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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Understanding the Photoshop Interface | |
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| Learning the Photoshop Interface | |
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| The Status Bar | |
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| Cues from Cursors | |
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| Tool Tips for Identification | |
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| Context-Sensitive Menus | |
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| Learning the Toolbox | |
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| Choosing Colors | |
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| Other Toolbox Options | |
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| Learning the Options Bar | |
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| Drop-Down Menus | |
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| Using Palettes | |
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| Minimizing and Closing Palettes | |
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| Drop-Down Menus | |
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| Dragging, Dropping, and Grouping Palettes | |
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| The Palette Well | |
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| Learning the File Browser | |
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| The Power of the File Browser | |
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| Changing Your View | |
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| Creating a Layered Image | |
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| Learning Layers | |
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| The Layers Palette | |
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| Changing the Layer Preview | |
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| Creating a New File | |
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| Creating a New Layer | |
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| Creating a New Empty Layer | |
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| Creating a New Layer by Copying | |
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| Creating a New Layer by Duplicating | |
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| Working with Layers | |
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| Naming a Layer | |
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| Filling a Layer | |
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| Moving Layer Contents | |
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| Changing the Opacity of a Layer | |
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| Hiding a Layer | |
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| Deleting a Layer | |
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| Changing the Order of Layers | |
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| Dragging Layers Between Images | |
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| Exploring Blending Modes | |
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| Locking the Transparency of a Layer | |
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| Changing the Color of a Layer by Locking Pixels | |
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| Creating Linked Layers | |
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| Aligning Linked Layer Contents | |
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| Organizing with Layer Sets | |
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| Creating a Layer Set | |
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| Adding Layers to the Layer Set | |
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| Renaming and Color Coding Layer Sets | |
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| Collapsing and Expanding Layer Sets | |
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| Using Layer Sets | |
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| Working with a Single Layer Within a Layer Set | |
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| Merging Layers | |
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| Merging Some, but Not All Layers | |
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| Merging All Layers | |
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| Saving a File | |
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| Saving a File for the Web | |
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| Saving a File for Print | |
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| Setting Your Preferences | |
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| Setting Up General Preferences in Photoshop | |
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| Setting Preferences for File Handling | |
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| Setting Preferences for Display and Cursors | |
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| Setting Preferences for Transparency and Gamut | |
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| Setting Preferences for Units and Rulers | |
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| Setting Preferences for Guides and Grids | |
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| Setting Preferences for Plug-Ins and Scratch Disks | |
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| Setting Preferences for Memory and Image Cache | |
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| Establishing a Working Color Space in Photoshop | |
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| Saving Your Workspace | |
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| Saving a Workspace | |
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| Loading a Workspace | |
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| Creating Selections | |
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| Learning the Photoshop Selection Tools | |
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| The Marquee Tools | |
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| The Lasso Tools | |
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| The Magic Wand Tool | |
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| Learning Basic Selection Commands | |
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| Modifying a Selection Using the Options Bar | |
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| Options for the Marquee Tools | |
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| Options for the Lasso Tools | |
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| Options for the Magic Wand Tool | |
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| Filling a Selection | |
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| Stroking a Selection | |
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| Moving a Selection | |
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| Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Selections | |
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| Cutting a Selection | |
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| Copying a Selection | |
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| Copying a Merged Selection | |
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| Pasting a Selection | |
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| Pasting into a Selection | |
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| Cropping a Selection | |
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| Modifying a Selection | |
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| Selecting Color Range | |
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| Growing a Selection | |
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| Selecting Similar Areas | |
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| Saving a Selection | |
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| Loading a Selection | |
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| Selecting Everything on a Layer | |
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| Transforming a Selection | |
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| Scaling a Selection | |
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| Rotating a Selection | |
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| Using the Transformation Option Bar | |
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| Creating Additional Types of Transformations | |
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| Skewing a Selection | |
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| Distorting a Selection | |
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| Adding Perspective to a Selection | |
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| Acquiring Images | |
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| Targeting your Image Size and Resolution | |
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| Selecting an Image Size for the Web | |
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| Selecting an Image Size for Video | |
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| Selecting an Image Size for Print from the Desktop | |
