Book description
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.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Praise For Visual Books
- Credits
- About the Author
- How To Use This Book
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1. Customizing Photoshop for Your Projects
- 1.1. Select the Color Settings for Your Projects
- 1.2. Set the Preferences for the Way You Work
- 1.3. Customize your Personal Workspace
- 1.4. Personalize Your View of the Bridge
- 1.5. Add Your Own Keyboard Shortcut for a Favorite Filter
- 1.6. Create a Custom Action to Increase Your Efficiency
- 1.7. Design a Customized Brush With Your Settings
- 1.8. Make a Special Gradient to Suit your Design
- 1.9. Calibrate and Profile Your Monitor for Better Editing
- 1.10. Turn on the Full Power of Photoshop with a Pen Tablet
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2. Working with Layers, Selections, and Masks
- 2.1. Duplicate and Change the Background Layer to Fix Problems Such as Overexposure
- 2.2. Using an Adjustment Layer to Adjust a Photo Nondestructively
- 2.3. Blend Two Photos Together with a Layer Mask
- 2.4. Using Custom Shape Layers to Add Designs to Photos
- 2.5. Accentuate a Sky Easily with a Gradient Fill Layer
- 2.6. Using the Quick Selection Tool and Refine Edge Palette for Selections
- 2.7. Using a Quick Mask to Make a Detailed Selection
- 2.8. Extract the Main Subject from the Background
- 2.9. Open or Add layers as Smart Objects for Nondestructive Changes
- 2.10. Apply Filters as Smart Filters for Dynamic Adjustments
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3. Straightening, Cropping, and Resizing
- 3.1. Crop Your Images and Use a Rule-of-Thirds Grid to Improve Composition
- 3.2. Create a Level Horizon
- 3.3. Try a Reverse Crop to Expand the Canvas
- 3.4. Crop and Straighten in Camera Raw
- 3.5. Straighten Crooked Scans Quickly
- 3.6. Crop Multiple Images from One Original to Create a Triptych
- 3.7. Change Your Perspective with the Crop Tool
- 3.8. Straighten Buildings with the Lens Correction Filter
- 3.9. Create a Panorama from Multiple Photos
- 3.10. Maximize Your Image Size with Minimal Visible Loss
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4. Retouching Portraits
- 4.1. Remove Blemishes and Improve the Skin
- 4.2. Remove Blemishes and Improve the Skin
- 4.3. Remove Red Eye to Quickly Improve Any Photo
- 4.4. Change Eye Color Digitally
- 4.5. Reduce Wrinkles with a Soft Touch
- 4.6. Whiten Teeth to Improve a Smile
- 4.7. Brighten the Eyes by Lightening the Whites
- 4.8. Add Depth to Eyes to Emphasize Them
- 4.9. Add Depth to Eyes to Emphasize Them
- 4.10. Add a Catch Light to Make the Eyes Come Alive
- 4.11. Sharpen Just the Eyes to Add Focus
- 4.12. Add a Soft-Focus Effect to Make a Portrait Glow
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5. Changing and Enhancing Colors and Tone
- 5.1. Improve an Underexposed Photo in Two Steps
- 5.2. Improve an Overexposed Photo in Three Steps
- 5.3. Remove a Colorcast to Improve the Overall Color
- 5.4. Colorize an Old Black-and-White Photograph
- 5.5. Make a Quick Change to Grayscale
- 5.6. Give a New Photo an Old Colorized Look
- 5.7. Using Camera Raw to Recover Highlights
- 5.8. Improve a Sky with HSL Values in Camera Raw
- 5.9. Go from Color to Grayscale with the New Black & White Adjustment
- 5.10. Create a Split Tone for a Special Effect in Camera Raw
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6. Making Magic with Digital Special Effects
- 6.1. Apply a Smart Digital Photo Filter for Dynamic Adjustments
