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Foreword | |
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Introduction Visual Steps | |
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What You'll Need | |
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ArcSoft PhotoStudio 5.5 | |
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How to Use This Book | |
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How This Book Is Organized | |
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The Screen Shots | |
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Test Your Knowledge | |
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Prior Computer Experience | |
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For Teachers | |
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Installing PhotoStudio | |
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System Requirements for PhotoStudio | |
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Devices | |
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Installing PhotoStudio | |
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Copying the Practice Files to the Hard Disk | |
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The Website for This Book | |
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Tips | |
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Getting Started with PhotoStudio | |
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Starting PhotoStudio 5.5 | |
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The Palettes | |
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The Browser | |
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Creating Folders in the Browser | |
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Moving Files to a New Folder | |
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Opening a Photo | |
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Rotating a Photo | |
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Zooming In and Out | |
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Cropping a Photo | |
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The Photo's Dimensions | |
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Shrinking a Photo | |
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Enlarging a Photo | |
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Undo | |
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Saving a Photo | |
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Closing PhotoStudio | |
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Exercises | |
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Background Information | |
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Tips | |
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Improving Photos | |
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Auto Enhance | |
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Equalization | |
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Overexposed Photos | |
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The Brightness and Contrast Window | |
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Color Balance | |
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Sharpening a Photo | |
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Blurring a Photo | |
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Exercises | |
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Background Information | |
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Tips | |
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Retouching Photos | |
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Removing Red Eyes | |
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The Exposure Tools | |
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The Clone Tool | |
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The Focus Tools | |
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Removing Scratches and Dust | |
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Cloning Out a Large Scratch | |
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Exercises | |
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Background Information | |
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Tips | |
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Working with Selections | |
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Selecting Shapes | |
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Moving or Copying a Selection | |
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Removing the Selection Boundary | |
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Selecting with the Lasso | |
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Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso | |
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Adding a Soft Edge | |
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Adding Shadow | |
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Selecting with the Magic Wand | |
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Fill Effects | |
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Exercises | |
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Tips | |
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Working with Layers | |
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Creating a New Layer by Copying | |
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Viewing the Layers in a Photo | |
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Cropping a Layer with the Shape Tool | |
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Editing a Layer | |
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Adding a Text Layer | |
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Saving an Image with Layers | |
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Inverting a Selection | |
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Creating a New Layer Using the Layers Palette | |
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Lightening a Layer | |
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Merging Layers | |
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Shrinking a Photo for a Photomontage | |
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Making a Selection for a Photomontage | |
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Copying the Selection | |
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Moving a Layer | |
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Making a Layer Translucent | |
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Adding a Layer with 3-D Text | |
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The 3D Text Factory | |
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Changing the Text Color | |
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Rotating the 3-D Text | |
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A Panoramic Photo in Layers | |
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Improving a Panoramic Photo | |
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Cropping the Panorama | |
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Exercises | |
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Tips | |
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Special Effects | |
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Effects | |
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The Stained Glass Effect | |
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The Moonlight Effect | |
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The Blinds Effect | |
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Framing a Photo | |
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The Stitch Function | |
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Placing the Target | |
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The Old Photo Effect | |
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Straightening a Building | |
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Adjusting the Perspective | |
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Distorting a Photo | |
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Exercises | |
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Tips | |
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Importing, Editing, and Saving | |
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Importing Photos from Your Digital Camera | |
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Saving | |
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Importing Photos from Your Scanner | |
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Adjusting Your Scanner Settings | |
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Editing a Scanned Photo | |
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File Types | |
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Saving as a Different File Type | |
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Background Information | |
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Tips | |
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Printing and Sharing Photos | |
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Viewing the Page Settings | |
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Adjusting the Printer Settings | |
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Printer Properties | |
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Adjusting the Page Setup | |
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Printing a Contact Sheet | |
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Sending a Photo by E-mail | |
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Exercises | |
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Background Information | |
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Tips | |
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Appendices | |
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How Do I Do That Again? | |
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Index | |
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Color Supplement | |