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| Selecting an Image Size for Commercial Printing | |
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| Scanning an Image into Photoshop | |
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| Resizing an Image | |
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| Changing the Size of an Image | |
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| Changing the Resolution of the Image | |
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| Cropping a Scanned Image | |
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| Cropping Using the Crop Tool | |
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| Cropping Using a Selection | |
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| Straightening a Crooked Scan | |
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| Retouching a Photograph Using Tools | |
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| Using the Clone Tool | |
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| Using the Healing Brush Tool | |
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| Using the Patch Tool | |
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| Using the Dodge Tool to Lighten | |
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| Using the Burn Tool to Darken | |
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| Using the Sponge Tool to Intensify or Desaturate Colors | |
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| Using the Smudge Tool to Blend | |
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| Using the Sharpen Tool | |
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| Using the Blur Tool | |
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| Retouching a Photograph Using Filters and Commands | |
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| One Hit Wonders--Auto Levels, Contrast, and Auto Color | |
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| Applying the Unsharp Mask Filter | |
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| Applying the Dust and Scratches Filter | |
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| Adjusting Contrast and Color in a Photograph | |
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| Adjusting Contrast in a Photograph Using Levels | |
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| Adjusting Contrast in an Image with Layer Modes | |
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| Adjusting Color and Saturation in a Photograph Using Variations | |
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| Correcting Red Eye | |
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| Colorizing a Black-and-White Photograph | |
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| Using the Paint and Fill Tools | |
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| Using the Paint and Eraser Tools | |
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| Using the Paintbrush Tool | |
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| Using the Pencil Tool | |
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| Using the Eraser Tool | |
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| Using the Background Eraser Tool | |
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| Using the Magic Eraser Tool | |
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| Selecting Options for the Paint Tools | |
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| Using the Brush Preset Picker | |
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| Adjusting Brush Presets | |
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| Adjusting Options for Eraser Tools | |
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| Options for the Eraser Tool | |
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| Options for the Background Eraser Tool | |
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| Options for the Magic Eraser Tool | |
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| Learning the Liquify Tool | |
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| Creating Gradients | |
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| The Gradient Editor | |
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| Creating a Custom Gradient | |
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| Applying a Gradient | |
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| Loading New Gradient Sets | |
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| Gradient Options | |
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| Creating Custom Pattern Fills | |
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| Using the History Palette | |
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| Going Back in Time with the History Palette | |
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| Deleting a Single History State | |
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| Adding Type | |
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| Editing Type | |
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| Type Options Bar | |
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| Editing Existing Type | |
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| Using the Character Palette | |
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| Creating a Type Mask | |
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| Creating Paragraph Text | |
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| The Paragraph Palette | |
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| Copying and Pasting Type from Another Application | |
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| Finding and Replacing Text | |
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| Spell Checking Text | |
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| Rasterizing Type | |
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| Rotating Type | |
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| Changing the Opacity and Blending Mode of Type | |
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| Sharing Files that Contain Editable Type | |
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| Creating Wow with Layer Effects | |
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| Creating Layer Effects | |
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| Managing Layer Effects | |
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| Hiding Layer Effects | |
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| Copying Layer Effects | |
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| Deleting Layer Effects | |
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| Applying a Layer Style | |
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| Creating a Layer Style | |
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| Deleting a Layer Style | |
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| Saving a Layer Style | |
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| Loading Layer Styles | |
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| Creating Special Effects with Filters | |
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| Adding Artistic Effects | |
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| Altering a Filter Effect | |
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| Going Wild with Filters | |
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| Creating Three Dimensional Effects | |
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| Create 3-D Figures in Space | |
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| Using Lighting Effects | |
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| Creating Edge Effects | |
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| Creating Graphics for the Web | |
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| Understanding Goals for Web Graphics | |
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| GIF vs. JPEG | |
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| Creating a GIF File | |
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| Getting Really Small with GIFs | |
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| Creating a JPEG File | |
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| Previewing Web Graphics | |
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| Legibility and Web Graphics | |
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| Creating a Transparent GIF | |
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| Creating an Image Map | |
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| Using the Image Map Tools | |
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| Creating an Image Map from Slices | |
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| Making Rollover Buttons | |
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| Creating Simple Rollover Buttons | |
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| Creating Secondary Rollovers | |
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| Rollover States | |
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| Creating an Animation | |
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| Creating a Simple Animation | |
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| Creating a Web Page Background | |
