What’s new in this edition
What’s in Photoshop Extended
Soft vs. Hard Outlining
Non-Destructive Repairing and Editing
Professional Color Corrections via Adjustment Layers
Digital Photography and Web Graphics
Managing Digital Photos via Bridge
Automating Page Layout and Web Photo Galleries
Understanding Compression
Vector Drawing Techniques: Clipping Masks and Saved Paths
- About bitmap images and vector graphics
- About paths and the Pen tool
- Getting started
- Using paths with artwork
- Creating vector objects for the background
- Working with defined custom shapes
- Importing a Smart Object
Advanced Layering
- Getting started
- Clipping a layer to a shape
- Setting up a Vanishing Point grid
- Creating your own keyboard shortcuts
- Placing imported artwork
- Adding artwork in perspective
- Adding a layer style
- Placing the side panel artwork
- Adding more artwork in perspective
- Adding an adjustment layer
- Working with layer comps
- Managing layers
- Flattening a layered image
- Merging layers and layer groups
- Stamping layers
Advanced Compositing
- Getting started
- Assembling a montage of images
- Applying filters
- Hand-coloring selections on a layer
- Applying Smart Filters
- Adding drop shadows and a border
- Matching color schemes across images
- Automating a multistep task
- Stitching a panorama
Using the Mixer Brush
- About the Mixer Brush
- Getting started
- Selecting brush settings
- Mixing colors
- Creating a custom brush preset
- Mixing colors with a photograph
Working with 3D Images
- Getting started
- Creating a 3D shape from a layer
- Manipulating 3D objects
- Using the 3D panel to adjust lighting and surface texture
- Merging two-dimensional layers onto 3D layers
- Importing 3D files
- Merging 3D layers to share the same 3D space
- Adding a spot light
- Painting on a 3D object
- Using Repoussé to create 3D text
- Creating a 3D postcard
Photoshop Level 1 or equivalent experience.
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