Index
B
b channel (Ctrl+3 (z -3)) keyboard shortcut, 175
Bzier control handles, 406, 409, 414, 840
Bzier paths, 406, 409–411
Background Color (Ctrl+Backspace (z -Delete)) keyboard shortcut, 162, 272, 280, 281, 304, 440, 646
background colors, 88
applying from foreground color, 268
changing, 162
default, 32, 163
deleting pixels, 460
eraser tool, 162
eyedropper tool, 192
filling selection with, 280
fills, 278
gradients, 162, 292
paint bucket tool, 273
Swatches palette, 190
switching, 32, 163
transparency, 88, 178
varying stroke colors, 256
background elements, 338–343
background eraser tool, 28, 312, 460–462, 466
Background Image (Shift+Alt+[ (Shift-Option-[)) keyboard shortcut, 539
background layer, 644, 646–649
drawing color from, 708
eraser tool, 350
Background Layer (Shift+Alt+[ (Shift-Option-[)) keyboard shortcut, 644, 658
Backspace key, 279–280, 817
balancing colors, 888–889
banding, 283, 285, 450
Bas Relief filter, 495, 565, 581
base layer, 686
baseline, 830–831
baseline shift, 830
batch renaming, 104–105
Behind brush mode, 263, 682
Bevel and Emboss effect, 225, 732–733, 788
bevel effects, 799–800
beveled highlights, 802
bevels, 801
bicubic interpolation, 387
bit depth, 21, 87, 119, 179
Bitmap dialog box, 180–184
Bitmap mode, 170
bitmapped images, 4–5, 77, 126
bitmapped type, 813
Bits/Channel mode, 177
black and white, mapping to new values, 869
Black (Alt+Backspace (Option-Delete)) keyboard shortcut, 280
Black Marble, 225
black-and-white bitmaps, 5
black-and-white (bitmap) color models, 180–185
black-and-white composite, 950
black-and-white file resolution, 180
black-and-white mode, 262
bleeds, 950–951, 958
blend modes, 275, 559, 653, 694, 696–697, 763–765, 792, 794, 998
accessing, 758
applying, 701
Color blend mode, 723, 724
Color Burn blend mode, 708, 725
Color Dodge blend mode, 712, 725
Darken blend mode, 705–706
Difference blend mode, 720–722, 725, 729, 733
Dissolve blend mode, 704
Exclusion blend mode, 720–722
file sizes, 939
Hard Light blend mode, 712–715, 724
Hard Mix blend mode, 719
hierarchy, 724–725
Hue blend mode, 722–723
importance of, 725
keyboard shortcuts, 703, 1018–1019
layer effects, 807–808
layer sets, 665–668
Lighten blend mode, 708, 710
Linear Burn blend mode, 708
Linear Dodge blend mode, 712
Linear Light blend mode, 716–717, 725, 728
Luminosity blend mode, 723, 724
Multiply blend mode, 707–708, 725, 727, 728, 733
Normal blend mode, 703
opposites, 724
Overlay blend mode, 712–715, 724–725
Pin Light blend mode, 718–719, 721, 725, 727
Saturation blend mode, 723
Screen blend mode, 711–712, 725
shape layer, 779
Soft Light blend mode, 712–715
variations, 728
Vivid Light blend mode, 716–717
blendingclipping masks, 734–736
color channels, 745
interior layer effects, 732–734
layers, 652–653
layers to gamma of working color space, 870
pushing colors to extreme, 719
saving options as layer styles, 808–809
blistered effect, 598
Blistered Paint pattern, 701, 714, 717, 747
bloat tool, 617–618
blur effects, 11
blur filters, 516–519, 528–538
Blur More filter, 519
blur tool, 28, 217, 219, 222
blurringcustom depth maps, 536
depth maps, 536–537
images, 217, 516–543
Lens Blur filter, 534–538
low-contrast portions of image, 530–534
masks, 538–543
motion blur, 522–524
radial blurring, 528
with threshold, 530–534
BMP (Windows Bitmap) format, 114
bordersfiltering inside, 496–498
patterns, 304
printing, 957
bounding box, 123, 817, 820–821, 833
brightness, 171
256 values, 884–885
adding and subtracting, 759–763
adjusting, 269, 891, 918
