Photoshop CC Visual QuickStart Guide

This bestselling guide from authors Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas has been the go-to tutorial and reference book for photography/design professionals and the textbook of choice in college classrooms for decades. This edition includes their trademark features of clear, concise, step-by-step instructions; hundreds of full-color images; screen captures of program features; and supplemental tips and sidebars in every chapter. 

New and updated Photoshop CC features are clearly marked with bright red stars in both the table of contents and main text.

Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas have also written, designed, and illustrated Visual QuickStart Guides to Adobe Illustrator and QuarkXPress. Their books have been translated into 12 languages and have sold more than 2.1 million copies worldwide. They have also taught at Pratt Manhattan, the Cooper Union School of Art, the New School Computer Instruction Center, and the Parsons School of Design.

They are based in Asheville, North Carolina.

 

1: Color Management

2: Creating Files

Creating a new, blank document (Editing 16-bit files in Photoshop

Using the Status bar

3: Bridge

Opening files from Bridge into Photoshop 

4: Camera Raw

Cropping and straightening photos

Choosing default workflow options

Using the Camera Raw tabs

Using the Basic tab 

Using the Detail tab

Using the Adjustment Brush tool

Using the Graduated Filter tool

Using the Radial Filter tool

Using the Spot Removal tool

Saving and applying Camera Raw settings

Converting, opening, and saving Camera Raw files

5: Workspaces

6: Panels & Presets (The Photoshop panels that are used in this book

7: Pixel Basics

8: Layer Essentials

Creating layers 

Filtering listings on the Layers panel 

9: Selections & Masks

Using the Color Range command

Selecting in-focus areas of a photo

10: History

11: Using Color

Using the Color panel

Using the Swatches panel

Creating a Gradient fill layer 

Creating and editing a gradient preset

Creating custom and scripted patterns

12: Adjustments(13: Combining Images

Creating embedded Smart Objects

Replacing Smart Objects 

Creating linked Smart Objects 

Working with linked Smart Objects 

Using Smart Guides, ruler guides, and the grid  (14: Painting

Managing brush presets 

15: Retouching

Applying a Content-Aware fill 

Using the Content-Aware Move tool 

Removing an image element with the Patch tool 

16: Refocusing

Applying filters in the Blur Gallery

Applying the Shake Reduction filter

17: Fun with Layers

Using the Liquify filter

18: Filters

19: Type

Changing the font family and font style