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Acknowledgements iii Stage 2 / Managing Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Name Layers and Layer Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Walk-Through iv Move and Transform a Smart Object Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Understanding Smart Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Move and Transform Regular Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Projects at a Glance vi
Transform the Background Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Navigating the Photoshop File History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Getting Started xii
Stage 3 / Creating Complex Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Create and Refi ne a Color-Based Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
The Photoshop User Interface 1 Understanding Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Explore the Photoshop Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Edit Layer Mask Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Understanding the Application Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Arrange Layer Position and Stacking Order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Explore the Arrangement of Photoshop Panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Filtering Photoshop Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Customizing the Tools Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Stage 4 / Saving Files for Multiple Media . . . . . . . . . . 77
Accessing Photoshop Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Save a Flattened TIFF File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Create a Saved Workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Reduce the Physical File Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts and Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Save a JPEG File for Digital Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Explore the Photoshop Document Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Project Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Summing Up the Photoshop View Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Portfolio Builder Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Explore the Arrangement of Multiple Documents . . . . . . . . . . 21

Project 1 Project 2
Music CD Artwork 25 Car Magazine Cover 89

Stage 1 / Enlarging Source Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Stage 1 / Compositing Images and Artwork. . . . . . . . 27
Resize and Resample the Existing Source Image . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Open and Resize an Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Sharpen the Enlarged Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Crop the Canvas and Place Ruler Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Edit the Canvas Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Understanding File Saving Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
The Crop Tools in Depth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Stage 2 / Working with Vector Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Copy and Paste Selected Pixels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Use the Freeform Pen Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Create a Feathered Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 More About Working with the Paths Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Understanding the Lasso Tool Variations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Understanding Anchor Points and Handles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Rasterize a Vector File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Add to an Existing Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Place Files as Smart Object Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Edit Vector Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Working with Embedded and Linked Smart Objects . . . . . . . . 50 Create a Vector-Based Layer Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Drawing with the Curvature Pen Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Create a Vector Shape Layer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
More About Vector Shape Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Understanding Vector Path Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Selecting and Modifying Paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Clone and Align Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Auto-Select Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Create Clipping Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

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