Photoshop CS4: Advanced

Chapter 1: NAVIGATIONAL FEATURES (39 min)
1. Tour of the Photoshop CS4 Interface
2. Customizing Workspaces
3. Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts
4. Customizing File Menus
5. Arranging Documents & Navigation
6. More Options, Preferences & Presets

Chapter 2: USING ADOBE BRIDGE (47 min)
1. Managing Color Settings
2. Organizing Files
3. Batch Renaming & Generating a PDF Contact Sheet
4. Metadata, Keywords, Filters & Find
5. Creating a Panoramic Image Using Photomerge?
6. Creating a Web Photo Gallery
7. Exporting a PDF Slideshow

Chapter 3: TIME-SAVING TIPS (43 min)
1. Tips for Creating Print Documents
2. Tips for Creating Web Documents
3. Recording Actions & Creating a Droplet
4. Using the History Panel

Chapter 4: MAKING SELECTIONS (65 min)
1. Using the Pen Tool
2. Using the Marquee Selection Tools & the Magic Wand Tool
3. Removing a Background with Magic Eraser & Defringe
4. Using the Quick Selection Tool & Rening a Mask
5. Compositing
6. Using Channels to Save & Load Selections
7. Working with Pantone? & Other Spot Colors

Chapter 5: PAINTING & RETOUCHING (41 min)
1. Using a Custom Brush, Quick Mask Mode & Rotate Canvas
2. Using Channels for Complex Selections
3. The Healing Brushes, Creating Patterns & the Patch Tool
4. Using the Clone Stamp Tool & Clone Source Panel
5. Working with Layer Blending Modes
6. Changing a Color with the Color Blending Mode & an Adjustment Layer

Chapter 6: CREATING COMPOSITIONS (46 min)
1. Keyboard Shortcuts for Working with Layers
2. Keyboard Shortcuts for Transparency & Grouping
3. Combining Vector & Pixel Masks
4. Applying Blending Modes & Layer Styles
5. Saving Versions of Layer Comps
6. Creating Knockouts & Clipping Groups

Chapter 7: NON-DESTRUCTIVE EDITING (41 min)
1. Editing Smart Objects
2. Working with Smart Filters
3. Using Adjustment Layers with Smart Objects, Part 1
4. Using Adjustment Layers with Smart Objects, Part 2

Chapter 8: COLOR CORRECTION (43 min)
1. Understanding Color Settings
2. Removing a Color Cast by Adjusting Curves
3. Adjusting Curves, Hue/Saturation & Unsharp Mask
4. Correcting Skin Tone

Chapter 9: CREATING VECTOR ARTWORK (19 min)
1. Content-Aware Scaling & Creating Vector Text
2. Working with Custom Vector Shapes
3. Creating a Custom Shape from an Illustrator? Path

Chapter 10: CREATING IMAGES FOR THE WEB (30 min)
1. Optimizing Files
2. Slicing Images for the Web Using CSS or Tables
3. Creating Basic Frame Animations & Saving for the Web

Chapter 11: WORKING WITH 3D & ANIMATION (20 min)
1. Creating a 3D Sphere & Using the 3D Tools
2. Editing a 3D Texture
3. Animating 3D Objects
4. Exporting & Resizing an Animation
5. Credits