Visual Quickstart Lessons

September 28, 2010

Visual Quickstart Guide Vol. 2

Please complete the following lessons from the Visual Quickstart Guide and save your finished files in your folder on the network.
The source files are available in a folder on the network.   DUE OCTOBER 21

Chapter 3 Camera Raw

Correcting the White Balance………………………………p46

Correcting the Exposure……………………………………p48

Using the Tone Curve Tab…………………………………p52

Reviving Color……………………………………………..p54

Using the Detail Tab………………………………………..p56

Applying a Post Crop Vignetting…………………………..p62

Using the Adjustment Brush Tool………………………….p64

Combining Multiple Exposures…………………………….p70

Chapter 4  Using Photoshop

Limiting the Effect of an Adjustment Layer………………p101

Applying Content Aware Scaling…………………………p104

Using Presets (Read only)……………………………….p 111

Chapter 5 Selecting and Masking

Selecting Leaves on a Tree……………………………… p125

Selecting Furry or Feathered Critters…………………….p128

Selecting hair in a portrait………………………………..p131

Chapter 6 Color & Tonal Correction

Using the Shadows/Highlights command……………….p138

Applying Curves Adjustment……………………………p143

Neutralizing a Color Cast………………………………..p146

Dodging and Burning……………………………………p156

Chapter 7 Retouching Portraits

Smoothing Skin…………………………………………p162

Making Eyes Look Brighter……………………………p168

Using Liquify to Trim or Tighten………………………p177

Chapter 8 Combining Images

Aligning Shots of the Same Scene……………………..p186

Using the Background Eraser Tool…………………….p189

Blending Imagery via Layer Masks……………………p194

Chapter 9 Sharpening

Enhancing Details with the High Pass Filter……….p216

Sharpening Areas Selectively………………………p218

Chapter 10 Tinting and Blending

Lighting a background……………………………..p230

Tinting an Image………………………………..…p234

Restoring Color Selectively……………………….p238

Chapter 11 Fine Art Media

Creating brush tips from imagery…………………p250

Painting with a brush made from an image……….p251

***Choose two “Fine Art” style lessons to complete.

Chapter 12 Creative Type

****Choose three “Creative Type” lessons to complete.


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