Need answers quickly? Adobe PhotoshopCS5 on Demand provides those answers in a visual step-by-step format. We will show you exactly what to do through lots of full color illustrations and easy-to-follow instructions.   Includes Workshops ACE Exam Objectives More than 600 Essential Photoshop CS5 Tasks   Inside the Book • Improve productivity with the CS5 interface and templates • Use automatic layer alignment and blending to work with objects • Use live filters to view and modify the results of opening files • Use more precise color correction to enhance a photo • Use content-aware options for scaling and fill • Use image trickery to change or enhance an image • Create eye-catching bevels and special effects • Transform plain text into a show-stopping image • Create and manipulate 3D models using presets and custom options • Use tool presets to construct the right tool for the right job • Test content on different target devices   Bonus Online Content Register your book at queondemand.com to gain access to: • Workshops and related files • Keyboard shortcuts  

Table of Contents:
Introduction     xix 1  Getting Started with Photoshop CS5     1 Installing Photoshop     2 New! Starting Photoshop     4 Viewing the Photoshop Window     6 Showing and Hiding Panels    7 Working with Panels     8 Working with Photoshop Tools     10 New! Creating a New Document     12 Selecting Color Modes and Resolution     13 Creating a New Document Using Presets     14 Working with Non-Square Pixels     15 Opening Images     16 New! Inserting Images in a Document     17 Importing Raw Data from a Digital Camera     18 New! Working with Smart Objects     20 Changing Image Size and Resolution     22 Checking for Updates and Patches     24 New! Getting Help While You Work     26 New! Saving a Document     28 New! Using the Status Bar     30 Closing a Document     31 New! Finishing Up     32 2  Understanding Navigation and Measurement Systems     33 Changing the View Size with the Navigator Panel    34 Changing the View Area with the Navigator Panel     35 Changing the Color of the Navigator Panel View Box     36 Changing the Screen Display Mode     37 Changing the View with the Zoom Tool     38 Increasing or Decreasing Magnification     40 New! Moving Images in the Document Window     41 Working with Multiple Documents     42 Working with One Image in Multiple Windows     43 Moving Layers Between Two Open Documents     44 Creating Notes     45 Working with the Info Panel     46 Changing How the Info Panel Measures Color     47 Working with Rulers     48 New! Creating Tool Presets     50 3  Customizing the Way You Work     51 Optimizing Photoshop     52 New! Setting General Preferences     54 New! Modifying File Handling Preferences     56 New! Working with Interface Preferences     58 New! Working with Cursors Preferences     59 New! Controlling Transparency & Gamut Preferences     60 Working with Units & Rulers     62 Working with Guides, Grid & Slices     64 Selecting Plug-Ins     66 Selecting Scratch Disks     67 Allocating Memory & Image Cache     68 New! Working with Type     70 Managing Libraries with the Preset Manager     71 Using and Customizing Workspaces     72 New! Building Specialized Workspaces     74 New! Creating a Customized User Interface     75 Defining Shortcut Keys     76 4  Mastering the Art of Selection     77 Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool     78 Using the Elliptical Marquee Tool     79 Using the Single Row and Single Column Marquee Tools     80 Using the Lasso Marquee Tool     81 Using the Magnetic Lasso Tool     82 Using the Polygonal Lasso Tool     84 Using the Quick Selection Tool     85 Using the Magic Wand Tool     86 Selecting by Color Range     87 Refining a Selection Edge    88 New! Adding and Subtracting a Selection     90 Cropping a Selection     91 New! Using Channels to Create and Store Selections     92 Modifying an Existing Selection     94 Copying and Pasting a Selection     95 New! Using Free Transform and Transform     96 Using the Puppet Warp     98 New! Using Content-Aware Scaling     99 Using Content-Aware Fill     100 New! 5  Working with Layers     103 Understanding the Layers Panel     104 Defining Layer Designations and Attributes     105 Creating a New Layer     106 