50 Best Photoshop® CS4 Tips, Tricks & Techniques: Essentials
Video
By: Michael Gatewood
ISBN: 9781608111718
Our Price: $99.95
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50 Best Photoshop® CS4 Tips, Tricks & Techniques: Essentials is the perfect video training program for users who are just starting out with Photoshop or those simply needing a refresher on this amazing software. These 50 mini-programs add up to more than 2 hours of training and show you step by step how easy it is to set up Photoshop and begin using its versatile tools and powerful features to achieve fantastic results—just like the pros!

Video tutorials cover:

Setting Up a Photoshop System
  • Tips for Preferences
  • Color Settings
  • Workspace
  • Setting Up a New Canvas

Exploring the Tools of Photoshop
  • The Move Tool
  • The Selection Tools
  • The Crop Tool
  • The Eye Dropper Tool
  • The Color Sample Tool
  • The Measure Tool
  • The Count Tool
  • The Notes Tool
  • The Healing Brush
  • Brushes
  • The Clone Stamp
  • The History Brush
  • The Eraser Tool
  • The Paint Bucket and Gradient Tools
  • The Smudge, Blur and Sharpen Tools
  • The Dodge and Burn Tools
  • The Pen Tool
  • The Type Tool
  • The Custom Shape Tool
  • 3D Tools
  • The Hand and Zoom Tools

Photoshop Panels and Drop-down Menus
  • Color Swatches
  • The Color, Swatches and Styles Panel
  • The History Panel
  • The Layers Panel
  • Image Size and Resolution
  • Channels
  • Histogram
  • Adjustments Panel
  • Paths Panel
  • Layer Comps
  • Quick Mask Mode

Photoshop Techniques to Make You Look Like a Pro
  • Mask Basics
  • Smart Objects
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Color Picker and Modes
  • Combining Images
  • Controlling Adjustment Layers
  • Turning One Color to Another
  • Cloning From One Image to Another
  • Feathered Edge
  • Depth of Field
  • A Place for Copy
  • Custom Shapes
  • Watermark
  • Make it Go Fast

Contains 50 QuickTime files on one DVD-ROM. Plays with QuickTime for Windows XPor Vista or Windows Media Player Classic.

Michael Gatewood is an expert in photography, graphic design and the technology used to create fine Web and print products. Following successful careers in advertising and marketing, he has devoted the past 10 years to training people throughout the US on Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash and a variety of other Web development and design tools.