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Photoshop Channels and Masks Bible
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Stephen Romaniello is an artist, educator, and writer. He began his career in graphics in 1980 as a production artist and typesetter; soon he was promoted to designer and then art director. In 1982, he became a partner at Armory Park Design Group. Three years later he founded Congress Street Design, a full-service design firm. In 1987, at the beginning of the digital revolution in graphics technology, he purchased his first computer. Romaniello accepted a faculty position in 1990 at the Advertising Art program at Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona, with the intention of developing a state-of-the-art digital graphics program. He served as department chair of the renamed Digital Arts Department for eight years.
Romaniello has developed curriculum and training materials for many of the mainstream graphics programs, and has offered seminars at the Maine Photographic Workshops, the League for Innovation, and National Business Media. A certified instructor in Adobe Photoshop he currently teaches digital art courses at Pima Community College. He is the coauthor of Mastering Adobe GoLive 4 with Molly Holtschlag and the author of Mastering Photoshop 6, Photoshop 7 Savvy, Photoshop CS Savvy, and Photoshop CS2 Savvy, all published by Sybex. He is also the author of The Perfect Digital Portfolio, published by Sterling and The Photoshop Visual Encyclopedia published by Wiley. His column, “The Digital Eye,” appears in Digital Graphics magazine. Romaniello is the founder of Gorilla Geeks, a company that offers onsite training and consulting throughout the country. His home and studio are in Tucson, Arizona.
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About the Author.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Part I: Image Basics.

Chapter 1: Building Images.

Chapter 2: Exploring Tools, Palettes, and Menus.

Part II: The Zen of Color.

Chapter 3: Understanding Color Modes.

Chapter 4: Managing Color.

Chapter 5: Adjusting Color.

Part III: Color Channel Techniques.

Chapter 6: Exploring the Channels Palette.

Chapter 7: Mixing Color Channels.

Chapter 8: Creating the Perfect Monochrome.

Chapter 9: Specifying Duotones.

Chapter 10: Applying Spot Color.

Part IV: Color Channel Pyrotechnics.

Chapter 11: Working with Lab Color.

Chapter 12: Enhancing Details with Channels.

Chapter 13: Creating Light and Shadows.

Part V: Mask-Making Basics.

Chapter 14: Exploring Masks.

Chapter 15: Making Selections.

Chapter 16: Using Alpha Channels and Quick Masks.

Part VI: Masking Layer Content.

Chapter 17: Masking Ambiguous Edges.

Chapter 18: Working with Layer Masks, Clipping Masks, and Smart Objects.

Part VII: Working with Type Masks and Vector Masks.

Chapter 19: Working with Type Masks.

Chapter 20: Masking Paths and Shapes.

Part VIII: Compositing with Channels and Layers.

Chapter 21: Blending Layers.

Chapter 22: Compositing with Channels.

Index.

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