Teach Yourself Photoshop 5 and 5.5 Book

	Welcome to Teach Yourself	viii
	Acknowledgments	xv
Part I	Getting Started	2
Chapter 1	Basics of Photoshop	4
	Understanding the Photoshop Window	6
	Working with Palettes	8
	What's in the Toolbox	10
	Making the Most of the Help Features	12
	Managing with Color	14
	Using the Menus	16
	Opening a Document	18
	Saving a Document	20
	Navigating in Photoshop	24
Chapter 2	Getting to Know the Photoshop Environment	28
	Understanding Pixels	30
	Introduction to Color Modes	32
	Understanding Displayed versus Printed Color	34
	Getting File Information	36
	Setting Preferences	38
	Understanding Resolution	40
	Changing Color in Photoshop	42
	Resizing an Image	44
	Adding More Canvas	46
	Saving Files in Formats Other Than Photoshop	48
	Scanning with Photoshop	52
	Getting an Image from the Web	54
	Getting an Image into and out of Photoshop	56
Part II	Selections and Editing	60
Chapter 3	Making Selections	62
	Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool	64
	Making Elliptical Selections	66
	Using the Lasso and Polygon Lasso Tools	68
	Using the Magnetic Lasso Tool	70
	Using the Magic Wand Tool	72
	Adding, Subtracting, and Intersecting Selections	74
	Inverting and Modifying Selections	76
	Moving and Copying Selections	78
	Using Select All, Select None, and Cropping	80
	Fine-Tuning Your Selection with Quick Mask	82
Chapter 4	Using Selection Features and Creating Text	86
	Selecting with Color Range	88
	Feathering an Image	90
	Modifying Selections and Touching Up with Matting	92
	Saving and Loading Selections	94
	Using Extensis' Mask Pro to Make Perfect Selections	96
	Using Extensis' Mask Pro to Create Pixel-Perfect Clipping Paths	98
	Using Other Third-Party Masking Tools	100
	Setting Type in Photoshop	102
	Pasting into Type	104
	Working with Layer Effects on Type	106
	Working with Type Layers	108
Chapter 5	Copying, Cutting, and Pasting	112
	Copying, Cutting, and Pasting	114
	Masking with Paste Into	116
	Drag and Drop between Documents	118
	Transforming a Selection	120
	Using Numeric and Free Transformations	122
Chapter 6	Editing in Photoshop	126
	Using the Smudge, Blur, and Sharpen Tools	128
	Softening with the Blur Filter	130
	Clarifying with the Sharpen Filter	132
	Touching Up Using the Toning Tools	134
	Cloning with the Rubber Stamp Tool	136
	Cloning between Documents	138
	Erasing to History Images	140
	Using the History Brush	142
Part III	Color, Painting, and Image Adjusting	146
Chapter 7	Creating with Color and Gradients	148
	Changing Color Modes	150
	Understanding the Color Picker	152
	Using Swatches	154
	Adding and Removing Swatches	156
	Adding Fills to Your Image	158
	Using the Gradient Tool	160
	Creating a Custom Gradient	162
Chapter 8	Image Adjusting	166
	Using Levels and Auto Levels	168
	Using Curves to Adjust Your Image	170
	Fixing Color with Color Balance	172
	Dramatizing Your Image with Brighten/Contrast	174
	Altering Colors with Hue/Saturation	176
	Applying Variations	178
	Using Extensis' Intellihance Pro to Fix Your Image	180
Chapter 9	Painting with Photoshop	184
	Using the Paintbrush	186
	Picking the Right Brush	188
	Creating and Saving Brushes	190
	Understanding the Painting Modes	192
	Using the Pencil Tool and Other Options	196
	Adding Lines with the Line Tool	198
Part IV	Advanced Concepts	202
Chapter 10	Creating Paths and Clipping Paths	204
	Using the Pen Tool	206
	Making a Path with the Magnetic Pen Tool	208
	Saving a Path	210
	Making Selections with the Path Palette	212
	Creating a Clipping Path	214
Chapter 11	Working with Layers and Adjustment Layers	218
	Creating and Editing Layers	220
	Using Layer Masks	222
	Applying Adjustment Layers	226
	Adding Layer Effects	228
	Linking Layers	230
	Flattening Layers	232
	Managing Layers	234
Chapter 12	Understanding Channels and History	238
	Working with Channels	240
	Duplicating and Splitting Channels	242
	Fading with Channels	244
	Using Masks	246
	Using the History Palette	248
	Controlling the History Palette	250
Chapter 13	Automating Photoshop	254
	Using Actions	256
	Creating an Action	258
	Automating Tedious Tasks	260
Chapter 14	Working with Filters	264
	Using Blur and Sharpen Filters	266
	Creating with Artistic Filters	268
	Altering Your Image with Distort Filters	270
	Applying Noise to Your Image	272
	Creating Clouds with the Render Filter	274
	Adding Pizzazz with Stylize Filters	276
	Making Your Life Easier with Extensis PhotoTools	278
Part V	Finishing Touches and Version 5.5	282
Chapter 15	Printing and Managing Colors	284
	Cross-Platform Gamma and Monitors	286
	Color Settings	288
	Trapping Colors	290
	Making Color Separations	292
	Using Printing Options	294
	Preparing a Halftone Screen	296
	Previewing an Image and Printing	298
Chapter 16	Using Photoshop for Web Creation	302
	Preparing an Image for the Web	304
	Choosing the Best File Format	306
	Creating Web Page Buttons	308
	Adding a Digital Watermark	310
Chapter 17	Photoshop 5.5	314
	Extracting to Make a Mask	316
	Magically Erasing the Background	320
	Creating with the Art History Brush	322
	Making a Contact Sheet and Jumping to Other Applications	324
	Saving for the Web	326
	Personal Workbook Answers	333
	Index	345