Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Photoshop and Photography from 50,000 Feet -- Images in the Digital Domain -- Transferring Skills -- Basic Composition -- Lens Selection -- Selective Focus -- Choosing the Right Film -- Darkroom Techniques -- Retouching -- Compositing -- Color Correction -- Creative Use of Black and White -- Filters -- Next Up -- Chapter 2 Camera and Lens Effects in Photoshop -- Lens Effects -- Perspective Control -- Zoom -- Telephoto Effects -- Compressing Distances -- Fisheye Lens -- Lens Flare -- Motion Blur -- Selective Focus -- Creating the Alpha Channels -- Applying the Lens Blur Filter -- Photoshop CS Photo Filters -- Lens Distortion Correction -- No Perfect Lens -- Fixing Chromatic Aberration -- Correcting Barrel and Pincushion Distortion -- Correcting Vignetting -- Correcting Perspective -- Next Up -- Chapter 3 Darkroom Techniques with Photoshop CS2 -- Manipulating Digital Negatives -- Photoshop's RAW Support -- Using the Camera RAW Plug-In -- Film Development Techniques -- Solarization -- Reticulation -- Cross-Processing -- High-Contrast Images -- Grainy Images -- Black-and-White Infrared Film -- Color Infrared Film -- Printing Techniques -- Dodging/Burning -- Vignetting Revisited -- Sepia Toning -- Automatically Crop and Straighten Photos -- Next Up -- Chapter 4 Secrets of Retouching -- Retouching, the Old Way -- Retouching Negatives -- Retouching Transparencies -- Retouching Prints -- Retouching, the New Way -- Dust Spots -- Double Catchlights -- Other Defects -- Tackling a Retouching Project -- Avoiding Retouching -- Cropping -- Removing Dust and Noise -- Fixing Dual Catchlights -- Removing Unwanted Objects -- Darkening and Lightening -- Moving Boy Over -- Repairing Images with the Healing Brush and Patch Tools -- Canceling Red Eyes -- Next Up -- Chapter 5 Compositing in Photoshop CS.

Your Compositing Toolkit -- Selection Refresher Course -- Making Rectangular, Square, Oval, and Circular Selections -- Creating Single-Row and Single-Column Selections -- Making Freehand Selections with the Lasso Tool -- Other Selection Tips -- Adding, Subtracting, or Combining Selections -- Other Selection Tools -- Magic Wand -- The Select Menu -- Making Selections with the Paths Palette -- Creating a Simple Composite -- Stitching Two Photos Together -- Merging Photos the Hard Way -- Merging Photos the Easy Way -- Creating a Fantasy Landscape -- Adding Clouds -- Bringing the Seashore Inland -- Adding a Castle -- Compositing Close Up -- Extracting the Kitten -- Kitten on a Desktop -- Creating a Reflection -- More than One Way to Skin a Cat -- Compositing Possibilities -- Combining Compositing and Retouching -- Next Up -- Chapter 6 Correcting Your Colors -- Wonderful World of Color -- Color Models -- Other Color Models -- Capturing Color Images -- Color Calibration and Gamma Curves -- Color Correction -- Color Correction Made Easy -- Using Color Balance Controls -- Adjusting Hue/Saturation/Brightness -- Using Color Ring Arounds and Variations -- Image Correction Made Easier With Photoshop CS2 -- Using Exposure Controls -- Using Live Histograms -- Matching Color -- Replacing Color -- The Color Replacement Tool -- Using Exposuremerge -- Calibrating Your Monitor -- Next Up -- Chapter 7 Beyond Black and White -- Why Black and White? -- Converting Color to Black and White -- Hue -- Saturation -- Brightness -- Converting to Grayscale with Channels -- Other Grayscale Effects -- Antique Photograph -- Orthochromatic Film -- Next Up -- Chapter 8 Using Photoshop CS's Filters -- What Are Filters? -- What Kinds of Filters Are Available? -- Using Filters -- Choosing the Portion of an Image to Apply a Filter To -- Selecting the Filter -- Applying the Filter.

Saving the Image or a Snapshot -- Photoshop CS's Filter Gallery -- Filter Gallery Basics -- Reproducing Photographic Filters in Photoshop -- Polarizing Filters -- Cross-Screen -- Split Filter -- Modifying Images with Photoshop's Filters -- Painting Filters -- Sketching/Drawing Filters -- Edgy Filters -- Distortion Filters -- Pixelation and Stylizing Filters -- Next Up -- Chapter 9 Hardcopies Made Easy -- Why Prints? -- Color Prints as Proofs -- Your Output Options -- Laser Printers -- Inkjet Printers -- Dye Sublimation Printers -- Other Printer Types -- Using Professional Services -- Getting Set Up -- A Typical Print Session -- Tips for Getting the Best Digital Prints -- Printers and Digital Cameras -- Next Up -- Appendix: Illustrated Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J-K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X-Z.