Chapter 1 How to Get Around Like a Pro | 01 |
Photoshop's Interface |
Open Panels? | 02 |
Make Panels "Float"? | 03 |
Hide or Close Panels? | 04 |
Have Hidden Panels Automatically Pop Out? | 05 |
Hide All the Panels? | 06 |
Organize All These Panels? | 07 |
Save How I've Set Up All My Panels? | 08 |
Create a New Blank Document? | 09 |
See More Than One Image at a Time? | 10 |
Change the Color Outside My image Area? | 11 |
See My Image at a Full 100% Size? | 12 |
Get My Image to Fit Fully on the Screen? | 13 |
See My Image at Full-Screen Size? | 14 |
Zoom In and Out of My Image? | 15 |
Move Around When I'm Zoomed In? | 16 |
Make the Rulers Visible? | 17 |
Use Guides? | 18 |
Use Guides to Create a Layout? | 19 |
Have Objects Snap to the Rulers or a Grid? | 20 |
Hide Guides and Things from View? | 21 |
Change the Color of Photoshop's Interface? | 22 |
Hide the Home Screen? | 23 |
Chapter 2 How to Use Photoshop's Tools | 25 |
Toolbar Tips |
See Just the Tools I Actually Use? | 26 |
Select Square or Rectangular Areas of My Image? | 27 |
Make a Free-Form Selection? | 28 |
Make Really Precise Selections? | 29 |
Adjust My Pen Tool Path? | 30 |
Delete, Add, or Change Pen Tool Path Points? | 31 |
Draw a Free-Form Path? | 32 |
See More Brushes? | 33 |
Pick My Brush Size? | 34 |
Make a Live Gradient? | 35 |
Edit a Classic Gradient? | 36 |
Create Things Like Arrows, Talk Bubbles, Stars, and Other Custom Shapes?37 |
Use Colors That Are Already in My Image? | 38 |
Choose a Color? | 39 |
Make Lines? | 40 |
Draw a Single Thin Line of Pixels? | 41 |
Create Text? | 42 |
Erase Something? | 43 |
Use the Magic Wand Tool to Make Selections? | 44 |
Get Help Making a Selection? | 45 |
Point-and-Click to Select Objects? | 46 |
Crop My Image? | 47 |
Straighten My Image? | 48 |
Make Part of My Image Brighter or Darker? | 49 |
Undo Changes in Just One Part of My Image? | 50 |
Save My Favorite Settings for a Tool? | 51 |
Reset a Tool to Its Defaults? | 52 |
Get the Two-Column Toolbar? | 53 |
Get to the Hidden Tools? | 54 |
Turn Off Those Pop-Up Tool Tips? | 55 |
Chapter 3 How to Use Camera Raw Like a Boss | 57 |
The Essentials |
Get a Better Starting Place for My RAW Photo? | 58 |
Expand the Tonal Range of My Image? | 59 |
Adjust the Overall Exposure? | 60 |
Get My Color (White Balance) Right? | 61 |
Fix Flat-Looking Photos? | 62 |
Add Contrast with Curves? | 63 |
See Which Areas of My Photo Are Clipping? | 64 |
Bring Out Texture & Detail in My Image? | 65 |
Boost the Overall Color? | 66 |
Boost Just One Color? | 67 |
Fix Backlit Photos? | 68 |
Crop My Photo? | 69 |
Crop to a Specific Size? | 70 |
Straighten a Crooked Photo? | 71 |
Remove Darkening in the Corners? | 72 |
Sharpen My Image? | 73 |
Reduce Noise in My JPEG Image? | 74 |
Reduce Noise in My RAW Image? | 75 |
Fix Lens Problems, Like Bulging? | 76 |
Fix Things That Are Leaning Backward? | 77 |
Get Rid of the Purple & Green Fringe? | 78 |
Get Rid of Fog or Haze? | 79 |
Remove Something Distracting? | 80 |
Get Help Finding Spots or Specks? | 81 |
Apply Creative "Looks" to My Image? | 82 |
Adjust a Bunch of Images at Once? | 83 |
See a Side-by-Side Before/After? | 84 |
See a "Before" of Just the Panel I'm Working In? | 85 |
Create My Own Preset? | 86 |
Save My Own Custom Camera Raw Preferences? | 87 |
Chapter 4 How to Use Camera Raw's AI-Powered Masking Tools | 89 |
Our Photoshop Life Just Got Easier |
Dock My Masks Panel? | 90 |
Select My Subject? | 91 |
Select a Single Object? | 92 |
Create a Mask Based on Color? | 93 |
Create a Mask Based on Brightness? | 94 |
Add or Remove Something from a Mask? | 95 |
Brighten or Darken Parts of My Photo? | 96 |
Soften Skin? | 97 |
Brighten Just My Subject's Face? | 98 |
