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Take your Photoshop CS4 skills to a new level with Total Training for Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended: Advanced. With Jennifer Smith as your host, you'll learn how to give your images a professional touch. You'll discover advanced level techniques for color correction, photo retouching, and compositing using Photoshop. You'll also learn how to optimize your images for the web and how to work with animation. If you already know the fundamentals of Photoshop, get ready to take what you know one step further and learn tips and techniques that will impress even the most seasoned Photoshop user!

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Table of Contents

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CHAPTER 1: NAVIGATIONAL FEATURES

Introduction

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Tour of the Photoshop CS4 Interface

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Customizing Workspaces

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Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts

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Customizing File Menus

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Arranging Documents & Navigation

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More Options, Preferences & Presets

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CHAPTER 2: USING ADOBE BRIDGE

Introduction

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Managing Color Settings

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Organizing Files

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Batch Renaming & Generating a PDF Contact Sheet

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Metadata, Keywords, Filters & Find

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Creating a Panoramic Image Using Photomerge®

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Creating a Web Photo Gallery

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Exporting a PDF Slideshow

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CHAPTER 3: TIME-SAVING TIPS

Introduction

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Tips for Creating Print Documents

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Tips for Creating Web Documents

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Recording Actions & Creating a Droplet

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Using the History Panel

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CHAPTER 4: MAKING SELECTIONS

Introduction

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Using the Pen Tool

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Using the Marquee Selection Tools & the Magic Wand Tool

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Removing a Background with Magic Eraser & Defringe

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Using the Quick Selection Tool & Refining a Mask

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Compositing

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Using Channels to Save & Load Selections

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Working with Pantone® & Other Spot Colors

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CHAPTER 5: PAINTING & RETOUCHING

Introduction

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Using a Custom Brush, Quick Mask Mode & Rotate Canvas

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Using Channels for Complex Selections

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The Healing Brushes, Creating Patterns & the Patch Tool

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Using the Clone Stamp Tool & Clone Source Panel

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Working with Layer Blending Modes

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Changing a Color with the Color Blending Mode & an Adjustment Layer

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CHAPTER 6: CREATING COMPOSITIONS

Introduction

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Keyboard Shortcuts for Working with Layers

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Keyboard Shortcuts for Transparency & Grouping

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Combining Vector & Pixel Masks

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Applying Blending Modes & Layer Styles

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Saving Versions of Layer Comps

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Creating Knockouts & Clipping Groups

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CHAPTER 7: NON-DESTRUCTIVE EDITING

Introduction

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Editing Smart Objects

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Working with Smart Filters

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Using Adjustment Layers with Smart Objects, Part 1

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Using Adjustment Layers with Smart Objects, Part 2

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CHAPTER 8: COLOR CORRECTION

Introduction

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Understanding Color Settings

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Removing a Color Cast by Adjusting Curves

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Adjusting Curves, Hue/Saturation & Unsharp Mask

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Correcting Skin Tone

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CHAPTER 9: CREATING VECTOR ARTWORK

Introduction

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Content-Aware Scaling & Creating Vector Text

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Working with Custom Vector Shapes

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Creating a Custom Shape from an Illustrator® Path

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CHAPTER 10: CREATING IMAGES FOR THE WEB

Introduction

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Optimizing Files

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Slicing Images for the Web Using CSS or Tables

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Creating Basic Frame Animations & Saving for the Web

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CHAPTER 11: WORKING WITH 3D & ANIMATION

Introduction

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Creating a 3D Sphere & Using the 3D Tools

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Editing a 3D Texture

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Animating 3D Objects

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Exporting & Resizing an Animation

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Credits

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