New! Selecting Layers     108 Creating a Layer Group     109 New! Creating a Selection from a Layer     110 New! Creating a Layer from a Selection     111 New! Converting a Background into a Layer     112 Controlling Image Information Using the Layers Panel     114 Moving Layers Between Documents     115 Using Merge Layer Options     116 Linking and Unlinking Layers     117 Working with Layer Blending Modes     118 Setting Layer Opacity     119 New! Duplicating a Layer     120 Deleting Layers     121 New! Changing Layer Properties     122 Working with the Layer Comps Panel     123 Exporting Layers as Files     124 Setting Layers Panel Options     125 New! Using Smart Guides     126 6  Working with the History Panel     127 Setting History Panel Options     128 Working with Linear and Non-Linear History     130 Controlling the Creative Process with Snapshots     132 Duplicating a History State in Another Document     133 Saving the History State of a Document     134 Reviewing the History State Text File 135 Combining the History Brush with a History State     136 New! Using the Art History Brush     138 New! Changing the Eraser Tool into the History Brush     139 Controlling History States     140 7  Working with Adjustment Layers, Filters, and Tools      141 Creating an Adjustment Layer     142 New! Modifying an Adjustment Layer     143 Merging Adjustment Layers     144 Creating a Temporary Composite Image     145 Controlling Adjustment Layers with Clipping Groups     146 Deleting an Adjustment Layer     147 Using Blending Modes and Opacity with Layers     148 New! Using Masks with Adjustment Layers     150 Creating Masks with Selections     151 Using the Add Noise Filter     152 Using the Reduce Noise Filter     153 Keeping Proper Perspective with Vanishing Point     154 Working with the Lens Correction Filter     156 New! Using the Box, Surface, and Shape Blur Filters     158 Using the Gaussian Blur and Despeckle Filters     160 Using the Unsharp Mask Filter     161 Using the Smart Sharpen Filter     162 New! Using Sharpen, Blur and Smudge Tools     164 New! Setting Up Multiple Clone Sources     165 New! Using the Clone Stamp Tool     166 Using the Dodge and Burn Tools     167 Using the Healing Brush and Patch Tools     168 Working with the Spot Healing Brush    170 Working with the Red Eye Tool     171 Controlling Tonal Range     172 Working with the Histogram Panel     174 8  Understanding Colors and Channels     175 Working with 8-, 16-, and 32-Bit Images     176 Working with the Channels Panel     178 Working with Color Modes     179 Understanding the RGB Color Mode     180 Understanding the CMYK Color Mode     181 Understanding the Grayscale Color Mode     182 Understanding the Bitmap Color Mode     183 Understanding the Indexed Color Mode     184 Understanding the Lab Color Mode     186 Understanding the Duotone Color Mode     187 Using the Multichannel Color Mode     188 Using the Replace Color Adjustment     189 Working with the Color Panel     190 Working with the Swatches Panel     192 Using the Stroke and Fill Commands     194 New! Creating Spot Color Channels     196 Using the Auto Contrast and Auto Color Commands     197 Using Levels Adjustment Commands     198 Using the Exposure Adjustment      199 Using Curves and Color Adjustments     200 Adjusting Hue and Saturation     202 Using the Match Color Adjustment     203 Using the Selective Color Adjustment     204 Using the Channel Mixer Adjustment     205 Using the Gradient Map Adjustment     206 Using the Photo Filter Adjustment     207 Using the Invert and Equalize Commands     208 Using the Threshold and Posterize Adjustments     209 Using the HDR Toning Adjustment     210 New! Using the Shadows/Highlights Adjustment     212 Using the Black & White Adjustment     213 9  Using the Paint, Shape Drawing, and Eraser Tools      215 Understanding Foreground and Background Colors     216 Using the Brush and Brush Presets Panel     218 New! Modifying the Brush Presets Panel     219 New! Selecting Brush Tip Sets     220 New! Adjusting Brush Tips     221 Adjusting Bristle Brush Tips     222 New! Creating Customized Brush Tips     223 Saving Customized Brush Tips    224 Working with the Brush and Airbrush Tools     225 Working with the Brush Mixed Tool     226 