Photoshop CS5 One on One Fundamentals Lynda.com

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Photoshop CS5 One on One Fundamentals Lynda.com

Introduction

Welcome to Photoshop CS5 One-on-One

Making Photoshop your default image editor

Installing the DekeKeys keyboard shortcuts

Remapping Mac OS shortcuts

Installing the Best Workflow color settings

The color settings explained

Loading the CS5 color settings in Bridge

1. What Photoshop Can Do, Part 1: The Avatar

There is nothing you can't do

The power of Photoshop

Duplicating a layer

Liquifying an image

Adding a layer mas

Loading an alpha channel

Selecting with Color Range

Making a Hue/Saturation layer

Luminance blending

Mask density

Making a knockout layer

2. Setting Up 'Shop

The best way to work

Setting General preferences

Changing the pasteboard color   

File handling, performance, and units

Touring the Photoshop interface

Creating and saving a workspace

Changing settings and updating the workspace

Resetting the preferences

3. Opening and Organizing

The amazing Adobe Bridge

Making a new image

Opening an image

Opening and closing multiple images

Opening a problem image

Adding file information

Introducing Adobe Bridge

A whirlwind tour of Bridge

Adjusting the interface and thumbnails

Using the full-screen preview   

Rotating images on their sides     

Assigning star ratings and labels

Filtering thumbnails in the Contents panel

Moving, copying, and deleting files

Creating and assigning keywords

Searches and collections

Batch-exporting JPEG files

Batch-renaming

String substitution and regular expressions

Grouping images into stacks

Comparing images in Review mode

Playing images in a slideshow

Customizing and saving the workspace

Using Mini Bridge in Photoshop CS5

4. Navigation

Learning to swim inside an image

The tabbed-window interface

Arranging image windows

Common ways to zoom

New zoom tricks in Photoshop CS5

Hidden old-school zoom tricks

Scrolling and panning images       

Viewing the image at print size

The Navigator and "bird's-eye" scrolling

Nudging the screen from the keyboard                

Scroll wheel tricks

The Rotate View tool

Cycling between screen modes

Using the numerical zoom value              

5. Image Size and Resolution

Imaging fundamentals  

What is image size?        

The Image Size command

Selecting an interpolation option

Upsampling versus "real" pixels

The penalty of pixels

Print size and resolution

Downsampling for print

Downsampling for email

Options for upsampling

Better ways to make a big image

6. Cropping and Straightening

Frame wide, crop tight

Using the Crop tool

Fixing out-of-canvas wedges

Crop tool preset

Previewing the crop angle

The Crop command

Straightening with the Ruler tool

Cropping without clipping

Perspective cropping

7. Basic Color Correction

Making drab colors look better

Brightness and contrast

Adjusting numerical values

Introducing adjustment layers

Editing adjustment layers

Saving adjustment layers

Adding a quick layer mask

Introducing the Histogram

Working with the Histogram panel

Using Color Balance

Introducing the Variations command

Luminance and saturation controls

Fading a static adjustment

How hue and saturation work

Rotating hues and adjusting saturation

Creating a quick and dirty sepia tone

Adjusting hues selectively

The Target Adjustment tool

Photoshop CS5 Target Adjustment enhancements

Adjusting the color of clothing

Enhancing a low-saturation image

Refining saturation with Vibrance

8. Making Selections

Photoshop versus the real world

Meet the selection tools

Marking the center of an image

Drawing a geometric selection outline

Blurring a selection outline with Feather

Copy and paste versus drag and drop

Creating a graduated selection

Aligning one image with another

Accessing the Move tool on the fly

Invert and Match Colors

Matching colors selectively

Feathering and filling a selection

Dressing up a composition with effects   

The incredible image rotation trick            

The Magic Wand tool    

Tolerance and other options

Grow, Similar, and Inverse

Quick selection and the Magnetic Lasso

Evaluating a selection in Quick Mask

Saving and loading selections

Placing an image with a layer mask

Eliminating edge fringing

9. Retouching and Healing

Brushing to correct

How brushing works

Working with spacing

Changing size and hardness

The heads-up Color Picker

Flipping a mirror image

Setting the source for the History brush

Brightening details with the Dodge tool

Darkening details with the Burn tool

The Sponge tool

Backing off edits

Patching eye bags

Evening out flesh tones

Smoothing away whiskers

Reducing shadow noise

How healing works

The enhanced Spot Healing brush

Using the better Healing brush 

Introducing the Clone Source panel

Cloning from one layer to another

Working with multiple sources  

10. Layer Essentials

The layered composition

Making a new background layer

Working with "big layers"

Move, Duplicate, and Scale

Transforming a copy and repeat

Stacking order and eyedropping a layer

Adjusting multiple layers at once

Switching between layers

Making a digital star field

Blend mode and clipping mask

Dragging and dropping from your desktop

Black + Lens Flare = glow

Locking transparency

Adding gradient layers

Stacking an adjustment layer

Adding shadow and stroke

11. Printing, PDF, and Web Gallery

Outputting from Photoshop and Bridge

Printing an RGB composite

Customizing the subjective print file      

Gauging print size

Scale, position, and page orientation

Three important printing curiosities

Introducing the Output options

Establishing a bleed

Using the Color Management options

Generating a PDF contact sheet

Creating a contact sheet template

Saving and opening a PDF contact sheet

Introducing the Web Gallery

Exporting and editing an HTML site

The Airtight Photocard site

12. Saving Images for the Web

Rules of the web

Introducing web graphics

A first look at Save for Web

Scaling a layered image versus a flat one

Incremental downsampling

Adding text, bar, and stroke

Assigning copyright and metadata

Comparing GIF, JPEG, and PNG

Determining the perfect JPEG settings

Saving metadata

Working with an unprofiled RGB image

Downsampling graphic art

Saving a GIF graphic       

Antiquated GIF versus the better PNG

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