Table of Contents
Copyright
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
We Want to Hear from You!
Reader Services
Introduction
Conventions Used in This Book
Part I. Getting Started
Hour 1. The Basics
Finding Your Way Around
The Toolbox
Tool Options Bar
What's on the Menus?
Setting Preferences
Summary
Workshop
Hour 2. Opening and Saving
Working with Files
Saving Your Work
Undoing and Redoing
Hour 3. Making Selections
The Selection Tools
The Selection Menu
Selecting Large Areas
Cutting and Copying
Cropping
Hour 4. Transformations
Resizing
Rotating
Flipping
Selection Transformations
Warp and Liquify
Hour 5. Color Modes and Color Models
Color Models
The Modes and Models of Color
Color Bit Depth and Why It Matters
Hour 6. Adjusting Color
Adjusting by Eye with Variations
Making Other Adjustments
Adjustment Layers
Understanding Channels
Hour 7. Paintbrushes and Art Tools
The Brushes Menu
The Painting Tools
Hour 8. Digital Painting
Foreground and Background Colors
Selecting Colors
Blending Modes
Hour 9. Moving Paint
Smudges
Focus Tools
The Toning Tools
Part II. More Tools and Tricks
Hour 10. Advanced Painting Techniques
Simulating Different Media
Hour 11. Layers
Using the Layers Palette
Working with Multiple Layers
Hour 12. Using Masks
Applying Masks
Using Quick Mask
Layer Masks
Hour 13. Paths
Creating Paths
Editing Paths