Photoshop CS3: Essential Skills

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Copyright
4. Contents
5. foundation module
   1. Introduction
      1. A structured learning approach
      2. Supporting DVD
      3. Research and resources
      4. Essential information
   2. The Digital Darkroom
      1. Digital setup
      2. Monitor settings
      3. Choosing a working space
      4. Getting started with Photoshop
      5. Settings and preferences
      6. Navigation and viewing modes
      7. Rulers and guides
   3. Digital Basics
      1. Introduction
      2. Channels and modes
      3. Levels
      4. Hue, Saturation and Brightness
      5. Color and light overview
      6. Bit depth and mode
      7. File size
      8. File formats
      9. Image compression
      10. Resolution
      11. Image size
      12. Interpolation
   4. Bridge
      1. Introduction
      2. Bridge turns 2.0!
      3. Setting up Bridge
      4. Using Bridge
      5. Using Bridge to access the project resources
   5. Capture and Enhance
      1. Introduction
      2. Advantages and disadvantages of 16-bit editing
      3. Foundations project 1
      4. Image capture – Step 1
      5. Cropping an image – Step 2
      6. Tonal adjustments – Step 3
      7. Color adjustments – Step 4
      8. Cleaning an image – Step 5
      9. Sharpening an image – Step 6
      10. Saving a modified file – Step 7
   6. Adobe Camera Raw
      1. Introduction
      2. Processing Raw data
      3. Processing projects – images on supporting DVD
      4. Straighten, crop and size – Step 1
      5. Color space – Step 2
      6. Choosing a bit depth – Step 3
      7. White balance – Step 4
      8. Tonal adjustments – Step 5
      9. Saturation and vibrance – Step 6
      10. Noise reduction and sharpening – Step 7
      11. Digital exposure
      12. Adjusting exposure in ACR
      13. Dust on the sensor – batch removal
      14. Archiving Raw files as digital negatives
   7. Digital Printing
      1. Introduction
      2. Monitor calibration and working color space
      3. Pre-flight checklist
      4. Preparing a test print
      5. Printer manages color
      6. Photoshop manages color
      7. Analyzing the test print
      8. Maximizing shadow and highlight detail
      9. Creating a ‘ringaround’
      10. In conclusion
      11. Printing using a professional laboratory
      12. Printing monochromes
      13. Multi-black printers
6. advanced skills module
   1. Layers and Channels
      1. Introduction
      2. Layers overview
      3. Layer types
      4. Channels
      5. Adjustment and filter layers and editing quality
      6. Layer masks and editing adjustments
   2. Selections
      1. Introduction
      2. Selection Tools overview
      3. Shape-based selections with the Marquee Tools
      4. Drawn selections using the Lasso Tools
      5. Customizing your selections
      6. Refining selections
      7. Saving and loading selections
      8. Feather and anti-alias
      9. Defringe and Matting
      10. A magic workflow
      11. Quick Mask or Refine Edge
      12. ‘Color Range’
      13. Channel masking
      14. Selections from paths
   3. Layer Blends
      1. Introduction
      2. The ‘Darken’ group
      3. The ‘Lighten’ group
      4. The ‘Overlay’ group
      5. Blend modes for tinting and toning
      6. Luminosity
      7. Difference and Exclusion
      8. Creating a simple blend
   4. Filters
      1. Filtering in Photoshop
      2. Smart Filters in CS3
      3. The Filter Gallery
      4. Fade Filter command
      5. Improving filter performance
      6. Installing and using third party filters
      7. Filtering a shape or text (vector) layer
      8. The great filter round-up
      9. Extract filter
      10. Liquify filter
      11. Vanishing Point
      12. Artistic filters
      13. Brush Strokes filters
      14. Blur filters
      15. Distort filters
      16. Noise filters
      17. Pixelate filters
      18. Render filters
      19. Sharpen filters
      20. Stylize filters
      21. Sketch filters
      22. Texture filters
      23. Video filters
      24. Other filters
      25. Filter DIY
7. imaging projects module
   1. Retouching Projects
      1. Correcting perspective – Project 1
      2. Adjustment layers – Project 2
      3. Shadow/Highlight – Project 3
      4. Clone and stamp – Project 4
      5. Advanced sharpening techniques – Project 5
   2. Advanced Retouching
      1. Black and white – Project 1
      2. Gradient maps – Project 2
      3. Creative depth of field – Project 3
      4. Smart Objects – Project 4
      5. The smooth tone technique – Project 5
      6. Time of day – Project 6
   3. Montage Projects
      1. Layer masks – Project 1
      2. Creating a simple blend – Project 2
      3. Paths and selections – Project 3
      4. Extracting hair – Project 4
      5. Replacing a sky – Project 5
      6. Shadows and blur – Project 6
      7. High dynamic range – Project 7
      8. Displace and Liquify – Project 8
      9. Composite lighting – Project 9
      10. Creating a panorama – Project 10
   4. Special Effects
      1. Posterization – Project 1
      2. Digital diffusion – Project 2
      3. Digital Polaroid transfer effect – Project 3
      4. Lith printing – Project 4
      5. Portrait makeovers – Project 5
      6. Advanced blending – Project 6
8. Glossary
9. Keyboard Shortcuts
10. Web Links
11. Index