- Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS5: Color Correction and Enhancement
- Jul 15, 2010
- Learning how to spot problems in your images and then choosing the right correction technique is an essential part of mastering Photoshop. Richard Harrington describes the most important tools and shows you how to use them to make the best color correction and enhancement choices.
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- Understanding HDR Toning in Adobe Photoshop CS5
- Mar 23, 2011
- HDR Toning, new in Adobe Photoshop CS5, lets you apply HDR-style effects to a single image instead of having to shoot and merge a set of bracketed images. Even if you don’t like wild HDR effects, HDR Toning is a welcome addition to the range of Photoshop tools you can use to make the most of the available dynamic range in your photos. Photoshop expert Conrad Chavez walks you through all your options.
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- Understanding Resolution in Adobe Photoshop CS4
- Apr 29, 2009
- This chapter covers issues of resolution in Photoshop CS4, from pixels and images to resampling to using the image size dialog.
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- Understanding Spot Color
- Oct 19, 2001
- In this article, master Photoshop teacher Gary Bouton guides her and you through preparing an image for and then defining a spot color.
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- Understanding Type and Text in Photoshop, Part 1
- Apr 13, 2007
- In Part 1 of his three-part series, Photoshop expert Pete Bauer explains the fundamental concepts you need to understand to work with type in Photoshop.
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- Understanding Type and Text in Photoshop, Part 2: Type Layers and Tools
- Apr 20, 2007
- In Part 2 of his three-part series, Photoshop expert Pete Bauer explains how you can work with Photoshop's type layers and tools to add text to your artwork.
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- Understanding Type and Text in Photoshop, Part 3: Type-Related Palettes
- Apr 27, 2007
- In Part 3 of his three-part series, Photoshop expert Pete Bauer provides an in-depth look at the many type-related options Photoshop offers through the Character and Paragraph palettes.
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- Undoing Actions in Adobe Photoshop CS5
- Dec 10, 2010
- This excerpt from Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book shows you how to undo a single action, undo multiple actions, and use a context menu.
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- Updating the Process Version in Camera Raw 6 and Lightroom 3
- Feb 21, 2011
- Have you puzzled over the mysterious little icon that shows up when you edit older raw images in Adobe Camera Raw 6 or Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3? Author Conrad Chavez explains the process versions and why you’ll want to use that icon to update them.
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- Use Photoshop LAB to Spice Up Your Image's Colors
- Oct 13, 2006
- The best cooks never follow recipes, or at least not literally. A pinch of something extra here, a little bit of something not in the list of ingredients there, and presto, a culinary masterpiece. It's that way with LAB, too. In this sample chapter, you'll learn how to wipe out casts while enhancing other colors, exclude brilliant colors without formally selecting them or using a mask, and choose certain colors for more of a boost than others.
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- Using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 and Bridge Together
- Feb 4, 2009
- Martin Evening shows you how you can improve the flow between working in Bridge and working in Lightroom.
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- Using Adobe Photoshop to Create Great Effects with Your Old Photos
- Jun 11, 2015
- In this excerpt from Photo Restoration: From Snapshots to Great Shots, Robert Correll shows you how to work with Clarity, duotones, and masks to create cool effects with your old photos.
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- Using Advanced Editing Techniques for Video in Photoshop
- Jan 31, 2013
- This chapter shows you how to add the cool Photoshop effects that make your videos look more polished. You will learn about multi-track editing, how layers and Blend modes work with video, and how to mix different types of media on a Timeline. But don’t worry; the learning curve is not difficult.
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- Using an Effect More Than Once in a Layer Style in Adobe Photoshop CC
- Jun 19, 2015
- A great way to add visual impact to a design element is to apply multiple instances of effects such
as strokes, glows, or shadows. You don’t have to duplicate layers to do this, because you can apply
multiple instances of an effect inside the Layer Styles dialog box. Learn how in this excerpt from Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book (2015 release).
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- Using Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CC
- Jul 29, 2013
- Learn how to open digital photos into the Camera Raw dialog and correct for defects, such as poor contrast, under- or overexposure, color casts, blurriness, under- and oversaturation, geometric distortion, color fringes, and noise. You will also learn how to enhance your photos with special effects, such as a vignette, grain texture, or tint; merge multiple exposures of the same photo; retouch blemishes; save and synchronize Camera Raw settings among related photos; and of course, open your photo into Photoshop.
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- Using Clipping Masks in Adobe Photoshop CS5
- Dec 6, 2010
- In this excerpt from Photoshop CS5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas show you how to create a clipping mask, release a layer from a clipping mask, and release an entire clipping mask.
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- Using ICC Profiles in Adobe Photoshop CS5
- Jul 7, 2011
- Say you have a gorgeous image in Photoshop. How likely is your printer to give you a result exactly like what you see onscreen? Rafael Concepcion explains how to use printer profiles to tell Photoshop the settings you need for the printer and paper you're using, so you get the precise results you want.
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- Using Keyboard Combinations with Tool Actions in Adobe Photoshop CS5
- Dec 10, 2010
- This excerpt from Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book shows you how to use a keyboard combination that constrains the elliptical selection to a circle that you’ll draw from the center outward instead of from the outside inward.
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- Using Keyword Tags and Keywording Panels in Lightroom
- Nov 30, 2007
- Categorizing your Lightroom images with keyword information helps make a specific image easier to find when you need it. If you have a lot of images, as Martin Evening does, you'll need all the help you can get.
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- Using Lightroom with Intent: Doing More Than "Make It Look Better"
- Jun 11, 2010
- David duChemin, author of Vision & Voice: Refining Your Vision in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, explains that his process for getting the best images with Lightroom doesn't involve tricks of the mouse, but rather the mind.
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