Adobe Photoshop 5/5.5 Tutorial

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Palettes and Operations
Modifying Cursor Display
Undo - Redo/Revert
How to Set Colour
Colour Palette Described
Swatch Palette Described
Brushes Palette
Paint Blend Modes
Cropping in Photoshop

Selection Tools
Selection Marquees Overview
Using Selections
Lasso and Polygonal Tool Explained
Magic Wand Tool in Photoshop
Selection Operations
Adding Subtracting and Intersecting Selections
Composite Selections

Path Tools
Pen Tool Overview
Direct Selection and Convert Anchor
Freeform Pen Tools
Magnetic Pen Tools
Paths Palette

Type Tools
Chapter Overview
Type Mask Tools

Miscellaneous Tools
Eyedropper, Info, Colour Sampler
History Brush
Move Tool
Measure and Gradient Tool
Gradient Types

Navigation and Image Basics
Navigator Palette Explored
Scroll the Image Window
New Views
File Info Area
Image Resolution Explained
How Much Resolution to Use?
Using the Resize Assistant
Image Size Explained
Interpolation Overview
Canvas Size Explained
Save, Save As and Save a Copy

Setting Up
Preferences:
• Photoshop
• General
• How to Save Files
• Display
• Cursor
• Transparency
• Rulers
• Units
• Rulers
• Guides
• Grid
• Rulers
• Plugins and Scratch Disks
• Image Cache
Assign RAM to PS
Calibrating Your Monitor

Productivity
File Information
Purging Options
Action Palette Explored
How to Automate a Command
Building an Action
Editing Actions and Action Sets
Batch Processing Explained
Automating Commands

Basic Compositing and Collage
Layers Palette Explored
How to Create and Add Layers
How to Arrange, Align and Distribute Layers
Layer Blend Modes Explored
Collage Case Study
Layer Effects in Photoshop 5
How to Group Layers
Matting Techniques
Creating Realistic Shadows

Simple Retouching
Rotating Canvas and Flip Command
Transforming Operation
Scale and Rotate Command
Skew, Distort and Perspective
Free and Numeric Transform
Fill and Stroke
Eliminating Dust and Scratches
Sharpen the Image - Best Practices

Working with a Files History
Step Back in Time
Erase to History
History Brush and Palette Features
How to Delete History States
The Creation of Snapshots

Channels and Colour Modes
Bit Depth and Channels
RGB and CMYK Modes
LAB and Indexed Colour Mode
Grey Scale and Duotone Mode
Multichannel and Bitmap Mode
LAB Case Study

Colour Correction and Image Editing
Image Editing Tools in Photoshop
Brightness and Contrast
Levels
Curves
Variations
Colour Balance
Hue and Saturation Explained
Selective Colour
Adjustment Layers Overview

Colour Manipulation
Invert and Equalize Overview
Threshold and Posterize
Auto Levels in Photoshop
Desaturate an Image
Replace Colour
Using the Channel Mixer
Colour Manipulation Case Study

Selections and Masking
Saving and Loading Selections
Channels Palette
Transforming a Selection
Grow and Similar
Changing Selection Commands
Layer and QuickMask
Select by Colour Range
QuickMask and Layer Mask Case Study

Fun with Filters
Clouds and Lens Flair
Texture Fill and Light Effects
Filter Fundamentals
Filters Explained:
• Artistic and Blur
• Brush Stroke
• Distort and Noise
• Pixelate
• 3D Transform
• Sharpen
• Sketch
• Stylize
• Texture
• Video
• Other

Printing and Colour Separations
Printing - Points of Caution
Page Setup Screen
Print Dialog Box
Colour Management in PS
RGB and CMYK Setup
Grayscale Setup
Setting up Profiles
Spot Colour Separations

New Features in Photoshop 5.5
Brief Tour of Photoshop 5.5
Magic Eraser
Background Eraser
Using the Extract Command
Art History Brush
Using the Auto-Contrast Command
Contiguous and New Type Option
Index Colour options
Image Automation Explained

Web-Related
Saving Images for the Web
Saving images as GIF
Saving Images as JPEG
Saving Images as PNG
Dithering
Using the Ditherbox Filter
Recommended Web Preferences

ImageReady 2.0 New Features
Selecting Web-safe colour's
Shape Tools Explained
Layer F/X and Styles
Slicing
Rollovers
Type Enhancements