Introduction 1
Part I: Breezing through Basic Training 7
Chapter 1: Welcome to Photoshop! 9
Chapter 2: Knowing Just Enough about Digital Images 21
Chapter 3: Taking the Chef's Tour of Your Photoshop Kitchen 41
Chapter 4: Getting Images into and out of Photoshop 63
Part II: Easy Enhancements for Digital Images 85
Chapter 5: Adding Dark Shadows and Sparkling Highlights 87
Chapter 6: Making Color Look Natural 107
Chapter 7: The Adobe Camera Raw 7 Plug-In 135
Chapter 8: Fine-Tuning Your Fixes 161
Chapter 9: Common Problems and Their Cures 189
Part III: Creating "Art" in Photoshop 203
Chapter 10: Combining Images 205
Chapter 11: Precision Edges with Vector Paths 221
Chapter 12: Dressing Up Images with Layer Styles 243
Chapter 13: Giving Your Images a Text Message 263
Chapter 14: Painting in Photoshop 287
Chapter 15: Filters: The Fun Side of Photoshop 311
Part IV: Power Photoshop 333
Chapter 16: Streamlining Your Work in Photoshop 335
Chapter 17: Working with Video and Animation 357
Part V: The Part of Tens 371
Chapter 18: Ten (or so) Things to Do with Photoshop CS6 Extended 373
Chapter 19: Ten Reasons to Love Your Wacom Tablet 383
Chapter 20: Ten Things to Know about HDR 389
Index 399