November 2008
Beginner
288 pages
6h 43m
English
Overview
Build your Photoshop expertise, one technique at a time
Why spend time searching through a thick reference book when you
can focus on the essential techniques? In Adobe Photoshop CS4
How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques, author Chris Orwig brings you
the best techniques to quickly organize and correct your digital
images using the world’s most
powerful photo-editing program. Complete with illustrations and
practical tips, these bite-size lessons from Chris’s
experience as a photographer and instructor provide just the
information you need. You can explore the program at your own pace,
spending less time at your computer and more time behind the lens
taking great pictures.
• Discover the Application bar [#4]
• Work with and arrange multiple documents [#8]
• Use the Photo Downloader in Adobe Bridge [#24]
• Make localized nondestructive adjustments with Camera Raw
[#38]
• Set highlight and shadow target values using Curves
[#69]
• Adjust tones with the Dodge and Burn tools while protecting
values [#77]
• Create a layer mask[#78]
• Retouch portraits to improve eyes [#86]
• Create Web galleries to share your images [#97]
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