Photoshop Elements 2 : Tips 'n Tricks,9781904344278

Photoshop Elements 2 : Tips 'n Tricks

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ISBN13: 9781904344278
ISBN10: 1904344275
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2003-03-04
Publisher(s): Peer Information
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1(1)
Platform considerations
1(1)
Layout conventions
2(1)
Handy Tip
2(1)
Support
3(2)
Toolbox and Selections
5(18)
Selections
6(5)
Marquee Selections
6(1)
Lasso Selections
7(1)
Compound Selections
8(1)
Selection Tips
9(1)
Transforming Selection Content
9(1)
Softening Selections
10(1)
Magic Wand
10(1)
Clone Stamp
11(3)
Clone Stamp Tool Basics
11(1)
Clone Stamp Tool Settings
12(1)
Clone Stamp: Using Aligned Mode
13(1)
Gradients
14(2)
Gradient Basics
14(1)
Creating Custom Gradients
15(1)
Making Collages with Gradients
15(1)
Using Brushes Efficiently
16(1)
Brushes
16(5)
Airbrush Introduction
17(1)
Creating and Editing Brushes
18(1)
Custom Brushes
19(1)
Managing Presets
20(1)
Installing Brush Libraries
20(1)
Toolbox Navigation
21(2)
Toggling Tools Efficiently
21(2)
Working with Layers
23(32)
Layer Basics
24(10)
Visualizing layers
24(1)
Using a separate layer for each item
24(2)
Labeling helps you to keep track of your layers
26(1)
Adjusting the size of the Layers palette thumbnails
26(1)
Copying a layer
27(1)
Putting a copy of a layer into a different document
27(1)
Filling a layer with a color or pattern
28(1)
Revealing the names of the image layers
28(1)
Hiding every layer but one
29(1)
Partially hiding a layer
30(1)
Linking layers
30(1)
Locking layers
31(1)
Fight the urge to merge
32(1)
Merging layers
32(2)
Layer Manipulation
34(21)
Moving a layer from one file into another file
34(1)
Opening an image file from the Web
35(1)
Cutting an object from a layer and moving it
35(3)
Filling a shape with a photo or a texture
38(1)
Filling a shape with a pattern or gradient
39(1)
Ctrl-click selection trick
40(1)
Deleting a layer - three quick and dirty ways
41(1)
Making a new merged visibles layer
42(1)
Adjustment layers
42(1)
Using Adjustment layers to improve a photo
43(2)
Selective adjustments
45(9)
Seeing the Adjustment layer mask up close
54
Changing the effect of an Adjustment layer
46(1)
Locking a layer's transparency
46(1)
Combining layers by masking
46(2)
Making a vignette effect
48(1)
More border effects with Elemasks
49(1)
Removing troublesome backgrounds
50(2)
Experimenting with blending modes
52(1)
Scrolling through the blending modes
53(1)
Layers troubleshooting tips
53(2)
Image Correction and Retouching
55(26)
Quick Tips
56(8)
Quick Fix dialog box
56(1)
Quick Fix Brightness: Fill Flash
56(1)
Quick Fix Brightness: Brightness/Contrast
57(1)
Quick Fix Brightness: Auto Contrast
58(1)
Quick Fix Brightness: Auto Levels
58(1)
Quick Fix Brightness: Adjust Backlighting
59(1)
Quick Fix Color Correction: Hue/Saturation and Auto Color
59(1)
Quick Fix Focus: Auto Focus
60(1)
Quick Fix Focus: Blur
61(1)
Correcting Perspective
62(1)
Create Photomerge
63(1)
Primary Restoration
64(7)
Image Assessment with the Histogram
65(1)
Detecting color casts
66(1)
Correcting color casts more effectively
66(1)
Removing casts with Variations
67(1)
Removing casts with Levels
68(1)
Adjusting Levels ``Set White'' and ``Set Black'' points
69(1)
Noise Removal
70(1)
Fixing Tears and Blemishes
70(1)
Secondary Restoration
71(3)
Focus Adjustments with the Blur Filter
71(2)
Toning adjustments with the Dodge and Burn Tools
73(1)
Focus adjustments with the Blur and Sharpen Tools
74(1)
Retouching
74(7)
Clone Stamp tips
74(1)
Effective image correction with the Clone Stamp
75(1)
Resizing your Document
76(1)
Resizing Your Canvas
77(1)
Cropping for Composition
77(1)
Straightening and Narrowing Noses
78(3)
Effects and Filters
81(38)
Useful and Complex Filters
81(5)
Gaussian Blur
82(1)
Liquify
82(1)
Add Noise
83(1)
3D Transform
84(1)
Unsharp Mask
85(1)
Minimum and Maximum
86(1)
Simple Effects
86(8)
Color Focus with Desaturation
86(1)
Color Focus with Monotones
87(1)
Composite man using Selection tools and many layers
88(2)
When to use Lighting Effects
90(1)
Using Bump Maps with Lighting Effects
91(1)
Photos to Watercolor with Filters
92(1)
Photos to Colored Pencil with Filters
93(1)
Photos to HB Pencil with Filters
94(1)
Multi-step Effects
94(25)
Adding romance with blurs, levels and blending modes
94(4)
Create a Private Universe using Threshold and filters
98(2)
Transforming landscapes into faces with Liquify filter
100(3)
Adding action with Radial blur
103(2)
Putting your art onto canvas
105(2)
Flowing, organic animated images with Twirl and Save for Web
