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Working Smart in ADOBE® Photoshop® CS2
By Conrad Chavez
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Publisher: Adobe Press
Pub Date: September 01, 2006
Print ISBN-10: 0-321-33539-2
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-321-33539-5
Pages: 304

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		Introduction
		How This Book Is Organized
		Tips for Reading This Book
		Special Thanks
		Chapter one.  Optimizing Your Computer for Photoshop
			The Processor
			RAM
			Advanced RAM Tweaks
			Using More than 2GB of RAM
			Hard Disks
			Monitors and Video Cards
			Other Ways to Optimize Your Computer
			Activation: Using Photoshop on Multiple Computers
			From Beginner to Expert
		Chapter two.  Optimizing Your Workspace
			Arranging Palettes
			Saving Your Palette Arrangements
			Optimizing for Small Monitors
			Optimizing for Multiple Monitors
			Editing Keyboard Shortcuts
			Editing Menus
			Saving Your Workspaces
			Arranging Document Windows
		Chapter three.  Optimizing Yourself
			Getting Around Efficiently
			Get the Most from Keyboard Shortcuts
			Shortcuts for Entering Numbers and Text
			Using Context Menus
			It's All in Your Mind
		Chapter four.  Getting Ahead with Presets and Saved Settings
			Creating and Using Your Own Tool Presets
			Kinds of Presets
			Viewing All Tool Presets at Once
			Viewing and Managing All Presets at Once
			Using Adobe PDF Presets
			Loading and Saving Settings
		Chapter five.  Creating How-To Tutorials and Tips
			What's the Idea Behind How-To Topics?
			Using a How-To Topic
			Making Your Own How-To Topic
			Distributing How-To Topics
		Chapter six.  Working with Adobe Bridge
			How Can Adobe Bridge Help?
			Making Bridge Equal to Your Tasks
			Annotating Files in Bulk
			Batch Processing and Automating with Bridge
			Walking Through a Batch Process
		Chapter seven.  Opening the Right Files Quickly
			Finding Files Fast
			Saving Searches as Collections
			Tuning Your Selections
			Opening Multiple Files
		Chapter eight.  Positioning Precisely
			Tweaking Units of Measure
			The Grid and Guides
			Aligning and Distributing Layers
			Positioning Example: a Web Page
		Chapter nine.  Smarter Selections
			Marquee and Lasso Tools
			Selecting Based on Tone or Color
			Selecting by Drawing a Path
			Combining Selections
		Chapter ten.  Working Efficiently with Layers
			Creating Bitmap Layers
			Selecting Layers
			Adjustment Layers
			Layer Groups
			Shape Layers
			Smart Objects
			Layer Comps
		Chapter eleven.  Correcting Many Images Quickly
			Transferring Adjustment Layers
			Transferring Camera Raw Adjustments
		Chapter twelve.  Accelerating Appearances with Layer Styles
			When to Use Layer Styles
			Adding a Layer Style to a Layer
			Using the Layer Style Dialog Box
			Applying a Layer Style to Other Layers
			Scaling a Layer Style
		Chapter thirteen.  Adding Transparency to Layers and Documents
			Seeing Transparency
			Choosing the Right Transparency Method
			Setting Opacity
			Making Masks
			Using Blending Modes for Transparency Effects
			Making Transparent Backgrounds for Other Programs
		Chapter fourteen.  Rewriting History
			Undoing and Redoing
			Using the History Palette Productively
			Keeping a History Log
		Chapter fifteen.  Saving Documents Productively
			Saving a Master Document for Flexibility
			Saving for Specific Media
			Using the Save as a Copy Feature
			Playing Nice with Other Programs
		Chapter sixteen.  Printing Right the First Time
			Previewing Print Size
			Previewing Print Colors by Soft-Proofing
		Chapter seventeen.  Saving Time with Actions
			Loading Actions
			Running Actions
			Planning an Action
			Creating Actions
			Editing Actions
			Enhancing Your Actions
			Links About Actions
		Chapter eighteen.  Batch Processing and Droplets
			Using the Image Processor
			Using the Batch Dialog Box
			Batch Processing Examples
			Using Droplets for Instant Batch Processing
		Chapter nineteen.  Automating with Scripts
			Scripting Languages You Can Use
			Running Scripts
			How Scripting Works
			Scripting Resources
			Example: Creating and Installing a Simple Script
		Chapter twenty.  Generating Data-Driven Graphics
			Creating the Template
			Defining Variables for Layers
			Creating a Data Set
			Generating the Final Documents
		Chapter twenty-one.  Using Photoshop with the Adobe Creative Suite
			Adobe InDesign
			Adobe Illustrator
			Adobe Acrobat and PDF
			Adobe GoLive
			Adobe Bridge
		Chapter twenty-two.  Jumping Directly to Other Programs
			Jumping Between Photoshop and ImageReady
			Jumping to Other Graphics Programs
		Index