Create a Dramatic Spotlight Effect? | 99 |
Fix Washed-Out Skies? | 100 |
Make My Sky Look Better? | 101 |
Reduce Noise in Just One Area? | 102 |
Add Grain to My Image? | 103 |
Remove a Moire Pattern from Clothes? | 104 |
Keep the Red Tint on While Painting? | 105 |
Change the Red Mask Overlay to a Different Color? | 106 |
Switch It So the Red Tint Shows the Unmasked Areas Instead of Masked? | 107 |
Hide Mask Pins from View? | 108 |
Duplicate a Mask Pin? | 109 |
Keep from Painting Outside the Lines? | 110 |
Quickly Change the Size of My Brush? | 111 |
Fix the Brush If It's Not Painting Fully? | 112 |
Erase Something If I Make a Mistake? | 113 |
Name Masks in the Masks Panel? | 114 |
Delete a Mask (or All the Masks)? | 115 |
Quickly Reset All My Sliders? | 116 |
Save My Brush Settings as a Brush Preset? | 117 |
Chapter 5 How to Crop, Resize & Stuff Like That | 119 |
You'll Do This Stuff A Lot |
Crop an Image? | 120 |
Crop to a Specific Size? | 121 |
Change the Grid Over My Cropping Border? | 122 |
Straighten a Crooked Photo? | 123 |
Resize an Image? | 124 |
Rotate the Crop? | 125 |
Crop from the Center inward? | 126 |
Add White Space Around My Image? | 127 |
Keep My Crop from Being Permanent? | 128 |
Change the Shading Outside My Border? | 129 |
Fill In Gaps If I Make My Document Larger? | 130 |
Double the Physical Size of My Image? | 131 |
Chapter 6 How to Work with Layers | 133 |
This Is Where it Gets Fun |
Create a New Blank Layer or Delete One? | 134 |
Reorder My Layers? | 135 |
Hide a Layer from View? | 136 |
Change the Size of My Layer Thumbnails? | 137 |
Duplicate a Layer? | 138 |
Organize My Layers? | 139 |
Lock a Layer So It Won't Move? | 140 |
Make the Background Layer a Regular Layer? | 141 |
Move Multiple Layers at Once? | 142 |
Move a Layer from One Document to Another? | 143 |
Rename a Layer? | 144 |
Merge Two Layers into Just One Layer? | 145 |
Organize Layers By Assigning a Color? | 146 |
Find Layers by Name, Kind, Effect, Etc.? | 147 |
Quickly Brighten, Darken, or Add Contrast? | 148 |
Know the Difference Between Opacity and Fill? | 149 |
Create a Type Layer? | 150 |
Erase Part of a Type Layer? | 151 |
Try Out Different Fonts? | 152 |
Fill a Layer with a Solid Color? | 153 |
Make Part of a Layer Transparent? | 154 |
See Just the Layer Mask Itself? | 155 |
Add a Drop Shadow to a Layer? | 156 |
Separate a Drop Shadow from a Layer? | 157 |
Put a Stroke Around Something on My Layer? | 158 |
Change Layers without Going to the Layers Panel? | 159 |
Blend Two Photos Together? | 160 |
Blend Layers Using Sliders? | 161 |
Align or Center Multiple Layers? | 162 |
Make My RAW File Re-Editable as RAW? | 163 |
Remove Alf My Layers and Flatten the Image? | 164 |
Merge All My Layers to a New Layer? | 165 |
Chapter 7 How to Adjust Your Image | 167 |
Tweaking Your Image |
Use Camera Raw on an Already Open Image? | 168 |
Make My Adjustments Re-Editable? | 169 |
Adjust My Image Using Levels? | 170 |
Use the Levels Eyedroppers? | 171 |
Use Levels to Auto Set White & Black Points? | 172 |
Use Levels in My Workflow? | 173 |
Adjust My Midtones Using Curves? | 174 |
Use Curves to Add Contrast? | 175 |
Use Curves to Remove a Color Cast? | 176 |
Add a Film Look to My Image? | 177 |
Reduce the Amount of a Particular Color? | 178 |
Match the Color of One Photo to Another Photo? | 179 |
Convert to Black & White? (Method #1) | 180 |
Convert to Black & White? (Method #2) | 181 |
Chapter 8 How to Remove, Add & Change Stuff | 183 |
It's One of the Main Things We Go to Photoshop for and At Power Makes it Rock! |
Remove Something Distracting? | 184 |
Remove Spots? | 185 |
Clone Over Stuff to Hide It? | 186 |
Remove Glows Around Edges? | 187 |
