5. Basic Color Correction

dove

Editing and saving adjustment layers.

bridge spanning gorge

Restoring details with the history brush.

max as vampire

Revert and Undo (for before and after)

red slats of wood

Changing the color of paint

girl in violet

Refining your color range

treehouse

Boosting colors with Vibrance

7. Cropping and Straightening

boy and his sister on vacation

Using the Crop tool

boy scout with light saber

Previewing the crop angle.

lion on rock

The Crop Command

tekal temple

Precisely cropping the "wedges"

boy with glowing objects

Crop without cropping.

painting of victorian women

Perspective cropping.

8. Making Selections

red moon and sky

Filling and fading a selection

ad for reciprocating saw

Accessing the Move tool on the fly.

9. Paint, Retouch, and Heal

head shot of a women

Painting with imagery.

custom painting of women

Creating photographic artowrk.

Hannah smiling

Balancing saturation with the Sponge tool.

women smiling

Recoloring inaccurate hues.

boy drinking from cup

Using the Red Eye tool.

old man with hat

Flipping and rotating with Clone Source.

10. Layer Essentials

renaissance portrait redone

Feather a vector-based vignette.

11. Printing, PDFs, and Web Galleries

Outputting PDF contact sheets.

Creating a Flash-based web gallery.

12. Saving Images for the Web

child with ice cream on face

Copyright, Matte, and Blur.

olympic rings necklace

Saving a GIF.

olympic rings necklace

The antiquated GIF vs. the better PNG.

13. Levels and Curves

pool deck on cruise ship

Auto tone, contrast, and color.

partial one dollar bill

How the auto commands work.

boy side profile

Channel-by-channel edits.

elephant eating grass

Neutralizing a color cast.

surfer surfing

The Target Adjustment tool in Curves.

boy snorkling

Correcting an image in Lab.

stairs in the jungle

Radius and tonal width.

14. Sharpening Details

orange and red snake

Tweaking the screen resolution.

komono dragon

Sharpening the luminance data.

abstract shapes

Smart Sharpen's Remove Settings.

three girls smiling

When to leave More Accurate off.

waffle with scrabble letters

When to leave More Accurate on.

no trespassing sign

Saving Smart Sharpen Settings.

man with staring gaze

Accounting for camera shake.

women with water on face

Sharpening with the High Pass filter.

15. Blurring and Averaging

tiki faces on blue background

Smart Blur vs. Surface Blur

tiki faces on blue background

Mixing filtered effects.

women against violet background

Filling a layer with a neutral color.

two guys in winter clothing

Addressing the stubborn patches.

old guy in suit

Combining Gaussian Blur and Average.

women with frekels

Smoothing blemishes while matching noise.

boy with plaster on face

Striking a smooth/sharpen compromise.

christmas light ornament

Smoothing over JPEG artifacts.

16. Adjustment Layers

scuba diver and coral

Saturation, sharpen, and crop.

girl with blue eyes

Infusing elements with different colors.

cool book cover

The Hue/Saturation humanoid.

17. Opacity and Blend Modes

golden statue

Using difference for golden highlights.

status against sunset

Layer groups and the Pass Through mode.

18. Advanced Layer Techniques

dinosaurs chasing bigger dinosaur

Fixing last-minute problems.

evil dinosaur and green screen

Layer comps dos and don'ts.

19. Creating and Editing Type

tv movie ad for chief executive nephew

Blurred shadows and beveled text.

radio space microphone

Scaling your text to taste.

green 3-d hearg

Creating an engraved text effect.

20. Transform, Warp, and Liquify

renaissance painting made into clock

Adding hands and pasting styles.

weird clock with lots of second hands

Series duplication in Photoshop.

renaissance clock with floating numbers

Masking objects against a black background.

warped renaissance clock

Envelope-style warps.

twisted clock

Old-school distortion filters.

altered renaissance women

Creating and applying a texture layer.

21. Mastering Layer Styles

happy juice advertisement

Creating and applying a texture layer.

22. Working with Camera Raw

blue fish

Correcting JPEG and TIFF images.