PhotoShop CS3 Essential Skills by Mark Galer, Philip Andrews, Philip Andrews

Foundation module
Introduction     xii
A structured learning approach     xiii
Supporting DVD     xiii
Research and resources     xiii
Essential information     xiv
The Digital Darkroom     1
Digital setup     2
Monitor settings     3
Choosing a working space     5
Getting started with Photoshop     5
Settings and preferences     8
Navigation and viewing modes     10
Rulers and guides     13
Digital Basics     15
Introduction     16
Channels and modes     17
Levels     18
Hue, Saturation and Brightness     19
Color and light overview     21
Bit depth and mode     23
File size     24
File formats     25
Image compression     28
Resolution     30
Image size     34
Interpolation     37
Bridge     41
Introduction     42
Bridge turns 2.0!     43
Setting up Bridge     44
Using Bridge     48
Using Bridge to access the project resources     53
Capture and Enhance     55
Introduction     56
Advantages and disadvantages of 16-bit editing     57
Foundations project 1     58
Image capture - Step 1     58
Cropping an image - Step 2     59
Tonal adjustments - Step 3     61
Color adjustments - Step 4     66
Cleaning an image - Step 5     68
Sharpening an image - Step 6     69
Saving a modified file - Step 7     70
Adobe Camera Raw     75
Introduction     76
Processing Raw data     77
Processing projects - images on supporting DVD     77
Straighten, crop and size - Step 1     78
Color space - Step 2     79
Choosing a bit depth - Step 3     80
White balance - Step 4     81
Tonal adjustments - Step 5     82
Saturation and vibrance - Step 6     84
Noise reduction and sharpening - Step 7     85
Digital exposure     86
Adjusting exposure in ACR     87
Dust on the sensor - batch removal     93
Archiving Raw files as digital negatives     94
Digital Printing      97
Introduction     98
Monitor calibration and working color space     100
Pre-flight checklist     101
Preparing a test print     102
Printer manages color     103
Photoshop manages color     105
Analyzing the test print     107
Maximizing shadow and highlight detail     108
Creating a 'ringaround'     109
In conclusion     109
Printing using a professional laboratory     110
Printing monochromes     112
Multi-black printers     113
Advanced skills module
Layers and Channels     115
Introduction     116
Layers overview     117
Layer types     121
Channels     124
Adjustment and filter layers and editing quality     126
Layer masks and editing adjustments     127
Selections     129
Introduction     130
Selection Tools overview     130
Shape-based selections with the Marquee Tools     130
Drawn selections using the Lasso Tools     131
Customizing your selections     133
Refining selections     135
Saving and loading selections      136
Feather and anti-alias     137
Defringe and Matting     138
A magic workflow     139
Quick Mask or Refine Edge     141
'Color Range'     143
Channel masking     145
Selections from paths     147
Layer Blends     153
Introduction     154
The 'Darken' group     156
The 'Lighten' group     159
The 'Overlay' group     162
Blend modes for tinting and toning     164
Luminosity     166
Difference and Exclusion     167
Creating a simple blend     168
Filters     171
Filtering in Photoshop     172
Smart Filters in CS3     173
The Filter Gallery     175
Fade Filter command     176
Improving filter performance     176
Installing and using third party filters     177
Filtering a shape or text (vector) layer     177
The great filter round-up     177
Extract filter     178
Liquify filter     180
Vanishing Point     182
Artistic filters     186
Brush Strokes filters      187
Blur filters     188
Distort filters     190
Noise filters     192
Pixelate filters     195
Render filters     195
Sharpen filters     196
Stylize filters     197
Sketch filters     198
Texture filters     199
Video filters     200
Other filters     200
Filter DIY     201
Imaging projects module
Retouching Projects     203
Correcting perspective - Project 1     204
Adjustment layers - Project 2     214
Shadow/Highlight - Project 3     226
Clone and stamp - Project 4     231
Advanced sharpening techniques - Project 5     240
Advanced Retouching     249
Black and white - Project 1     250
Gradient maps - Project 2     259
Creative depth of field - Project 3     269
Smart Objects - Project 4     273
The smooth tone technique - Project 5     281
Time of day - Project 6     287
Montage Projects     297
Layer masks - Project 1     298
Creating a simple blend - Project 2     308
Paths and selections - Project 3      314
Extracting hair - Project 4     319
Replacing a sky - Project 5     326
Shadows and blur - Project 6     332
High dynamic range - Project 7     342
Displace and Liquify - Project 8     351
Composite lighting - Project 9     359
Creating a panorama - Project 10     365
Special Effects     375
Posterization - Project 1     376
Digital diffusion - Project 2     381
Digital Polaroid transfer effect - Project 3     387
Lith printing - Project 4     392
Portrait makeovers - Project 5     396
Advanced blending - Project 6     401
Glossary     407
Keyboard Shortcuts     417
Web Links     419
Index     420