Adobe® Photoshop® CS3: Top 100 Simplified® Tips & Tricks

Adobe® Photoshop® CS3: Top 100 Simplified® Tips & Tricks
By: Lynette Kent

Publisher: Visual

Pub. Date: September 11, 2007

Print ISBN: 978-0-470-14476-3

Web ISBN: 0-470144-76-9

Pages in Print Edition: 256


Copyright

Praise For Visual Books

Credits

About the Author

How To Use This Book

Chapter 1. Customizing Photoshop for Your Projects
#1 1.1. Select the Color Settings for Your Projects

#2 1.2. Set the Preferences for the Way You Work

#3 1.3. Customize your Personal Workspace

#4 1.4. Personalize Your View of the Bridge

#5 1.5. Add Your Own Keyboard Shortcut for a Favorite Filter

#6 1.6. Create a Custom Action to Increase Your Efficiency

#7 1.7. Design a Customized Brush With Your Settings

#8 1.8. Make a Special Gradient to Suit your Design

#9 1.9. Calibrate and Profile Your Monitor for Better Editing

#10 1.10. Turn on the Full Power of Photoshop with a Pen Tablet

Chapter 2. Working with Layers, Selections, and Masks
#11 2.1. Duplicate and Change the Background Layer to Fix Problems Such as Overexposure

#12 2.2. Using an Adjustment Layer to Adjust a Photo Nondestructively

#13 2.3. Blend Two Photos Together with a Layer Mask

#14 2.4. Using Custom Shape Layers to Add Designs to Photos

#15 2.5. Accentuate a Sky Easily with a Gradient Fill Layer

#16 2.6. Using the Quick Selection Tool and Refine Edge Palette for Selections

#17 2.7. Using a Quick Mask to Make a Detailed Selection

#18 2.8. Extract the Main Subject from the Background

#19 2.9. Open or Add layers as Smart Objects for Nondestructive Changes

#20 2.10. Apply Filters as Smart Filters for Dynamic Adjustments

Chapter 3. Straightening, Cropping, and Resizing
#21 3.1. Crop Your Images and Use a Rule-of-Thirds Grid to Improve Composition

#22 3.2. Create a Level Horizon

#23 3.3. Try a Reverse Crop to Expand the Canvas

#24 3.4. Crop and Straighten in Camera Raw

#25 3.5. Straighten Crooked Scans Quickly

#26 3.6. Crop Multiple Images from One Original to Create a Triptych

#27 3.7. Change Your Perspective with the Crop Tool

#28 3.8. Straighten Buildings with the Lens Correction Filter

#29 3.9. Create a Panorama from Multiple Photos

#30 3.10. Maximize Your Image Size with Minimal Visible Loss

Chapter 4. Retouching Portraits
#31 4.1. Remove Blemishes and Improve the Skin

#31 4.2. Remove Blemishes and Improve the Skin

#32 4.3. Remove Red Eye to Quickly Improve Any Photo

#33 4.4. Change Eye Color Digitally

#34 4.5. Reduce Wrinkles with a Soft Touch

#35 4.6. Whiten Teeth to Improve a Smile

#36 4.7. Brighten the Eyes by Lightening the Whites

#37 4.8. Add Depth to Eyes to Emphasize Them

#37 4.9. Add Depth to Eyes to Emphasize Them

#38 4.10. Add a Catch Light to Make the Eyes Come Alive

#39 4.11. Sharpen Just the Eyes to Add Focus

#40 4.12. Add a Soft-Focus Effect to Make a Portrait Glow

Chapter 5. Changing and Enhancing Colors and Tone
#41 5.1. Improve an Underexposed Photo in Two Steps

#42 5.2. Improve an Overexposed Photo in Three Steps

#43 5.3. Remove a Colorcast to Improve the Overall Color

#44 5.4. Colorize an Old Black-and-White Photograph

#45 5.5. Make a Quick Change to Grayscale

#46 5.6. Give a New Photo an Old Colorized Look

#47 5.7. Using Camera Raw to Recover Highlights

#48 5.8. Improve a Sky with HSL Values in Camera Raw

#49 5.9. Go from Color to Grayscale with the New Black & White Adjustment

#50 5.10. Create a Split Tone for a Special Effect in Camera Raw

Chapter 6. Making Magic with Digital Special Effects
#51 6.1. Apply a Smart Digital Photo Filter for Dynamic Adjustments

