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Photoshop is the world’s most powerful image editor, and it’s arguably the most complex, as well. Fortunately, nobody knows the program like award-winning book and video author Deke McClelland. Join Deke as he explores such indispensable Photoshop features as resolution, cropping, color correction, retouching, and layers. Gain expertise with real-world projects that make sense. Exercise files accompany the course.

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More than 17 Hours of Tutorials for Windows and Mac. Exercise Files are Included. See Course Outline on Next Page.

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 mask
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 presets
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

Conclusion
Until next time

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