Adobe Photoshop CS2 Studio Techniques Contents

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Adobe Photoshop CS2 Studio Techniques. Contents. Introduction. xiii. Part I Working Foundations. Chapter 1 Tool and Palette Primer …

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Adobe Photoshop CS2 Studio Techniques
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Introduction xiii
Part I Working Foundations
Chapter 1 Tool and Palette Primer 6
Preparing Your Workspace 6
Working with Screen Modes 12
A Quick Tour of the Tools 15
Navigating Your Document 17
Picking Colors 20
Basic Editing Tools 28
Adobe Bridge 49
Editing Menus 55
Editing Keyboard Shortcuts 56
Closing Thoughts 60
Chapter 2 Selection Primer 62
What Is a Selection? 62
Basic Selection Tools 64
Magic Wand Tool 75
Refining a Selection 77
The Select Menu 79
Quick Mask Mode 88
Closing Thoughts 92
Chapter 3 Layers Primer 94
How Do Layers Work? 94
Meeting the Layers 95
Closing Thoughts 122
Part II Production Essentials
Chapter 4 Resolution Solutions 128
Understanding Pixel Size 128
Printing 130
Closing Thoughts 148
Chapter 5 Optimizing Grayscale Images 150
Levels Is the Solution 151
The Histogram Gives You Feedback 156
Setting Up Your Images for Final Output 158
A Quick Levels Recap 163
Postadjustment Analysis 164
Closing Thoughts 166Chapter 6 Understanding Curves 168
With Power Comes Complexity 170
Take Curves for a Test Drive 178
Input and Output Numbers 184
The Histogram Palette 190
Shadow/Highlight 196
Closing Thoughts 200
Chapter 7 Color Management 202
Implementing Color Management 207
Color Management in Action 230
Closing Thoughts 236
Chapter 8 Color Correction 238
Use Gray to Fix Color?!? 239
Professional Color Correction 243
Closing Thoughts 254
Chapter 9 Using Camera Raw 256
The Camera Raw Dialog Box 257
Adjusting Multiple Images 275
Finishing Touches 276
Closing Thoughts 276
Chapter 10 Color Manipulation 278
At the Core Is the Color Wheel 279
The Hue/Saturation Dialog Box 281
Replacing Color 291
Variations 292
Color Balance 293
Levels/Curves 294
Selective Color 297
Match Color 298
Red Eye Tool 301
Color Replacement Tool 302
Channel Mixer 304
Gradient Map 307
Closing Thoughts 308
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