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Chapter 1 Tool and Palette Primer
Preparing Your Workspace
Controlling Those Palettes
Collapsing the Palettes
Regrouping the Palettes
The Palette Well
Stacking Palettes
Workspace Presets
Working with Screen Modes
Standard Screen Mode
Full Screen Mode with Menu Bar
Full Screen Mode
Screen Mode Shortcuts
A Quick Tour of the Tools
The Options Bar
Navigating Your Document
The Navigator Palette
Hand Tool
Zoom Tool
View Menu
Picking Colors
Foreground and Background Colors
Color Picker Dialog Box
Previewing a Color
Choosing Web-Safe Colors
Selecting with the Color Field
Selecting by Hue, Saturation, and Brightness
Selecting Custom Colors
Color Palette
Eyedropper Tool
Swatches Palette
Info Palette
Basic Editing Tools
Painting
Opacity
Flow
Blending Mode
Eraser Tool
Brush Presets Palette
Brushes Palette
Brush Tip Shape
Shape Dynamics
Scattering
Texture
Dual Brush
Color Dynamics
Other Dynamics
The Rest of the Brush Settings
Saving Brushes
Preset Brushes
Paint Bucket Tool
Shape Tools
Measure Tool
Gradient Tool
Gradient Colors
Dithered Gradients
Custom Gradients
Transparent Gradients
Notes Tool
PDF Annotations
Tool Presets
File Browser
Navigating Your Hard Drive
Alternative Thumbnail Sizes
Sorting the Thumbnails
Renaming Files
Editing Keyboard Shortcuts
The Logic Behind the Keyboard Commands
Closing Thoughts
Ben's Techno-Babble Decoder Ring

Chapter 2 Selection Primer
What Is a Selection?
Basic Selection Tools
Rectangular Marquee Tool
Elliptical Marquee Tool
Single Row and Single Column Marquee Tools
Crop Tool
Crop and Straighten
Lasso Tool
Polygonal Lasso Tool
Magnetic Lasso Tool
Edge Contrast
Magic Wand Tool
Type Tool
Refining a Selection
Adding to a Selection
Removing Part of a Selection
Intersecting a Selection
The Select Menu
Select All
Deselect/ Reselect
Inverse
Color Range
Feather
Modify
Grow
Similar
Transform Selection
Load Selection and Save Selection
Quick Mask Mode
Shades of Gray
Selections in Quick Mask Mode
Color
Closing Thoughts
Ben's Techno-Babble Decoder Ring

Chapter 3: Layers Primer
How Do Layers Work
Meeting Layers
Creating Layers
Active Layer
Stacking Order
Background Image
The Eyeballs: What They See Is What You Get
Opacity
Moving Layers
Trimming the Fat
Copying Between Documents
Duplicating Layers
Deleting Layers
Leapin' Layers! More Tools and Toys
Transforming Layers
Linking Layers
Locking Up
Lock Transparency
Lock Image
Lock Position
Lock All
Layer Styles
Adjustment Layers
Applying Photo Filter Adjustments
Fill Layers
Solid Color Layer
Gradient Layer
Pattern Layer
The Blending Mode Menu
Automatic Selections
Via Copy
Use All Layers
Shortcuts
Layer Sets
No Thumbnail Mode
Color Coding
Layer Comps
Merging Layers
Done Playing Around?
Saving Layered Files
Closing Thoughts
Ben's Techno-Babble Decoder Ring
Chapter 4: Resolution Solutions
Understanding Pixel Size
Printing
Resolution and Line Art
Resolution and Grayscale or Color Images
Inkjet
Laser Printer/Printing Press
Dye-Sub Printers
35mm Slides
Multimedia/Internet
Digital Cameras
Video
Resolution and File Size
Resampling
Other Resolution Tricks
Scanning with Maximum Resolution
Sharpening
Res Versus PPI
Print Size
Closing Thoughts
Ben's Techno-Babble Decoder Ring

Chapter 6: Optimizing Grayscale Images
Levels Is the Solution
The Histogram Is Your Guide
Evaluating and Adjusting Contrast
Hidden Features to the Rescue
The Histogram gives you Feedback
Adjusting Brightness
Setting Up Your Images for final Output
Preparing for a Printing Press
A Quick Levels Recap
Postadjustment Analysis
Recognizing Posterization
Eliminating Posterization
Closing Thoughts
Ben's Techno-Babble Decoder Ring

Chapter 7: Understanding Curves
With Power Comes Complexity
But First, a Test!
The Idea Behind Curves
The Gradients Are Your Guide
Ben, Are We There Yet?
Taking Curves for a Test Drive
Improving Dark Images
Previewing the Changes
Color Is Different
Increasing Contrast and Detail
Decreasing Contrast and Detail
Let's Analyze a Classic Tip
Checking Ink Ranges
Inverting Your Image
Freeform Curves
Input and Output Numbers
Two Numbering Systems
Entering Numbers
The Info Palette
A Quick Recap
The Histogram Palette
Achieving Optimal Contrast
Preventing Blown-Out Highlights and Plugged-Up Shadows
Avoiding Posterization
Sneaky Contrast Adjustments
Concentrating on Important Areas
Shadow/Highlight
Closing Thoughts
Ben's Techno-Babble Decoder Ring