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Author(s): James Maivald
Edition: 1
Publisher: Pearson
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 417
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
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Contents
GETTING STARTED
About Classroom in a Book
What’s new in this edition
Prerequisites
Installing Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Bridge, and Adobe Camera Raw
Installing fonts
Starting Adobe Photoshop
Online content
Restoring default preferences
Additional resources
Adobe Authorized Training Centers
1 GETTING TO KNOW THE WORK AREA
Starting to work in Adobe Photoshop
Using the tools
Sampling a color
Working with tools and tool properties
Undoing actions in Photoshop
More about panels and panel locations
2 BASIC PHOTO CORRECTIONS
Strategy for retouching
Resolution and image size
Opening a file with Adobe Bridge
Straightening and cropping the image in Photoshop
Adjusting the color and tone
Using the Spot Healing Brush tool
Applying a content-aware patch
Repairing areas with the Clone Stamp tool
Sharpening the image
3 WORKING WITH SELECTIONS
About selecting and selection tools
Getting started
Using Cloud Documents
Using the Magic Wand tool
Using the Quick Selection tool
Moving a selected area
Using the Object Selection tool
Manipulating selections
Selecting with the lasso tools
Rotating a selection
Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso tool
Selecting from a center point
Resizing and copying a selection
Cropping an image
4 LAYER BASICS
About layers
Getting started
Using the Layers panel
Rearranging layers
Applying a gradient to a layer
Applying a layer style
Adding an adjustment layer
Updating layer effects
Adding a border
Flattening and saving files
5 QUICK FIXES
Getting started
Improving a snapshot
Adjusting facial features with Liquify
Blurring a background
Creating a panorama
Filling empty areas when cropping
Correcting image distortion
Extending depth of field
Removing objects using Content-Aware Fill
Adjusting perspective in an image
6 MASKS AND CHANNELS
Working with masks and channels
Getting started
Using Select and Mask and Select Subject
Creating a quick mask
Manipulating an image with Puppet Warp
Using an alpha channel to create a shadow
7 TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN
About type
Getting started
Creating a clipping mask from type
Creating type on a path
Warping point type
Designing paragraphs of type
Adding a rounded rectangle
Adding vertical text
8 VECTOR DRAWING TECHNIQUES
About bitmap images and vector graphics
About paths and the Pen tool
Getting started
Drawing a shape with the Pen tool
Drawing a path traced from a photo
Converting a path to a selection and a layer mask
Creating a logo with text and a custom shape
9 ADVANCED COMPOSITING
Getting started
Arranging layers
Using Smart Filters
Painting a layer
Adding a background
Using the History panel to undo edits
Upscaling a low-resolution image
10 PAINTING WITH THE MIXER BRUSH
About the Mixer Brush
Getting started
Selecting brush settings
Mixing colors
Mixing colors with a photograph
Painting and mixing colors with brush presets
11 EDITING VIDEO
Getting started
About the Timeline panel
Creating a new video project
Animating text with keyframes
Creating effects
Adding transitions
Adding audio
Muting unwanted audio
Rendering video
12 WORKING WITH CAMERA RAW
Getting started
About camera raw files
Processing files in Camera Raw
Applying advanced color correction
13 PREPARING FILES FOR THE WEB
Getting started
Creating placeholders with the Frame tool
Using layer groups to create button graphics
Automating a multistep task
Designing with artboards
14 PRODUCING AND PRINTING CONSISTENT COLOR
Preparing files for printing
Getting started
Performing a “zoom test”
About color management
Specifying color-management settings
Identifying out-of-gamut colors
Proofing document colors on a monitor
Bringing colors into the output gamut
Converting an image to CMYK
Saving the image as a CMYK EPS file
Printing a CMYK image from Photoshop
15 EXPLORING NEURAL FILTERS
Understanding Neural Filters
Getting started
Exploring the Neural Filters workspace
Improving complexion with Skin Smoothing
Combining Neural Filters
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