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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 |
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