Contents What''s different in this book Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Photoshop Fundamentals Photoshop installation The Photoshop interface Creating a new document User interface brightness Tabbed document windows Managing document windows Synchronized scroll and zoom Image document window details Title bar proxy icons (Mac only) Info panel status information Rulers, Guides & Grid ''Snap to'' behavior Pixel Grid view The Photoshop panels Panel arrangements and docking Panel positions remembered in workspaces Customizing the menu options Customizing the keyboard shortcuts Task-based workspaces Working with a dual display setup Photoshop CC Tools panel Options bar Tool Presets Selection tools Color Range Adjustable tone ranges Modifier keys Painting tools On-the-fly brush changes On-screen brush adjustments Brush panel Brush panel options Pressure sensitive control Brush tool presets Mixer brush Bristle tip brush shapes Load/Replace Swatches from HTML Hex Field Tools for filling Tools for drawing Image editing tools Move tool Layer selection using the move tool Navigation and information tools Zoom tool shortcuts Hand tool Bird''s-eye view Flick panning Windows Multi-touch support Eyedropper tool Ruler tool Rotate view tool Notes tool Count tool Screen view modes Working with Layers Automating Photoshop Preset Manager History The History panel History settings and memory usage History brush Use of history versus undo Snapshots Non-linear history When files won''t open Save often Background Saving Normal saves Using Save As. to save images File formats Photoshop native file format Smart PSD files Large Document (PSB) format TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) Pixel order Byte order Save Image Pyramid TIFF compression options Flattened TIFFs JPEG PNG Photoshop PDF Adobe Bridge CC The Bridge interface Making Bridge CS work with Photoshop CC Custom work spaces in Bridge Opening files from Bridge Slideshows IV V Camera Raw DNG and transparency support Opening photos from Bridge via Camera Raw Splash screen Chapter 2: Camera Raw Image Processing Camera Raw advantages The new Camera Raw workflow Does the order matter? Raw capture JPEG capture Editing JPEGs and TIFFs in Camera Raw Alternative Raw processors A basic Camera Raw/Photoshop workflow Camera Raw support DNG compatibility Getting raw images into Photoshop Image ingestion Importing images via Photo Downloader Tethered shoot imports Tethered shooting via Canon EOS Utility Importing images via other programs Import Images from Device (Mac only) Basic Camera Raw image editing Working with Bridge and Camera Raw General controls for single file opening Full size window view General controls for multiple file opening New preview controls Checkpoints Preview preferences Workflow options Saving soft proofed raw files as smart objects Summary of the proposed soft proofing workflow Opening raw files as Smart Objects Saving photos from Camera Raw Saving a JPEG as DNG Resolving naming conflicts New Save dialog Altering the background color The histogram display Digital camera histograms Interactive histogram Image browsing via Camera Raw Camera Raw preferences Default Image Settings Camera Raw cache DNG file handling JPEG and TIFF handling Camera Raw cropping and straightening How to straighten and crop Basic panel controls White balance Using the white balance tool White balance tool refinements Basic panel auto white balance adjustments Process Versions The Process 2012 tone adjustment controls Exposure Contrast Highlights and Shadows Whites and Blacks Suggested order for the Basic panel adjustments Preserving the highlight detail When to clip the highlights How to clip the shadows Shadow levels after a conversion Digital exposure How Camera Raw interprets the raw data Basic panel image adjustment procedure Auto tone corrections Auto Whites and Blacks sliders Camera-specific default settings Clarity Negative clarity Vibrance and Saturation Tone Curve panel Point Curve editor mode RGB Curves Correcting a high contrast image HSL/Grayscale panel Recovering out-of-gamut colors Adjusting the hue and saturation Lens Corrections panel Accessing and creating custom lens profiles Lens Corrections: Color tab Chromatic aberration Defringe sliders The Defringe controls in use Eyedropper tool mode Localized adjustments: Defringe slider Lens Corrections: Manual tab Upright corrections Synchronizing Upright settings Transform controls Lens Vignetting controls Effects panel Post Crop Vignetting control Post Crop Vignette style options Highlights slider Adding Grain effects Camera Calibration panel New Camera Raw profiles Camera look settings profiles Custom camera profile calibrations DNG Profile Editor Camera Raw as a Photoshop filter Spot removal tool Creating circle spots Synchronized spotting with Camera Raw Spot removal tool feathering Spot removal tool fine-tuning Visualize spots Creating brush spots Deleting spots Red eye removal Red eye: pet eye removal Localized adjustments Adjustment brush Initial Adjustment brush options Brush settings Adding a new brush effect Resetting adjustments Adjustment brush duplication Editing brush adjustments Previewing the brush stroke areas Auto masking Darkening the shadows Hand-coloring in Color mode Graduated filter tool Graduated color temperature adjustment Radial filter adjustments Fill to document bounds Modifying graduated and radial filter masks Correcting edge sharpness with the Radial filter Global sharpening only Global sharpening + radial filter adjustment Camera Raw settings menu Export settings to XMP Update DNG previews Load Settings. Save Settings. Camera Raw defaults Presets panel Saving and applying presets Copying and synchronizing settings Synchronizing different process versions Legacy presets Synchronize Process 2010 from a Process 2012 master Synchronize Process 2012 from a Process 2010 master Working with Snapshots DNG file format The DNG solution DNG compatibility Saving images as DNG Lossy DNG DNG Converter Chapter 3: Sharpening and noise reduction When to sharpen Why one-step sharpening is ineffective Capture sharpening Capture sharpening for scanned images Process versions Improvements to Camera Raw sharpening Sample sharpening image Detail panel Sharpening defaults The sharpening effect sliders Amount slider Radius slider The suppression controls Detail slider Interpreting the grayscale previews Radius and Detail grayscale preview Masking slider Masking slider example Some real world sharpening examples Sharpening portrait images Sharpening landscape images Sharpening a fine-detailed image How to save sharpening settings as presets Capture sharpening roundup Selective sharpening in Camera Raw Negative sharpening Extending the sharpening limits How to apply localized sharpening Negative sharpening to blur an image Noise removal in Camera Raw Process Versions and noise reduction Detail panel Noise Reduction sliders Color noise Non-raw image noise reduction Color Smoothness slider Adding grain to improve appearance of sharpness Localized noise reduction in Camera Raw Localized moiré removal in Camera Raw No sharpening Smart Sharpened Localized sharpening in Photoshop Smart Sharpen filter Basic Smart Sharpen mode Advanced Smart Sharpen mode Removing Motion Blur Shake Reduction filter The Shake Reduction controls Creating a depth of field brush Chapter 4: Image Editing Essentials Pixels versus vectors Photoshop as a vector program Image resolution terminology ppi: pixels per inch lpi: lines per inch dpi: dots per inch Desktop printer resolution Altering the image size Image interpolation Nearest Neighbor (hard edges) Bilinear Bicubic (smooth gradients) Bicubic Smoother (enlargement) Bicubic Sharper (reduction) Bicubic Automatic Preserve Detail.