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Photoshop CS Timesaving Techniques for Dummies
About the Color Insert and the Web Site
Part I: Making Photoshop Work for You
Technique 1: Organizing Image Files and Managing Projects
Adding Notes and Vocal Annotations
Technique 2: Creating Custom Palette Groups and Workspaces
Technique 3: Assigning Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
Viewing a Complete List of Shortcuts
Reverting to Standard Photoshop Shortcuts
Technique 4: The Last Word about Color Management
What Is a Color Space and Why Is It So Important?
Setting Color Space Conversions
Converting to Another Color Space
Technique 5: Making Image Editing Easier
Viewing an Image in Two Windows
Technique 6: Creating Your Own Tool Presets
Working with the Tool Presets Palette and the Tool Presets Picker
Creating Your Own Tool Presets
Storing and Deleting Tool Presets
Technique 7: Moving Back in Time: Getting Rid of Mistakes
Testing Techniques Using Duplicates
Stepping Back with the History Palette
Viewing Actions and Their Commands
Technique 9: Automating Photoshop Functions
Automating Image Modifications
Part II: Getting Images Into and Out of Photoshop
Technique 10: Importing Images Using a Scanner
Scanning Images: Windows Users
Using Crop and Straighten Photos
Technique 11: Getting Professional Results with the Camera Raw Format
Using the Camera Raw Interface
Saving the Imported Camera Raw Image
Applying Camera Raw Settings to Several Images
Technique 12: Using Tablets and Pressure-Sensitive Devices
Getting Started with Your Tablet
Technique 13: Printing to a Desktop Printer
Resolving Resolution: Getting the Apples and Oranges to Line Up
Let It Rip: Printing Those Pages
Technique 14: Getting Files Ready for Offset Printing
Part III: Using Layers to Save Time, Protect Your Work, and Create Cool Images
Technique 15: Working with and Organizing Layers
Technique 16: Getting to Know Layer Comps
Technique 17: Enhancing Images with Blending Modes
Technique 18: Transforming Images, Layers, and Selections
Prestidigitation with Transformation
Going Wild with Free Transform
Technique 19: Going Transparent with Opacity and Fill
Technique 20: Creating Great Effects with Layer Styles
Applying Inner and Outer Glows
Technique 21: Recoloring with Fill Layers
Technique 22: Working with Adjustment Layers
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
Technique 24: Creating a Painting by Using an Image
Technique 25: Painting Back in Time
Getting to Know the History Palette
Technique 26: The Big Color Swap Meet
Saving and Loading Match Color Settings
Technique 27: Recoloring with Gradients
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
Technique 29: Filling and Painting with Patterns
Part V: Restoring and Retouching Images for Quick, Beautiful Results
Technique 30: Enhancing Tone and Color
Setting Levels to Adjust Tone and Color
Technique 31: Be Your Own Plastic Surgeon
Ridding Your Photos of Wrinkles and Blemishes
Technique 32: Getting Rid of Red Eye
Understanding the Color Replacement Tool
Technique 33: Adding Professional Photo Filter Effects
Creating Old-Time Sepia Photos
Technique 34: Creating Grayscale Images: Your Choices and the Results
Applying the Color Blending Mode
Technique 35: Coloring and Tinting Black and White Photographs
Painting in Color with History
Technique 36: Stitching Photos to Create Panoramas
Part VI: Amazing Fast Filter Effects
Technique 37: Accenting with Sharpening or Blurring
Technique 38: Painting Watercolors with Filters
Creating an Enhanced Watercolor
Adding Highlights to Your Painting
Technique 39: Making Images Look Like Pressed Tin
Technique 40: Creating Photo Silkscreens
Technique 41: Sketching with Filters
Technique 42: I''ve Been Framed!
Creating Frames with Auto FX Photo/Graphic Edges 6.0
Technique 43: Dunking Images in Liquid
Technique 46: Pouring Liquid Metals
Technique 47: Going Up in Flames
Technique 48: Going Translucent: Clear Type and Jelly Type
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
Technique 50: Using Layer Masks to Create Fade Ins and Outs
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
Technique 53: Individual Channel Adjustments
Performing Individual Channel Adjustments
Technique 54: Mixing Color with Channels
Working with the Channel Mixer
Part IX: Creating Flashy, Professional Web Graphics
Technique 55: Getting to Know ImageReady
Technique 56: Slicing Web Graphics
Technique 57: Optimizing and Saving Images for the Web
Technique 58: Creating Image Maps
Creating an Image Map by Using Layers
Technique 59: Making Your Graphics Rollover
Creating a Rollover by Using Slices
Creating a Rollover by Using Layers
Creating a Rollover by Using a Layer Style
Technique 60: Making GIF Animations
Creating an Animation Using Layers
Optimizing and Saving an Animation
Technique 61: Creating Background Tiling for Web Pages
Previewing Your Tiling Handiwork
Part X: The Scary (or Fun) Stuff
Technique 62: Installing Plug-Ins
Downloading and Installing Plug-Ins
Technique 63: Enhancing Your Images with Auto FX Software
Technique 64: Loading New Libraries
Loading Libraries by Using Palettes or Pickers