1 Photoshop Fundamentals
Photoshop installation

The Photoshop interface
Creating a new document
User interface brightness
Tabbed document windows
Managing document windows
Synchronized scroll and zoom
Image document window details
Title bar proxy icons (Mac only)
Info panel status information
Rulers, Guides & Grid
'Snap to' behavior
Pixel Grid view

The Photoshop panels
Panel arrangements and docking
Panel positions remembered in workspaces
Customizing the menu options
Customizing the keyboard shortcuts
Task-based workspaces
Working with a dual display setup
AdobeЄЗА Configurator 3 application

Photoshop CC Tools panel
Options bar
Tool Presets

Selection tools
Color Range
Modifier keys

Painting tools
On-the-fly brush changes
On-screen brush adjustments
Brush panel
Brush panel options
Pressure sensitive control
Brush tool presets
Mixer brush
Bristle tip brush shapes
Load/Replace Swatches from HTML
Hex Field

Tools for filling
Tools for drawing

Image editing tools
Move tool
Layer selection using the move tool

Navigation and information tools
Zoom tool shortcuts
Hand tool
Bird's-eye view
Flick panning
Windows Multi-touch support
Eyedropper tool
Ruler tool
Rotate view tool
Notes tool
Count tool

Screen view modes
Working with Layers
Automating Photoshop
Preset Manager

History
The History panel
History settings and memory usage
History brush
Use of history versus undo
Snapshots
Non-linear history

When files won't open
Save often
Background Saving
Normal saves
Using Save AsЄХ- to save images

File formats
Photoshop native file format
Smart PSD files
Large Document (PSB) format
TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)
Pixel order
Byte order
Save Image Pyramid
TIFF compression options
Flattened TIFFs
JPEG
PNG
Photoshop PDF

Adobe Bridge CC
The Bridge interface
Making Bridge CS6 work with Photoshop CC
Custom work spaces in Bridge
Opening files from Bridge
Slideshows
Mini Bridge

Camera Raw 8.0
DNG and transparency support
Opening photos from Bridge via Camera Raw
Easter eggs

2 Configuring Photoshop
What you will need
Macintosh
Windows

The ideal computer setup
Choosing a display
Video cards

HiDPI (Retina displays)
Retina display and default zoom settings
Retina display support
Display calibration and profiling
Calibration hardware
The calibration/profiling procedure
White point
Gamma
Luminance
The profiling process
Do you want good color or just OK color?
Color management settings
Synchronizing the Color Settings
Extras
Backing up your image data
Protecting the power supply

Photoshop preferences
General preferences
Interface preferences

Sync Settings
The synchronization process

File Handling preferences
Camera Raw preferences
TIFF and PSD options
Recent File list

Performance preferences
Memory usage
32-bit and 64-bit RAM limits

History & Cache
Scratch disks
Scratch disk performance
Interface connection
Hard drive speed

RAID setups
RAID 0 (striping)
RAID 1 (mirroring)
Internal RAID
External RAID
Graphics Processor settings

Cursors preferences
Transparency & Gamut
Color Picker gamut warning

Units & Rulers
Guides, Grid & Slices
Plug-ins
Type preferences
Ensuring the preferences are saved

3 Camera Raw Image Processing
Camera Raw advantages

The new Camera Raw workflow
Does the order matter?
Raw capture
JPEG capture
Editing JPEGs and TIFFs in Camera Raw
Alternative Raw processors

A basic Camera Raw/Photoshop workflow
Camera Raw support
DNG compatibility

Getting raw images into Photoshop
Image ingestion
Importing images via Photo Downloader
Tethered shoot imports
Tethered shooting via Canon EOS Utility
Importing images via other programs
Import Images from Device (Mac only)

Basic Camera Raw image editing
Working with Bridge and Camera Raw
General controls for single file opening
Full size window view

General controls for multiple file opening
Opening raw files as Smart Objects
Saving photos from Camera Raw
The histogram display
Image browsing via Camera Raw

Camera Raw preferences
Default Image Settings
Camera Raw cache
DNG file handling
JPEG and TIFF handling

Camera Raw cropping and straightening
How to straighten and crop

Basic panel controls
White balance
Using the white balance tool

Process Versions
The Process 2012 tone adjustment controls
Exposure
Contrast
Highlights and Shadows
Whites and Blacks
Suggested order for the Basic panel adjustments