New! Working with the Pencil Tool     227 Working with Auto Erase     228 Working with the Line Tool     229 Using the Standard Shape Tool     230 Working with the Custom Shape Tool     232 Creating a Custom Shape     233 Saving Custom Shape Sets     234 Using the Paint Bucket Tool     235 Working with the Eraser Tools     236 Working with the Magic Eraser Tool     238 Creating and Applying Gradients     239 New! Creating and Saving Customized Gradients     240 New! Using the Color Replacement Tool     242 10  Creating Masks     243 Understanding Layer and Vector Masks     244 Creating a Layer Mask     245 Using Paint Tools with Layer Masks     246 New! Using Selections to Generate Complex Layer Masks     247 Using Layer Masks to Generate Soft Transparency     248 Creating Unique Layer Mask Effects     249 Creating a Vector Mask    250 Modifying Layer and Vector Masks     251 Creating Channel Masks    252 Creating Channel Masks from Scratch     253 Modifying Channel Mask Options     254 Creating Channel Masks from Selections     255 Making Channel Masks from Native Color Channels     256 Loading Channel Masks     258 Moving Channel Masks Between Documents     260 Combining Channel Masks     261 Using the Quick Mask Mode     262 Working with Quick Mask Options     263 Modifying Selections with Quick Mask Mode     264 11  Using the Paths Panel     265 Understanding Vector and Raster Images     266 Converting a Selection into a Path     267 Working with Pen Tools     268 Creating Paths Using the Freeform Pen Tool     270 Using the Magnetic Option with the Freeform Pen Tool     271 Adding and Deleting Anchor Points     272 Modifying Anchor Points     274 Modifying Existing Direction Lines     276 Converting Straight Points and Curved Points     277 Working with Clipping Paths     278 Filling an Area of an Image Using Paths     280 Stroking an Area of an Image Using Paths     281 Creating Shapes as Paths     282 Exporting Paths to Adobe Illustrator     283 Exporting Paths Using the Export Method     284 12  Working with Layer Styles     285 Understanding Layer Styles     286 Adding a Layer Style    287 New! Creating and Modifying a Drop Shadow     288 Working with Bevel and Emboss     290 New! Working with Contour and Texture     292 Applying a Color Overlay     294 New! Using the Stroke Layer Style     295 New! Using Pattern Overlays     296 New! Working with Outer Glow and Inner Shadow     298 New! Applying an Inner Glow Style     300 New! Creating Customized Layer Styles     302 Creating Customized Styles Using the Styles Panel     304 Moving Existing Layer Styles     306 13  Getting Creative with Type     307 Using Standard Type Tools     308 Working with Type Options     310 Working with the Character Panel     312 Working with the Paragraph Panel     314 Setting Anti-aliasing Options     315 Using the Warp Text Option     316 Using Spell Check     318 Finding and Replacing Text     319 Using the Rasterize Type Command     320 Creating Work Paths and Shapes from Type Layers     321 Creating Shape Layers     322 Creating a Type Mask     323 Isolating Image Pixels Using a Type Mask     324 Creating Chiseled Type with a Type Mask     326 Using Masks to Generate Special Effects     328 Creating and Modifying Text on a Path     330 14  Manipulating Images with Filters     331 Working with the Filter Gallery    332 Creating and Working with Smart Filters     334 Applying Multiple Filters to an Image     335 Modifying Images with Liquify    336 Working with Liquify Tool Options     338 Working with Liquify Mask Options     340 Working with Liquify View Options     341 Creating a Liquify Mesh     342 Applying a Liquify Mesh     343 Using the Lens Blur Filter     344 Working with Photo Filters     346 Blending Modes and Filter Effects     347 Building Custom Patterns     348 Using the Fade Command     350 Controlling Filters Using Selections     351 Using a Channel Mask to Control Filter Effects     352 Protecting Images with Watermarks     354 Viewing Various Filter Effects     356 15  Automating Your Work with Actions     359 Examining the Actions Panel     360 New! Building a New Action     362 Recording an Action     363 Adding a Stop to an Action     364 Controlling the Playback of a Command     365 Adding a Command to an