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Adobe Photoshop Unmasked: The Art and Science of Selections, Layers, and Paths
By Nigel French
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Publisher: Adobe Press
Pub Date: October 26, 2006
Print ISBN-10: 0-321-44120-6
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-321-44120-1
Pages: 264

Table of Contents  | Index

		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 Hue/Saturation
			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