Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

Index
A
actions
creating, 20–21
frame actions, 246
LAB - Black & White Technique action, 125
Mixer Brush Cloning Paint Setup action, 236, 239
active layer, 41
Adaptive Wide Angle filter, 78–79
Adjustment Brush tool, 145
adjustment layers, 36–37, 42–43, 114. See also specific adjustments
Adobe Bridge CS6. See Bridge CS6
Adobe Lens Profile Creator, 77
Adobe Photoshop CS6. See Photoshop CS6
Adobe RGB (1998) color space, 4–5
Airbrush tip brushes, 222
Airtight AutoViewer template, 261
Airtight PostcardViewer template, 261
Airtight SimpleViewer template, 261
AKVIS Artwork plug-in, 269
AKVIS Coloriage plug-in, 266–267
AKVIS Sketch plug-in, 268–269
Alien Skin Eye Candy 6 plug-in, 270–271
Angle-Flat Opaque brush, 230
animal eyes, color of, 99
Application Frame option, Window menu, 70, 72
architectural structures, erasing, 182–183
Arrange option, Window menu, 12–13, 45, 62, 72
Artist Surfaces patterns, 215, 242–243
artistic adjustments to images
brushes for, setting up, 222–223
Camera Raw for, 154–155
frame, adding to an image, 246, 247
gallery print effect, 252–255
gold logo, 270–271
high-contrast stylized effect, 216–217
HUD color picker for, 222–223
irregular edge for image, 248–249
matte, adding to an image, 246, 250–251
oil painted effect, 214–215, 236–239
pastel drawing effect, 228–231
pen and colored wash drawing effect, 232–235
photographic designs, 64–65
poster effect, 218–221
signature for artwork, 212–213
sketched effect, 210–211, 224–225, 268–269
watercolor effect, 240–243
Artwork plug-in, 269
.atn files, 246
Auto button corrections, 116
Auto-Align Layers command, 62–63, 168–169, 176–179
Auto-Blend Layers command, 62–63, 169, 176–179
Auto-Enhance option, 49
Automate option, File menu, 21, 80, 256–257, 264
B
background
for Bridge, customizing, 15
of desktop, setting, 5
of image, 47–48, 50–51, 71, 95, 105, 126
of Photoshop, setting, 7
Background layer
duplicating, 37, 41
flattening all layers to, 61, 71, 84
visibility of, 49
backing up images, 256–257
barrel distortion, correcting, 76–77
Bevel & Emboss option, 192, 201, 205, 247
beveling, 192, 199, 201, 205, 247
Black & White adjustment, 42–43, 124–125
black-and-white images
adding color to, 122–123, 126–127, 266–267
converting color images to, 42–43, 124–125
blend modes, 36–37. See also specific blend modes
blown highlights, recovering, 144–145
Bokeh, 139
border around image. See canvas of image, expanding
Bridge CS6. See also Mini Bridge
comparing images in Preview pane, 15
contact sheet, creating, 257
launching from Photoshop, 14
preferences for, 15
returning to Photoshop from, 17
slide show, creating, 258–259
syncing color settings with, 5
web photo gallery, creating, 260–261
workspace for, customizing, 14–15
Brightness and Contrast adjustment, 116
Bristle tip brushes, 23, 222–223
Browse in Bridge option, File menu, 5, 14
Browse in Mini Bridge option, File menu, 16
Brush Name dialog box, 23
Brush picker, 22, 24–25, 211, 212
brush sets, 23, 24–25
Brush Strokes filters, 248–249
Brush tool, 22, 24
brushes. See also specific brushes
adding to Brush picker, 211
for artistic effects, setting up, 222–223
changing settings for, 233, 241
customizing, 22–23, 91, 105, 106, 212–213
loading multiple colors on, 223
location of, 25
Mixer Brush tool for. See Mixer Brush tool
options for, with tablet, 59, 87, 122, 127, 212
size of, 23, 48–49
tip shapes of, 22–23, 105–106, 107, 233
tips, number of, affecting performance, 9
viewing by name, 211
buildings, erasing, 182–183
Burn tool, 96–97, 221
C
calibrating monitor, 30–31
Camera Raw plug-in
artistic adjustments in, 154–155
benefits of using, 140
clipped or blown highlights, recovering, 144–145
opening all images as RAW files, 142
opening all RAW files as Smart Objects, 143
opening an image in, 153
preferences for, 142, 145
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