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Acknowledgements iii Stage 3 / Creating Complex Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Make a Feathered Selection in a Smart Object . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Walk-Through iv Understanding the Lasso Tool Variations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Understanding Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Select a Color Range and Create a Layer Mask. . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Projects at a Glance vi
More on Selecting a Color Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Edit a Layer Mask. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Getting Started xii Make and Refi ne a Quick Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Arrange Layer Position and Stacking Order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
The Photoshop User Interface 1 Stage 4 / Saving Files for Multiple Media . . . . . . . . . . 88
Explore the Photoshop Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Save a Flat TIFF File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Understanding the Application Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Save a JPEG File for Digital Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Explore the Arrangement of Photoshop Panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Project Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Customizing the Tools Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Portfolio Builder Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Accessing Photoshop Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Create a Saved Workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Project 2
Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts and Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Car Magazine Cover 97
Explore the Photoshop Document Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Summing Up the Photoshop View Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Stage 1 / Enlarging Source Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Explore the Arrangement of Multiple Documents . . . . . . . . . . 22 Resize and Resample the Existing Source Image . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Sharpen the Enlarged Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Project 1 Edit the Canvas Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Composite Movie Ad 25 Stage 2 / Working with Vector Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Use the Freeform Pen Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Stage 1 / Compositing Images and Artwork. . . . . . . . 27
More about Working with the Paths Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Open and Resize an Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Understanding Anchor Points and Handles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Understanding File Saving Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Add to an Existing Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Crop the Canvas and Place Ruler Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Edit Vector Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
The Crop Tools In Depth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Create a Vector-Based Layer Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Drag a File to Composite Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Drawing with the Curvature Pen Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Understanding Smart Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Create a Vector Shape Layer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Copy and Paste Selected Pixels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Understanding On-Screen Controls for Vector Shapes. . . . . . 122
Rasterize a Vector File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
More about Vector Shape Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Place Files as Smart Object Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Understanding Vector Path Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Working with Embedded and Linked Smart Objects . . . . . . . . 53
Clone and Align Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Stage 2 / Managing Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Selecting and Modifying Paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Name Layers and Layer Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Auto-Select Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Move and Transform Smart Object Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Create Clipping Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Transform a Regular Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Transform the Background Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Navigating the Photoshop File History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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