Contents

Chapter 1 Essential Techniques

The Basic Stuff Ya Gotta Know First

#1: Using Photoshop’s Toolbox

#2: Panels and Navigating

#3: Editing Just Part of Your Image

#4: Cloning and the Patch Tool

#5: Working with Layers

#6: Resizing, Rotating, and Transforming

#7: Camera Raw as a Filter (& Adjustment Layers)

Chapter 2 Jump

Jumping from Lightroom to Photoshop (and Back)

Choosing How Your Files Are Sent to Photoshop

Going from Lightroom to Photoshop (and Back)

Chapter 3 Get Smart

Panos, HDR, and Smart Objects

Keeping Your RAW Image Editable Using Smart Objects

Stitching Panoramas Using Photoshop

Creating HDR Images in Photoshop

Chapter 4 Re-Touch

Retouching Portraits

Retouching in Lightroom

Making Facial Features Symmetrical

Trimming Eyebrows

Removing Eye Veins

Sharpening Eyes

Softening Skin While Retaining Texture

Creating Beautiful Teeth

Four Other Retouches We Use Liquify For

Reducing Jaws and Jowls

Chapter 5 Composite

Compositing and Blending Multiple Images

Compositing: Putting Your Subject on a Different Background

Blending Two or More Images

Putting an Image Inside Another Image

Removing Large Distracting Things

Adding a Logo or Illustration to a Photo

Chapter 6 Side Effects

Creating Special Effects in Photoshop

The High-Contrast Portrait Look

Turning a Photo into an Oil Painting in One Click

Tilt Shift Effect (the Architectural Model Look)

Creating Mirror-Like Reflections

Swapping Out for a Better Sky

Wedding Book and Type Effects

Chapter 7 Sharpen

Sharpening and Dealing with Problems

The Sharpening Filters

Fixing Wide-Angle Distortion

Fixing Group Shots the Easy Way

Fixing Reflections in Glasses

Removing Stuff Using Content-Aware Fill

Chapter 8 Don’t Move

12 Things You’d Think You’d Need Photoshop For, But Ya Don’t

12 Things You’d Think You’d Need Photoshop For, But Ya Don’t

Index