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Adobe® Photoshop® CS3: Top 100 Simplified® Tips & Tricks

Name: Adobe® Photoshop® CS3: Top 100 Simplified® Tips & Tricks
Author: Lynette Kent
ISBN: 9780470144763

by Lynette Kent

September 2007

Beginner

256 pages

6h 41m

English

Visual

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1. Customizing Photoshop for Your Projects
1.1. Select the Color Settings for Your Projects1.2. Set the Preferences for the Way You Work1.3. Customize your Personal Workspace1.4. Personalize Your View of the Bridge1.5. Add Your Own Keyboard Shortcut for a Favorite Filter1.6. Create a Custom Action to Increase Your Efficiency1.7. Design a Customized Brush With Your Settings1.8. Make a Special Gradient to Suit your Design1.9. Calibrate and Profile Your Monitor for Better Editing1.10. Turn on the Full Power of Photoshop with a Pen Tablet
2. Working with Layers, Selections, and Masks
2.1. Duplicate and Change the Background Layer to Fix Problems Such as Overexposure2.2. Using an Adjustment Layer to Adjust a Photo Nondestructively2.3. Blend Two Photos Together with a Layer Mask2.4. Using Custom Shape Layers to Add Designs to Photos2.5. Accentuate a Sky Easily with a Gradient Fill Layer2.6. Using the Quick Selection Tool and Refine Edge Palette for Selections2.7. Using a Quick Mask to Make a Detailed Selection2.8. Extract the Main Subject from the Background2.9. Open or Add layers as Smart Objects for Nondestructive Changes2.10. Apply Filters as Smart Filters for Dynamic Adjustments
3. Straightening, Cropping, and Resizing
3.1. Crop Your Images and Use a Rule-of-Thirds Grid to Improve Composition3.2. Create a Level Horizon3.3. Try a Reverse Crop to Expand the Canvas3.4. Crop and Straighten in Camera Raw3.5. Straighten Crooked Scans Quickly3.6. Crop Multiple Images from One Original to Create a Triptych3.7. Change Your Perspective with the Crop Tool3.8. Straighten Buildings with the Lens Correction Filter3.9. Create a Panorama from Multiple Photos3.10. Maximize Your Image Size with Minimal Visible Loss
4. Retouching Portraits
4.1. Remove Blemishes and Improve the Skin4.2. Remove Blemishes and Improve the Skin4.3. Remove Red Eye to Quickly Improve Any Photo4.4. Change Eye Color Digitally4.5. Reduce Wrinkles with a Soft Touch4.6. Whiten Teeth to Improve a Smile4.7. Brighten the Eyes by Lightening the Whites4.8. Add Depth to Eyes to Emphasize Them4.9. Add Depth to Eyes to Emphasize Them4.10. Add a Catch Light to Make the Eyes Come Alive4.11. Sharpen Just the Eyes to Add Focus4.12. Add a Soft-Focus Effect to Make a Portrait Glow
5. Changing and Enhancing Colors and Tone
5.1. Improve an Underexposed Photo in Two Steps5.2. Improve an Overexposed Photo in Three Steps5.3. Remove a Colorcast to Improve the Overall Color5.4. Colorize an Old Black-and-White Photograph5.5. Make a Quick Change to Grayscale5.6. Give a New Photo an Old Colorized Look5.7. Using Camera Raw to Recover Highlights5.8. Improve a Sky with HSL Values in Camera Raw5.9. Go from Color to Grayscale with the New Black & White Adjustment5.10. Create a Split Tone for a Special Effect in Camera Raw

6. Making Magic with Digital Special Effects
6.1. Apply a Smart Digital Photo Filter for Dynamic Adjustments6.2. Add a Quick Dark Vignette Effect to Direct the Focus on the Subject6.3. Add Action with a Simulated Motion Blur6.4. Using the New Blend Mode to Stylize an Image6.5. Align and Blend Separate Photos for the Best Group Shot6.6. Merge Multiple Raw Photos to 32-Bit HDR6.7. Apply a Split-Neutral Density Filter Using Smart Objects6.8. Adjust Depth of Field with a Lens Blur Filter6.9. Adjust Depth of Field with a Lens Blur Filter6.10. Create a Silhouette for a Custom Design6.11. Create a Silhouette for a Custom Design6.12. Become a Digital Architect with the Vanishing Point Filter
7. Designing with Text Effects
7.1. Add a Double-Neon Glow to Text for a Unique Design7.2. Create a Custom Watermark to Protect Your Images7.3. Fill Any Shape with Text to Create Unique Effects7.4. Warp Type to Emphasize the Words7.5. Add Perspective to Type and Keep It Sharp7.6. Make Your Text Follow Any Path7.7. Create Eye-Catching Photo-Filled Titles7.8. Blend Text into a Photograph Creatively7.9. Create an Amazing Colored Shadow7.10. Weave Text and Graphics for Intriguing Designs
8. Creating Digital Artwork from Photographs
8.1. Give Any Photo a Sketched Look8.2. Add Your Own Signature to Any Artwork8.3. Create a Digital Pen-and-Ink Drawing8.4. Give a Photograph a Woodcut Look8.5. Turn a Photo into a Colored-Pencil Illustration8.6. Posterize a Photo for a Warhol-Style Image8.7. Posterize a Photo for a Warhol-Style Image8.8. Create a Pen-and-Colored-Wash Drawing from a Photograph8.9. Create a Pen-and-Colored-Wash Drawing from a Photograph8.10. Compose a Photo Collage8.11. Turn a Photo into a Hand-Painted Oil Painting8.12. Turn a Photo into a Hand-Painted Oil Painting8.13. Paint a Digital Watercolor8.14. Paint a Digital Watercolor
9. Giving Your Images a Professional Presentation
9.1. Add Traditional Photo Corners9.2. Make a Frame from a Photograph9.3. Make a Contact Sheet of Your Photos9.4. Create a PDF Slideshow Presentation9.5. Create a Web Photo Gallery with Your Copyright9.6. Give a Photo an Artistic Edge9.7. Create a Custom Slide Template9.8. Create Your Own Custom Edge9.9. Make One Photo Look Like Many Combined Snapshots9.10. Make a Photo Look Like a Gallery Print9.11. Make a Photo Look Like a Gallery Print
10. Plugging into Photoshop CS3
10.1. Embellish a Photo Effortlessly with Graphic Authority Frames and Photo Ornaments10.2. Make a Digital Engraving with Andromeda's Screens Filter10.3. Enlarge Images with Maximum Quality with Alien Skin BlowUp10.4. Change Your Photo into Art with Alien Skin Snap Art10.5. Colorize a Black-and-White Photo with AKVIS Coloriage10.6. Easily Select the Subject and Remove the Background with Vertus Fluid Mask10.7. Control Digital Noise with Nik Dfine 210.8. Sharpen Photos with Finesse Using Nik Sharpener Pro 210.9. Apply Traditional Photo Filters Such As the Sunshine Filter Using Nik Color Efex10.10. Travel Beyond the Bridge with Extensis Portfolio 810.11. Travel Beyond the Bridge with Extensis Portfolio 8

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Photoshop®: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks provides adventurous Photoshop users with a visual reference on how to use the bells and whistles found in the latest version of Photoshop. Broken out in 10 chapters, with 10 tasks per chapter, Photoshop®: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks covers 100 cool and useful tips and tricks that can be performed in the newest release of Photoshop. Full-color screen shots and numbered, step-by-step instructions show you how to take their Photoshop skills to new heights. Order the latest edition today and make your pictures pop.

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