Contents

1. Cover Page

2. Title Page

3. Copyright Page

4. Where are the Lesson Files?

5. Contents

6. Getting Started

1. About Classroom in a Book

2. What’s new in this edition

3. Prerequisites

4. Installing Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Bridge

5. Starting Adobe Photoshop

6. Online content

7. Restoring default preferences

8. Additional resources

9. Adobe Authorized Training Centers

7. 1 Getting to Know the Work Area

1. Starting to work in Adobe Photoshop

2. Using the tools

3. Sampling a color

4. Working with tools and tool properties

5. Undoing actions in Photoshop

6. More about panels and panel locations

7. Review questions

8. Review answers

8. 2 Basic Photo Corrections

1. Strategy for retouching

2. Resolution and image size

3. Opening a file with Adobe Bridge

4. Straightening and cropping the image in Photoshop

5. Adjusting the color and tone

6. Using the Spot Healing Brush tool

7. Applying a content-aware patch

8. Repairing areas with the Clone Stamp tool

9. Sharpening the image

10. Review questions

11. Review answers

9. 3 Working with Selections

1. About selecting and selection tools

2. Getting started