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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461808303321

Autore

Smith Jennifer

Titolo

Adobe Photoshop CS6 digital classroom [[electronic resource] /] / Jennifer Smith and the AGI Creative Team

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Indianapolis, Ind., : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012

ISBN

1-283-92768-3

1-118-22478-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (450 p.)

Collana

CourseSmart

Disciplina

006.686

Soggetti

Photography - Digital techniques

Computer graphics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Adobe Photoshop CS6 Digital Classroom; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; Credits; Contents; Starting up; About Photoshop Digital Classroom; Prerequisites; Adobe Photoshop CS6 versions; System requirements; Starting Adobe Photoshop CS6; Resetting Adobe Photoshop CS6 preferences; Loading lesson files; Working with the video tutorials; Setting up for viewing the video tutorials; Viewing the video tutorials with the Adobe Flash Player; Additional resources; Lesson 1: Exploring Photoshop CS6; Starting up; Experimenting with new Vector capabilities; Filling a vector shape with a pattern

Adding a mask to a Vector layerUsing the new brush tips; Saving the new Brush; Adding strokes to vector images; Cloning your new snowflake; Adding Text layers from another document; Updating text styles; Cropping an image; Self study; Review; Lesson 2: Getting to Know the Workspace; Starting up; Opening an existing document in Mini Bridge; Discovering the Tools panel; Selection, Cropping, and Measuring Tools; Retouching and Painting Tools; Drawing and Type Tools; Navigation Tools; Accessing tools and their options; Using panels; Putting the panel system to use; Choosing other panels

Expanding and collapsing your panelsCustomizing your panels; Hidden tools; Navigating the image area; Using the Zoom tool; Using the Hand tool; Tabbed windows; Maximizing productivity with screen modes; Self



study; Review; Lesson 3: Taking Advantage of Adobe Bridge; Starting up; What is Adobe Bridge?; Navigating through Bridge; Using folders in Adobe Bridge; Making a Favorite; Creating and locating metadata; Using keywords; Creating a Metadata Template; Opening a file from Adobe Bridge; Searching for files using Adobe Bridge; Searching by name or keyword; Using the Filter panel

Saving a CollectionAutomation tools in Adobe Bridge; Batch renaming your files; Additional Photoshop Tools; Automated tools for Photoshop: Web Photo Gallery; Saving or uploading your Web Gallery; Automated tools for Photoshop: PDF contact sheet; Changing the view; Self study; Review; Lesson 4: Photoshop Basics; Starting up; Opening an existing document; Understanding document settings; Viewing an image's size and resolution; Using Copy and Paste; Dragging and dropping to copy an image; Transforming and editing combined images; Changing the size of a placed image; Removing a background

Understanding the stacking order of layersRefining the edges of copied images; Adding text; Saving files; Understanding file formats; Choosing a file format; Saving a JPEG file; Saving for print; Changing the color settings; Adjusting image size; Saving a Photoshop PDF file; Self study; Review; Lesson 5: Making the Best Selections; Starting up; The importance of a good selection; Using the Marquee tools; Creating a square selection; Creating a selection from a center point; Changing a selection into a layer; Working with the Magic Wand tool; The Lasso tool

Adding to and subtracting from selections

Sommario/riassunto

A complete training package on the newest version of Photoshop! The Digital Classroom series combines a full-color book with a full-featured DVD, resulting in a complete training package written by expert instructors. Photoshop is the industry standard for image editing, and this guide gets photographers, commercial designers, web developers, fine artists, and serious hobbyists up to speed on the newest version. It includes 13 self-paced lessons that allow you to progress at your own speed, with complete lesson files and tutorials on the DVD. Topics include Camera RAW, masks and la



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784865003321

Titolo

English in the digital age [[electronic resource] ] : information and communications technology (ICT) and the teaching of English / / edited by Andrew Goodwyn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Cassell, 2000

ISBN

1-281-29188-9

9786611291884

1-84714-248-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Collana

Cassell Education

Altri autori (Persone)

GoodwynAndrew

Disciplina

420.78

420.785

Soggetti

English language - Study and teaching - Audio-visual aids

English language - Computer-assisted instruction

English literature - Study and teaching

English literature - Audio-visual aids

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; The Contributors; Introduction; 1 'A Bringer of New Things': An English Teacher in the Computer Age?; 2 Framing and Design in ICT in English: Towards a New Subject and New Practices in the Classroom; 3 ICT in English: Views from Northern Ireland; 4 ICT in English: The Australian Perspective; 5 To Cope, to Contribute, to Control; 6 Computer Games as Literature; 7 Changing Technology, Changing Shakespeare, or Our Daughter is a Misprint; 8 Texting: Reading and Writing in the Intertext; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

New communications technology has been a boon to teaching and learning subjects of English, from reading and writing to literature such as Shakespeare. This book explores the ways that information and communications technology, or ICT, can be employed in teaching English and enriching the abilities of students. What are the advantages of ICT, and what are some of the concerns? Contributors from Europe, Australia, and North America address the use of media in teaching, from video, film, and audiotape to computer games and online



resources. English in the Digital Age surveys the ways ICT is pres