Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Part I: Getting Started with Photoshop CC 7

Chapter 1: Welcome to Photoshop! 9

Chapter 2: Knowing Just Enough about Digital Images 21

Chapter 3: Taking the Chef?s Tour of Your Photoshop Kitchen 41

Chapter 4: Getting Images into and out of Photoshop 63

Part II: Easy Enhancements for Digital Images 85

Chapter 5: Adding Dark Shadows and Sparkling Highlights 87

Chapter 6: Making Color Look Natural 107

Chapter 7: The Adobe Camera Raw 8 Plug-In 135

Chapter 8: Fine-Tuning Your Fixes 163

Chapter 9: Common Problems and Their Cures 191

Part III: Creating ?Art? in Photoshop 207

Chapter 10: Combining Images 209

Chapter 11: Precision Edges with Vector Paths 227

Chapter 12: Dressing Up Images with Layer Styles 251

Chapter 13: Giving Your Images a Text Message 273

Chapter 14: Painting in Photoshop 299

Chapter 15: Filters: The Fun Side of Photoshop 323

Part IV: Power Photoshop 349

Chapter 16: Streamlining Your Work in Photoshop 351

Chapter 17: Working with Video and Animation 369

Part V: The Part of Tens 383

Chapter 18: Ten Specialized Features of Photoshop CC 385

Chapter 19: Ten Reasons to Love Your Wacom Tablet 395

Chapter 20: Ten Things to Know about HDR 401

Index 411

About the Author

Peter Bauer , a member of the Photoshop Hall of Fame, is an award-winning fine-art photographer and the Help Desk director for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP). He has authored more than a dozen books on Photoshop, digital photography, and computer graphics, and is a contributing writer for Photoshop User and other magazines.