List of Sidebars

Chapter 1: Stepping into Photoshop

QuickSteps—Creating a Preset

QuickSteps—Navigating within Your Document

QuickSteps—Using the Palette Well

QuickSteps—Turning a Text Box into a Slider

QuickSteps—Selecting Screen Modes

QuickSteps—Undoing Actions

Chapter 2: Creating, Importing, and Saving Images

QuickSteps—Understanding Compression

QuickSteps—Understanding Bit Depth

QuickSteps—Saving and Loading a File Browser Workspace

QuickSteps—Importing from Adobe Illustrator

Chapter 3: Making Selections

QuickSteps—Constraining Your Selections

QuickSteps—Anti-aliasing and Feathering

QuickSteps—Expanding Selections

QuickSteps—Moving and Duplicating

Chapter 4: Using Layers

QuickSteps—Hiding and Revealing Layers

QuickSteps—Linking and Unlinking Layers

QuickSteps—Manipulating Layer Sets

QuickSteps—Flattening an Image

QuickSteps—Editing a Mask

QuickSteps—Masking a Layer Set

QuickSteps—Creating a Quick SepiaTone

Chapter 5: Using Paths, Shapes and Painting

QuickSteps—Using the Freeform PenTool

QuickSteps—Converting Selections to Paths

QuickSteps—Editing shapes

QuickSteps—Selecting Foreground and Background colors

QuickSteps—Using the Eraser Tool

Chapter 6: Color Correcting, Retouching, and Repairing Images

QuickSteps—Straightening a Photo with the Measure Tool + Rotate Canvas

QuickSteps—Using the Crop Command

QuickSteps—Using the Eyedropper Tool

QuickSteps—Using Color Balance

QuickSteps—Working with Adjustment Layers

QuickSteps—Fine-tuning with the Sharpen, Blur, and Smudge Tools

QuickSteps—Changing Image Colors

QuickSteps—Creating a Sepia Tone from a Color or Grayscale Photo

Chapter 7: Using Type and Type Effects

QuickSteps—Committing Type

QuickSteps—Hyphenating and Justifying Type

QuickSteps—Transforming Type

QuickSteps—Finding and Using Layer Styles

Chapter 8: Printing and Exporting Images

QuickSteps—Preparing the Image for Printing

QuickSteps—Printing a Single Copyof a Page

QuickSteps—Printing Part of an Image

QuickSteps—Saving a Document

QuickSteps—Importing Document Metadata

Chapter 9: Preparing Your Art for the Web

QuickSteps—Making Part of an Image Transparent

QuickSteps—Creating Your Own Optimization Settings

QuickSteps—Using Layers to CreateImage Maps

QuickSteps—Saving Sliced Images

Chapter 10: Saving Time with Actions and Automation

QuickSteps—Setting Playback Options

QuickSteps—Changing Action Options

QuickSteps—Fitting an Image

QuickSteps—Adding Copyright Information to an Image

QuickSteps—Adding Digital Watermarks to an Image