User manual ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 5.0

[. . . ] ® User Guide version Adobe Photoshop 5. 0 ® © 1998 Adobe Systems Incorporated. Adobe Photoshop 5. 0 User Guide for Macintosh and Windows This manual, as well as the software described in it, is furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license. The content of this manual is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Adobe Systems Incorporated assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this book. [. . . ] The source selection is pasted onto a new layer, and the destination selection border is converted into a layer mask. (See "Using layer masks" on page 276. ) layer to a new position. 178 CHAPTER 8 Editing and Retouching To copy a selection: 1 Select the area you want to copy. 2 Choose Edit > Copy or Edit Copy Merged. To copy a selection while dragging: As long as you hold down Alt/Option, each press of an arrow key creates a copy of the selection and offsets it by the specified distance from the last duplicate. 1 Select the move tool ( ) or hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) to activate the move tool. 2 Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and drag the selection you want to copy and move. Selection dragged to new image, and result To paste one selection into another: When copying between images, drag the selection from the active image window into the destination image window. As you drag the selection over another image window, a border highlights the window if you can drop the selection into it. To create multiple copies of a selection within an image: 1 Cut or copy the part of the image you want to paste. 2 Select the part of the image into which you want to paste the selection. The source selection and the destination selection can be in the same image or in two different Photoshop images. 1 Select the move tool ( ) or hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) to activate the move tool. 2 Copy the selection: · To copy the selection and offset the duplicate by 1 pixel, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and press an arrow key. · To copy the selection and offset the duplicate by Source selection, and destination selection 10 pixels, press Alt+Shift/Option+Shift, and press an arrow key. · Hold down Alt/Option and drag the selection. 3 Choose Edit > Paste Into. The contents of the source selection appear masked by the destination selection. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 5. 0 179 User Guide In the Layers palette, the layer thumbnail for the source selection appears next to the layer mask thumbnail for the destination selection. The layer and layer mask are unlinked--that is, you can move each one independently. 6 If you are satisfied with your results, you can choose Layer > Merge Down to merge the new layer and layer mask with the underlying layer and make the changes permanent. Using drag and drop to copy between applications The drag-and-drop feature lets you copy and move artwork between Photoshop and other applications. To duplicate an entire Photoshop image by dragging and dropping, use the move tool to drag the image. (See your Windows documentation. ) Dragging vector artwork from Adobe Illustrator or from other applications that use the Illustrator Clipboard converts the artwork to a bitmap image (also called raster format). To copy the artwork as a path in Adobe Photoshop, hold down Ctrl as you drag. In Mac OS, the application must support Macintosh Drag Manager. Source selection pasted into destination selection For more information on editing layer masks, see "Applying and discarding layer masks" on page 280. 4 Select the move tool ( ), or hold down the Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) key to activate the move tool. Then drag the source contents until the part you want appears through the mask. 5 To reveal more or less of the image underlying the layer, click the layer mask thumbnail in the Layers palette, select a painting tool, and edit the mask: · To hide more of the image underlying the layer, Using the Clipboard to copy between applications You can often use the Edit > Cut or Copy commands to copy selections between Photoshop and other applications. The cut or copied selection remains on the Clipboard until you cut or copy another selection. By default, the contents of the Clipboard are usually converted to a bitmap image (also called raster format), or rasterized. paint the mask with black. · To reveal more of the image underlying the layer, paint the mask with white. · To partially reveal the image underlying the layer, paint the mask with gray. 180 CHAPTER 8 Editing and Retouching This automatic conversion lets you paste the Clipboard's contents into another application. But because it can be time-consuming, you may want to disable it if you don't plan to paste the Clipboard contents into another application. Note: If you are using the system, not the Adobe Clipboard, this technique resizes your image based on an image size of 96 dpi for Windows, and 72 dpi for the Mac OS. To change the Export Clipboard preference: 4 In the dialog box that appears, choose from the following options: · Paste as Pixels to have the artwork rasterized as it is pasted. Rasterizing converts mathematically defined vector artwork to the pixels displayed in Adobe Photoshop. · Paste as Paths to paste the copy as a path in the Paths palette. 5 If you chose Paste as Pixels in the previous step, do one of the following: · Keep Anti-aliasing selected to make a smooth 1 Choose File > Preferences > General. 2 Select Export Clipboard to save any Photoshop contents on the Clipboard when quitting Photoshop. Leaving this option unselected deletes any Photoshop contents on the Clipboard when quitting the program. [. . . ] See EPS format Photoshop format 54, 259, 315 Picker palette nonprinting colors 216 out-of-gamut warning 110 PICT file format 52 Clipboard contents 179 PICT format 243, 324 PICT Resource files 324 PICT Resource. See online help PIXAR format 325 pixel dimensions 42 duplicating channels and 242 image size, quality 49 matching exactly 54 maximum 46 new channels 252 pixelation 44 pixels blending 272­273 changing image dimensions and 49 384 INDEX displaying color values 31 distribution in image 112 explained 41 interpolating when resampling 49­51 lost during color correction 112 partial color values 127 resolution and 42­44 selecting 137 Pixels option 113 pixels per inch (ppi) 43 Place command 55 placing images in other applications 326­330 Play command 348 Playback Options command 353 plug-in modules 25 changing target folder 36 conflicts with 363 filters 301 installing 36 listing in submenu 36 preferences 36 textures 3 using export modules 317 Plug-Ins & Scratch Disks preferences 36 PNG format 325 pointers. See tool pointers Polygon Lasso Options palette 147, 148 polygon lasso tool 137, 139­140 Portrait orientation 334 Position option 187 positives, creating 130 Posterize command 132 PostScript error 328 patterns, filling with 213 points 174 printers 365 PostScript Color Management option 338 PostScript language file formats 321 PostScript Language Reference Manual 336 PostScript Level 2 65, 97, 338 PostScript Level 3 65, 338 Precise pointer 27 preferences 29 Clipboard 180 color picker 216, 221, 222 deleting 363 display options 68 file extensions 312 grid and guides 176 image previews 312 interpolation method 51 palettes 29 plug-in modules 36, 363 restoring defaults 37 rulers 173 saving files 312 setting 37 tool pointers 27 transparency display 261 units 173 Preferences file 37 Preserve Transparency option 180, 199, 205, 269, 274, 367 pressure setting 203­204 Preview 366 previewing channel calculations 274 color adjustments 106­109 color selections 143 color values 107­109 files before opening 55 filters 301­302 images 312­313 layers 260­261 page layout 47­48 path segments 154 print size 48 previews. See thumbnails Previous Palette option 74 Primaries option 86 Print dialog box 337 Print Selected Area option 337 print size changing 49­50 previewing 48 print spoolers 337 printable colors 219 Printer Color Management option 338 printer resolution 44, 45 printer's points 174 printers drivers 365 printing background color 335 channels 333 CMYK versions of images 338 displaying transfer functions 335 dot gain 93­96 duotones 342 general options 333­335 halftone screen attributes for 335­337 layers 261, 333 385 overprint colors 341 overview 333­335 QMS ColorScript 88 repositioning image 333 selected part of an image 337 printing inks colors 64 density 247 impurities 89 printing performance. [. . . ]