Preserving the highlight detail
When to clip the highlights
How to clip the shadows

Shadow levels after a conversion
Digital exposure
How Camera Raw interprets the raw data

Basic panel image adjustment procedure
Auto tone corrections
Camera-specific default settings

Clarity
Negative clarity

Vibrance and Saturation
Tone Curve panel
Point Curve editor mode
RGB Curves

Correcting a high contrast image
HSL/Grayscale panel
Recovering out-of-gamut colors
Adjusting the hue and saturation

Lens Corrections panel
Accessing and creating custom lens profiles

Lens Corrections: Color tab
Chromatic aberration
Defringe sliders
The Defringe controls in use
Eyedropper tool mode
Localized adjustments: Defringe slider

Lens Corrections: Manual tab
Upright corrections
Synchronizing Upright settings
Transform controls
Lens Vignetting controls

Effects panel
Post Crop Vignetting control
Post Crop Vignette style options
Highlights slider
Adding Grain effects

Camera Calibration panel
New Camera Raw profiles
Camera look settings profiles

Custom camera profile calibrations
DNG Profile Editor

Camera Raw as a Photoshop filter
Spot removal tool
Creating circle spots
Synchronized spotting with Camera Raw
Visualize spots
Creating brush spots
Deleting spots
Red eye removal

Localized adjustments
Adjustment brush
Initial Adjustment brush options
Brush settings

Adding a new brush effect
Editing brush adjustments
Previewing the brush stroke areas
Auto masking

Darkening the shadows
Hand-coloring in Color mode
Graduated filter tool
Graduated color temperature adjustment

Radial filter adjustments
Correcting edge sharpness with the radial filter

Camera Raw settings menu
Export settings to XMP
Update DNG previews
Load SettingsЄХ- Save Settings...
Camera Raw defaults

Presets panel
Saving and applying presets
Copying and synchronizing settings

Synchronizing different process versions
Legacy presets
Working with Snapshots

DNG file format
The DNG solution
DNG compatibility
Saving images as DNG
Lossy DNG
DNG Converter

4 Sharpening and noise reduction
When to sharpen
Why one-step sharpening is ineffective
Capture sharpening
Capture sharpening for scanned images

Process versions
Improvements to Camera Raw sharpening
Sample sharpening image

Detail panel
Sharpening defaults
The sharpening effect sliders
Amount slider
Radius slider
The suppression controls
Detail slider
Interpreting the grayscale previews
Radius and Detail grayscale preview

Masking slider
Masking slider example

Some real world sharpening examples
Sharpening portrait images
Sharpening landscape images
Sharpening a fine-detailed image

How to save sharpening settings as presets
Capture sharpening roundup

Selective sharpening in Camera Raw
Negative sharpening
Extending the sharpening limits
How to apply localized sharpening
Negative sharpening to blur an image

Noise removal in Camera Raw
Process Versions and noise reduction
Detail panel Noise Reduction sliders
Color noise

Non-raw image noise reduction
Adding grain to improve appearance of sharpness
Localized noise reduction in Camera Raw
Localized moirLК removal in Camera Raw

Localized sharpening in Photoshop
Smart Sharpen filter
Basic Smart Sharpen mode

Advanced Smart Sharpen mode
Removing Motion Blur

Shake Reduction filter
The Shake Reduction controls
Repeat filtering
Smart object support
Blur direction tool
How to get the best results
Creating a depth of field brush

5 Image Editing Essentials
Pixels versus vectors
Photoshop as a vector program
Image resolution terminology
ppi: pixels per inch
lpi: lines per inch
dpi: dots per inch
Desktop printer resolution
Choosing the right pixel resolution for print

The optimum number of pixels
Repro considerations

The relationship between ppi and lpi
But we always use 300 ppi!

