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

sky images, improving, 150–151
split tone, creating, 152–153
Tone Curve, adjusting, 148–149
vignette styles, 159
white balance, synchronizing for multiple images, 146–147
canvas color as background, 237
Canvas fill pattern, 215
canvas of image, expanding, 70–71
Canvas Size dialog box, 252–255
catchlights, adding, 108–109
Channel Mixer adjustment, 124–125
Character option, Window menu, 192, 254
Character Styles panel, 199, 206–207
chromatic aberration, removing, 76–77
clarity, 154–155
clipped highlights, recovering, 144–145
clipping mask, 200–201
Clone Source option, Window menu, 184
Clone Stamp tool, 96–97, 184–185
color balance, 118, 120, 154, 158
Color blend mode, 99
Color Dodge blend mode, 224
Color Picker dialog box, 27, 122–123. See also HUD color picker
Color Priority style, 159
Color Range dialog box, 52–53, 55
Color Replacement tool, 99
color sets, for gradients, 26
Color Settings option, Edit menu, 4–5
color space, 4–5
color stops, in gradients, 27, 217, 219, 220–221
Colored Paper pattern set, 229
Coloriage plug-in, 266–267
colorimeter, 30
colors. See also gradients
for actions, 21
black-and-white images
adding color to, 122–123, 126–127, 266–267
converting color images to, 42–43, 124–125
blend modes for, 99, 216–217, 224
of Bridge background, 15
colorcasts, removing, 120–121
of desktop background, 5
for drop shadows, 202–203
of eyes, 98–99, 104–105
of image background and foreground, 47, 50–51, 71, 95,
105, 126
for layers, 39
limiting, with poster effect, 218–221
of lips, 104–105
of masks, 51
of Photoshop interface, 6–7
of Selection Preview, 53
of skin tones, 52–55
temperature of, 147, 158
of text, 197
comments. See Notes tool
Conner-ziser, Jane (portrait retouching professional)
catchlight techniques by, 108–109
skin-smoothing techniques by, 88–89
Constraint tool, 79
contact sheet, 256–257
Content-Aware option, 160–161, 162–163, 164–165, 166–167
contrast, 116, 118–119, 216–217
Control Panel, Windows, 5, 32–33
Copy option, Edit menu, 58
copyright symbol, in watermark, 193
CR2 files. See RAW files
Create Clipping Mask option, Layer menu, 65
creative adjustments to images, 154–155
Creative Suite Color Settings option, Edit menu (Bridge), 5
Crop tool, 68, 69, 70–71, 72–73, 74–75
Curves adjustment, 42, 116, 118–119
Custom Shape tool
for custom watermark, 193
for gold logo, 270
for photographic designs, 64–65
for shapes applied to textured surface, 187
for text designs, 205
for text wrapped around a subject, 194–195
D
Darken blend mode, 93
Darker Color blend mode, 216–217
Define Brush Preset option, Edit menu, 213
Define Pattern option, Edit menu, 240
depth of field, 138–139, 176–179
Derry, John (brush set developer), 236
Desaturate adjustment, 229
diptych, creating, 72–73
Displace filter, 188–189
displacement map, 186–189
Distort filter, 186–189
distortion, correcting, 74–75, 76–77, 78–79, 81
DNG files, converting RAW files to, 147. See also RAW files
Dodge tool, 96–97, 221
drawing. See sketched effect
drop shadows, 197, 199, 202–203, 213
Dry Brush Tip Light Flow brush, 210–211
Dual Brush option, 233
dynamic range, 170
E
edges
Find Edges filter, 226–227, 233
Glowing Edges filter, 228, 230
irregular, creating, 248–249
Refine Edge tool, 56–57, 113
softening, 55, 56, 109, 112–113, 137, 233
Edit menu
Auto-Align Layers option, 62, 168, 177
Auto-Blend Layers option, 63, 178
Color Settings option, 4–5
Content-Aware option, 166
Copy option, 58
Define Brush Preset option, 213
Define Pattern option, 240
Fade Filter option, 227
Fade Oil Paint option, 215
Fill option
with colors, 73, 102, 210, 237, 246, 251
with patterns, 215, 229, 241
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