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BackCover

Photoshop CS Timesaving Techniques for Dummies

Introduction

Basic Assumptions

Conventions Used in This Book

How This Book Is Organized

About the Color Insert and the Web Site

Icons Used in This Book

Where to Go from Here

Part I: Making Photoshop Work for You

Technique 1: Organizing Image Files and Managing Projects

Managing Your Projects

Using the File Browser

Get Organizing!

Adding Notes and Vocal Annotations

Technique 2: Creating Custom Palette Groups and Workspaces

Saving Palette Locations

Making Custom Palette Groups

Using the Palette Well

Creating Custom Workspaces

Technique 3: Assigning Custom Keyboard Shortcuts

Defining Custom Shortcuts

Saving Shortcut Sets

Viewing a Complete List of Shortcuts

Reverting to Standard Photoshop Shortcuts

Deleting a Shortcut Set

Technique 4: The Last Word about Color Management

What Is a Color Space and Why Is It So Important?

Calibrating Your Monitor

Setting a Working Space

Setting Color Space Conversions

Converting to Another Color Space

Technique 5: Making Image Editing Easier

Using the Navigator Palette

Other Zooming Techniques

Viewing an Image in Two Windows

Technique 6: Creating Your Own Tool Presets

Working with the Tool Presets Palette and the Tool Presets Picker

Loading a Tool Preset Library

Creating Your Own Tool Presets

Storing and Deleting Tool Presets

Technique 7: Moving Back in Time: Getting Rid of Mistakes

Testing Techniques Using Duplicates

Using Revert and Undo

Creating Backups

Stepping Back with the History Palette

Technique 8: Creating Actions

Viewing Actions and Their Commands

Creating an Action Set

Recording an Action

Playing an Action

Deleting an Action

Loading Action Sets

Technique 9: Automating Photoshop Functions

Renaming a Bunch of Files

Automating Image Modifications

Working with Droplets

Part II: Getting Images Into and Out of Photoshop

Technique 10: Importing Images Using a Scanner

What''s in a Pixel?

Scanning Images: Windows Users

Scanning Images: Mac Users

Using Crop and Straighten Photos

Technique 11: Getting Professional Results with the Camera Raw Format

Getting to Know Camera Raw

Using the Camera Raw Interface

Saving Your Settings

Saving the Imported Camera Raw Image

Applying Camera Raw Settings to Several Images

Technique 12: Using Tablets and Pressure-Sensitive Devices

Configuring a Tablet

Getting Started with Your Tablet

Technique 13: Printing to a Desktop Printer

Resolving Resolution: Getting the Apples and Oranges to Line Up

Selecting a Printer

Setting Paper Size

Setting Printing Options

Let It Rip: Printing Those Pages

Technique 14: Getting Files Ready for Offset Printing

How Offset Printing Works

Working with CMYK

Working with Spot Colors

Part III: Using Layers to Save Time, Protect Your Work, and Create Cool Images

Technique 15: Working with and Organizing Layers

Getting to Know Layers

Color Coding Layers

Four Ways to Lock Layers

Creating Layer Sets

Layer Set Techniques

Technique 16: Getting to Know Layer Comps

Creating Layer Comps

Cycling through Layer Comps

Managing Layer Comps

Validating a Layer Comp

Technique 17: Enhancing Images with Blending Modes

A Blending Mode Rundown

Applying a Blending Mode

Fading a Filter

Creating a Grainy Shadow

Technique 18: Transforming Images, Layers, and Selections

Doing the Big Flip

Prestidigitation with Transformation

Going Wild with Free Transform

Technique 19: Going Transparent with Opacity and Fill

Using Opacity and Fill

Blending Layers Together

Technique 20: Creating Great Effects with Layer Styles

Getting to Know Layer Styles

Adding Bevels and Embossing

Applying Inner and Outer Glows

Blending a Color Overlay

Saving Layer Styles

Applying Layer Style Presets

Taking Layer Styles Apart

Technique 21: Recoloring with Fill Layers

Applying a Fill Layer

Recoloring the Sneaky Way

Technique 22: Working with Adjustment Layers

Applying Adjustment Layers

Adjusting the Adjustments

Part IV: Painting and Coloring to Enhance Your Images

Technique 23: Everything You Ever Needed to Know about Creating Brushes

Looking for Brushes in All the Right Places

Creating Brushes

Saving Presets and Libraries

Loading Brush Libraries

Technique 24: Creating a Painting by Using an Image

Preparing the Canvas

Ready, Get Set, Smudge!

