Contents

GETTING STARTED

About Classroom in a Book

What’s new in this edition

Prerequisites

Installing Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Bridge

Starting Adobe Photoshop

Accessing the Classroom in a Book files

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

Finding resources for using Photoshop

Review questions and answers

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

Review questions and answers

3 WORKING WITH SELECTIONS

About selecting and selection tools

Getting started

Using the Quick Selection tool

Moving a selected area

Manipulating selections

Using the Magic Wand tool

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

Review questions and answers

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

Review questions and answers

5 QUICK FIXES

Getting started

Improving a snapshot

Blurring a background

Creating a panorama

Correcting image distortion

Adding depth of field

Moving objects with the Content-Aware Move tool

Adjusting perspective in an image

Review questions and answers

6 MASKS AND CHANNELS

Working with masks and channels

Getting started

Creating a mask

Refining a mask

Creating a quick mask

Manipulating an image with Puppet Warp

Working with channels

Review questions and answers

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

Review questions and answers

8 VECTOR DRAWING TECHNIQUES

About bitmap images and vector graphics

About paths and the Pen tool

Getting started

Drawing with the Pen tool

Working with defined custom shapes

Importing a Smart Object

Adding color and depth to a shape using layer styles

Review questions and answers

9 ADVANCED COMPOSITING

Getting started

Arranging layers

Using Smart Filters

Painting a layer

Adding a background

Using the History Panel to undo tasks

Upscaling a low-resolution image

Review questions and answers

10 PAINTING WITH THE MIXER BRUSH

About the Mixer Brush

Getting started

Selecting brush settings

Mixing colors

Creating a custom brush preset

Mixing colors with a photograph

Review questions and answers

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

Review questions and answers

12 WORKING WITH CAMERA RAW

Getting started

About camera raw files

Processing files in Camera Raw

Applying advanced color correction

Review questions and answers

13 PREPARING FILES FOR THE WEB

Getting started

Using layer groups to create button graphics

Automating a multistep task

Saving assets with Adobe Generator

Review questions and answers

14 PRODUCING AND PRINTING CONSISTENT COLOR

Preparing files for printing

Getting started

Performing a “zoom test”

Identifying out-of-gamut colors

Adjusting an image

Converting an image to CMYK

About color management

Specifying color-management settings

Proofing an image

Saving the image as a CMYK EPS file

Printing a CMYK image from Photoshop

Review questions and answers

15 PRINTING 3D FILES

Getting started

Understanding the 3D environment

Positioning 3D elements

Printing a 3D file

Review questions and answers

APPENDICES

INDEX

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