Photoshop CS5 In Simple Steps

Table of Contents:
Top 10 Photoshop CS4 Tips   Chapter 1 – Getting Started with Photoshop CS4 • Preferences: set Photoshop history states • Preferences: set Photoshop cursors • Set and save Photoshop colour settings • Arrange panels in the Photoshop workspace • Save your custom Photoshop workspace • Launch Adobe Bridge from Photoshop • Arrange panels in Adobe Bridge • Save a new workspace in Adobe Bridge • Browse files in Adobe Bridge • Open a JPEG file in Photoshop • Open a JPEG file in Camera Raw • Open a raw file • Boxout: keys and keystrokes             Chapter 2 – Set Up Adobe Bridge §         LaunchAdobe Bridgefrom Photoshop §         Arrange Panels in Adobe Bridge §         Set the Preview layout as your main layout §         Expand the thumbnail view and save the new workspace §         SetBridgepreferences §         Download files from your camera        Chapter 3 – Work with the Brush Tool §         Create a new document §         Use the brush tool §         Use the brushes panel §         Use default foreground and backgroundcolours §         Pick foreground and backgroundcolours §         Use the Brush tool w/opacity §         Boxout: Resize the Brush tool and change opacity with the keyboard §         Use the Airbrush §         Shift-click to paint connecting lines between two points §         Constrain verticals & horizontals with the shift key §         Show rulers §         Add guides §         Reposition guides §         Use snap §         Hide guides §         Clear guides   Chapter 4 – Work with Layers and Groups §         Choose a marquee tool §         Fill all or part of a layer §         Change layer transparency §         Duplicate the background layer §         Reorder layers §         Toggle a layer's visibility §         Nudge a single layer §         Nudge two layers together §         Link layers §         Unlink layers §         Group layers §         Expand or collapse a group §         Add a layer to a group §         Remove or delete a layer from a group §         Toggle a group's visibility §         Changethe blending mode of a layer or group §         Rename layers and groups   Chapter 5 – Erase, Move. Crop and Undo §         Use the eraser tool §         Select an areawith the Marquee tool and clear it §         Choose a lasso tool §         Select and move a section using the Polygonal Lasso §         Select and copy part of a layer §         Use the crop tool §         Use Undo (command-z) §         Use the History Panel   Chapter 6 – Work with Type §         Choose a Type tool §         Use the Type tool to make straight-line text §         Use Type tool to make wrapping text §         Edit and reshape wrapping text §         Alter type with the Options and character panels   Chapter 7 – View your Document in Different Ways §         Switch screen modes §         Show or hide all panels §         Rotate and reset the view §         Zoom in or out §         Reposition with the hand tool §         Use Bird's Eye View §         Use the Navigator panel   Chapter 8 – Pre-edit in Camera RAW §         Open a RAW file from Adobe Bridge §         Set Camera RAW preferences §         Set workflow options §         Toggle full-screen mode §         Zoom in or out §         Move with the Hand tool §         Rotate the image §         Crop an image §         Remove cropping from an image §         Straighten an image §         Use a pre-set white balance §         Use the White Balance tool §         Manually adjust colour temperature & tint §         Use clipping warnings §         Adjust Exposure, Recovery, Fill light, Blacks, Brightness, and Contrast §      sp;    Use Auto, Default, Reset and Undo §         Open in Photoshop or Open a copy in Photoshop §         Save edits without opening   Chapter 9 – Basic Retouching §         Duplicate the background layer §         Reshape with the Liquify tool §         Use the Patch tool §         Add a blank layer for retouching and rename it §         Use the Healing Brush §         Use the Spot Healing Brush §         Boxout: Watch out for Healing Brush bleed §         Use the Clone Stamp §         Boxout: Using Aligned   Chapter 10 – Adjust Tones and Colours in Photoshop ·        Adjust contrast with a preset curves adjustment layer ·        Adjust the black point and white point of an image ·        Make a curves adjustment layer from scratch ·        Review and adjust an existing curves adjustment layer ·        Adjust saturation ·        Target a colour and adjust hue and saturation ·        Adjust vibrance ·        Adjust colour with curves using the Auto button ·        Convert a colour image to black and white ·        Colourize a black and white image   Chapter 11 – Make Selections §         Select using the rectangular Marquee and use Deselect §         Select using the Elliptical Marquee §         Select with the Lasso §         Select with the Polygonal Lasso and reposition a selection §         Select with the Magnetic Lasso §         Use Select Inverse §         Add to or subtract from selection §         Use the Refine Edge command §         Modify Quick Mask preferences §         Modify a selection with Quick Mask §         Create a new selection with Quick Mask §         Select by Colour Range §         Save a selection §         Load a selection     Chapter 12 – Advanced Techniques with Selections, Layers and Masks §         Hide a selection §         Use a selection to constrain painting §         Black and White & Colour in the same image §         Adjust contrast in one part of an image §         Add a layer mask to hide pixels instead of erasing §         Use a selection to make a layer mask §         View and edit a mask directly §         View the mask as an overlay §         Use the Masks panel §         Add "pop" to eyes and jewellery §         Soften wrinkles §         Whiten teeth §         Brighten eyes §         Add grain or noise for a film-like look §         Use layer comps §         Selectively merge layers     Chapter 13 – Sharpening §         Use zoom to view the image at output size §         Add a sharpening layer §         Use Smart Sharpen §         Use a layer mask to hide some of the sharpening §         Sharpen with the high-pass filter   Chapter 14 – Saving and Exporting Files from Photoshop and Adobe Bridge §         Open a file from Adobe Bridge §         Save a file as a Photoshop file §         Save a file as a TIFF file §         Save a file as a copy §         Save a file as JPEG §         Resample an image using Fit Image §         Resample an image using Image Size §         Save a file using Save for Web and Devices §         Make a PDF in Adobe Bridge §         Make a web gallery in Adobe Bridge   Chapter 15 – Print §         Flatten for printing only Tip: Flattening is a problem. Don't forget to restore layers. §         Resize for printing §         Resample for printing §         Print with Photoshop colour management §         Set page layout parameters §         Set colour management parameters §         Boxout: About printer profiles and rendering intent §         Specify printer §         Select media type, colour mode and bits/channel §         Turn off colour adjustment and set print quality §         Print in Black and White §         Use the History panel to undo flattening     Chapter 16 – Use Workflow Tools §         Compare images §     embed your copyright §         Export a File Info template §         Use a File Info template §         Boxout: Backup is crucial §         Open RAW, JPEG or TIFF in Camera RAWfrom Adobe Bridge §         Create an action §         Use an action §         Process batches from Photoshop with Image Processor §         Process batches from Adobe Bridge with Image Processor     Top 10 Photoshop CS4 Problems Solved §         I can't see changes when painting, retouching, etc. §         I'm getting a message about a missing colour profile §         I'm getting a message about an embedded profile mismatch §         How come I can't Save As JPEG? §         Changes are getting saved even when I don't want them §         Help! All my tools and panels just disappeared! §         My cursor suddenly just looks like a crosshair §         My layers suddenly went out of alignment §         Accidentally falling into Quick-mask §         My prints are coming out very magenta §         My matte paper prints look odd