Photoshop CS5 Creative Effects

Welcome
Welcome
Using the exercise files

1. Working with Shadows
Removing an object from its background
Creating and modifying a shadow
Modifying a directional shadow
Removing a model from a white background
Building a false context
Adding and modifying shadows

2. Adding Light
Adding illumination to create a glow from within
Adding light with curves and masking
Adding light for emphasis
Improving black-and-white images with curves and masking
Using Shadow/Highlights to improve exposure
Correcting an overly backlit photograph

3. Enhancing Color and Tone
Improving sunset colors with color balance
Using color balance and masking to enhance color
Creating new and vivid colors
Using curves, color balance, and blending for best results
Enhancing colors
Saturating and desaturating colors for emphasis
Adding color without increasing contrast
Improving the impact of color with curves and color balance

4. Creative Color Effects
Creating stunning color with Hue/Saturation and color balance
Creating an edgy muted and contrast look
Reducing color for impact
Enhancing color and creating color variations
Using Apply Image to create interesting results
Combining HDR toning with color effects
Making adjustments with Selective Color

5. HDR Toning Effects
Introducing the HDR Toning feature
Using layer masks and blending with HDR toning
HDR toning creative effect
Enhancing a photograph with HDR for black-and-white conversion
Creating a high key color effect
Getting an HDR-like effect with the High Pass filter

6. Digital Infrared
Basic infrared conversion
Working with infrared presets
Combining infrared and HDR toning
Creating infrared with contrast and sharpness

7. Solarization Effects
Using adjustment layers to create solarization
Adding creative color and a blur effect
Experimenting with gradient color and solarization
Creating a golden solarized effect

8. Soft Focus Effects
Creating soft focus with filters and blending
Using Smart Filters to create soft focus
Using soft focus without sacrificing color and contrast
Applying soft focus to skin
Creating a desaturated soft focus effect

9. Adding Film Grain
Adding grain with Adobe Camera Raw
Adding grain with the Noise filter
Adding grain with the Film Grain filter

10. Creating Vintage Effects
Modifying tone and converting to black and white
Adding texture with a grocery bag
Making an image sepia toned
Adding texture in three different ways
Adding a subtle vintage color effect
Creating a vintage color effect
Creative texture blending

11. Lens Blur and Focus
Deconstructing the lens blur effect
The lens blur effect in action
Applying lens blur with a mask
Using lens blur in portraits
Desert fashion project

12. Adding Motion
Applying motion blur
Creating radial zoom blur
Working with motion blur and masking
Getting creative with the Radial, Motion, and Lens Flare filters
Adding color and emphasis

13. Vanishing Point
Adding graffiti on a single plane
Adding reflections on multiple planes
Using Free Transform to create a vanishing point perspective, pt. 1
Using Free Transform to create a vanishing point perspective, pt. 2

14. Creating False Panoramic images
Cropping with Abode Camera Raw
Enhancing the sunrise colors
Modifying the color and tone of the mountains

15. Border and Edge Effects
Hand-painting a border or an edge
Adding a prebuilt edge
Working with a real film edge
Introducing the PhotoFrame plug-in
Using the PhotoFrame plug-in, pt. 1
Using the PhotoFrame plug-in, pt. 2

16. My Favorite Photoshop Plug-Ins
Changing color with onOne PhotoTools
Modifying focus with onOne Focal Point
Hand painting focus with onOne FocalPoint
Enhancing color with Nik Color Efex Pro
Actualizing your vision with Nik Color Efex Pro
Converting to black and white with Nik Silver Efex Pro
More black and white options with Nik Silver Efex Pro

17. Custom Brushes
Finding and installing custom brushes
Custom brush creativity

Conclusion
Goodbye