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Tables of Contents for The Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements 2
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
xv
PART I PREPARATION AND CONCEPTS FOR SERIOUS IMAGE EDITING
1
32
Essentials of Images and Image Editing
3
30
The Image Editing Process
4
2
The Tools You'll Need
6
3
Basic Concepts of Tone, Contrast, and Color
9
6
Understanding and Using Color Management
15
10
Resolution
25
4
Your Images and Equipment
29
4
PART II WRESTLING WITH IMAGE TONE AND CONTRAST
33
56
Separating Color and Tone
35
22
The Art of Turning Color to Black-and-White
36
8
Turning Black-and-White to Color Again
44
2
Adding Color to Tone
46
11
Manipulating Image Tones
57
32
Do Minor Cleanup First
58
4
Evaluating Image Tones
62
6
Redistributing Tone with Levels
68
3
Snapping and Fading Contrast with Curves
71
6
(Un)Sharpening and Boosting Contrast
77
4
Managing Image Noise
81
3
Masking with Image Tone
84
5
PART III SERIOUS COLOR CORRECTION
89
56
Applying Tonal Manipulations to Color
91
16
Minor Cleanup for Color Images
92
3
Levels Correction for Color
95
4
Curves Correction for Color
99
8
Color-Specific Correction Tools
107
38
Using Hue/Saturation for Color Adjustments
108
1
Saturation Masking
109
5
Adjusting Color Balance
114
2
Painting in Color Changes: History Brush Application
116
4
Making Duotones
120
9
RGB Channel Calculations and Mixing
129
5
Separating CMYK Color
134
8
Using CMYK Color
142
3
PART IV REBUILDING IMAGES
145
52
Altering Composition
147
16
Problems in Composition
148
3
Cropping as a Tool for Composition
151
1
Isolating Image Elements
152
6
Compositing Image Elements
158
5
Shaping and Replacing Objects
163
34
Transformations and Distortions
164
8
Shaping Image Elements with Light and Shadow
172
6
Creating Image Elements
178
19
PART V IMAGES IN PRINT
197
30
Vectors
199
10
Making Vectors
200
2
Creating Scalable Vector Art
202
4
Applying a Clipping Path
206
3
Options for Printing
209
18
Printers and Printer Resolution
210
4
Making Prints at Home
214
10
Printing to the Edge
224
1
Other Printing Options
225
2
PART VI IMAGES ON THE WEB
227
38
Creating and Using Web Graphics
229
36
Image File Types for the Web
230
4
Basic Guidelines for Web Design
234
2
Inserting Images in HTML
236
2
Making a Web Gallery
238
3
Creating Slices from a Whole Image
241
6
Creating Rollovers
247
5
Creating Animations
252
11
Looking Beyond the Book
263
2
Appendix Other Concepts and References
265
14
The Toolbox
266
2
Resolution
268
3
File Types
271
4
Bit Depth
275
1
Blending Modes
276
2
Reader Requests
278
1
Index
279