107(3)
Message on a bottle with 3D Transform
110(3)
Depth effects using Minimum, Gausian Blur and Emboss filters
113(6)
Type Tips
119(20)
Typing basic text
120(4)
Creating text
120(1)
Changing fonts
121(1)
Resizing fonts
121(1)
Warping text
122(1)
Changing the text orientation
123(1)
Using the Move Tool with type layers
123(1)
Using Layer Styles with text
124(5)
Applying Bevels to type layers
124(1)
Applying Inner Shadows
125(1)
Applying Glass Buttons
126(1)
Applying Image Effects
127(1)
Applying Patterns
127(1)
Photographic Effects
128(1)
Using a combination of Layer Styles
129(1)
The third dimension
129(5)
The dangers of converting vector images to raster images
129(1)
Converting type layers into bitmap layers
130(1)
Applying filters such as 3D transform to text
131(3)
Personalities behind the mask
134(5)
Text masks
134(1)
Pictures inside type: method 1
135(1)
Pictures inside type: method 2
136(3)
Productivity
139(10)
Choosing the right cursor for the job
140(1)
Feathering marquees
141(1)
Obtaining better results with the Eyedropper Tool
142(1)
Why doesn't it work?
143(1)
Unlocking the background layer
144(1)
Simplifying shapes
145(1)
Zooming with the Navigator palette
145(1)
Improving the performance of Elements
146(1)
Undo
146(1)
Clipboard
146(1)
Histories
146(1)
All
146(3)
Customizing your workspace
147(1)
Two Lifesavers!
147(2)
Saving and sharing your images
149(28)
Saving as you work
149(4)
The four ways to save
150(1)
Most commonly used file types
150(2)
Save your original images
152(1)
Save as you go
153(1)
Save at the beginning when creating a new document
153(1)
Save before editing a photo
154(1)
Saving on the fly
154(2)
Base camp saves
155(1)
Safe Editing
156(5)
Put everything on different layers
156(1)
Don't flatten - keep your layers
157(1)
Test effects on a duplicate layer
158(1)
Trade your eraser in for an Elemask!
159(1)
Make notes on a hidden layer
160(1)
Take a screenshot of your history palette
160(1)
Let your Layers palette tell the story
161(1)
Saving finished work
161(5)
Quality v file size
161(1)
High-quality saves
162(1)
The difference between photos and graphics
162(1)
Don't save photos as GIFs
163(1)
Don't save graphics as JPGs either!
163(1)
Don't resave JPGs
164(1)
Create big images, then reduce them
164(1)
Batch process to save time
165(1)
Preparing for potential catastrophic loss of data
166(3)
Managing backups
166(1)
Backup your photos onto CD to prevent losing them forever
167(1)
Keeping a PSD file as a library of pre-prepared elements
168(1)
Archiving finished work
168(1)
Putting your work out there
169(8)
Printing: Garbage in, Garbage out!
169(1)
Use the right resolution for printing
169(1)
To resample or not to resample?
170(1)
Making a contact sheet
171(1)
Reduce image resolution when sending via email
172(1)
Keep your friends - don't send them PSD files!
172(1)
Sharing images on a website
173(1)
Creating a PDF slideshow
174(3)
Winning Web Images
177(24)
Pick the right content
178(1)
Think of your audience
179(1)
Make your site easy to navigate
180(1)
Consider download times
181(1)
The differences between GIFs and JPGs for web use
182(1)
Saving for the web
183(1)
Making thumbnails
184(1)
Making a Web Photo Gallery
185(1)
A word about copyright
186(1)
Creating images for your site
186(15)
Keeping the background in the background
187(1)
Making a seamless tiled background
187(3)
Making a patterned page border
190(1)
Making a transparent GIF
190(2)
Matte? What's that?
192(1)
Say it with a banner
193(1)
Creating animated GIFs
194(1)
Quick animation tips
195(1)
A shortcut for making a capsule-shaped button
195(2)
Rollover buttons
197(1)
Saving the files for each button in each state
197(2)
Installing rollover buttons into your site
199(2)
Set Up
201(18)
Preferences
202(6)
General Preferences
202(1)
Saving Files
203(1)
Displays and Cursors
203(1)
Transparency
204(1)
Units and Rulers
204(1)
Grid
205(1)
Plug-Ins & Scratch Disks
205(1)
Memory & Image Cache
206(1)
Status Bar -- Scratch Sizes
207(1)
Color management
208(4)
Switching Color Pickers
208(1)
Color Matching and Sample Painting
209(1)
Hex Values and HTML
209(1)
Activating Color Management
210(1)
Saving Color Profiles with your Documents
210(1)
Color Management in Print Preview
211(1)
Hardware Considerations
212(7)
RAM -- the more the better
212(1)
Monitor Setup
213(2)
Graphics Tablets
215(1)
Camera Pixels -- when enough is enough
216(3)
Appendix A
219(2)
Commonly used shortcuts
219(2)
Appendix B
221(4)
Plug-Ins
221(2)
Online Plug-In Resources
223(1)
Recipes
224(1)
Layer Styles
225

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