Getting to Know the Work Area

1. Starting to Work in Adobe Photoshop
2. Using the Tools
3. Using the Options Bar and other Panels
4. Undoing Actions in Photoshop
5. Customising the Workspace
6. Working with Adobe Bridge

Basic Photo Corrections

1. Strategy for Retouching
2. Resolutions and Image size
3. Straightening and Cropping an Image
4. Making Automatic Adjustments
5. Removing a Colour Cast
6. Manually Adjusting the Tonal Range
7. Replacing Colours in an Image
8. Adjusting Lightness with the Dodge tool
9. Adjusting Saturation with the Sponge Tool
10. Comparing Automatic and Manual Results
11. Repairing Areas with the Clone Stamp Tool
12. Using the Spot Healing Brush and Healing Brush Tools
13. Applying the Unsharp Mask Filter

Working with Selections

1. About Selecting and Selection Tools
2. Using the Quick Selection Tools
3. Moving a Selected Area
4. Manipulating Selections
5. Using the Magic Want Tool
6. Selecting with the Lasso Tool
7. Rotating a Selection
8. Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso Tool
9. Cropping an Image and Erasing within a Selection
10. Refining the Edge of a Selection

Layer Basics

1. About Layers
2. Using the Layers Panel
3. Rearranging Layers
4. Applying a Gradient to a Layer
5. Applying a Layer Style
6. Flattening and Saving Files

Masks and Channels

1. Working with Masks and Channels
2. Creating a Quick Mask
3. Editing a Mask
4. Viewing Channels
5. Adjusting Individual Channels
6. Loading a Mask as a Selection
7. Applying Filters to a Mask
8. Applying Effects using a Gradient Mask
9. Resizing the Canvas
10. Removing the Background from an Image
11. Moving Layers between Documents
12. Colorising with an Adjustment Layer
13. Grouping and Clipping Layers
14. Inverting a Mask
15. Using Type as a Mask

Correcting and Enhancing Digital Photographs

1. About Camera Raw
2. Processing Files in Camera Raw
3. Correcting Digital Photographs in Photoshop
4. Editing Images with a Vanishing-Point Perspective
5. Correcting Image Distortion
6. Adding Depth of Field

Typographic Design

1. About Type
2. Creating a Clipping Mask from Type
3. Creating a Design Element from Type
4. Using Interactive Formatting Controls
5. Warping Point Type
6. Designing a Paragraph of Type
7. Warping a Layer

Saving Completed Images

• Saving Images for Use in Print Applications
• Saving Images for the Web
• Saving Images as PDF