional designers and graphics producers
to create sophisticated images for both print and
the Web. Moreover, Photoshop 6.0 expands the
definition of desktop image-editing by adding new
support for vector-based drawing and editing,
improved tools for producing Web graphics,
and an enhanced user interface, all to your
creative advantage.
Registration
Adobe is confident you will find that its software
greatly increases your productivity. So that Adobe
can continue to provide you with the highest
quality software, offer technical support, and
inform you about new Photoshop software devel-
opments, please register your application.
When you first start the Photoshop or ImageReady
application, you’re prompted to register online.
You can choose to submit the form directly or fax
a printed copy. You can also register by filling out
and returning the registration card included with
your software package.
Installing Adobe Photoshop and
ImageReady
You must install the Photoshop and ImageReady
applications from the Adobe Photoshop CD onto
your hard drive; you cannot run the program from
the CD.
Follow the on-screen installation instructions.
For more detailed information, see the
Install-
ReadMe
file on the CD. The single installer installs
both the Photoshop and ImageReady applications.
Learning Adobe Photoshop and
ImageReady
Adobe provides a variety of options for you to
learn Photoshop, including printed guides,
online Help, and tool tips. Using the Adobe
Online feature, you can easily access a host of
continually updated Web resources for learning
Photoshop, from tips and tutorials to tech
support information.
Adobe Acrobat
®
Reader
™
software, included on the
Photoshop CD, lets you view PDF files. Acrobat
Reader or Adobe Acrobat is required to view many
documents included on this CD.
Using the printed documentation
Two printed documents are included with
the application.
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Using online Help
The Adobe Photoshop and ImageReady applica-
tions include complete documentation in an
HTML-based help system. The help system
includes all of the information in the
Adobe
Photoshop 6.0 User Guide
plus information on
additional features, keyboard shortcuts, and full-
color illustrations.
For more detailed information about using
online Help, click the Help on Help button
next to the Content tab.
To properly view online Help topics, you need
Netscape Communicator 4.0 (or later) or
Microsoft
®
Internet Explorer 4.0 (or later).
You must also have JavaScript active.
To start online Help:
Do one of the following:
• Choose Help > Help Contents (Photoshop) or
Help > Help Topics (ImageReady).
• Press F1 (Windows).
Adobe Photoshop 6.0 User Guide Contains
essential information on using Photoshop and
ImageReady commands and features. Complete
information on all topics is available in online
Help. The printed guide and help also indicate
when a topic, procedure, or command pertains
specifically to Photoshop or ImageReady,
for example,“Choose View > Actual Pixels
(Photoshop) orView > Actual Size (ImageReady).”
The user guide assumes you have a working
knowledge of your computer and its operating
conventions, including how to use a mouse
and standard menus and commands. It also
assumes you know how to open, save, and close
files. For help with any of these techniques,
please see your Microsoft Windows
®
or Mac
®
OS
documentation.
Adobe Photoshop Quick Reference Card
Contains basic information about the Adobe
Photoshop and ImageReady tools and palettes,
and shortcuts for using them. Shortcuts are also
included in the online Help.
Using tool tips
The tool tips feature lets you display the name of
tools, or buttons and controls in palettes.
To identify a tool or control:
Position the pointer over a tool or control and
pause. A tool tip appears showing the name and
keyboard shortcut (if any) for the item.
If tool tips don’t appear, the preference for
displaying them may be turned off.
To display tool tips:
1
Choose Edit > Preferences > General.
2
Select Show Tool Tips, and click OK.
Note: Tool tips are not available in most dialog
boxes.

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User Guide
Using Web resources
If you have an Internet connection and a Web
browser installed on your system, you can access
additional resources for learning Photoshop and
ImageReady located on the Adobe Systems home
page on the World Wide Web. These resources are
continually updated.
To access the Adobe home page for your region:
1
Open the Adobe U.S. home page at
www.adobe.com.
2
From the Adobe Sites menu, choose your
geographical region. The Adobe home page is
customized for several geographical regions.
About Adobe Online
Adobe Online provides access to the latest
tutorials, quicktips, and other Web content for
Photoshop and other Adobe products.
Using Adobe Online, you can also download and
view the current version of the Photoshop Top
Issues document containing the latest Photoshop
technical support solutions. Bookmarks are also
included to take you quickly to noteworthy
Adobe- and Photoshop-related sites.
Using Adobe Online
Adobe Online is constantly changing, so you
should refresh before you use it. Refreshing
through Adobe Online updates bookmarks and
buttons so you can quickly access the most current
content available. You can use preferences to
automatically refresh Adobe Online daily, weekly,
or monthly.
When you set up Adobe Online to connect to your
Web browser, Adobe can either notify you
whenever new information is available through
the Downloadables feature or automatically
download that information to your hard disk.
If you choose not to use the automatic download
feature, you can still view and download new files
whenever they are available using the Download-
ables command in the Help menu.
To use Adobe Online:
1
In Photoshop or ImageReady, choose
Help > Adobe Online, or click the icon at the
top of the toolbox.
Note: You must have an Internet connection and
an Internet browser installed. Adobe Online will
launch your browser using your default Internet
configuration.
2
Do any of the following:
• Click Refresh to make sure you have the latest
version of the Adobe Online window and its
buttons, as well as the latest bookmarks. It is
important to refresh the screen so that the current
options are available for you to choose from.
• Click Preferences to specify connection options.
General preferences affect how Adobe Online
interacts with all Adobe products installed on your
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Adobe Online interacts with Photoshop and
ImageReady. To see an explanation of each
preference option, click Setup and follow the
prompts. You also can set up an automatic refresh
using the Update Options.
Note: You can also set Adobe Online preferences by
choosing Edit > Preferences > Adobe Online.
• Click any button in the Adobe Online window to
open the Web page to which the button is linked.
• Click the bookmark button ( ) to view
suggested Web sites related to Photoshop and
Adobe. These bookmarks are automatically
updated as new Web sites become available.
• Click Close to return to Photoshop or
ImageReady.
Accessing Adobe Online through the
Help menu
The Help menu includes options to view and
download information from the Adobe Web site.
To view updated articles or documents:
Click Help and choose the topic you want to view.
To view and download information from the Adobe
Web site using the Help menu:
1
In Photoshop or ImageReady, choose Help >
Downloadables.
2
Select a View Option:
• Select Show Only New Files to view only the files
that are new since the last time you viewed
downloadable files or were notified of them.
• Select Show All Files to view all the files on the
Adobe Web site that are currently available for
download.
3
Select Download Options:
• Select Auto Install Downloaded Components if
you want Adobe to start the component’s installer
(if available) as soon as the download is complete.
You can then follow the prompts to install the files.
• Select Download in Background if you want to
continue working in Photoshop, ImageReady,
and other applications while the file downloads.
• Select Notify When Download Complete if you
want Adobe to display a message when the files
have been transferred to your computer.
4
To view a list of files, open the Downloadables
folder and any other folder listed.
5
To see a description of a file, position the mouse
cursor over a filename and view its description in
the Item Description section.
6
To see the location where a file will be installed
if downloaded, select a file and view its location in
the Download Directory section. To change the
location, click the Folder button ( ).
7
To download a file, select it and click
Download.
8
To close the Downloadables dialog box,
click Close.
Other learning resources
Other Adobe learning resources are available but
are not included with your application.

