THE PHOTOSHOP CS2 HELP DESK BOOK [Electronic resources]

Copyright

Foreword

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction

Inside The Photoshop CS2 Help Desk Book

Upgrading to CS2

Prepare for Installing the Upgrade

Custom Presets

Preferences

Actions

Keyboard Shortcuts

Scripts

Picture Package Layouts

Web Photo Gallery

Workspaces

New Doc Sizes

Third-Party Plug-ins

Drivers (Printers, Scanners, Etc.)

File Info & Metadata Templates

Color Settings

What's different?

Section ONE. Be Your Own Help Desk

Chapter One. Where to Start

Tools & Functions

Layers

Options Bar

Mode

Selections

Channels

Another Document

Weird & Unusual Circumstances

Resetting the Preferences

Chapter Two. The Checklist

Layers

Options Bar

Selections

Color

Transforming

Specific Tools

Tool Review

Chapter Three. Warning Dialogs

Be Warned

General Operations

Selections

Layers

Tools

Brushes, Swatches, & Presets

Filters & Transforming

Actions

Saving & Printing

Chapter Four. Creating Flexible Documents

Layers

Duplicating the Background Layer

Adjustment Layers

Clipping Masks

Layer Masks

Smart Objects

Layer Styles

Layer Comps

Sample All Layers

Save as Layered PSD

Section TWO. Frequently Asked Questions

Chapter Five. General Operations

Guides, Grids, & Slices

Palettes & Menus

Transforming

Viewing

Resolution

Other

Chapter Six. Preferences, Settings, & Colors

Preferences

Settings

General Color Issues

Choosing Color

Colorizing Black and Whites

Converting

Color Modes

Pantone/Two-Color Work

Swatches

Chapter Seven. Tools

Tools (General)

Tools (Specific Tools)

Tool Colors

Chapter Eight. Image Capture

Camera Raw

Digital Cameras

Resolution

Scanning

Screen Capture

Chapter Nine. Sizing

Canvas

Cropping

Resolution & Sizing

Image Size

Chapter Ten. Selections

Selecting (General)

Feathering

Lasso

Magic Wand

Marquee

Working with Selections

Select Menu

Chapter Eleven. Making Adjustments & Fixing Image Problems

Adjustments

Color

Common Problems

Dust & Scratches

Healing Brush/Patch Tool

Repair & Restoration

Chapter Twelve. Layers

Adjustment Layers

Blending Modes

Choosing Layers

Clipping Masks

Creating Layers

Defringe

Flattening & Merging

Layer Masks

Layers Palette

Layer Groups

Layer Styles

Linking

Locking

Moving & Copying

Opacity

Shape Layers

Smart Objects

Working with Layers

Miscellaneous

Chapter Thirteen. Type

Creating & Editing

Committing Type

Display Issues

Filters

Font Issues

Moving

Paragraph Type

Platforms/Versions

Rasterizing

Transforming

Type Mask

Chapter Fourteen. Automation

Automate

Actions

Actions Palette

Batch Processing

Droplets

Scripts & Scripting

Chapter Fifteen. Painting

Brushes

Color

Gradients

Shape Tools

Painting Tools

Swatches (repeated from Chapter 6)

Chapter Sixteen. Special Effects

Commands

Filters

Layer Styles

Special Effects

Textures

Vanishing Point

Chapter Seventeen. Saving & Output

Printing

Saving (for Other Applications)

SavingWeb

SavingFormats

Chapter Eighteen. Creative Suite Issues

Acrobat to Photoshop

Adobe Bridge

Illustrator to Photoshop

Photoshop to Acrobat

Photoshop to Illustrator

Photoshop to InDesign

Section THREE. Customizing Photoshop

Chapter Nineteen. Actions

What is an action?

Why don't people use actions?

Chapter Twenty. Make Your Own

Swatches

Shapes

Brushes

Gradients

Patterns

Styles

Tool Presets

Chapter Twenty-One. Customizing

Automated Commands

Picture Package

Web Photo Gallery

Contact Sheet

Contact Sheets in Action

Menus

Shortcuts

Workspaces

Index