Getting to Know the Photoshop Environment
Starting to work in Adobe Photoshop
- Starting Photoshop and opening an Image
- Starting Adobe Bridge
- Opening an Image with Adobe Bridge
Using the Photoshop tools
- Selecting and using a tool from the Tools panel
- Discovering hidden tools in the Tools Panel
- Using Tool keyboard shortcuts
- Applying a change to a selection
Using the options bar and other Photoshop panels
- Previewing and opening another Image
- Setting tool properties in the options bar
- Using panels and panel menus
Undoing actions in Photoshop
- Use the History Panel to undo a single action
- Undoing multiple actions
- Using a context menu
- More about panels and panel locations
- Expanding and collapsing panels
- Special notes about the Tools panel and options bar
- Customising your workspace
- Finding resources for using Photoshop
Basic Photo Corrections
Retouching Strategies
- Organising an efficient sequence of tasks
- Adjusting your process for different intended uses
- Understanding resolution and image size
- Straightening and cropping an image
- Making automatic adjustments
- Removing a colour cast from an Image
- Manually adjusting the tonal range
- Replacing colours in an image
- Adjusting lightness with the Dodge tool
- Adjusting colour saturation with the Sponge tool
- Comparing automatic and manual results
- Repairing areas with the Clone Stamp tool
Using the Spot Healing Brush tool
- Painting with the Spot Healing Brush
Using the Healing Brush and Patch tools
- Using the Healing Brush to remove flaws
- Using the Patch tool
- Applying the Unsharp Mask filter
- Saving the image for four-colour printing
Working with Selections
About selecting and selection tools
- Using the Quick Selection tool
- Moving a selected area
Manipulating selections
- Repositioning a selection marquee while creating it
- Moving selected pixels with a keyboard shortcut
- Moving with the arrow keys
- Selecting from a center point
- Moving and changing the pixels in a selection
- Moving and duplicating a selection simultaneously
- Using the Magic Wand tool
- Selecting with the lasso tools
- Rotating a selection
- Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso tool
- Cropping an image and erasing within a selection
Refining the edge of a selection
- Isolating and saving selections
- Creating a soft drop shadow
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Managing and Working with Layers
Using the Layers panel
- Renaming and copying a layer
- Viewing individual layers
- Adding a border to a layer
Rearranging layers
- Changing the opacity of a layer
- Duplicating layers
- Changing layer blending modes
- Resizing and rotating layers
- Using a filter to create artistic effects
- Adding a text layer
- Applying a gradient to a layer
Applying a layer style
- Updating layer styles and effects
- Adding a border
- Flattening and saving files
Masks and Channels
Working with masks and channels
Editing a mask
- Converting a quick mask to a layer mask
- Refining a mask
- Viewing channels
- Adjusting individual channels
- Loading a mask as a selection
- Applying filters to a mask
- Applying effects using a gradient mask
- Resizing the canvas
- Removing the background from an image
- Moving layers between documents
- colourising with an adjustment layer
- Grouping and clipping layers
- Inverting a mask
- Using type as a mask
Correcting and Enhancing Digital Photographs
Getting started
Processing files in Camera Raw
- Opening images in Camera Raw
- Adjusting white balance
- Making tonal adjustments in Camera Raw
- Applying sharpening
- Synchronising settings across images
- Saving Camera Raw changes
Correcting digital photographs in Photoshop
- Adjusting shadows and highlights
- Correcting red eye
- Reducing noise
- Sharpening edges
Editing images with a vanishing-point perspective
- Defining a grid
- Editing objects in the image
- Correcting image distortion
- Adding depth of field
- Creating a PDF image gallery
Typographic Design
Creating a clipping mask from type
- Positioning type with guides
- Adding point type
- Making a clipping mask
- Applying a drop shadow
- Creating a design element from type
- Using interactive formatting controls
- Warping point type
Designing a paragraph of type
- Using guides for positioning
- Adding paragraph type from a sticky note
- Adding the last two lines
- Adding vertical type
Warping a layer
- Grouping layers into a Smart Object
- Warping with Smart Objects
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