Altering the image size
Image interpolation
Nearest Neighbor (hard edges)
Bilinear
Bicubic (smooth gradients)
Bicubic Smoother (enlargement)
Bicubic Sharper (reduction)
Bicubic Automatic
Preserve Details (enlargement)

Basic pixel editing
The image histogram
The Histogram panel

Basic Levels editing and the histogram
Bit depth
8-bit versus 16-bit image editing
16-bit and color space selection
Comparing 8-bit with 16-bit editing

The RGB edit space and color gamut
Direct image adjustments
Adjustment layers approach
Adjustments panel controls
Properties panel controls
Maintaining focus in the Properties panel

Levels adjustments
Analyzing the histogram
Using Levels to improve the contrast

Curves adjustment layers
On-image Curves editing

Direct Curves dialog
Saving and loading curves
Using Curves in place of Levels
Output levels adjustments
Using Curves to improve contrast
Curves luminance and saturation
Luminosity and Color blending modes
Curve presets
Locking down portions of a curve
Creating a dual contrast curve

Brightness and Contrast
Correcting shadow and highlight detail
Amount
Tonal Width
Radius
Color Correction
Midtone Contrast

Auto image adjustments
Match Color corrections
Enhance Brightness and Contrast

Color corrections
Color Balance adjustments
Basic color balancing with Levels
Color corrections using Curves
Hue/Saturation
Vibrance
Color Lookup adjustments
Photo Filter
Multiple adjustment layers
Adjustment layer masks

Properties panel mask controls
Editing a mask using the masks controls

Live shape properties
Blend mode adjustments

Cropping
Entering measurement units
Delete cropped pixels
Crop ratio modes
Landscape and portrait mode crops
Crop tool presets
Crop overlay display
Crop tool options

Front Image cropping
Disable edge snapping

Selection-based cropping
Canvas size
Big data
Perspective crop tool

Content-aware scaling
How to protect skin tones
How to remove objects from a scene
Image rotation

6 Black and white
Converting color to black and white
Dumb black and white conversions
Smarter black and white conversions
Black & White adjustment presets
Split color toning using Color Balance
Split color toning using Curves adjustments
Split color toning using a Gradient Map

Camera Raw black and white conversions
Pros and cons of the Camera Raw approach
HSL grayscale conversions
Camera Calibration panel tweaks

Camera Raw Split Toning panel
Saturation shortcut
Camera Raw color image split toning

Black and white output
Advanced B&W Photo tips

7 Extending the dynamic range
High dynamic range imaging
HDR essentials
Alternative approaches
Bracketed exposures

Photomatix Pro
Displaying deep-bit color

Capturing a complete scenic tonal range
HDR shooting tips
HDR File formats
How to fool Merge to HDR

Basic tonal compression techniques
Blending multiple exposures
Camera Raw adjustments using Process 2012
Processing HDR files in Camera Raw
The Camera Raw options

Merge to HDR Pro
Response curve
Tone mapping HDR images
Local Adaptation
Removing ghosts
How to avoid the ЄХЦHDR' look

Smooth Edges option
HDR toning example
How to smooth HDR toned images

8 Image retouching
Basic cloning methods
Clone stamp tool
Clone stamp brush settings

Healing brush
Choosing an appropriate alignment mode

Clone Source panel and clone overlays
Clone and healing sample options
Better healing edges

Spot healing brush
Healing blend modes

Spot healing in Content-Aware mode
Patch tool
The patch tool and content-aware filling
Adaptation methods

Content-aware move tool
Content-aware move tool in Extend mode

Working with the Clone Source panel
Perspective retouching
Alternative history brush spotting technique

Portrait retouching
Beauty retouching

Liquify
Advanced Liquify tool controls
Reconstructions
Mask options
View options
Saving the mesh
Photoshop CC performance and interface
Smart Object support
On-screen cursor adjustments
Targeted distortions using Liquify

9 Layers, Selections and Masking
Selections and channels
Selections
Quick Mask mode
Creating an image selection
Modifying selections
Alpha channels
Modifying an image selection
Selections, alpha channels and masks
Anti-aliasing
Feathering

Layers
Layer basics
Image layers
Vector layers
Text layers
Adjustment layers
Layers panel controls
Layer styles

Adding layer masks
Viewing in Mask or Rubylith mode
Removing a layer mask
Adding an empty layer mask
Thumbnail preview clipping

Properties Panel in Masks mode
Refine Edge command
View modes
Edge detection
Smart Radius
Adjust Edge section
Refine Edge output

Working with the quick selection tool
Combining a quick selection with Refine Edge
Ragged borders with the Refine Edge adjustment
Color Range masking

