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Table Of Contents
Preface............19
Getting results from the very beginning............19
Less reading, more learning............19
Learn Photoshop on the go............20
Clear Instructions............20
Chapters Layout............21
The future of this book............21
Photoshop user Interface............22
In this chapter............22
A brief look on Photoshop user interface............22
The options bar............23
Working with Photoshop Panels............24
Showing and hiding a panel............25
The Tools Panel............29
Working with workspaces............33
Creating A New Workspace............34
Creating New Files In Photoshop............36
The Hand Tool ............44
Summary............46
Getting Started With The Brush Tool............48
You can use the Brush Tool to:-............48
The basics of the brush tool:-............48
Soft VS Hard brush tip............49
Brush flow and opacity............49
To get the difference between the two, do the following:-............50
The Pressure Sensitivity Option............52
Creating a simple Logo............53
Drawing a 3D ball............54
How to choose the right values for your brush:-............55
Summary............55
Blending modes of the brush tool ............56
Clear............58
Darken............58
The Normal Group............59
Normal Mode............59
Multiply............60
Linear Burn............61
Darker color............62
The Lightening group............63
Lighten............63
Screen............63
Color Dodge............64
Linear dodge............64
The Contrast Group............66
Overlay............66
Soft light............66
Hard Light............67
Vivid Light............68
Linear Light............68
Pin Light.............69
Difference............71
The color components modes............73
Hue............73
Saturation............73
Luminosity............73
Hue Blending Mode............74
Luminosity Blending Mode............75
Color............76
Examples............76
Make them both blue:- ............76
Create Geisha girls............79
Make white penguins............79
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Conclusion............80
Blending Modes Resources:-............80
Summary............80
Loading new brushes In Photoshop and creating new
ones............82
Loading new brushes in Photoshop after downloading
them from the web............88
A Word About downloading brushes online and
copyrights issues............91
Creating your own brushes in Photoshop............92
Examples............95
Drawing a space............95
Adding grasses to a pictures............97
Summary............98
Working with layers and manipulating them............99
What are layers?............99
Working with Photoshop layers............101
The layers panel............102
To change the layer you are drawing on:-............102
To change the size of the thumbnail of the layers:-............102
To create a new layer ............104
To arrange layers in the layers panel............104
Deleting Layers ............105
Renaming layers from the layers panel, the fast way............106
Hide and show layer............108
Some useful tips & tricks about layers............111
Selecting layers quickly............111
The layer lock modes............112
The background layer............114
To change the background layer to a normal layer, do the
following:-............114
To make the selected layer a background layer, do the
following:-............115
Unserstanding Layer Mask............116
Working With Layers Masks............119
Make an image brighter............121
Surround Eiffel Tower With A Thread............121
Blending/Mixing Two pictures together............122
Summary............124
Photoshop selection tools............126
The shapes group............126
The Rectangular Marquee Tool
............126
The Elliptical Marquee Tool ............127
Single Row Marquee Tool ............128
The Lasso Group............129
The Lasso Tool ............129
The Polygonal Lasso Tool ............130
The Magnetic Lasso Tool ............131
The Wands Group............134
The Wand Tool ............134
The Quick Selection Tool ............139
Deciding what Photoshop selection tool to use?............141
More about Photoshop selection tools............141
New Selection, Add, subtract, intersection selection
Options............141
New Selection............141
Subtract selection............143
Converting a layer into selection............146
Moving the selection instead of its contents............149
Modifying selections after making them............149
Border............150
Smooth............151
Expand............152
Contract............153
The select menu options............154
All............154
Deselect............154
Reselect............154
Inverse............154
Examples............154
Creating an army of men ............155
Drawing a better sky............155
The New Model............156
Summary............158
Using Photoshop pen tool, and an introduction to Bézier
curves............160
Advantages of Photoshop pen tool over the other
tools............160
An easy start, drawing straight lines............161
Drawing curves using the pen tool............162
Using Photoshop pen tool In Practice............167
Drawing straight lines with Photoshop Pen tool............167
Getting to draw carves............169
Drawing Simple Arc With Photoshop Pen Tool 1............169
Drawing Simple Arc With Photoshop Pen Tool 2............171
Drawing various curves using 3 lines............174
Creating a simple curve............174
Creating a broken curve............176
A Little Summary Before We Continue............179
Editing the path after you created it............179
The path selection tools group............180
The path selection tool ............180
The Direct Selection Tool ............181
The Pen Tools Groups............182
More on Photoshop pen tool and paths............184
Turning a pen curve into selection............184
Freedom pen tool ............185
Filling a path with pixels right away............187
Learn Photoshop Pen tool with the Bézier Game............194
Examples.............194
Making a hard selection............194
Creating a signature............195
Creating Complex Drawings............196
Summary............197
Cropping Images in Photoshop using the Crop Tool &
Rectangle Marquee Tool. And An Introduction to aspect
ratio............198
What cropping images means?............198
Cropping images in Photoshop using the Crop Tool
............199
About Aspect Ratio............201
Using the Crop Tool to crop a picture to a certain Aspect
Ratio............206
Using the Rectangle Marquee Tool For Cropping images............208
Using the Rectangle Marquee Tool to crop a picture to a certain
Aspect Ratio............209
Making selections of a certain size............212
More on the Crop Tool & Cropping............214
Changing the appearance of the Shield(Photoshop CS6 and
later)............215
Setting The Aspect Ratio Of The Crop Tool from An Existing
Image............219
Cropping pictures using a non-rectangular
selection............221
Cropping a picture to fit the Aspect Ratio of a forum
avatar.............222
Summary............224
Resizing Images in Photoshop and Canvas ............225
Why would anyone resize images?............225
The basic steps for resizing images in Photoshop............225
Resizing the image canvas (instead of the picture
itself)............229
Resizing the image canvas in a certain direction............233
Adding the meme text on the picture............236
More about resizing images in Photoshop............237
A more detailed look on the Image Resize Dialog............237
The pixel dimensions section............238
The Document Size Section............238
The Image Size Dialog (Photoshop CC and later).............239
More about resizing the canvas............241
Resizing Canvas:- Deciding the direction into which Photoshop
will............241
The relative option in the canvas size dialog............243
Word about resizing images in Photoshop............244
Summary............246
All About Photoshop type tools ............247
Photoshop Type Tools............247
Adding text Photoshop using the Horizontal Type
Tool............247
Entering a vertical text using the Vertical Type Tool............248
Creating text selections using the Horizontal Type Mask Tool and
vertical Type Mask Tool:............250
Photoshop Type Tools options............253
