Photoshop 5 Artistry

1. How to Use This Book. 2. Using the Photoshop 5 Artistry CD. 3. Navigating in Photoshop. 4. Automating with Actions. 5. Setting System and Photoshop References. 6. File Formats and Image Compression. 7. The Tool Palette. 8. Picking and Using Color. 9. Color Correction Tools. 10. Selections, Paths, Masks, and Channels. 11. Layers, Layer Masks, and Adjustment Layers. 12. History Palette, History Brush, and Snapshots. 13. Digital Imaging and the Zone System. 14. Color Spaces, Device Characterization, and Color Management. 15. Calibration. 16. Scanning, Resolution, Histograms, and Photo CD. 17. Transformation of Images, Layers, Paths, and Selections. 18. Steps to Create a Master Image. 19. Grand Canyon (Overall Color Correction of a Normal Image). 20. Kansas (Overall Color Correction of a Problem Image). 21. Burnley Graveyard (Duotones). 22. The Car Ad (Detailed Lasso, Quick Mask, and Color Selection Techniques). 23. Grand Canyon Tweaks (Selected Area Modifications, Sharpening and Spotting, Print and Web Output). 24. Kansas Tweaks (Advanced Selections and Masks for Color, CMYK Preview and Conversion). 25. Yellow Flowers (Replace Color, Color Range, and Mask Blur for Selection and Color Change). 26. Buckminster Fuller (Making a Great B&W Image, Coloring B&W). 27. Color Matching Images. 28. Desert Al (Complex Color Correction and Retouching). 29. Bryce Stone Woman (Lab Color Correction, Using Layers to Tune Opposite Color Areas). 30. Bob Goes to (Pen Tool Selections, Compositing, and Transformations). 31. Bob and the Kestrel (Threshold, Hard and Soft Edge Masks). 32. Versailles (Two Scans to Increase Dynamic Range). 33. The Band (Gradient Composites, Correcting Problem Photographs). 34. The McNamaras (Seamless Composites and Color Correction of People). 35. South Africa in Focus (Considerations for Multimedia, Premiere, Director, After Effects, and the Web). 36. Blend Modes, Calculations, and Apply Image. 37. Bike Ride in the Sky! (Blend Mode Composites and New Text Effects). 38. Posterize, Bitmaps, Textures, and Patterns. 39. Photoshop Filters and Effects (Many Great Techniques for Using the Built-in Filters). 40. The Portable Computer Ad (A Complex Composite Production Ad). 41. Creating Shadows. 42. Differences in Creating for the Web and 8-Bit Color. 43. GIFs, JPEGs, and Color Palettes. 44. Creating Small, Transparent GIF Composites. Bibliography. Index. Colophon.