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"Even
I could understand what was being said and I usually cuss, swear and try
to throw the computer across the room. Finally, a well written and detailed
guide to those who are not always compatible with their computers."
- Dianne Schwartz, Author: Whose Face is in the Mirror?
contents |
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| Introduction |
vii |
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| Conventions
and Protocols |
ix |
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| PART
I: Essential Knowledge (BONUS CHAPTERS)
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1 |
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| A | What
You Need To Know About File Formats (PSD? EPS? TIFF? JPEG? GIF?) |
3 |
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| B | Resolution
Demystified: What Is A Pixel? What Does “Raster” Mean? |
6 |
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| PART
II: Top-40 Most Requested Techniques |
11 |
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| 1 | How
To Use Adobe Photoshop FREE (for sixty days) |
13 |
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| 2 | How
To Open Photoshop |
14 |
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| 3 | How
To Open An Image In Photoshop |
15 |
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| 4 | How
To Save An Opened Image In Photoshop As Another File Format (EPS,
TIFF, JPEG, GIF, etc.) |
18 |
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| 5 | How
To Determine The Ideal Resolution You Need For Quality Printing |
20 |
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| Determining
The Ideal Resolution For A Laser Or Ink Jet Printer |
20 |
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| Determining
The Ideal Resolution For Commercial Printing (giving it to a professional
print shop for offset printing) |
21 |
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| 6 | How
To Determine The Ideal Scanning Resolution For Your Ultimate Destination
(print, screen, web) |
22 |
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| 7 | How
Big Can I Print My Digital Camera Image (or other digital image) And
Have It Look Great? |
26 |
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| 8 | How
To Change The Resolution (increase or decrease) While Maintaining
Quality |
28 |
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| 9 | How
To Scan An Image Directly Into Photoshop (TWAIN) |
31 |
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| 10 | Descreen
Demystified: How To Get Rid Of A Moiré Pattern |
34 |
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| 11 | How
To Scan And Clean Up Line Art Quickly |
36 |
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| 12 | How
To Crop An Image |
41 |
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| 13 | How
To Rotate Or Straighten An Image Perfectly – First Time, Every
Time |
43 |
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| 14 | How
To Adjust The Brightness/Contrast (or better yet, Levels) Of An Image
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46 |
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| 15 | How
To Fix A Color Cast |
50 |
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| 16 | How
To Do More In Less Time: Minimum Mandatory Shortcuts (or Top-10 Most
Useful Universal Shortcuts) |
54 |
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| 17 | How
To Mix And Save Colors |
56 |
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| 18 | Layers
Demystified: What Are They? How Can I Use Them? |
60 |
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| Create
New Layers |
63 |
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| Reorder
Layers |
66 |
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| Delete
Or Trash Layers |
67 |
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| Duplicate
A Layer |
68 |
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| Making
A Layer Semi-Transparent |
69 |
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| Nondestructive
Filtering |
70 |
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| 19 | Selections
Demystified: How To Make A Selection (how to extract images several
different ways) |
73 |
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| What
Is A Selection? |
73 |
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| How
Can I Use Selections? |
73 |
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| General
Selection Wisdom |
74 |
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| How
To Transform A Selection |
74 |
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| How To Add Or Subtract From A Selection | 74 |
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| How
To Save Selections |
74 |
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| Individual
Selection Tools |
74 |
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| Lasso
Tool |
74 |
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| Rectangle
And Elliptical Marquee Tools |
77 |
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| Magic
Wand Tool |
80 |
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| Extract
Tool |
84 |
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Change
The Background (of an image) |
89 |
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| Yet
Another Technique To Extract Part Of An Image |
93 |
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| How
To Save And Reload Selections |
94 |
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| 20 | Combining
Images: How To Make A Collage (Layer Mask Demystified) |
96 |
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| Layer
Mask |
99 |
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| Free
Transform Pixels On A Layer |
108 |
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| 21 | How
To Fix Red Eye |
114 |
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| 22 | How
To Colorize Or Change The Color Of Anything |
116 |
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| 23 | How
To Make A Vignette |
120 |
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| 24 | How
To Retouch An Image (the Clone Stamp Tool) |
127 |
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| 25 | How
To Get Rid Of Crows Feet And Wrinkles (the Healing Brush Tool and
the Patch Tool) |
137 |
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| 26 | How
To Make Someone Look Thinner (Liquify filter) |
145 |
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| 27 | How
To Sharpen Or Blur An Image |
161 |
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| 28 | How
To Create Text |
163 |
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| 29 | How
To Warp Text |
166 |
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| 30 | How
To Rotate Text |
169 |
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| 31 | How
To Stylize Text With Photoshop Styles |
173 |
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| 32 | How
To Make A Style From Scratch And Save It For Future Use |
176 |
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| 33 | How
To Flip An Entire Image Or Just Part Of An Image |
182 |
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| 34 | How
To Put A Picture Inside Of Text |
183 |
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| 35 | Chiseled
In Stone Or Carved In Wood |
188 |
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| 36 | How
To Get Rid Of The “White Box” On Images For Powerpoint
Or Printing |
192 |
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| 37 | How
To Optimize Your Images For The Web: Great Looking Images That Download
Fast! |
203 |
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| 38 | How
To Make A Web Site – Automatically! |
226 |
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| 39 | How
To Make A Picture Package – Automatically! |
235 |
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| 40 | How
To Make A Contact Sheet – Automatically! |
241 |
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| Glossary/Index | 245 |
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