Quick PhotoShop for Researchers: A Guide to Digital Imaging for PhotoShop 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x
Authors: Gerald Sedgewick
Venue:  (2002)

:Quick Photoshop for Research: A Guide to Digital Imaging contains essential information on the use of Photoshop specific to researchers. This step-by-step guide is the only book published for users whose needs are not for the purpose of graphic or web design: instead, this book only addresses the tools and functions necessary for the ethical enhancement of scientific images, and subsequent layout of these images into figures or plates. The aim is to provide information about digital imaging in an easy-to-follow guide from the beginning of the imaging process to its end. Additional information about scanning and acquiring images via a digital camera or laser/PMT system is also covered, as well as information about printers and PowerPoint. This book is intended for occasional users, as well as beginning and intermediate users, primarily in the life sciences, though it can be applied to forensics, astronomy, and engineering. It can also be distributed from core imaging facilities from within universities and corporations for those who use microscopes, scanners, confocal systems, and other imaging devices. Actions can be downloaded from to automate functions covered in this book. --Part 1 of the book covers what users should know about imaging, ethics, computer requirements, differences between vector and bitmap imaging programs, setting up preferences in Photoshop, and calibrating computer screens before using Photoshop. --Part 2 explains Photoshop functions for imaging: open, duplicate, rotate, flip, undo, history, zoom, crop, mode; along with corrections for dust and scratches, color and contrast, and for adding color. --Part 3 addresses what functions are used when working with several images to make a plate. The reader will learn about layering, cropping several images to the same dimensions, combining images, adding white space for lettering, using the text tool, and changing the orientation of text. --Part 4 covers the layout of multi-image figures or plates; the addition of symbols such as boxes, arrows, and circles; how to fill with patterns; the construction of scale bars; what file formats need to be saved; how to set resolution for output; the steps for converting RGB files to CMYK while maintaining color saturation and contrast; ways to solve hue shifts in grayscale photographs; methods for organizing and archiving files; and specific ways to integrate Photoshop with PowerPoint. This book finally addresses what every researcher needs to know about when working with images with the most popular and widely-used imaging program. It speaks to what researchers know intrinsically in a world that has become far more visual: images often convey more than words; and, like it or not, images leave an impression in recipients' minds, often making the difference between a grant that receives more points rather than less, or between a paper that is accepted in a prestigious journal versus one that is less desirous. Like it or not, images can make or break careers. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player