How to use this book . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1
Selection techniques . . . . . . .. 2
Marquee selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4
More selection tools . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6
The Magnetic Lasso tool . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Quick selection + refine edge . . . . . .. 10
Magic selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 12
Magic extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 14
Working with selections . . . . . . . . . .. 16
Interlude: Setting up Elements . . . . . .. 18
Montage essentials:
layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20
Three card tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Divide and multiply . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 24
Importing layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 26
Think smart! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 28
Staying in shape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 30
Adding a little style . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 32
Protect your work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 34
The power of adjustment . . . . . . . . .. 36
Exploring blend modes . . . . . . . . . . .. 38
Banqueting arrangements . . . . . . . . . . 40
Interlude: Keep up, no slacking . . . . .. 42
Hiding and showing . . . . . . . .. 44
Cheating with layer masks 1 . . . . . . .. 46
Cheating with layer masks 2 . . . . . . . . 48
Smudge masking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 50
On golden pond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Part of the scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Polaroid style photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Spectacular fireworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Interlude: Digital cameras . . . . . . . . . .. 60
Image adjustments . . . . . . . . .. 62
Adjusting images with Levels . . . . . . . 64
Shadows and highlights . . . . . . . . . .. 66
Bee flat to bee sharp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
All that glitters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 70
The perfect respray . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 72
A splash of color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Smart bling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 76
Changing skies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 78
Making rainbows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 80
Catching the drops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
0-60 in ten minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 84
Real world modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Sunset silhouette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
That's show business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Interlude: Butis it art? . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 92
Light and shade . . . . . . . . . . . .. 94
Shadows on ground and wall . . . . . .. 96
Painting soft shadows . . . . . . . . . . . .. 98
Turning day into night . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Making fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Instant candlelight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Stage lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Divine light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Shading using Hard Light . . . . . . . . .. 110
Flashlight illumination . . . . . . . . . . . .. 112
Cooking up a storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 114
Interlude: Can lget a job doing this?. 115
Transformation
and distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..118
The science of transformation . . . . . .120
Distorted field of vision . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Simple perspective distortion . . . . . . .124
Tricky selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Locket and load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Wrapping around surfaces . . . . . . . . .130
Making curls and folds . . . . . . . . . . . .132
The ripple effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
A flag for all nations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Not so extreme close-up . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Smoke without fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 140
Interlude: Drawing comparisons . . . . . 142
Materials and textures . . . . . 144
Curtains with a difference . . . . . . . . . 146
Quick and easy wood grain . . . . . . . . . 148
Pattern forming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Lying on a bed of satin . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Making notepaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..154
The art of paper tearing . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Creating old paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Ageing a photo in minutes . . . . . . . .. 160
A quick repairjob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Letting the dust settle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
You spin me round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..155
A little light relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Finger friendly stained glass . . . . . . .. 170
Blueprint for design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Interlude: Finding images for free. . . . 174
Working with text . . . . . . . . .475
Carving in stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Neon signs with layer styles . . . . . . . . 180
Instant chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
No mess pumpkin carving . . . . . . . . ..134
...and other