Remove Cables or Power Lines? (Method #1) | 188 |
Remove Cables or Power Lines? (Method #2) | 189 |
Remove Larger Things? | 190 |
Cover Up Stuff I Don't Want Seen? | 191 |
Remove Reflections in Glasses?* | 192 |
Remove Tourists from My Photo? (Method #1)* | 198 |
Remove Complex Things Using AI?* | 194 |
Reduce Banding in the Sky? | 195 |
Make My Image Fit without Stretching? | 196 |
Fix a Cut-Off Area of My Photo?* | 197 |
Add Something Large to My Image That Wasn't Really There?* | 198 |
Add Smaller Things to My Image?* | 199 |
Change a Background?* | 200 |
Create a Composite from Scratch?* | 201 |
Change My Subject's Outfit?* | 202 |
Get Better Results from Select Subject? | 203 |
Get Better Generative Fill Results?* | 204 |
Stop the Contextual Task Bar from Moving Around? | 205 |
See More Choices When Using Generative Fill?* | 206 |
Delete Generative Fill Choices I Don't Need?* | 207 |
*See page xvii for more information. |
Chapter 9 How to Make Beautiful Prints | 209 |
Here's How It's Done |
Choose My Paper Size? | 210 |
Set My Page Margins? | 211 |
Sharpen for Print? | 212 |
Get the Best Results from My Printer? | 213 |
Get My Prints to Look as Bright as My Screen? | 214 |
See a Proof Before I Print? | 215 |
Resize My Image on the Page? | 216 |
Add a Stroke Border Around My Image? | 217 |
Create a Fine-Art Print Border? | 218 |
Add My Logo to My Print Layout? | 219 |
Choose My Print Resolution? | 220 |
Get My Image to Fit My Paper Size? | 221 |
Chapter 10 How to Do the Most Popular Special Effects | 223 |
And Making Stuff Look Cool |
Create a Lens Flare Effect? | 224 |
Darken the Edges around My Image? | 225 |
Make My Background Out of Focus? | 226 |
Colorize a Black & White Photo? | 227 |
Get a Soft, Dreamy Glow? | 228 |
Make Streets Look Wet? | 229 |
Add a Light Behind My Subject? | 230 |
Add a Gradient Behind My Subject? | 231 |
Apply Completely Editable Looks? | 232 |
Create the Look of Fall in a Landscape Shot? | 233 |
Get the Old HDR-Toned Look? | 234 |
Replace My Bad Sky With a Better Sky? | 235 |
Create a Mirror-Like Reflection? | 236 |
Add a Dramatic Beam of Light? | 237 |
Create a Panorama? | 238 |
Convert My Image to Black & White? (Method #3) | 239 |
Add a Cast Shadow? | 240 |
Create a Flat Matte Look? | 241 |
Add a Texture for an Aged Look? | 242 |
Create a Duotone Look? | 243 |
Chapter 11 How to Sharpen Your Images | 245 |
If It's Not Sharp, It's Soft |
Do Basic Sharpening? | 246 |
Do Advanced Sharpening? | 247 |
Sharpen Detail Areas, Like Eyes? | 248 |
Apply High Pass (Heavy) Sharpening? | 249 |
Replace the Sharpening Lost When Shooting in RAW? | 250 |
Sharpen Just Specific Parts of My Image? | 251 |
Sharpen a Portrait of a Woman? | 252 |
Sharpen for Instagram? | 253 |
Chapter 12 Other Stuff You'll Want to Know | 255 |
All That Other Stuff? It's in This Chapter |
Troubleshoot Photoshop Problems? | 256 |
Save an Image with a Transparent Background? | 257 |
Automate Boring, Repetitive Stuff? | 258 |
Put a Frame Around My Image? | 259 |
Draw a Straight Line with the Brush? | 260 |
Set My Color Space? | 261 |
Get More Than Just One Undo? | 262 |
Use Bridge to Quickly Find an Image or Rename Images? | 263 |
Save My Selection to Reuse Again? | 264 |
Save Images in Multiple Sizes and Formats? | 265 |
Create a Contact Sheet? | 266 |
Reduce the Intensity of an Edit? | 267 |
Convert to CMYK for Offset Printing? | 268 |
Open My RAW Image in 16-Bit Mode? | 269 |
Expand or Contract a Selection? | 270 |
Save Files as JPEGs or TIFFs? | 271 |
Make My JPEGs Automatically Open in Camera Raw? | 272 |
Select Hair? | 273 |
Remove Tourists from a Scene? (Method #2) | 274 |
Create Fine-Art Montages? | 275 |
Index | 276 |