Photoshop CS Techniques For Dummies

Phyllis Davis is a writer, graphics and Web designer, teacher, and software expert. She is the author of many well-known books about design software.

Introduction.Part I: Making Photoshop Work for You.Technique 1: Organizing Image Files and Managing Projects.Technique 2: Creating Custom Palette Groups and Workspaces.Technique 3: Assigning Custom Keyboard Shortcuts.Technique 4: The Last Word about Color Management.Technique 5: Making Image Editing Easier.Technique 6: Creating Your Own Tool Presets.Technique 7: Moving Back in Time: Getting Rid of Mistakes.Technique 8: Creating Actions.Technique 9: Automating Photoshop Functions.Part II: Getting Images Into and Out of Photoshop.Technique 10: Importing Images Using a Scanner.Technique 11: Getting Professional Results with the Camera Raw Format.Technique 12: Using Tablets and Pressure-Sensitive Devices.Technique 13: Printing to a Desktop Printer.Technique 14: Getting Files Ready for Offset Printing.Part III: Using Layers to Save Time, Protect Your Work, and Create Cool Images.Technique 15: Working with and Organizing Layers.9Technique 16: Getting to Know Layer Comps.Technique17: Enhancing Images with Blending Modes.Technique 18: Transforming Images, Layers, and Selections.Technique 19: Going Transparent with Opacity and Fill.Technique 20: Creating Great Effects with Layer Styles.Technique 21: Recoloring with Fill Layers.Technique 22: Working with Adjustment Layers.Part IV: Painting and Coloring to Enhance Your Images.Technique 23: Everything You Ever Needed to Know about Creating Brushes.Technique 24: Creating a Painting by Using an Image.Technique 25: Painting Back in Time.Technique 26: The Big Color Swap Meet.Technique 27: Recoloring with Gradients.Technique 28: Creating Custom Patterns.Technique 29: Filling and Painting with Patterns.Part V: Restoring and Retouching Images for Quick, Beautiful Results.Technique 30: Enhancing Tone and Color.Technique 31: Be Your Own Plastic Surgeon.Technique 32: Getting Rid of Red Eye.Technique 33: Adding Professional Photo Filter Effects.Technique 34: Creating Grayscale Images: Your Choices and the Results.Technique 35: Coloring and Tinting Black and White Photographs.Technique 36: Stitching Photos to Create Panoramas.Part VI: Amazing Fast Filter Effects.Technique 37: Accenting with Sharpening or Blurring.Technique 38: Painting Watercolors with Filters.Technique 39: Making Images Look Like Pressed Tin.Technique 40: Creating Photo Silkscreens.Technique 41: Sketching with Filters.Technique 42: I've Been Framed!Technique 43: Dunking Images in Liquid.Part VII: Super Type Effects.Technique 44: Shadow Type.Technique 45: Knock-Out Type.Technique 46: Pouring Liquid Metals.Technique 47: Going Up in Flames.Technique 48: Going Translucent: Clear Type and Jelly Type.Part VIII: Transforming Images Using Channels and Masks (It's not as hard as you think!).Technique 49: Working with Layer Masks.Technique 50: Using Layer Masks to Create Fade Ins and Outs.Technique 51: Grouping Layers into Clipping Masks.Technique 52: Working with Channels.Technique 53: Individual Channel Adjustments.Technique 54: Mixing Color with Channels.Part IX: Creating Flashy, Professional Web Graphics.Technique 55: Getting to Know ImageReady.Technique 56: Slicing Web Graphics.Technique 57: Optimizing and Saving Images for the Web.Technique 58: Creating Image Maps.Technique 59: Making Your Graphics Rollover.Technique 60: Making GIF Animations.Technique 61: Creating Background Tiling for Web Pages.Part X: The Scary (Or Fun) Stuff.Technique 62: Installing Plug-Ins.Technique 63: Enhancing Your Images with Auto FX Software.Technique 64: Loading New Libraries.Index.