Essentials for Design Adobe Photoshop CS2, Level One

INTRODUCTION



CHAPTER 1 Taking a Tour of Photoshop CS2

Lesson 1 Opening and Saving Images

Lesson 2 Exploring the Photoshop Environment

Lesson 3 Managing Palettes

Lesson 4 Establishing Personal Preferences

Lesson 5 Using the Bridge Application

Lesson 6 Understanding the Photoshop Toolbox

Lesson 7 Exploring Selection Tools

Lesson 8 Working with Painting Tools

Lesson 9 Moving Around an Image



Chapter 2 Using Selection Techniques

Lesson 1 Creating Elliptical and Rectangular Selections

Lesson 2 Adding and Removing Parts of a Selection

Lesson 3 Feathering a Selection

Lesson 4 Creating Polygonal Selections

Lesson 5 Working with the Magnetic Lasso Tool

Lesson 6 Transforming Selections

Lesson 7 Using Transformations to Create New Artwork

Lesson 8 Saving and Loading Selections



Chapter 3 Working with Layers

Lesson 1 Using Layers

Lesson 2 Creating Composite Images Using Layers

Lesson 3 Adding Type Layers

Lesson 4 Merging Layers

Lesson 5 Working with Layer Styles

Lesson 6 Working with Shape Layers

Lesson 7 Using Layer Masks



Chapter 4 Painting and Using Color

Lesson 1 Working with the Brushes Palette

Lesson 2 Working with Color Modes

Lesson 3 Painting with Color

Lesson 4 Using the Swatches Palette

Lesson 5 Creating Blends

Lesson 6 Removing Color with the Eraser Tools

Lesson 7 Using the Pencil Tool



Chapter 5 Using Type Elements

Lesson 1 Creating Type Elements with the Type Tool

Lesson 2 Controlling Type Attributes

Lesson 3 Managing Type Lasers

Lesson 4 Working with Paragraphs

Lesson 5 Distorting Type

Lesson 6 Creating Type Masks



Chapter 6 Using Filters

Lesson 1 Using the Filter Gallery

Lesson 2 Using the Extract Filter

Lesson 3 Combining Filters and Masks

Lesson 4 Using Filters to Create Custom Textures

Lesson 5 Using Filters and Displacement Maps

Lesson 6 Using the Liquify Filter



Chapter 7 Photoshop and the Web

Lesson 1 Preparing Images for the Web

Lesson 2 Creating a Background for a Web Page

Lesson 3 Creating Graphic Assets

Lesson 4 Adding Text

Lesson 5 Slicing Images

Lesson 6 Saving an Image as HTML

Lesson 7 Editing HTML Code

Lesson 8 Creating Image Maps



Chapter 8 Printing and Publishing

Lesson 1 Image Resolution

Lesson 2 Image Size and Page Orientation

Lesson 3 Printing from within Photoshop

Lesson 4 Color Printing

Lesson 5 Spot Color Printing

Lesson 6 Working with Print Options

Lesson 7 Preparing Images for Use in Other Applications

Lesson 8 Spot Color Printing



Integrating Project

Task Guide

Glossary

Index