Photoshop CS5: Advanced, Student Manual

Contents......Page 4
Introduction......Page 6
Topic A: About the manual......Page 7
Topic B: Setting your expectations......Page 10
Topic C: Re-keying the course......Page 14
Fills and overlays......Page 16
Topic A: Filling image areas......Page 17
Topic B: Gradients and patterns......Page 29
Topic C: Layer overlays......Page 41
Unit summary: Fills and overlays......Page 44
Masks......Page 48
Topic A: Mask channels......Page 49
Topic B: Layer masks......Page 55
Topic C: Grayscale masks......Page 59
Topic D: Clipping masks and type masks......Page 63
Unit summary: Masks......Page 66
Vector paths......Page 70
Topic A: Creating vector paths......Page 71
Topic B: Editing vector paths......Page 84
Topic C: Vector masks......Page 90
Topic D: Paths for creative imagery......Page 92
Unit summary: Vector paths......Page 99
Creative image effects......Page 104
Topic A: Painting effects......Page 105
Topic B: Warping......Page 114
Topic C: Efficient compositing......Page 123
Topic D: Vanishing Point......Page 133
Topic E: Smart Filters......Page 137
Unit summary: Creative image effects......Page 142
Automating tasks......Page 146
Topic A: Creating actions......Page 147
Topic B: Organizing actions......Page 157
Topic C: Batch processing......Page 161
Topic D: Customizing Photoshop......Page 163
Unit summary: Automating tasks......Page 167
Course summary......Page 170
Topic A: Course summary......Page 171
Topic B: Continued learning after class......Page 172
Glossary......Page 174
Index......Page 176