Photoshop CS2 Essential Training

Book Description
Photoshop CS2 Essential Training
Michael Ninness is a set of movie-based tutorials designed for beginning users who want to learn the basics of Adobe Photoshop CS2.
The training begins with an overview of the software, including simple functions such as managing documents and palettes, then quickly moves on to cover more specific topics such as image adjustment and manipulation, tonal and color correction, brush settings, cloning, healing and other advanced tools, layers, masks, type, blending modes, filters, layer effects and so much more.

Exercise files accompany the training, allowing you to follow along and learn at your own pace.

About the Author
Michael Ninness paid his way through the Graphic Design program at the University of Washington by teaching digital imaging tools and techniques to professional designers and photographers.

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Table of contents

Introduction
Welcome 0:48 0.9 MB

1. Interface Essentials
The Default Workspace 3:28 5.1 MB
Palette Management 5:39 9.4 MB
Customizing Your Workspace 3:44 5.6 MB
Customizing the Menus 5:01 8.1 MB
Customizing the Keyboard Shortcuts 4:08 6.6 MB
Tools and Tool Presets 9:21 13.7 MB
Essential Preferences 12:12 21.1 MB
Using Help 4:55 8.3 MB

2. Navigation
The Document Window 6:15 9.2 MB
Using the Navigator Palette 2:27 4.3 MB
Panning and Zooming 5:25 10 MB
Changing Screen Modes 6:25 12.6 MB
Managing Multiple Document Windows 3:58 7.7 MB
Changing the Matte Color 1:43 2.8 MB

3. Digital Image Essentials
File Formats 8:42 8.6 MB
Resolution, Color Mode, and Bit Depth 6:50 8 MB
What Resolution Does Your Image Need to Be? 5:01 5.4 MB
Image Size: Resize vs. Resample 9:15 14.8 MB
How Big a Print can You Make? 3:33 4.5 MB
The Resize Image Wizard 4:27 7 MB
Accurate Print Size Preview 2:41 4.3 MB
Cropping Images 3:03 5.4 MB
Adding a Border by Extending the Canvas 3:28 6.3 MB

4. Adobe Bridge Essentials
Accessing the Bridge 5:56 8.4 MB
Changing the Workspace 11:48 22.2 MB
Sorting and Rating Your Images 10:59 20.8 MB
Viewing Your Images in a Slideshow 6:31 13.3 MB
Assigning Keywords and Finding Your Images 8:58 13.8 MB
Using the Batch Rename Command 4:27 6.5 MB
Ordering Prints Online 1:43 2.8 MB

5. Camera Raw Essentials
What is Camera Raw? 6:12 8.5 MB
Processing a Camera Raw File 9:04 15.5 MB
Processing Multiple Camera Raw Files 6:13 10.8 MB
Non-Destructive Cropping 2:43 4.7 MB

6. Undo and History
Undo and History 6:35 11.4 MB
History Palette Options 4:14 7.2 MB
Painting with History States and Snapshots 5:48 9.7 MB
Creating a History Log 5:48 10.9 MB

7. Transformations
Rotating and Flipping 1:24 2.2 MB
Straightening Crooked Images 4:06 7.4 MB
Cropping and Straightening Photos Automatically 2:11 3.7 MB
Correcting Perspective with the Crop Tool 4:00 7.3 MB
Scaling, Skewing and Rotating with Free Transform 5:39 9.9 MB
Warping Images 3:17 5.7 MB

8. Selections and Channels
Using the Marquee and Lasoo Tools 8:25 13 MB
Using the Magic Wand Tool 10:40 19.8 MB
Using the Magnetic Lasso Tool 9:08 16.3 MB
Saving and Reusing Selections 8:19 14.3 MB

9. Painting
Brush Tool Essentials 19:41 27 MB

10. Picking Colors
Using the Color Picker 4:50 6 MB
Using the Color Palette 4:59 5.3 MB
Saving Custom Colors as Swatches 6:35 8 MB
Sampling Colors with the Eyedropper Tool 1:34 2.4 MB

11. Tonal Correction
The Evils of Brightness/Contrast 5:26 9.8 MB
Using the Histogram Palette 6:34 10.7 MB
Improving Tonality with Levels 7:25 13.7 MB
Using the Auto Contrast Command 3:04 5.2 MB
Improving Tonality with Curves 5:14 8.5 MB
Creating an