Action     366 Deleting a Command from an Action     367 Working with Modal Controls in an Action     368 Changing the Order of Commands in an Action     369 Copying an Action     370 Running an Action Inside an Action     371 Saving Actions into Sets     372 Saving Actions as Files     373 Moving and Copying Actions Between Sets     374 Inserting a Non-Recordable Command into an Action     375 Using Enhanced Scripting     376 Enhancing the Process with Droplets     378 Using a Droplet     380 16  Controlling Image Output     381 Setting Document Print Options     382 New! Setting Print Output Options     384 Printing a Document in Macintosh     386 Printing a Document in Windows     388 Changing Printer Settings     389 New! Printing One Copy     390 New! Understanding File Formats     391 Saving a Document with a Different File Format     392 Inserting File Information into a Document     394 Understanding File Compression     396 Preparing Clip Art for the Web     398 Preparing a Photograph for the Web     400 New! Preparing an Image for the Press     402 Preparing an Image for an Inkjet or Laser Printer     404 Understanding Monitor, Image, and Device Resolution     406 17  Working with Automate Commands     407 Working with Batch File Processing     408 Working with Conditional Mode Change     410 Using the Crop and Straighten Photos Command     411 Converting a Multi-Page PDF to PSD     412 Creating a PDF Document     414 Using Photomerge     416 Merging Images to HDR     418 New! Processing Multiple Image Files     420 Using the Fit Image Command     422 18  Managing Color from Monitor to Print     423 Producing Consistent Color   424 Calibrating Using Hardware and Software     425 Setting Up Soft-Proof Colors 426 Changing from Additive (RGB) to Subtractive (CMYK)     428 Working with Rendering Intents     429 Printing a Hard Proof     430 New! Working with Color Management     432 Embedding ICC Color Profiles     434 Assigning a Different Profile to a Document     435 Converting the Color Space to Another Profile     436 Using Hue/Saturation for Out-Of-Gamut Colors     438 Using the Sponge Tool for Out-Of-Gamut Colors     440 Working with the Out-Of-Gamut Warning     442 19  Designing for the Web and Devices     443 Saving for the Web     444 Working with Save For Web Options     446 Optimizing an Image to File Size     447 Working with Web File Formats     448 Optimizing a JPEG Document     450 Optimizing a GIF Document     452 Optimizing a PNG-8 Document     454 Optimizing a PNG-24 Document     456 Optimizing a WBMP Document     457 Creating an Animated GIF     458 Working with Animation     460 Slicing Images the Easy Way     462 Working with Slices     464 Arranging Slices     466 Saving a Sliced Image for the Web     468 Adding HTML Text or an URL Link to a Slice    470 Defining and Editing Web Data Variables     472 Exporting Directly to Video     474 Exporting an Image to Zoomify     476 20  Extending Photoshop     477 Counting Objects in an Image     478 Taking Measurements in an Image     480 Aligning and Combining Layers     482 Opening Video Files and Image Sequences     484 Creating a Video Layer     485 Modifying a Video Layer     486 Splitting a Video Layer     488 Cloning Video Layer Content     489 Setting 3D Preferences     490 New! Creating 3D Models     492 New! Creating 3D Models Using Repoussé     494 New! Creating 3D Models Using Preset Shapes     496 Changing Render Settings     497 Modifying 3D Models     498 New! Browsing 3D Content     500 New! 21  Working Together with Adobe Programs     501 Exploring Adobe Programs     502 New! Exploring Adobe Bridge     503 Getting Started with Adobe Bridge     504 Getting Photos from a Digital Camera     505 Working with Raw Images from a Digital Camera    506 New! Working with Images Using Adobe Bridge     508 Applying Image Adjustments     510 Creating a Web Photo Gallery     511 Automating Tasks in Adobe Bridge     512 Using Mini Bridge     513 New! Exploring CS Live Services     514 New! Sharing My Screen    515 New! Reviewing CS Documents     516 New! Exploring Adobe Device Central     518 Checking Content Using Adobe Device Central     519 Using Adobe Extension Manager     520 New Features     521 New! Adobe Certified Expert     525 Index     531