GETTING TO KNOW THE WORK AREA

• Lesson overview
• Starting to work in Adobe Photoshop
• Using the tools
• Using the options bar and other panels
• Undoing actions in Photoshop
• Customizing the workspace
• Finding resources for using Photoshop
• Checking for updates
• Tools panel overview
• Review questions and answers

BASIC PHOTO CORRECTIONS

• Lesson overview
• Strategy for retouching
• Resolution and image size
• Getting started
• Adjusting the color in Camera Raw
• Straightening and cropping the image in Photoshop
• Replacing colors in an image
• Adjusting saturation with the Sponge tool
• Repairing areas with the Clone Stamp tool
• Using the Spot Healing Brush tool
• Using content-aware fill
• Applying the Unsharp Mask filter
• Saving the image for four-color printing
• Review questions and answers

WORKING WITH SELECTIONS

• Lesson overview
• About selecting and selection tools
• Getting started
• Using the Quick Selection tool
• Moving a selected area
• Manipulating selections
• Using the Magic Wand tool
• Selecting with the lasso tools
• Rotating a selection
• Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso tool
• Cropping an image and erasing within a selection
• Refining the edge of a selection
• Review questions and answers

LAYER BASICS

• Lesson overview
• About layers
• Getting started
• Using the Layers panel
• Rearranging layers
• Applying a gradient to a layer
• Applying a layer style
• Flattening and saving files
• Review questions and answers

CORRECTING AND ENHANCING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS

• Lesson overview
• Getting started
• About camera raw files
• Processing files in Camera Raw
• Merging exposures and applying
• advanced color correction
• Correcting digital photographs in Photoshop
• Correcting image distortion
• Adding depth of field
• Review questions and answers

MASKS AND CHANNELS

• Lesson overview
• Working with masks and channels
• Getting started
• Creating a mask
• Refining a mask
• Creating a quick mask
• Manipulating an image with Puppet Warp
• Working with channels
• Review questions and answers

TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN

• Lesson overview
• About type
• Getting started
• Creating a clipping mask from type
• Creating type on a path
• Warping point type
• Designing paragraphs of type
• Review questions and answers

VECTOR DRAWING TECHNIQUES

• Lesson overview
• About bitmap images and vector graphics
• About paths and the Pen tool
• Getting started
• Using paths with artwork
• Creating vector objects for the background
• Working with defined custom shapes
• Importing a Smart Object
• Review questions and answers

ADVANCED LAYERING

• Lesson overview
• Getting started
• Clipping a layer to a shape
• Setting up a Vanishing Point grid
• Creating your own keyboard shortcuts
• Placing imported artwork
• Adding artwork in perspective
• Adding a layer style
• Placing the side panel artwork
• Adding more artwork in perspective
• Adding an adjustment layer
• Working with layer comps
• Managing layers
• Flattening a layered image
• Merging layers and layer groups
• Stamping layers
• Review questions and answers

ADVANCED COMPOSITING

• Lesson overview
• Getting started
• Assembling a montage of images
• Applying filters
• Hand-coloring selections on a layer
• Applying Smart Filters
• Adding drop shadows and a border
• Matching color schemes across images
• Automating a multistep task
• Stitching a panorama
• Review questions and answers

PAINTING WITH THE MIXER BRUSH

• Lesson overview
• About the Mixer Brush
• Getting started
• Selecting brush settings
• Mixing colors
• Creating a custom brush preset
• Mixing colors with a photograph
• Review questions and answers

WORKING WITH 3D IMAGES

• Lesson overview
• Getting started
• Creating a 3D shape from a layer
• Manipulating 3D objects
• Using the 3D panel to adjust lighting and
• surface texture
• Merging two-dimensional layers onto 3D layers
• Importing 3D files
• Merging 3D layers to share the same 3D space
• Adding a spot light
• Painting on a 3D object
• Using Repoussé to create 3D text
• Creating a 3D postcard
• Review questions and answers

PREPARING FILES FOR THE WEB

• Lesson overview
• Getting started
• Selecting a web design workspace
• Creating slices
• Exporting HTML and images
• Using the Zoomify feature
• Creating a web gallery
• Review questions and answers

PRODUCING AND PRINTING CONSISTENT COLOR

• Lesson overview
• About color management
• Getting started
• Specifying color-management settings
• Proofing an image
• Identifying out-of-gamut colors
• Adjusting an image and printing a proof
• Saving the image as a CMYK EPS file
• Printing
• Review questions and answers