Photoshop® CS4 FOR Dummies® -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part I Breezing through Basic Training -- Chapter 1 Welcome to Photoshop! -- Exploring Adobe Photoshop -- Viewing Photoshop's Parts and Processes -- Chapter 2 Knowing Just Enough about Digital Images -- What Exactly Is a Digital Image? -- The True Nature of Pixels -- How Many Pixels Can Dance on the Head of a Pin? -- File Formats: Which Do You Need? -- Chapter 3 Taking the Chef's Tour of Your Photoshop Kitchen -- Food for Thought: How Things Work -- Get Cookin' with Customization -- Season to Taste: The Photoshop Settings -- When Good Programs Go Bad: Fixing Photoshop -- Chapter 4 Getting Images into and out of Photoshop -- Bringing Images into Photoshop -- Keeping Your Images Organized -- Printing Your Images -- Sharing Your Images -- Part II Easy Enhancements for Digital Images -- Chapter 5 Adding Dark Shadows and Sparkling Highlights -- Adjusting Tonality to Make Your Images Pop -- Histograms Simplified -- Using Photoshop's Auto Corrections -- Levels and Curves and You -- Grabbing Even More Control -- Chapter 6 Making Color Look Natural -- What Is Color in Photoshop? -- Making Color Adjustments in Photoshop -- The People Factor: Flesh Tone Formulas -- Chapter 7 The Adobe Camera Raw Plug-In -- Understanding the Raw Facts -- Do You Have What It Takes? -- Working in the Camera Raw Plug-In -- Chapter 8 Fine-Tuning Your Fixes -- What Is a Selection? -- Feathering and Anti-Aliasing -- Making Your Selections with Tools -- Your Selection Commands -- Masks: Not Just for Halloween Anymore -- Adjustment Layers: Controlling Changes -- Chapter 9 Common Problems and Their Cures -- Making People Prettier -- Reducing Noise in Your Images -- Fooling Around with Mother Nature -- Part III Creating "Art" in Photoshop -- Chapter 10 Combining Images -- Compositing Images: 1 + 1 = 1.

Making Complex Selections -- Vanishing Point -- Putting Together Images Automatically -- Chapter 11 Precision Edges with Vector Paths -- Pixels, Paths, and You -- Easy Vectors: Using Shape Layers -- Using Your Pen Tool to Create Paths -- Customizing Any Path -- Chapter 12 Dressing Up Images with Layer Styles -- What Are Layer Styles? -- Using the Styles Panel -- Creating Custom Layer Styles -- Saving Your Layer Styles -- Chapter 13 Giving Your Images a Text Message -- Making a Word Worth a Thousand Pixels -- Creating Paragraphs with Type Containers -- Shaping Up Your Language with Warp Text and Type on a Path -- Chapter 14 Painting in Photoshop -- Discovering Photoshop's Painting Tools -- Browsing the Brushes Panel -- Chapter 15 Filters: The Fun Side of Photoshop -- Smart Filters: Your Creative Insurance Policy -- The Filters You Really Need -- Getting Creative with the Filter Gallery -- Push, Pull, and Twist with Liquify -- Do I Need Those Other Filters? -- Part IV Power Photoshop -- Chapter 16 Streamlining Your Work in Photoshop -- Ready, Set, Action! -- Sticking to the Script -- Tooling around in Bridge -- Creating Presentations and Multi-page PDFs -- Creating Web Galleries -- Chapter 17 Introducing Photoshop CS4 Extended -- Understanding Photoshop CS4 Extended -- Painting and Layers in 32-Bit Color -- Smart Object Stack Modes -- Working with 3D Artwork -- Editing Imported Video -- Measuring, Counting, and Analyzing Pixels -- Ignoring MATLAB, DICOM, and Other Initials -- Part V The Part of Tens -- Chapter 18 Pete's Top Ten Favorite Photoshop Tips and Tricks -- Adding Artistic and Creative Effects -- Useful Tricks to Make Life Easier -- Chapter 19 Ten Reasons to Love Your Wacom Tablet -- More Natural Movement -- Health and Safety -- Artistic Control -- Extended Comfort -- Programmable ExpressKeys and Touch Strips -- The Optimal Tablet.

The Pen's Switch -- Setting Preferences -- Don't forget the accessories -- Cintiq for the Ultimate Control -- Chapter 20 Ten Reasons to Own a Digital Camera -- Shooting Digital for Your Work -- Shooting Digital for Yourself -- Shooting Digital for the Rest of Us -- Index.