Layer blending modes
Advanced Blending options
Knockout options
Blend Interior effects
Creating panoramas with Photomerge
Depth of field blending

Working with multiple layers
Color coding layers
Layer group management
Nested group layer compatibility
Managing layers in a group

Clipping masks
Ways to create a clipping mask
Masking layers within a group

Clipping layers and adjustment layers
Layer Comps panel
Layer linking
Selecting all layers

Layer selection using the move tool
Layer mask linking
Layer locking
Lock Transparent Pixels
Lock Image Pixels
Lock Layer Position
Lock All

Smarter naming when merging layers
Layer filtering
Isolation mode layer filtering

Transform commands
Repeat Transforms
Interpolation options
Numeric Transforms
Transforming selections and paths
Transforms and alignment
Warp transforms

Puppet Warp
Pin rotation
Pin depth
Multiple pin selection
Smart Objects
Drag and drop a document to a layer

Smart Objects

Photoshop paths
Pen path modes
Drawing paths with the pen tool
Pen path drawing example
Pen tool shortcuts summary
Rubber Band mode

Multi selection path options
Vector masks
Isolating an object from the background

10 Blur, optical and lighting effects filters
Filter essentials
16-bit filters
Blur filters
Adding a Radial Blur or Spin blur to a photo
Average Blur
Gaussian Blur
Motion Blur
Surface Blur
Box Blur
Shape Blur
Lens Blur
Depth of field effects

Blur Gallery filters
Iris Blur
Radius field controls
Blur Tools options
Tilt-Shift blur
Blur ring adjustments
Field Blur
Applying a Blur Gallery filter to a video clip

New Smart Object support
Blur Gallery filters on video layers
Smart objects and selections
Blur Gallery filter with a smart object plus mask

Smart Filters
Applying Smart Filters to pixel layers
Lens Corrections
Custom lens corrections
Selecting the most appropriate profiles

Adobe Lens Profile Creator
Interpolating between lens profiles
Lens Correction profiles and Auto-Align

Adaptive Wide Angle filter
How the Adaptive Wide Angle filter works
Applying constraints
Rotating a constraint
Saving constraints
Constraint line colors
Polygon constraints
Calibrating with the Adaptive Wide Angle filter
Editing panorama images
Lighting Effects filter
Properties panel adjustments

Filter Gallery

11 Image management
The Bridge solution
Configuring the General preferences
Launching Bridge
Rotating the thumbnails and preview

Arranging the Bridge contents
Customizing the panels and content area
Bridge workspace examples
Working with multiple windows
Slideshow mode
Thumbnail settings
Cache management
Advanced and miscellaneous preferences
One-click previews
Deleting files
Stacking images
Auto-stacking

Bridge panels
Folders panel
Favorites panel
Preview panel
Review mode

Managing images in Bridge
Image rating and labeling
Sorting images in Bridge
Filter panel
Metadata panel
Image metadata
File Info metadata

IPTC Extensions
Other types of metadata
Importance of metadata
Edit History log
Hidden metadata

Keywording
Keywords panel
Image searches
Collections panel
Smart Collections

Contact Sheet II
Behance export

Bridge automation
Renaming images
Renaming schemes
Undoing a Batch Rename
Applying Camera Raw settings

Mini Bridge
The Mini Bridge interface
View options
Filter and sort menus
Navigation
Searching images

12 Print output
Print sharpening
Judge the print, not the display
High Pass filter edge sharpening technique
Soft proof before printing
Managing print expectations

Making a print
Photoshop Print dialog
Printer selection
Color Management
Rendering intent selection
Hard Proofing
Position and Size
Print selected area

Ensuring your prints are centered (Mac)
Printing Marks
Functions

Saving operating system print presets
Print output scripting

Configuring the Print Settings (Mac and PC)
Photoshop managed color on Windows
Custom print profiles

13 Automating Photoshop
Working with Actions
Playing an action
Recording actions
Troubleshooting actions

Limitations when recording actions
Actions only record changed settings
Background layers and bit depth
Layer naming
Inserting menu items

Batch processing actions
Exporting and importing presets
Creating a droplet

Conditional Actions
Conditional action droplets
Image Processor

Scripting
Script Events Manager

Automated plug-ins
Crop and Straighten Photos
Fit Image