Photoshop for Right-brainers

Al Ward is a prominent figure in the Photoshop community and a certified Photoshop addict. His web site, www.actionfx.com, supplies Photoshop users with actions and information. He has contributed to and written many Photoshop books, including Al Wards' Photoshop Productivity Toolkit, and he has written for Photoshop User magazine, Planet Photoshop, and Photoshop Cafe. Al serves as the official actions guru for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP).

Introduction.Chapter 1: Tools for Building Your Masterpiece.Using Blending Modes.Extracting an Image from a Background.Working with Layer Masks.Including Adjustment Layers.Displacement Mapping.Discovering the Power of Blend If.Chapter 2: Techniques for Embellishing Portraits.Enhancing Eye Color.Variation: Enhancing Lip Color.Altering Eye Color.Altering Hair Color.Whitening Teeth.Removing Acne and Blemishes.Erasing Wrinkles.Digital Liposuction.Face Swapping.Digital Face-Lift.Chapter 3: A Few Right-Brained Special Effects.Creating a Glass Sphere.Making a Chrome Sphere: Digital Manipulation.Creating Patterns from Photos: Floor Tiles.Generating Metal Text from Scratch.Generating Plastic from Scratch.Chapter 4: Texture, Color, and Layer Effects.Using Apply Image: Why I Love It.Applying a Technical Background.Applying a Montage Effect.Adding Color to Black-and-White Images.Method 1: Adding a Color Cast.Method 2: Re-creating the Hand-Tinted Look.Using Textures and Displacement Maps.Adding Real-World Texture to Skin.Creating Brush Effects by Using Photo Elements.Lightening, Darkening, and Coloring.Chapter 5: Effects in the Real World.Symmetrical Landscaping.Patterns in the Sky.Nature Patterns: Apply Image.Creating a Neon Reflection on Water.Changing the Mood.Chapter 6: Animals.Comical Critter Alteration.Attack of the Giant Bug-in 3D!Creature out of Place.Crossbreeding Species.Crossbreeding Species 2: Pegasus.Chapter 7: Digital Alterations and Manipulations.Digital Woman.Enticement: Reverse Advertising.Common Images in Art.Enhanced Close-up: Macro Art.Chapter 8: Going beyond Canned Filters.Retro Photo: Aging.Photo to Line Art: Sketching.Pencil Drawings.Pen-and-Ink Art.Portrait to Painting: Artistic.Anime Woman: Vector Art.Chapter 9: People as Art: Digital Manipulation.Chex-Girl: Impressionist.Zebra-Woman: Adventures in Advertising.Cyborg: Digital Distortions.Flesh to Stone.Chapter 10: Digital Intensive: Crash-Course Projects.Project 1: Contrast Woman.Project 2: Portrait Collage.Project 3: From Photo to Graffiti.Appendix: Managing and Displaying Your Work.Using the Bridge.Displaying Your Work.Web Photo Gallery.Adding Metadata to an Image.PDF Presentation.Contact Sheet II.Picture Package II.Photomerge.Accessing Additional Resources.The Manufacturer's Site.Information and Discussion Sites.Photoshop Groups and Organizations.Adobe Photoshop Tutorials Online.Stock Images.Index.