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The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques - PDF Only

Table Of Contents

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1. Getting Started with Photoshop
   • The Photoshop Workspace
   • Working in Photoshop
   • Photoshop Layers
   • Photoshop Toolbox
   • Summary
2. Basic Skills
   • Placing a Graphic in your File
   • Resizing a Document
   • Resizing a Layer or Selection
   • Rotating a Layer or Selection
   • Using Drawing Tools to Create Lines
   • Perfect Squares and Circles
   • Straightening the Edges of a Rounded Rectangle
   • Curved Design Elements
   • Reusing Vector Shapes
   • Sampling Colors from Image Files
   • Finding the Hexadecimal Code for a Color
   • Adjusting Layer Transparency
   • Fading an Image into the Background
   • Blending Two Images Together
   • Rounding the Corners of a Photo
   • Masking Multiple Layers with the Same Shape
   • Making a Dotted Coupon Box
   • Applying a Drop Shadow
   • Images with Transparent Backgrounds
   • Summary
3. Creating Buttons
   • Making a Simple, Flat Button
   • Adding an Outline to a Button
   • Making a Smooth, Beveled Button
   • Creating a Chiseled Button Effect
   • Creating an Embedded Button Effect
   • Making a Gradient Button
   • Making a Round Push-button
   • Making a Metallic Button with a Matte Finish
   • Making a Shiny Metallic Button
   • Making an Aqua Button
   • Making a Transparent Aqua Button
   • Making a Plastic Button
   • Making a Glass Button
   • Making a Pearl Button
   • Making Angled Tab Buttons
   • Making a Rounded Tab Button
   • Making a File Folder Tab Button
   • Summary
4. Creating Backgrounds
   • Making a Seamless Tiling Background
   • Making a Striped Background
   • Making a Pixel Background
   • Making a Gradient Background
   • Creating a Brushed Metal Background
   • Creating a Wood-grain Background
   • Making a Granite Background
   • Making a Textured Stone Background
   • Making a Textured Paper Background
   • Making a Rice-paper Background
   • Summary
5. Working with Text
   • Adding a Single Line of Text
   • Word-wrapping Text
   • Increasing the Space Between Lines of Text
   • Increasing the Space Between Letters
   • Word-wrapping Text inside a Shape
   • Warping Text
   • Wrapping Text around a Curved Object
   • Making Small Text More Readable
   • Making Text follow a Path
   • Adding an Outline
   • Making Text Glow
   • Making Glassy Text
   • Creating Chiseled or Engraved Text
   • Giving Text a Stamp Effect
   • Giving Text a Motion Effect
   • Adding a Shadow to Text
   • Adding a Pattern to Text
   • Adding a Gradient to Text
   • Changing the Shape of Letters
   • Summary
6. Adjusting Images
   • Making Whites Whiter
   • Adding Tone Adjustments and Contrast
   • Making Colors More Vivid
   • Removing Color Tints from Photos
   • Darkening Areas on an Image
   • Lightening Areas on an Image
   • Fixing the Red-eye Effect
   • Converting Photographs to Black-and-white Images
   • Making Sepia Images
   • Matching Lighting and Colors between Images
   • Combining Two Different Images
   • Getting Rid of Dust and Scratch Marks
   • Smoothing Grainy or Noisy Images
   • Sharpening Images
   • Adjusting Dark Shadows and Bright Highlights
   • Summary
7. Manipulating Images
   • Adding Scanlines to an Image
   • Creating a Magnifying Glass Effect
   • Making the Foreground of a Photo Stand Out
   • Creating a Polaroid Photo Effect
   • Isolating an Object from an Image
   • Saving an Object on a Transparent Background for a Flash Movie
   • Creating a Reflection for an Image
   • Creating an Image Thumbnail
   • Putting a Picture onto a Product Box
   • Placing a Picture onto a Curved Surface
   • Making Product Photos for an Ecommerce Site
   • Removing Distracting Elements from an Image
   • Removing Blemishes from a Portrait
   • Merging Partial Scans into a Single Image
   • Coloring a Grayscale Image
   • Summary
8. Designing a Web Site
   • Designing a Web Site using Photoshop
   • Experimenting with Different Layouts
   • Creating Web-Optimized Images from a Photoshop Site Mockup
   • Filling an Area with a Pattern
   • Adding a Shadow Effect to the Content Area
   • Placing a Person or an Object onto a Background
   • Making Graphics for CSS Rollover Buttons
   • Summary
9. Advanced Photoshop Techniques
   • Creating Thumbnails for Multiple Images
   • Saving Settings for a Batch Command
   • Pausing an Action to make Customizations
   • Watermarking Multiple Photos
   • Saving Photoshop Actions
   • Saving Layer Style Sets
   • Creating a Web Photo Gallery
   • Saving Multiple Comps for Presentation
   • Creating an Animated GIF
   • Summary
10. Index

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