PREFACE . How One-on-One Works
L E S S ON 1. Open and Organize
What Is Photoshop?
Opening an Image
Organizing Your Photos
Using Metadata
Batch Renaming
Printing Thumbnails
Creating an On-Screen Slideshow
L E S S ON 2. Highlights, Midtones, and Shadows
Brightness and Contrast
Automatic Image Correction
Adjusting Brightness Levels
Correcting with Curves
Compensating for Flash and Backlighting
L E S S ON 3. Correcting Color Balance
What Are Hue and Saturation?
Fixing a Color Cast
Tint and Color
Colorizing a Grayscale Image
Correcting Camera Raw
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L E S S ON 4 . Making Selections
Isolating an Image Element
Selecting Colored Areas with the Magic Wand
Using the Marquee Tools
Selecting an Irregular Image
Drawing Precise Curves
L E S S ON 5 . Crop, Straighten, and Size
Whole-Image Transformations
The Order in Which We Work
Auto Crop and Straighten
Straightening a Crooked Image
Using the Crop Tool
Resizing an Image
L E S S ON 6 . Paint, Edit, and Heal
The Essential Eight, Plus Two
The Three Editing Styles
Coloring Scanned Line Art
Adding Fills and Textures
Dodge, Burn, Sponge, and Smudge
Healing and Patching
L E S S ON 7. Creating and Applying Masks
Seeing through Photoshop's Eyes
Using the Color Range Command
Refining a Selection with a Quick Mask
Extracting a Photographic Element
Defining a Mask from Scratch
Putting the Mask in Play
L E S S ON 8 . Adjusting Focus
The Subterfuge of Sharpness
Sharpening, Blurring, and Averaging
Sharpening an Image
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Gaussian Blur and Median
Using an Edge Mask
L E S S ON 9. Building Layered Compositions
The Benenifts and Penalties of Layers
How to Manage Layers 282
Arranging and Modifying Layers
Importing and Transforming Layers
Masks, Knockouts, and Luminance Blending
Working with Layer Comps
L E S S ON 10. Text and Shapes
The Vector-Based Duo
Creating and Formatting Text
Drawing and Editing Shapes
Bending and Warping Type
L E S S ON 11. Layer Styles and Adjustments
The Amazing World of Live Effects
Layer Attributes Versus Layers
Adding Layer Effects
Applying Strokes and Glows
Simulating Reflections with Bevel and Emboss
Fixing Problem Effects
Creating and Modifying Adjustment Layers
L E S S ON 12. Printing and Output
Local Printing Versus Commercial Reproduction
RGB Versus CMYK
Printing to an Inkjet Printer
Preparing a CMYK File for Commercial Reproduction
Packing Multiple Pictures onto a Single Page
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