Table of Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED USING BRIDGE -- Considerations Before Shooting -- Resolution -- File Formats -- Digital Zoom -- Composition/Exposure -- Flash/Lighting -- ISO -- Take a Lot of Pictures -- Adobe Bridge: Organization and Automation -- Downloading Your Images into Bridge -- Building a Custom Metadata Template -- Launching Bridge -- Navigating Bridge -- Customizing the Bridge Windows -- Different Views -- Managing Your Workspace -- Stacks Feature -- Rotating Images -- Opening Images with Bridge -- Rating and Labeling Images -- Rating -- Labeling -- Organizing Contents of Folders -- Using Favorites -- Using Keywords -- Organizing Keywords -- Assigning Keywords -- Searching the Keywords -- Working with Collections -- Metadata -- Exif -- Viewing the Data -- Adding Information to the Metadata -- Batch Renaming -- Exporting the Images to a CD-ROM -- Automation -- Output -- PDF Creations -- Creating a Contact Sheet -- Web Gallery -- CHAPTER 2 FROM BRIDGE TO PHOTOSHOP: THE ADOBE RAW CONVERTER -- ISO -- File Format and Bit Depth -- White Balance -- Picture Styles and Camera Settings -- 16-Bit Images -- Using Camera RAW -- The Basic Tab -- The Tone Curve Tab -- The Detail Tab -- HSL/Grayscale Tab -- Split Toning Tab -- Lens Corrections Tab -- Calibrate Tab -- Presets Tab -- Cropping and Straightening Images -- New Local Adjustments -- Multiple Local Adjustments -- Camera Raw to Photoshop -- What Is a Smart Object? -- Working with Multiple RAW Images -- Batch Processing in Bridge -- CHAPTER 3 CROPPING AND PERSPECTIVE -- Why Crop? -- Cropping Out Unwanted Detail -- Changing Composition and Emphasis -- Cropping for Perception -- Practical Cropping -- Straightening -- Auto Cropping (Crop and Straighten Photos) -- Increasing the Canvas Size with the Crop Tool -- Removing Perspective -- The Lens Correction Filter.

Fixing Distortion -- Straightening a Horizon -- CHAPTER 4 TONAL CORRECTION AND ENHANCEMENT -- Photoshop's New Interface -- Overview of Adjustment Layers -- Using Adjustment Layers -- The Anatomy of a Color Picture -- Histograms -- The Histogram Panel -- Adjusting the Tone of Your Photographs -- Brightness/Contrast -- Shadows/Highlights -- Levels -- Exposure -- Auto Settings -- Curves -- Correcting Images with Curves -- Tips for Using Curves -- CHAPTER 5 COLOR CORRECTION AND ENHANCEMENT -- Additive Color -- Subtractive Color -- Color Correction Tools -- Color Calibration -- Adjusting Color in Your Images -- Auto Color -- Color Balance -- Color Correction Using Variations -- Hue/Saturation -- Advanced Color Correction -- Match Color -- Advanced Color Correction with Lab Color -- Advanced Color Correction with Levels -- Advanced Color Correction with Curves -- Reusing Adjustments Settings -- CHAPTER 6 LOCAL ENHANCEMENTS: SELECTIONS AND MASKS -- Adjustment Layer Mask -- Simple Local Adjustments -- Selections -- A Photographer's Selection Tools -- The Magic Wand -- Quick Selection Tool -- Selections with the Color Range Command -- Refining Selections -- Refining Masks -- CHAPTER 7 SIZING AND PRINTING YOUR IMAGES -- Resizing Things -- Resolution -- Image Interpolation -- Sizing an Image for Print -- Sizing Your Print for the Web or Email -- Batch Sizing Images for Email -- Increasing the Image Size Beyond 200% -- Printing Proportions -- Printing Your Photographs -- Color Management -- Printing Colors as Accurate as You See Onscreen -- Setting Up the Soft Proof -- Creating a Test Print -- Choosing Paper -- CHAPTER 8 SHARPENING AND NOISE REDUCTION -- Sharpening Your Images -- Unsharp Mask -- Fading the Sharpness (Optional) -- Sharpening Using Lab Mode -- Smart Sharpen -- Noise Reduction -- Reducing Luminosity Noise with Smart Blur.

Color Noise Reduction Using Lab Mode -- CHAPTER 9 IMAGE RETOUCHING -- Spot Healing Brush -- Wrinkle Reduction -- Enhancing the Eyes and Teeth -- Removing the Red from the Whites -- Enhancing the Iris -- Soft Focus Filter -- Method 1 -- Method 2 -- Removing Red Eye -- Removing Tattoos and Birthmarks -- Reducing Noses -- Eyes Wide Open -- Method 1 -- Method 2 -- Fixing White Wedding Dresses and Black Tuxedos -- Color Balancing Skin -- CHAPTER 10 FRAME AND COLOR EFFECTS -- Frame Effects -- Using Quick Mask to Create an Edge Effect -- Creating a Double Matte Effect -- Colorizing Effects -- Color to Grayscale -- Converting to Sepia Tone -- Using the Black and White Adjustment -- Altering Color Locally -- CHAPTER 11 SPECIAL EFFECTS -- Smart Filters -- Natural Media -- Depth of Field Effects -- Depth of Field with a Layer Mask -- Depth of Field Using Lens Blur and Depth Map -- Using Patterns to Create Scan Lines -- Adding Color -- Using the Image Warp Tool -- CHAPTER 12 COMBINING IMAGES FOR CREATIVE RESULTS -- Removing an Object from Its Background -- Using Color Range -- Extracting Images Using the Extract Tool -- Rules for Compositing Two Images -- Combining Images to Create an Advertisement -- Adding a Cast Shadow -- Creating a Panoramic Image -- Merge to HDR (High Dynamic Range) -- Shooting -- Other Tone-Mapping Options -- Collaging Techniques and Blending Modes -- A Blended Collage Using Layer Masks -- Advanced Blending -- Summary and Conclusion -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- Y -- V -- W -- Y.