Table of Contents
Chapter One: Building a Photoshop System
How Much Resolution Is Enough?
Chapter Three: Color Essentials
What Is Color Management Anyway?
Color Management Systems Explained
Handling Color-Space Conversions
Assign Profile and Convert to Profile
Soft-Proofing Other Color Spaces
Converting Colors When You Print
Troubleshoot by Isolating Variables
Chapter Five: Building a Digital Workflow
Opening Images into Camera Raw
Copying Adjustments to More Images
Evaluating and Comparing Images
Applying Metadata and Keywords
Exporting to Online Albums and Folders on Disk
Chapter Six: Essential Photoshop Tips and Tricks
Chapter Seven: Image Adjustment Fundamentals
What Is Image Quality, Anyway?
Visualizing Tonal Values with the Histogram
The Three Basic Tonal Adjustments
Making Adjustments Using Levels
Adjusting Levels for Color Images
Eyedroppers in Levels and Curves
Preserving Quality as You Edit
Making Adjustments Using Curves
Hue, Saturation, and Lightness
Choosing a Color Mode for Editing
Chapter Eight: The Digital Darkroom
Selections, Masks, and Channels
Adjusting Images Using Blending Modes
Using History to Mix Adjustments
Soft-Proofing an Image for Print
Chapter Nine: Making Selections
Selecting with Edge Detection Tools
Tips for Using Selection Tools
Chapter Ten: Sharpness, Detail, and Noise Reduction
What’s Sharpening All About?
A Practical Sharpening Workflow
Sharpening in Photoshop vs. Camera Raw
Chapter Eleven: Essential Image Techniques
Chapter Twelve: Image Storage and Output