Photoshop CS6 For Dummies Book

Introduction 1

Part I: Breezing through Basic Training 7

Chapter 1: Welcome to Photoshop! 9

Chapter 2: Knowing Just Enough about Digital Images 21

Chapter 3: Taking the Chef’s Tour of Your Photoshop Kitchen 41

Chapter 4: Getting Images into and out of Photoshop 63

Part II: Easy Enhancements for Digital Images 85

Chapter 5: Adding Dark Shadows and Sparkling Highlights 87

Chapter 6: Making Color Look Natural 107

Chapter 7: The Adobe Camera Raw 7 Plug-In 135

Chapter 8: Fine-Tuning Your Fixes 161

Chapter 9: Common Problems and Their Cures 189

Part III: Creating "Art" in Photoshop 203

Chapter 10: Combining Images 205

Chapter 11: Precision Edges with Vector Paths 221

Chapter 12: Dressing Up Images with Layer Styles 243

Chapter 13: Giving Your Images a Text Message 263

Chapter 14: Painting in Photoshop 287

Chapter 15: Filters: The Fun Side of Photoshop 311

Part IV: Power Photoshop 333

Chapter 16: Streamlining Your Work in Photoshop 335

Chapter 17: Working with Video and Animation 357

Part V: The Part of Tens 371

Chapter 18: Ten (or so) Things to Do with Photoshop CS6 Extended 373

Chapter 19: Ten Reasons to Love Your Wacom Tablet 383

Chapter 20: Ten Things to Know about HDR 389

Index 399