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

Preferences, Photoshop
Camera Raw, 142, 145
General, 8, 28
Interface, 6–7
Performance, 8–9
restoring all preferences, 9
presentation formats
contact sheet, 256–257
frame, adding to an image, 246, 247
gallery print effect, 252–255
matte, adding to an image, 246, 250–251
slide show, 258–259
web photo gallery, 260–261
preview modes, cycling through, 57
Preview pane, 15
printer profiles, 30
printing
color space for, 4
colors available for, 220
preventing, 259
resolution for, 83
sharpening for, 134–135
ProPhoto RGB color space, 4–5
Puppet Warp tool, 172–173
Q
quadriptych, creating, 72–73
Quick Mask mode, 50–51, 54
Quick Selection tool, 48–49, 54, 103, 112
R
Radial gradient, 100
RAM available to Photoshop, 9
Rasterize option, Layer menu, 199
rasterized images, 40, 188, 189, 199
rasterized text, 190, 194
RAW files
converting to DNG files, 147
defined, 140
opening all images as, 142
opening as Smart Object, 45, 143
recording a series of steps. See actions; History log
Rectangular Marquee tool, 213, 247
Reduce Noise filter, 228, 232, 240
Refine Edge tool, 56–57, 113
reflections, adding, 184–185
resampling methods, 82
resolution of image, 83
Revert option, File menu, 226
RGB settings, 4–5
Rough Round Bristle brush, 242
Round Fan Stiff Thin Bristles brush, 234
S
saturation
Camera Raw for, 154–155
Desaturate adjustment for, 229
Hue/Saturation adjustment for, 42, 102–103, 112–113
Vibrance adjustment for, 104–105, 130–131
Save As option, File menu, 220
Save option, File menu, 220
scaling images, 166–167
scratch disks, 9
screen. See monitor, calibrating
Screen blend mode, 247
screen mode, 7, 10
Scripts option, File menu, 176, 177
Select Application dialog box, 32
selections
adjusting, 56–57
defined, 34
feathering, 51, 55, 103, 112, 202, 203
inverting, 51, 55
masks for, 50–51
Quick Selection tool for, 48–49, 54, 103, 112
of skin tones, 52–55
Shadows/Highlights adjustment, 117, 132–133. See also drop
shadows
shapes. See also Custom Shape tool
of brush tip, 22, 23, 105–106, 107, 233
converting text to, 198–199, 204–205
overlapping, 204–205
sharpening
eyes, 110–111
images, 134–135, 136–137
sidecar XMP files, 140
signatures, 212–213
Sketch plug-in, 268–269
sketched effect, 210–211, 224–225, 268–269
skin
imperfections in, removing, 86–89
skin tones, selecting, 52–55
softening, 92–95, 154, 155
wrinkles, reducing, 90–91
sky images, improving, 150–151
slide show, 258–259
Smart Blur filter, 226–227, 233
Smart Filters, 46–47, 114, 135
Smart Object layers, 44–45, 114, 132–133, 143
Smart Sharpen filter, 110–111, 134–135
Smudge Stick filter, 227
Soft Light blend mode, 103, 122, 128
softening
to blend areas of image, 97, 174, 175
from digital camera, correcting, 134–135
edges, 55, 56, 109, 112–113, 137, 233
skin, 92–95, 154, 155
spectrophotometer, 30
specular highlights, adding, 108–109
split tone, creating, 152–153
Sponge tool, 131
Spot Healing brush, 86–89, 90–91, 160–161
Spotlight feature, 48, 91
Sprayed Strokes option, 249
sRGB color space, 4
Standard brushes, 23, 211
sticky notes. See Notes tool
Stroke option, Edit menu, 253
Stump Blender Auto Clean tool, 225
System Preferences, Mac, 5, 32–33
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