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| Using the Pattern Maker in Photoshop | |
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| Creating a Seamless Background by Hand | |
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| Creating Simple Geometric Backgrounds | |
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| Using Seamless Patterns | |
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| Using the Shape and Pen Tools | |
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| Using the Shape Tools | |
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| Shape Layers | |
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| Changing a Shape Layer to a Regular Layer | |
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| Editing Shapes | |
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| Combining Shapes | |
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| Creating Shapes as Paths | |
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| Creating Shapes as Bitmaps | |
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| Creating a Custom Shape | |
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| Creating a Custom Shape from Artwork | |
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| Creating a Custom Shape from Type | |
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| Using the Pen Tool | |
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| Using Productivity Tools | |
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| Creating Tool Presets | |
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| Creating a Type Tool Preset | |
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| Creating a Brush Tool Preset | |
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| Cropping to a Set Size | |
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| Saving and Loading Tool Presets | |
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| Using the Preset Manager | |
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| Deleting and Renaming Presets | |
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| Changing the View for Presets | |
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| Saving Subsets of Libraries | |
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| Creating a Custom Document Size | |
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| Using Annotations | |
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| Adding a Text Note | |
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| Recording an Action | |
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| Creating a Simple Action | |
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| Playing, Loading, and Editing Actions | |
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| Using the Batch Command | |
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| Creating a Droplet | |
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| Creating a Web Gallery | |
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| Creating a Contact Sheet | |
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| Moving Between Applications | |
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| Working with Adobe Illustrator | |
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| Working with Linked Files | |
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| Working with Photoshop Files in Illustrator | |
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| Working with Illustrator Files in Photoshop | |
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| Using Illustrator Artwork to Make a Custom Photoshop Shape | |
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| Working with Adobe After Effects | |
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| Importing a Photoshop File as a Composition | |
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| Importing Photoshop Files as Footage | |
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| Editing an Imported Photoshop File | |
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| Working with Adobe LiveMotion | |
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| Importing a Photoshop File into LiveMotion | |
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| Working with Macromedia Flash | |
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| Working with Microsoft Word | |
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| Saving Graphics for Microsoft Word | |
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| Importing Graphics into Microsoft Word | |
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| Working with Microsoft PowerPoint | |
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| Creating a Full Screen Graphic for PowerPoint | |
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| Transparent Graphics and Animated Graphics | |
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| Adding Graphics to PowerPoint | |
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| Exporting Slides from PowerPoint | |
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| Resources for Photoshop | |
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| Learning More about Photoshop | |
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| Laurie McCanna's Web Site | |
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| Computer Arts Tutorials | |
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| Designs by Mark Photoshop Tips | |
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| Identifont | |
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| Jay Arraich's Photoshop Tips | |
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| Metallic Tutorials | |
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| Production Graphics with Wendy Peck | |
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| Team Photoshop Tutorials | |
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| Download Goodies for Photoshop | |
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| About.com Photoshop Downloads | |
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| Acid Fonts | |
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| Action Xchange | |
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| Adobe Expert Center | |
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| Cybia Freeware | |
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| Deep Space Web | |
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| Dingbat Pages | |
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| FontFace | |
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| FontFreak | |
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| Photoshop Roadmap | |
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| The Scriptorium | |
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| V-Brush | |
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| Connect with Photoshop Users | |
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| Adobe's User-to-User Forums | |
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| Comp.graphics.apps.photoshop and alt.graphics.photoshop | |
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| Photoshop Beginner's Group | |
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| Photoshop Discussion List by E-mail | |
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| Graphic Cafe Mailing List | |
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| Search for Photoshop Answers | |
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| Try Out Commercial Plug-ins | |
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| Adromeda Software | |
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| Alien Skin Software | |
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| AutoFX Software | |
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| Extensis Software | |
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| Flaming Pear Software | |
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| Nik Software | |
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| Panopticum Software | |
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| Procreate Software | |
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| Sapphire Innovations Software | |
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| Vertigo 3d Software | |
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| Browse Copyright Information | |
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| Ten Big Myths about Copyright Explained | |
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| U.S. Copyright Office--Copyright Basics | |
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| Adobe Article on Copyright Questions | |
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| Copyright FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) | |
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| Solving Common Photoshop Problems | |
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| Solve Performance Problems | |
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| Get Unstuck | |
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| Quick Tricks | |
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| Index | |