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Adobe Photoshop Unmasked: The Art and Science of Selections, Layers, and Paths

ISBN: 0321441206
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2004
Pages: 93

Authors: Nigel French

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• Adobe Photoshop Unmasked: The Art and Science of Selections, Layers, and Paths
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Selections
• Defining Our Terms
• Using the Selection Tools
• Refining Selections
• Selecting with the Pen Tool
• The Pen Tools
• Drawing with the Pen Tool
• Using the Paths Palette
• In Summary
• Chapter 2. Channels
• About Channels
• Using the Channels Palette
• Using Quick Mask to Paint Selections
• Masking Tips
• Fine-Tuning Color Selections
• Selectively Editing with Channels
• Creating a Duotone
• Using Spot Color Channels
• In Summary
• Chapter 3. Layers
• About the Layers Palette
• Managing Layers
• Working with Layer Styles
• The Land of Happy Accidents: Layer Blending Modes and Opacity
• Experimenting with Multiple Compositions Using Layer Comps
• Nondestructive Editing with Smart Objects
• Useful Layer Techniques
• In Summary
• Chapter 4. Layer Masks
• Layer Mask Essentials
• Creating a Simple Composite
• Combining Textures
• Choking a Mask
• Looking Through (and Breaking Out of) the Top Layer
• Blending Shape and Texture
• Blending Different Exposures
• Replacing Parts of an Image
• Creating Painterly Effects
• Selective Filtering
• Adding Custom Borders
• Creating Panoramas
• Isolating a Subject with a Cutout
• Combining Soft and Sharp Selection Edges
• Making a Pop-Out
• Vector Masking Sharp Edges and Curves
• Masking with Transparency
• In Summary
• Chapter 5. Adjustment Layers
• Adjustment Layers: Reasons to Be Cheerful
• ...and a Couple of Caveats
• Things to Know About Adjustment Layers
• Using Curves to Select Tone and Color
• Balancing Exposure
• Removing a Color Cast
• Applying Curves to Adjustment Layer Masks
• Selecting and Shifting Color with HueSaturation
• Boosting Color
• Colorizing Images
• In Summary
• Chapter 6. Channel Masking
• Creating a Channel Mask: The Basics
• Creating a Channel Mask: The (Practical) Details
• Refining the Mask
• Extracting Subjects
• In Summary
• Index
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
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