Finishing Your Painting

Technique 25: Painting Back in Time

Getting to Know the History Palette

Painting with History

Technique 26: The Big Color Swap Meet

Swapping Colors

Saving and Loading Match Color Settings

Technique 27: Recoloring with Gradients

Applying a Gradient Map

Recoloring an Image Using Layers and Blending Modes

Technique 28: Creating Custom Patterns

Creating Patterns by Using Textures and Scans

Working with the Pattern Maker Filter

Saving Pattern Libraries

Loading Pattern Libraries

Technique 29: Filling and Painting with Patterns

Filling with Patterns

Applying Patterns to Type

Painting with Patterns

Part V: Restoring and Retouching Images for Quick, Beautiful Results

Technique 30: Enhancing Tone and Color

Going to the Automat

Save Time By

Setting Levels to Adjust Tone and Color

Curves Are Levels on Steroids

Technique 31: Be Your Own Plastic Surgeon

Ridding Your Photos of Wrinkles and Blemishes

Getting a Nose Job

Technique 32: Getting Rid of Red Eye

Understanding the Color Replacement Tool

Brushing Away the Red

Technique 33: Adding Professional Photo Filter Effects

Recoloring with Photo Filters

Creating Old-Time Sepia Photos

Technique 34: Creating Grayscale Images: Your Choices and the Results

Converting Color Modes

Selecting a Channel

Applying the Color Blending Mode

Technique 35: Coloring and Tinting Black and White Photographs

Layering with Color

Tinting Photographs

Painting in Color with History

Creating Duotones

Technique 36: Stitching Photos to Create Panoramas

Getting to Know Photomerge

Stitching Photos

Part VI: Amazing Fast Filter Effects

Technique 37: Accenting with Sharpening or Blurring

Sharpening Effects

Blurring for Emphasis

Technique 38: Painting Watercolors with Filters

Creating an Enhanced Watercolor

Adding Highlights to Your Painting

Technique 39: Making Images Look Like Pressed Tin

Pressing Tin

Technique 40: Creating Photo Silkscreens

How Did Andy Do It?

Making Your Silkscreen

Technique 41: Sketching with Filters

Applying Sketch Filters

Blending Layers

Applying Color to Sketches

Technique 42: I''ve Been Framed!

Creating Frames

Creating Frames with Auto FX Photo/Graphic Edges 6.0

Technique 43: Dunking Images in Liquid

Ready, Get Set, Dunk!

Making a " Liquid " Channel

Creating the " Water " Layer

Putting It All Together

Part VII: Super Type Effects

Technique 45: Knock-Out Type

Cookie Cutting and Knock-Outs

Technique 46: Pouring Liquid Metals

Creating Super Chrome

Molten Copper

Technique 47: Going Up in Flames

Setting Your Type on Fire

Melting Lava Type

Technique 48: Going Translucent: Clear Type and Jelly Type

Creating Clear Type

Making That Jelly Roll

Part VIII: Transforming Images Using Channels and Masks (It''s not as hard as you think!)

Technique 49: Working with Layer Masks

Layer Masks 101: How They Work

Layer Masks 102: What Are They Really?

Creating Layer Masks by Using Selections

Editing Layer Masks

Final Thoughts

Some Layer Mask Tricks

Technique 50: Using Layer Masks to Create Fade Ins and Outs

Checking Out Layer Masks

Fading Away

Technique 51: Grouping Layers into Clipping Masks

Using a Shape to Define Your Knock-Out

Using Type to Define Your Knock-Out

Technique 52: Working with Channels

Understanding Channels

Using the Channels Palette

Technique 53: Individual Channel Adjustments

Performing Individual Channel Adjustments

Filtering Individual Channels

Technique 54: Mixing Color with Channels

Swapping Channels

Working with the Channel Mixer

Part IX: Creating Flashy, Professional Web Graphics

Technique 55: Getting to Know ImageReady

Looking at the Program Window

Checking Out the Toolbox

Picking Palettes

Previewing Your Graphics

Technique 56: Slicing Web Graphics

I''ll Take a Slice

Slicing and Dicing

Working with Slices

Technique 57: Optimizing and Saving Images for the Web

Web Graphics Considerations

Optimizing Web Graphics

Saving Your Graphics

Technique 58: Creating Image Maps

Using Tools to Map Hotspots

Creating an Image Map by Using Layers

Working with Image Maps

Technique 59: Making Your Graphics Rollover

Getting to Know Rollovers

Creating a Rollover by Using Slices

Creating a Rollover by Using Layers

Creating a Rollover by Using a Layer Style

Substituting Another Image

Technique 60: Making GIF Animations

Creating an Animation Using Layers

Making Text Fade In and Out

Working with Animations

Optimizing and Saving an Animation

Technique 61: Creating Background Tiling for Web Pages

Creating Tiling

Previewing Your Tiling Handiwork

Part X: The Scary (or Fun) Stuff

Technique 62: Installing Plug-Ins

Finding Plug-Ins on the Web

Downloading and Installing Plug-Ins

Technique 63: Enhancing Your Images with Auto FX Software

Applying Mystical Lighting

Adjusting Tint and Tone

Technique 64: Loading New Libraries

Loading Libraries by Using Palettes or Pickers

Working with the Preset Manager

Color Insert

Match Color

Gradient Mapping

Adjusting Levels

Photo Filter Effects

Colorizing a Photograph

Creating Duotones

Unsharp Mask Filter

Painting a Watercolor

Making a Silkscreen

Creating Sketches

Metal Type

Lava Type

Jelly Type

Layer Masks

Channel Mixing

Index

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Index_C

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Index_E

Index_F

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Index_H

Index_I

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Index_L

Index_M

Index_N

Index_O

Index_P

Index_Q

Index_R

Index_S

Index_T

Index_U

Index_V

Index_W

Index_Z

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Sidebars