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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 | |