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User Guide
Classroom in a Book Is the official training series
for Adobe graphics and publishing software.
This book is developed by experts at Adobe and
published by Adobe Press. The
Adobe Photoshop
Classroom in a Book
includes lessons about using
Photoshop. For information on purchasing
Adobe
Photoshop Classroom in a Book
, visit the Adobe
Web site at www.adobe.com, or contact your local
book distributor.
Official Adobe Print Publishing Guide
Provides in-depth information on successful
print production, including topics such as color
management,commercial printing,constructing a
publication, imaging and proofing, and project
management guidelines. For information on
purchasing the
Official Adobe Print Publishing
Guide
, visit the Adobe Web site at
www.adobe.com.
Official Adobe Electronic Publishing Guide
Tackles the fundamental issues essential to
ensuring quality online publications in HTML and
PDF. Using simple, expertly illustrated explana-
tions, design and publishing professionals tell
you how to design electronic publications for
maximum speed, legibility, and effectiveness.
For information on purchasing the
Official Adobe
Electronic Publishing Guide
, visit the Adobe Web
site at www.adobe.com.
The Adobe Certification program Offers users,
instructors, and training centers the opportunity
to demonstrate their product proficiency and
promote their software skills as Adobe Certified
Experts, Adobe Certified Instructors, or Adobe
Authorized Learning Providers. Certification is
available for several different geographical regions.
Visit the Partnering with Adobe Web site at
www.partners.adobe.com to learn how you can
become certified.
Customer support
When you register your product, you may be
entitled to technical support for up to 90 days from
the date of your first call. Terms may vary
depending on the country of residence. For more
information, refer to the technical support card
provided with the Photoshop documentation.
Customer support on Adobe Online
Adobe Online provides access to FAQs
(Frequently Asked Questions) and trouble-
shooting information that provides solutions to
common problems.
Additional customer support resources
Adobe Systems provides several forms of
automated technical support:
• See the ReadMe and ReadMe First! files installed
with the program for information that became
available after this guide went to press.
• Explore the extensive customer support infor-
mation on Adobe’s World Wide Web site
(www.adobe.com). To access the Adobe Web site
from Photoshop, choose Help > Adobe Online or
click the icon at the top of the toolbox.(See “Using
Web resources” on page 3.)
• Read the Top Issues PDF that is available from
the Help menu.

Adobe Photoshop Basics
This interactive overview of Adobe Photoshop offers a number of short lesson modules designed to
introduce the key features of the program. You can complete the modules in sequence, or select individual
ones to design your own program introduction. If you are an experienced Photoshop user, you may want
to quickly review sections of this overview and then skip to “What’s New in Adobe Photoshop 6.0.”

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Adobe Photoshop Basics
Setting up the work area
Using tools and palettes
The Photoshop or ImageReady work area consists of the image window, the toolbox, the options bar, and a set
of floating palettes. This module shows you the basics of navigating the work area, from selecting tools and
tool options to customizing the display and arrangement of palettes.
Select a tool To select a tool, click its icon in the toolbox. Some tools in the toolbox have additional hidden
tools, as indicated by the small triangle to the lower right of the tool icon. To select a hidden tool, position
the pointer on the visible tool and hold down the mouse button until the tools list appears. Then, click the
tool you want.
Choose tool options When you first start the application, the options bar appears docked to the top of
your screen. This options bar contains option settings for the currently selected tool.
• To display the options bar if it is hidden, click a tool in the toolbox, or choose Window > Show Options.
• To move the options bar to a different location, drag the title bar on the left edge of the bar. You can
move the options bar anywhere in the work area and dock it to the top or bottom of the screen.
Options bar