ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 2021 FOR BEGINNERS & PROS: The Concise Adobe Photoshop A-Z Mastery Guide for All Users

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION TO ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
	WHAT IS ADOBE PHOTOSHOP?
	WHAT’S NEW IN ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 2021?
	HOW TO DOWNLOAD ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
	HOW TO INSTALL ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
CHAPTER TWO
GETTING FAMILIAR WITH THE HOME SCREEN
	LAUNCHING INTO PHOTO EDITOR
	ANATOMY OF PHOTOSHOP MAIN INTERFACE
	ADOBE PHOTOSHOP TOOLBOX
	CHOOSING EITHER SINGLE OR DOUBLE COLUMN TOOLBAR
	MOVING AND SELECTION TOOLS
	CROP AND SLICE TOOLS
	MEASUREMENT TOOLS
	RETOUCHING AND PAINTING TOOLS
	HIDDEN TOOLBAR’S TOOL
	DRAWING AND TYPING TOOLS
	NAVIGATION TOOLS
	UNDERSTANDING MENUS APPEARANCE
	OPENING AND SAVING IMAGE WITH PURPOSE
	OPENING FILE FROM ADOBE BRIDGE
	IMPORTING AND PASTING IMAGES
	CONVERTING SMART OBJECTS TO STANDARD PIXELS
	THE SAVE COMMAND AND SAVE AS COMMAND
	SAVING FILES IN DIFFERENT FILE FORMATS
	SAVING FILES IN PSD FORMAT
	SAVING FILES IN GIF FORMAT
	SAVING FILES IN JPEG FORMAT
	SAVING FILES IN PNG FORMAT
	SAVING FILES IN TIFF FORMAT
	SETTING PREFERENCES FOR SAVING FILES
	SAVING FILES FOR THE WEB
	COMPRESSING FILE FORMATS
	SHARING A PHOTO
	PHOTO SHARING PROVIDERS
	TOOLTIPS
	THE HISTORY PANEL
	REVERTING TO A PREVIOUS STATE OF AN IMAGE
	REVERTING TO THE LAST SAVED
	DELETING AND CLEARING STATES FROM THE HISTORY PANEL
	EXAMINING THE IMAGE WINDOW
	CONTEXTUAL MENU
	THE TOOLBOX IN THE QUICK MODE
	TOOLBOX IN THE EXPERT MODE
	TOOLS IN THE VIEW GROUP OF THE EXPERT MODE TOOLBOX
	TOOLS IN THE SELECT GROUP OF THE EXPERT MODE TOOLBOX
	TOOLS IN THE ENHANCE GROUP OF THE EXPERT MODE TOOLBOX
	TOOLS IN THE DRAW GROUP OF THE EXPERT MODE TOOLBOX
	TOOLS IN THE MODIFY GROUP OF THE EXPERT MODE TOOLBOX
	FINDING YOUR BEARING IN THE GUIDED MODE
CHAPTER THREE
WORKING WITH LAYERS
	GETTING TO KNOW LAYERS
	TYPES OF LAYERS
	STUDYING YOUR PATH AROUND THE LAYER PANEL AND SELECTING MENUS
	CONVERTING BACKGROUND TO A LAYER
	CREATING A NEW LAYER FROM THE SCRATCH
	POWER OF PHOTOSHOP COMPOSITION
	TRANSFORMING LAYER
	USING LAYER VIA COPY AND LAYER VIA CUT
	ADDING LAYER MASK
	INTRODUCING ADJUSTMENT LAYER
	ADJUSTING THE COLOR OF AN IMAGE
	ADJUSTMENT LAYER COMBINATION
	WORKING WITH PIXELS
	UNDERSTANDING RESOLUTION
	HOW TO CHANGE IMAGE RESOLUTION
	CHOOSING A RESOLUTION FOR PRINT OR ONSCREEN
	UNDERSTANDING IMAGE DIMENSIONS
	RESAMPLING
	HOW TO RESAMPLE AN IMAGE
	GETTING FAMILIAR WITH COLOR
	THE RGB COLOR MODE
	THE CMYK COLOR MODE
	COLOR SETTINGS
	THE WORKING SPACE
	THE RGB WORKING SPACE
	CHOOSING A COLOR WORKSPACE
	COLOR ADJUSTMENT
	CALIBRATING YOUR MONITOR
	HOW TO CALIBRATE A MONITOR
CHAPTER FOUR
WORKING WITH TYPE TOOL
	UNDERSTANDING TYPE BASIC
	MAKING USE OF THE TYPE TOOL
	FORMAT CHARACTER PANEL
	CREATING PARAGRAPH TYPE
	USING THE TEXT ON SHAPE TOOL
	MASKING WITH TYPE
	STYLIZING AND WARPING TYPE
	WARPING YOUR TEXT
	WARPING AN IMAGE
	From the options that pop up, select any choice style.
