The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks and Technology - Softcover

Corrie Haffly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0975841920 ISBN 13: 9780975841921

Publisher: SitePoint Pty Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

The Photoshop Anthology is full-color, question-and-answer book for Web Designers who want to use Photoshop to build Websites and create better looking web graphics more effectively. The book covers: Photoshop interface tricks & shortcuts Basic Skills: Transparencies, rounded corners, blending images, matching colors and more Buttons: Creating buttons and tabs in various shapes and form factors Backgrounds: Making various gradient and textured backgrounds Creating text effects, texturing and shadowing text, wrapping text around a curve, and more Adjusting Images: Removing blue tints, darkening and lightening images, fixing red-eye, removing dark shadows, sharpening images and more Manipulating Images: Creating fish-eye effects, removing imperfections, making product shots for ecommerce and more Creating Web Interfaces: Best practice & time saving ideas including how-tos on slicing images, creating rollovers, and more Advanced: Generating thumbnails, animated GIFs, bulk watermarking, sharing Photoshop Actions and more Additionally, the book will walk you through the entire process of designing a Website in Photoshop - from using layers to keep organized to using the slice tool to create individual Website elements.

About this title

From the Publisher

The Photoshop Anthology is full-color book, focusing on how
Web Designers can use Photoshop for creating and manipulating web graphics
and building web sites.

The book will show you how to use Photoshop to create buttons, backgrounds,
text effects, optimized photos, web interfaces, animated GIFs and more for
your web site. Plus, you’ll learn the most effective process for creating a
web site in Photoshop – everything from organizing your work through
layers, to creating individual web site elements using the slice tool.

About the Author

Corrie Haffly has been using Photoshop to create web graphics
since 1998. She lives with her husband in Davis, California, which has the
distinction of being the first city in the US to paint bike lanes on a
street. When not running errands on her bike, enjoying a good book, trying
out a new recipe, or finding more ways to be organized, Corrie works
extensively with PixelMill, the leading industry provider of web site
templates.

Edition details

• Publisher: SitePoint Pty Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0975841920
• ISBN 13: 9780975841921
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300