Introduction to Photoshop : An Essential Guide for Absolute Beginners

Table of Contents About the Author Introduction Chapter 1: Getting Started with Photoshop Purchasing Photoshop Downloading Photoshop Opening a Blank Project Opening a Saved File Saving a File Save As Exporting Workspaces Cancelling a Subscription Lab Exercises Summary Chapter 2: Getting around Photoshop The Main Screen Overview The Toolbox and Options Bar Move Tool Marquee Tools Lasso Tool Quick Selection Tool Magic Wand Crop Tool Slice Tool Eye Dropper Healing Brush Patch Tool Pencils and Brushes Clone Stamp Tool Smudge Blur Burn and Dodge Eraser Pen Tool Text Tool Shapes Custom Shapes Panels Opening and Closing Panels Layers Panel Lab Exercises Summary Chapter 3: Basic Skills Import Images Change Image Size Rotate an Image Crop an Image Content Aware Crop Adjust an Image Hue and Saturation levels Brightness and Contrast Shadows and Highlights Curves Free Transform Tool Using Brushes Adding Text Automated Actions Batch Processing Printing Images Printing Part of an Image Lab Exercises Summary Chapter 4: Retouching Images Burn Tool Dodge Tool Spot Healing Tool Healing Brush Tool Patch Tool Content Aware Move Tool Clone Stamp Tool Magnetic Lasso Tool Quick Selection Tool Magic Wand Sharpening Images Camera RAW Reading a Histogram Basic Adjustments to a Photo Using the Curve Noise Reduction and Sharpening Leveling Photos and Removing Lens Distortion Lab Exercises Summary Chapter 5: Layers The Layers Concept Create an Image Collage Selection and Free Transform Layer Effects Add Text Smart Objects Adjustment Layers Auto-align Layers Layer Opacity and Fill Blending Modes Lab Exercise Summary Chapter 6: Special Effects Filters Blur Stylize Filters Filter Gallery Lighting Effects Combining Photos Layer Masks Clipping Mask Summary Chapter 7: 3D Effects Creating 3D Objects 3D Postcard 3D Extrusion 3D Shape from Preset Add Some 3D Text Navigating 3D Moving Around Your Object Inserting 3D Models Build Your Scene Summary Chapter 8: Introduction to Lightroom Classic Installing Lightroom Classic Import Photos Adjusting Photos Send Image to Photoshop Summary Chapter 9: Digital Images, Resolution, and Color Models Image Types Bitmap Images Vector Images Resolution Image Dimensions Image Resolution Image Compression Common Image Formats Color Models Summary Index This full-color book is an essential guide to getting started with Adobe Photoshop. It's packed with tutorials, illustrations, and practical exercises to help you make sense of this complex and powerful software. You'll start with the basics of Photoshop, including an overview of its myriad tools and other options. Next, you will learn about some of the common tasks that can be performed in Photoshop, such as how to touch up images and basic applications in photography. You'll also be walked through how to leverage Photoshop for special and 3D effects. Each and every technique author Kevin Wilson presents is illustrated step-by-step using screenshots with concise, easy to follow text. Downloadable sample photoshop files and images are also provided, to help you work your way through the book. Whether you are a graphic design student, a photographer, or just a keen computer user, this book will provide you with a firm grasp of the underpinning foundations of Photoshop and equip you with the skills needed to unleash its full power. What You Will Learn Understand Photoshop's many tools Use Photoshop to execute common image manipulation tasks Touch up photographs and other images in Photoshop Remove lens distortion and make photos look more professional Who This Book Is For Students, those interested in starting graphic design, and photographers looking to enhance, clean up and manipulate their photos. No experience with image-manipulation software is needed.