CHAPTER FIVE
MAKING AND MODIFYING SELECTION
	DEFINING SELECTION
	CREATING RECTANGULAR AND ELLIPTICAL SELECTIONS
	GETTING STRAIGHT WITH THE POLYGONAL LASSO TOOL
	MODIFY YOUR SELECTION
	WORKING WIZARDLY WITH THE MAGIC WAND
	ELIMINATING WITH THE ERASER TOOLS
	THE ERASER TOOL
	BACKGROUND ERASER TOOL
	MAGIC ERASER TOOL
	REFINING THE EDGE OF A SELECTION
CHAPTER SIX
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
CHAPTER SEVEN
CORRECTING CONTRAST, COLOR, AND CLARITY
	USING BRIGHTNESS AND ADJUSTMENT
	COLORIZING A PHOTO
	OPENING CLOSED EYES
CHAPTER EIGHT
DRAWING AND PAINTING
	SPLASHING ON COLOR WITH THE PAINT BUCKET
	WORKING WITH MULTICOLOR GRADIENT
	WORKING WITH COLOR PICKER
	DRAWING MULTIPLE SHAPES
	PENCIL TOOL
CHAPTER NINE
SIMPLE MAKEOVER
	CROPPING, RESIZING, AND STRAIGHTENING IMAGES
	CROPPING AWAY WITH THE CROP TOOL
	RESIZING AN IMAGE
	EDITING IN QUICK MODE
	FIXING SMALL IMPERFECTIONS WITH TOOL
	RETOUCHING WITH THE HEALING BRUSH TOOL
	QUICK MODE AUTO MODE
	AUTO SMART TONE
	AUTO COLOR CORRECTION
	AUTO HAZE REMOVAL
	CLONING WITH THE CLONE STAMP TOOL
	ZEROING IN ON THE SPOT HEALING BRUSH TOOL
	REPOSITIONING WITH THE CONTENT-AWARE MOVE TOOL
	LIGHTENING AND DARKENING WITH DODGE AND BURN TOOLS
	SMUDGING AWAY ROUGH SPOT
	SOFTENING WITH THE BLUR TOOL
	THE SHARPEN TOOL
	THE SPONGE TOOL
	REPLACING A COLOR WITH ANOTHER
CHAPTER TEN
PLAYING WITH FILTERS, EFFECTS, STYLES, AND MORE
	HAVING FUN WITH FILTERS
	APPLYING FILTERS
	WORKING IN THE FILTER GALLERY
	FADING A FILTER
	MIXING UP WITH BLENDING MODE
	APPLYING BLENDING MODE TO A FILTER
	USING PHOTOMERGE
CHAPTER ELEVEN
THE CAMERA RAW EDITOR
	HOW TO OPEN FILES IN THE CAMERA RAW INTERFACE
	GETTING FAMILIAR WITH THE CAMERA RAW EDITOR
	THE EDIT PANEL
	THE BOTTOM BUTTONS
CHAPTER TWELVE
INDISPENSABLE TIPS AND TRICKS
CONCLUSION
INDEX