Adobe Photoshop is the worlds leading image manipulation software. Used by both professional and amateur graphic designers, it is the de facto standard for print and Web publishing.

Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop in 24 Hours is an easily accessible tutorial that uses a friendly, conversational approach to teach readers the basics. Photoshop is an immense tool and can be intimidating for the beginning user, but the book makes it easy to learn the basic techniques involved in creating and manipulating images with Photoshop.

Contents

• Introduction

• I Getting started

• Hour 1 The Basics
• Hour 2 Opening and Saving
• Hour 3 Making Selections
• Hour 4 Transformations
• Hour 5 Color Modes and Color Models
• Hour 6 Adjusting Color
• Hour 7 Paintbrushes and Art Tools
• Hour 8 Digital Painting
• Hour 9 Moving Paint

• II More tools and tricks

• Hour 10 Advanced Painting Techniques
• Hour 12 Using Masks
• Hour 13 Paths

• III Fun with filters

• Hour 14 Filters That Improve Your Picture
• Hour 15 Filters to Make Your Picture Artistic
• Hour 16 Filters to Distort and Other Funky Effects

• IV Text, effects and getting plugged in

• Hour 17 Adding Type to Pictures
• Hour 18 Special Effects and Useful Tricks
• Hour 19 Photoshop Plug-Ins and Add-Ons

• V Photo repair and enhancement

• Hour 20 Compositing
• Hour 21 Photo Repair-Black-and-White
• Hour 22 Photo Repair-Color

• VI PICTURE PUBLISHING ON PAPER AND OTHERWISE

• Hour 23 Printing and Publishing
• Hour 24 Photoshop for the Web

• VII Appendix

• Appendix A: Photoshop CS Palette Quick Reference
• Index