25 Essential Photoshop Moves

Contents

Introduction.............................................................................. 7

The ‘Assistant’........................................................................... 8

Prepress.................................................................................... 8

Chess........................................................................................ 9

Big software........................................................................... 10

The teacher learns.................................................................. 11

The average user.................................................................... 12

Which version?....................................................................... 13

Which platform?..................................................................... 14

How the book is ordered........................................................ 14

Move 1: Rulers, guidelines and units...................................... 16

Move 2: Gradient Map .......................................................... 18

Move 3: Web Photo Gallery ................................................... 22

Move 4: Simple Actions and customizable keys ..................... 28

Move 5: Canvas Size to add bleed to document .................... 30

Move 6: QUICK MASK is more than brushes .......................... 32

GALLERY................................................................................. 39

Move 7: CROP to size ............................................................. 40

GALLERY................................................................................. 43

Move 8: Straighten photographs ........................................... 44

GALLERY................................................................................. 49

Move 9: Screenshots .............................................................. 50

Move 10: Brushes .................................................................. 58

GALLERY................................................................................. 63

Move 11: MEDIAN Filter ........................................................ 64

Move 12: SAVE and LOAD Selections ..................................... 68

Move 13: DISTORT and WARP ............................................... 78

GALLERY................................................................................. 85

Move 14: LIQUIFY for realism ................................................ 86

Move 15: DODGE and BURN and SPONGE ............................ 92

GALLERY............................................................................... 101

Move 16: Simple Textures .................................................... 102

GALLERY............................................................................... 107

Move 17: Gradients in QUICK MASK..................................... 108

GALLERY............................................................................... 113

Move 18: Manual Matting................................................... 114

Move 19: Quick LAYER MASK selections............................... 118

Move 20: Alpha Channel selections...................................... 122

Move 21: Layering Strokes................................................... 132

GALLERY............................................................................... 137

Move 22: Subtle accents....................................................... 138

Move 23: Manual shadows.................................................. 146

Move 24: Clean up sky.......................................................... 152

GALLERY............................................................................... 159

Move 25: Text Editing in scanned documents....................... 160

Move 26: Bringing layers into Photoshop............................. 170

GALLERY............................................................................... 173

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES...................................................... 174