SAMS Teach Yourself Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 in 24 Hours
By 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
Whats 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
Using Paths
Part III. Fun with Filters
Hour 14. Filters That Improve Your Picture
Sharpen Filters
Blur Filters
Fading Filters
Hour 15. Filters to Make Your Picture Artistic
Artistic Filters
Brush Strokes
Sketch Filters
Hour 16. Filters to Distort and Other Funky Effects
Distort Filters
Pixelate Filters
The Stylize Filter
Combining Filters
Part IV. Text Effects and Getting Plugged In
Hour 17. Adding Type to Pictures
The Type Tools
Setting Type
Creating Drop Shadows
Cutting and Filling Type
Adding Glows
Creating Bevel and Emboss Effects
Warping Text
Setting Type on a Path
Checking Your Spelling
Hour 18. Special Effects and Useful Tricks
Glows
Lighting Effects
Reflections
Extracting Selections
Notepad
Contact Sheets and Picture Packages
Working Efficiently
Hour 19. Photoshop Plug-Ins and Add-Ons
Where to Get Plug-Ins
How to Install Plug-Ins
Alien Skins Eye Candy
Kais Power Tools
Auto FX Photo/Graphic Edges
Flaming Pear
Genuine Fractals
Andromeda
Digimarc
Part V. Photo Repair and Enhancement
Hour 20. Compositing
Image Sources
Making One Picture from Two
Realistic Composites
Replacing a Background
Composites from Nothing
Photomerge
Hour 21. Photo RepairBlack and White
Easy Fixes
Using the Eyedropper
Using the Clone Stamp
Healing Brush and Patch Tools
Cleaning Up a Picture, Step by Step
Applying Tints
Vignetting
Hour 22. Photo RepairColor
Color Retouching
Removing
Part VI. Picture Publishing on Paper and Otherwise
Hour 23. Printing and Publishing
Choosing a Printer
Preparing to Print
Printing the Page
Preparing the Image
Picking the Paper
Placing Photoshop Images in Other Programs
Hour 24. Photoshop for the Web
Jumping into ImageReady
File Formats and File Size
Preparing Backgrounds
Building Animations
Web Photo Gallery
Creating Slices
Preparing Text for the Web
Emailing Your Pictures
Making Pages Load Faster
Part VII. Appendix
Appendix A. Photoshop CS2 Palette Quick Reference
Navigator Palette
Info Palette
Histogram Palette
Color Palette
Swatches Palette
Styles Palette
History Palette
Actions Palette
Layers Palette
Channels Palette
Paths Palette
Character Palette
Paragraph Palette
Animation Palette
Brushes Palette
Layer Comps Palette
Tool Presets Palette