GETTING STARTED UNDERSTANDING PHOTOSHOP BASICS CHANGING THE SIZE OF AN IMAGE

Work with Images . . . .4

Understand Photoshop . . . .6

Get Images . . . .8

Using Photoshop’s Workspace . . . .9

Set Preferences . . . .10

Calibrate Your Monitor . . . .12

Get Help . . . .14

Open an Image . . . .16

Create a New Image . . . .18

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Change the Print Size of an Image . . . .40

Change the Resolution of an Image . . . .42

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Magnify with the Zoom Tool . . . .24

Adjust Views with the Hand Tool . . . .26

Change Screen Modes . . . .28

View Rulers and Guides . . . .30

View a Grid . . . .32

Using Shortcuts to Select Tools . . . .33

Undo Commands or Revert to the Last Saved State . . . .34

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Select with the Marquee Tools . . . .52

Select All the Pixels in an Image . . . .54

Move a Selection Border . . . .55

Select with the Lasso Tool . . . .56

Select with the Magnetic Lasso Tool . . . .58

Select with the Magic Wand Tool . . . .60

Select with the Color Range Command . . . .62

Add to or Subtract from Your Selection . . . .64

Expand or Contract Selections . . . .66

Using the Grow and Similar Commands . . . .68

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Chapter 4 4

Copy and Paste a Selection . . . .74

Delete a Selection . . . .76

Flip a Selection . . . .77

Rotate a Selection . . . .78

Scale a Selection . . . .80

Skew or Distort a Selection . . . .82

Feather the Border of a Selection . . . .84

Using the Rubber Stamp Tool . . . .86

Using the Eraser Tool . . . .88

Using the Magic Eraser Tool . . . .90

Using the Extract Command . . . .92

Create Slices . . . .94

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Chapter 5

Choose the Foreground and

Background Colors . . . .110

Select a Color with the Eyedropper Tool . . . . .112

Select a Color with the Color Palette . . . .113

Using the Swatches Palette . . . .114

Select a Web-Safe Color . . . .116

Using the Paintbrush Tool . . . .118

Using the Airbrush Tool . . . .120

Change Brush Styles . . . .122

Using the Paint Bucket Tool . . . .124

Fill a Selection . . . .126

Draw Shapes . . . .128

Stroke a Selection . . . .130

Apply a Gradient . . . .132

Using the History Brush . . . .134

Work in RGB Mode . . . .98

Convert Color Images to Grayscale . . . .100

Create a Duotone . . . .102

Create a Bitmap Image . . . .104

Create an Indexed Color Image . . . .106

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Chapter 6

Chapter

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Chapter 7

Chapter

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Chapter 8

What Are Layers? . . . .156

Create and Add to a Layer . . . .158

Hide a Layer . . . .160

Move a Layer . . . .161

Duplicate a Layer . . . .162

Delete a Layer . . . .163

Reorder Layers . . . .164

Change the Opacity of a Layer . . . .166

Merge and Flatten Layers . . . .168

Create an Adjustment Layer . . . .170

Edit an Adjustment Layer . . . .172

Link Layers . . . .174

Blend Layers . . . .176

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Apply the Blur and Sharpen Tools . . . .152

Apply a Drop Shadow . . . .180

Apply an Outer Glow . . . .182

Apply Beveling and Embossing . . . .184

Apply Multiple Effects to a Layer . . . .186

Edit a Layer Effect . . . .188

Apply Styles . . . .190

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Chapter 10 10

Apply an Artistic Filter: The Dry Brush Filter . . .194

Apply a Blur Filter: The Gaussian Blur Filter . . .196

Apply a Brush Strokes Filter: The Crosshatch Filter . . . .198

Apply a Distort Filter: The Spherize Filter . . . . .200

Apply a Noise Filter: The Add Noise Filter . . . .202

Apply a Pixelate Filter: The Pointillize Filter . . .204

Apply a Render Filter: The Lighting Effects Filter . . . .206

Apply a Sharpen Filter: The Unsharp Mask Filter . . . .208

Apply a Sketch Filter: The Charcoal Filter . . . .210

Apply a Stylize Filter: The Glowing Edges Filter . . . .212

Apply a Texture Filter: The Texturizer Filter . . . .214

Apply a Filter from the Other Submenu: The Offset Filter . . . .216

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Chapter 11 11

Add Type in a Bounding Box . . . .222

Change the Formatting of Type . . . .224

Change the Color of Type . . . .226

Apply a Filter to Type . . . .228

Warp Type . . . .230

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Chapter 12 12

Record an Action . . . .234

Play an Action . . . .236

Create and Apply a Droplet . . . .238

Create a Vignette Effect . . . .240

Create Buttons . . . .242

Batch Process by Using Actions . . . .244

Create a Web Photo Gallery . . . .246

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Chapter 13 13

Save an Image for Use in Another Application . . .252

Save a JPEG for the Web . . . .254

Save a GIF for the Web . . . .256

Save a GIF with Transparency . . . .258

Save a GIF with Web-Safe Colors . . . .260

Compare File Sizes . . . .262

Save a Sliced Image . . . .264

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Print in Black and White . . . .270

Adjust Print Options . . . .272

Create and Print a Contact Sheet . . . .274

Allocate Scratch Disk Space . . . .278

Using the Purge Command . . . .280

Adjust History Settings . . . .282

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