#52 6.2. Add a Quick Dark Vignette Effect to Direct the Focus on the Subject

#53 6.3. Add Action with a Simulated Motion Blur

#54 6.4. Using the New Blend Mode to Stylize an Image

#55 6.5. Align and Blend Separate Photos for the Best Group Shot

#56 6.6. Merge Multiple Raw Photos to 32-Bit HDR

#57 6.7. Apply a Split-Neutral Density Filter Using Smart Objects

#58 6.8. Adjust Depth of Field with a Lens Blur Filter

#58 6.9. Adjust Depth of Field with a Lens Blur Filter

#59 6.10. Create a Silhouette for a Custom Design

#59 6.11. Create a Silhouette for a Custom Design

#60 6.12. Become a Digital Architect with the Vanishing Point Filter

Chapter 7. Designing with Text Effects
#61 7.1. Add a Double-Neon Glow to Text for a Unique Design

#62 7.2. Create a Custom Watermark to Protect Your Images

#63 7.3. Fill Any Shape with Text to Create Unique Effects

#64 7.4. Warp Type to Emphasize the Words

#65 7.5. Add Perspective to Type and Keep It Sharp

#66 7.6. Make Your Text Follow Any Path

#67 7.7. Create Eye-Catching Photo-Filled Titles

#68 7.8. Blend Text into a Photograph Creatively

#69 7.9. Create an Amazing Colored Shadow

#70 7.10. Weave Text and Graphics for Intriguing Designs

Chapter 8. Creating Digital Artwork from Photographs
#71 8.1. Give Any Photo a Sketched Look

#72 8.2. Add Your Own Signature to Any Artwork

#73 8.3. Create a Digital Pen-and-Ink Drawing

#74 8.4. Give a Photograph a Woodcut Look

#75 8.5. Turn a Photo into a Colored-Pencil Illustration

#76 8.6. Posterize a Photo for a Warhol-Style Image

#76 8.7. Posterize a Photo for a Warhol-Style Image

#77 8.8. Create a Pen-and-Colored-Wash Drawing from a Photograph

#77 8.9. Create a Pen-and-Colored-Wash Drawing from a Photograph

#78 8.10. Compose a Photo Collage

#79 8.11. Turn a Photo into a Hand-Painted Oil Painting

#79 8.12. Turn a Photo into a Hand-Painted Oil Painting

#80 8.13. Paint a Digital Watercolor

#80 8.14. Paint a Digital Watercolor

Chapter 9. Giving Your Images a Professional Presentation
#81 9.1. Add Traditional Photo Corners

#82 9.2. Make a Frame from a Photograph

#83 9.3. Make a Contact Sheet of Your Photos

#84 9.4. Create a PDF Slideshow Presentation

#85 9.5. Create a Web Photo Gallery with Your Copyright

#86 9.6. Give a Photo an Artistic Edge

#87 9.7. Create a Custom Slide Template

#88 9.8. Create Your Own Custom Edge

#89 9.9. Make One Photo Look Like Many Combined Snapshots

#90 9.10. Make a Photo Look Like a Gallery Print

#90 9.11. Make a Photo Look Like a Gallery Print

Chapter 10. Plugging into Photoshop CS3
#91 10.1. Embellish a Photo Effortlessly with Graphic Authority Frames and Photo Ornaments

#92 10.2. Make a Digital Engraving with Andromeda's Screens Filter

#93 10.3. Enlarge Images with Maximum Quality with Alien Skin BlowUp

#94 10.4. Change Your Photo into Art with Alien Skin Snap Art

#95 10.5. Colorize a Black-and-White Photo with AKVIS Coloriage

#96 10.6. Easily Select the Subject and Remove the Background with Vertus Fluid Mask

#97 10.7. Control Digital Noise with Nik Dfine 2

#98 10.8. Sharpen Photos with Finesse Using Nik Sharpener Pro 2

#99 10.9. Apply Traditional Photo Filters Such As the Sunshine Filter Using Nik Color Efex

#100 10.10. Travel Beyond the Bridge with Extensis Portfolio 8

#100 10.11. Travel Beyond the Bridge with Extensis Portfolio 8

Index