Visual Adobe Photoshop CS3 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks

Photoshop CS3: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks includes 100 tasks that reveal cool secrets, teach timesaving tricks, and explain great tips guaranteed to make you more productive with Photoshop CS3. The easy-to-use layout lets you work through all the tasks from beginning to end or jump in at random.

Who is this book for?

You already know Photoshop basics. Now you would like to go beyond, with shortcuts, tricks, and tips that let

you work smarter and faster. And because you learn more easily when someone shows you how, this is the book for you.

1. Customizing Photoshop for Your Projects

#1 Select the Color Settings for Your Projects

#2 Set the Preferences for the Way You Work

#3 Customize Your Personal Workspace

#4 Personalize Your View of the Bridge

#5 Add Your Own Keyboard Shortcut for a Favorite Filter

#6 Create a Custom Action to Increase Your Efficiency

#7 Design a Customized Brush with Your Settings

#8 Make a Special Gradient to Suit Your Design

#9 Calibrate and Profile Your Monitor for Better Editing

#10 Turn on the Full Power of Photoshop with a Pen Tablet

2. Working with Layers, Selections, and Masks

#11 Duplicate and Change the Background Layer to Fix Problems Such As Overexposure

#12 Using an Adjustment Layer to Adjust a Photo Nondestructively

#13 Blend Two Photos Together with a Layer Mask

#14 Using Custom Shape Layers to Add Designs to Photos

#15 Accentuate a Sky Easily with a Gradient Fill Layer

#16 Using the Quick Selection Tool and Refine Edge Palette for Selections 36

#17 Using a Quick Mask to Make a Detailed Selection

#18 Extract the Main Subject from the Background

#19 Open or Add Layers as Smart Objects for Nondestructive Changes

#20 Apply Filters as Smart Filters for Dynamic Adjustments

3. Straightening, Cropping, and Resizing

#21 Crop Your Images and Use a Rule-of-Thirds Grid to Improve Composition

#22 Create a Level Horizon

#23 Try a Reverse Crop to Expand the Canvas

#24 Crop and Straighten in Camera Raw

#25 Straighten Crooked Scans Quickly

#26 Crop Multiple Images from One Original to Create a Triptych

#27 Change Your Perspective with the Crop Tool

#28 Straighten Buildings with the Lens Correction Filter

#29 Create a Panorama from Multiple Photos

#30 Maximize Your Image Size with Minimal Visible Loss

4. Retouching Portraits

#31 Remove Blemishes and Improve the Skin

#32 Remove Red Eye to Quickly Improve Any Photo

#33 Change Eye Color Digitally

#34 Reduce Wrinkles with a Soft Touch

#35 Whiten Teeth to Improve a Smile

#36 Brighten the Eyes by Lightening the Whites

#37 Add Depth to Eyes to Emphasize Them

#38 Add a Catch Light to Make the Eyes Come Alive

#39 Sharpen Just the Eyes to Add Focus

#40 Add a Soft-Focus Effect to Make a Portrait Glow

5. Changing and Enhancing Colors and Tone6.Making Magic with Digital Special Effects
7.Designing with Text Effects
8.Creating Digital Artwork from Photographs
9.Giving Your Images a Professional Presentation
10.Plugging into Photoshop CS3

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