Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
Acknowledgements
How to use this book
1 Natural selection
Selection: the fundamentals
The Lasso and the Magic Wand
QuickMask 1: better selection
QuickMask 2: tips and tricks
QuickMask 3: transformations
The Quick Selection tool
Refine Edge: fuzzy logic
Refine Edge: going further
The Pen is mightier
The Pen tool by numbers
Putting the Pen into practice
Lock and load
Find and replace
Color by numbers
The color of her face
Brush-on color
The perfect setup
2 Transformation and distortion
Free Transform distortion
Step and repeat rotation
Image Warp: flag waving
Cloning in perspective
Special effects with cloning
Puppet Warp: animal tamer
Puppet Warp: get to grips
Cappuccino with sprinkles
Content-Aware Scaling
Content-Aware Fill 1
Content-Aware Fill 2
Content-Aware Moving 1
Content-Aware Moving 2
Choose your distortion
Straightening with Camera Raw
Wide-angle wonder
Easy panorama correction
Spin the bottle 1
Spin the bottle 2
The freelance artist
3 Hiding and showing
Texture with layer modes
Layer masks 1: intersections
Layer masks 2: soft edges
Layer masks 3: smoothing
Layer masks 4: auto masking
Tricks with Layer Masks
Texture, clipping and groups
Weaving in and out
Blending Options 1: fire power
Blending Options 2: soft clouds
Graphics tablets
4 Image adjustment
Shadows and highlights
Learning Curves
Matching colors with Curves
The photographer’s level
Selective hue and saturation
Sharpening: Unsharp Mask
Sharpening: Smart Sharpen
Adjustment layers
Hard Light layer adjustment
Camera Raw 1: combined effects
Camera Raw 2: selective effects
Camera Raw 3: the jpeg filter
What’s so great about Camera Raw?
5 Composing the scene
Location tells the story
Relative values: interaction
Eyes: the window of the soul
Back to the foreground
A choice of background
Composition tips and tricks
The left and right of things
6 Getting into perspective
Establishing the horizon
Introducing vanishing points
Two point perspective
Three point perspective
Correcting perspective
Fixing wide angle objects
Using existing perspective
Boxing clever: doubling up
Vanishing Point filter 1
Vanishing Point filter 2
Cropping in perspective
Taking the initiative
7 Light and shade
Shadows on wall and ground
Tricky ground shadows
Light from windows
Multiple shadowed objects
Visible light sources
Turn the lamp on
Shading using Hard Light mode
Shading on multiple objects
Reverse shading with Curves
Making smoke without fire
Making fire without smoke
Lighting up: perfect neon
Day for night
I want to tell you a story
8 Heads and bodies
Up close and personal
Putting heads on bodies
Complex head fitting
Combining body parts
Detailed hair cutting
The solution for flyaway hair
Cutting hair with Refine Edge
The problem of hair loss
Instant hair growth
Beards and stubble
The ageing process
Reversing the ageing process
It’s all in the eyes
Face changing with Liquify
Liquify: turning heads
Skin patching and healing
Cosmetic makeover
Coloring black and white images
A change of skin
Compiling the compiler
Sourcing images for free
9 Shiny surfaces
Introducing… Plastic Wrap
I’m forever blowing bubbles
Water: moats and reflections
Making water from thin air
Submerging in water
Snow and icicles
Catching snow as it falls
Making it rain
Getting the glazing bug
Glass: refraction
Combining reflections
Complex reflections
Putting things in bottles
Glass: adding a pair of specs
A refracting glass case
Photographing glass
10 Metal, wood and stone
Instant metal with Curves
Metal with Layer Styles
Turning silver into gold
Metal with Lighting Effects
More on Lighting Effects
Spray-on rust and decay
Making a better impression
Timber floors with varnish
Making statues from life
Bringing statues to life
Carving words in stone
A grave business
The point of illustration
11 Paper and fabric
Folds and wrinkles
How to make a load of money
Judging a book by its cover
Paper: folding and crumpling
Ripping and tearing
Simulating old photographs
Smudge painting fabric
Making custom fibers
Ribbon and tape
Upgrade and replace
12 The third dimension
Adding depth to flat artwork
An open and shut case
Flipping makes sense
Opening the hamper
Matching existing perspective
Building boxes
Displacement maps 1
Displacement maps 2
Drawing pipes and cables
3D layers: getting started
3D layers: reshaping
3D layers: texture and more
3D layers: revolution
3D layers: inflation
3D layers and instances
3D layers: scene integration
3D layers with Vanishing Point
Image-based lighting
Manipulating memories
13 Hyper realism
The need for speed
Iris Blur: yes and no
Cartoon distortions
Breaking glass
Smashing things up 1
Smashing things up 2
Magical realism
Zombie pensioners from hell
Working to a brief
14 Advanced techniques
Putting it all together 1
Putting it all together 2
Front and back
Working with Smart Objects
Layer groups and layer comps
Watercolor with Filter Gallery
Working with Shapes
Round-cornered heaven
Complex repair work
Distortion through glass
Complex strokes
Custom brush design 1
Custom brush design 2
Natural media brushes
Background Eraser tricks
Making the most of Bridge
Photoshop Actions
DeBlur with Shake Reduction
Misusing Shake Reduction
Portable shadows
Take a fresh look
15 Print and the internet
Image size and resolution
Working for print
Working for the web
Making it move
movie editing in Photoshop
Test Yourself
Index
Taking Photoshop further