Lesson 7, "Making the Best Selections", will explain how to work with the Marquee and Lasso tools to make selections. It also covers the Quick Selection Tool and the Quick Mask as well. Lesson 8, "Painting and Retouching" covers the new painting and retouching tools that you can use modify your images. You will also get a quick lesson on color spaces and models. You will also learn to use Photoshop's painting tools.
Lesson 9, "Getting to Know Layers" covers that most important topic in Photoshop, the Layers palette. Here you will learn to select, move, mask, and clone Layers as well as working with filters, styles and how to create a clipping mask. Lesson 10, "Taking Layers to the Max" continues your study with Layers by working with Adjustment Layers, Layer Styles, as well as working with text Layers.
Chapter 11, "Using Smart Objects" introduces you to what Smart Objects are and how they can be used. You will learn how to create, edit and replace the contents of a Smart Object Layer. Chapter 12, "Using Adobe Photoshop Filters" will get you started on the large topic of the filters that come with Photoshop. This includes working with Smart Filters. Chapter 13, "Creating Images for Web and Video" introduces you to working with images that will find their way to both web; topics like banners, slices and buttons, and into videos; topics like animation and timelines.
Dynamic Learning: Photoshop CS3 is a very easy to read and understand book and when tied with the videos it becomes a very powerful learning experience. The book is well organized, the lessons include real world examples and the instruction provides a good working base from which one can really learn Photoshop CS3
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