all values of, 882
arbitrary curves, 929–930
changing, 126
color mapping, 922–927
compressing and expanding, 915
continuous curves, 928–929
correcting, 921
custom adjustments, 910–935
equalizing, 879–881
Histogram palette, 911–913
lightening or darkening, 968
preserving, 903
reducing, 708
setting, 944
brightness curve, 923
brightness values, 950
Brightness/Contrast command, 877
browsing images on CDs, 102
brush dynamics, 245–253, 256
brush libraries, 243
brush modes, 261–270
clone stamp tool, 337
cycling, 998
fills, 278
gradient fills, 285, 299–302
healing brush tool, 326, 337
Highlights brush mode, 269
history brush tool, 352
keyboard shortcuts, 1018–1019
pixels, 337
brush sets, 243–245
brush shapesdefining, 236
flipping on x- or y-axis, 239
percentage of, 240–241
preset, 235–236
random fluctuation, 247
roundness, 239
selecting, 235–238
tapered, 235–236
user-created, 238–242
width, 238
brush strokes, 237
Brush Strokes filters, 565
brush tip, 235
Brush Tip Shape panel, 249
brush tool, 27, 215–216, 259, 263, 440, 486, 682
brushes, 235
angle and roundness, 253
antialiasing, 240
color replacement tool, 232
custom, 242–243
deleting, 242
deleting from brush sets, 244–245
diameter settings, 248–252
faster distortion, 615
feathering edges, 615
hardness, 240, 997
mixing together, 254
modifying for healing brush tool, 324
opacity, 998
pivoting on axis, 239
as pressure-sensitive painting tool, 248–249
random variations in roundness, 253
randomly rotating, 253
reducing roundness to minimum, 253
resizing, 614, 997
saving, 242
switching color, 217
Brushes paletteAirbrush check box, 258
Angle Control option, 253
Angle Jitter option, 253
Angle option, 239, 243
Brush Presets option, 236, 244
Brush Presets panel, 243, 245
Brush Tip Shape option, 238, 427
Brush Tip Shape panel, 243
clicking with stylus, 248
Color Dynamics check box, 246, 256
Control pop-up menu, 247, 248
custom brushes, 242, 422–423
Delete Brush command, 244
deleting brushes, 242
Diameter option, 238, 243
Dual Brush panel, 254
Expanded View command, 236
F5 keyboard shortcut, 236, 997
Fade option, 249
Flip X option, 239
Flip Y option, 239
Hardness slider bar, 240
Jitter option, 247
Load Brushes command, 244
Master Diameter option, 237
Minimum Diameter option, 249, 252
Minimum Roundness option, 253
Noise check box, 257
Off option, 249
Other Dynamics option, 256
Other Dynamics panel, 251
Pen Pressure option, 248–249
Pen Tilt option, 248, 249
predefined brushes, 244
Protect Texture check box, 258
Replace Brushes command, 244
Reset Brushes command, 245
Roundness Control option, 253
Roundness Jitter option, 253
Roundness option, 239, 243
Save Brushes command, 242, 244
Scattering option, 254
Shape Dynamics check box, 236, 245–246, 247–253, 420
Shape Dynamics panel, 247–253
size and shape of active brush, 64
Size Jitter option, 249, 252
Smoothing check box, 258
Spacing option, 240–241, 427
Stylus Wheel option, 248, 251
Texture option, 254
Tilt Scale slider, 249, 252
trash icon, 244
Use Sample Size button, 243
Wet Edges check box, 246, 257
brushstrokes, 215–216
airbrushing, 258
changing opacity, 259
darkening, 264
fading, 234, 249
History palette, 234
lightening, 264
lumps in, 241
random thickness, 252
randomizing pixels along edge, 257
spreading spots of color around, 254
texture, 254
thickness of, 248
thinnest, 252
translucent line with darkened edges, 257
undoing, 234
varying colors, 256
varying thickness, 249
Brush-style eraser, 350
built-in filters, 492
burn tool, 28, 218–219, 229, 260, 268–270, 441, 451