- 6.2. Add a Quick Dark Vignette Effect to Direct the Focus on the Subject
- 6.3. Add Action with a Simulated Motion Blur
- 6.4. Using the New Blend Mode to Stylize an Image
- 6.5. Align and Blend Separate Photos for the Best Group Shot
- 6.6. Merge Multiple Raw Photos to 32-Bit HDR
- 6.7. Apply a Split-Neutral Density Filter Using Smart Objects
- 6.8. Adjust Depth of Field with a Lens Blur Filter
- 6.9. Adjust Depth of Field with a Lens Blur Filter
- 6.10. Create a Silhouette for a Custom Design
- 6.11. Create a Silhouette for a Custom Design
- 6.12. Become a Digital Architect with the Vanishing Point Filter
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7. Designing with Text Effects
- 7.1. Add a Double-Neon Glow to Text for a Unique Design
- 7.2. Create a Custom Watermark to Protect Your Images
- 7.3. Fill Any Shape with Text to Create Unique Effects
- 7.4. Warp Type to Emphasize the Words
- 7.5. Add Perspective to Type and Keep It Sharp
- 7.6. Make Your Text Follow Any Path
- 7.7. Create Eye-Catching Photo-Filled Titles
- 7.8. Blend Text into a Photograph Creatively
- 7.9. Create an Amazing Colored Shadow
- 7.10. Weave Text and Graphics for Intriguing Designs
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8. Creating Digital Artwork from Photographs
- 8.1. Give Any Photo a Sketched Look
- 8.2. Add Your Own Signature to Any Artwork
- 8.3. Create a Digital Pen-and-Ink Drawing
- 8.4. Give a Photograph a Woodcut Look
- 8.5. Turn a Photo into a Colored-Pencil Illustration
- 8.6. Posterize a Photo for a Warhol-Style Image
- 8.7. Posterize a Photo for a Warhol-Style Image
- 8.8. Create a Pen-and-Colored-Wash Drawing from a Photograph
- 8.9. Create a Pen-and-Colored-Wash Drawing from a Photograph
- 8.10. Compose a Photo Collage
- 8.11. Turn a Photo into a Hand-Painted Oil Painting
- 8.12. Turn a Photo into a Hand-Painted Oil Painting
- 8.13. Paint a Digital Watercolor
- 8.14. Paint a Digital Watercolor
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9. Giving Your Images a Professional Presentation
- 9.1. Add Traditional Photo Corners
- 9.2. Make a Frame from a Photograph
- 9.3. Make a Contact Sheet of Your Photos
- 9.4. Create a PDF Slideshow Presentation
- 9.5. Create a Web Photo Gallery with Your Copyright
- 9.6. Give a Photo an Artistic Edge
- 9.7. Create a Custom Slide Template
- 9.8. Create Your Own Custom Edge
- 9.9. Make One Photo Look Like Many Combined Snapshots
- 9.10. Make a Photo Look Like a Gallery Print
- 9.11. Make a Photo Look Like a Gallery Print
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10. Plugging into Photoshop CS3
- 10.1. Embellish a Photo Effortlessly with Graphic Authority Frames and Photo Ornaments
- 10.2. Make a Digital Engraving with Andromeda's Screens Filter
- 10.3. Enlarge Images with Maximum Quality with Alien Skin BlowUp
- 10.4. Change Your Photo into Art with Alien Skin Snap Art
- 10.5. Colorize a Black-and-White Photo with AKVIS Coloriage
- 10.6. Easily Select the Subject and Remove the Background with Vertus Fluid Mask
- 10.7. Control Digital Noise with Nik Dfine 2
- 10.8. Sharpen Photos with Finesse Using Nik Sharpener Pro 2
- 10.9. Apply Traditional Photo Filters Such As the Sunshine Filter Using Nik Color Efex
- 10.10. Travel Beyond the Bridge with Extensis Portfolio 8
- 10.11. Travel Beyond the Bridge with Extensis Portfolio 8
Product information
- Title: Adobe® Photoshop® CS3: Top 100 Simplified® Tips & Tricks
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2007
- Publisher(s): Visual
- ISBN: 9780470144763
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