Section A: Photoshop Essentials
· Raster-Based Images
· Vector-Based Images
· Planning Projects
· Interface
· Navigating a Document

Section B: Photoshop Tools
· Selection Tools
· Options Bar
· Enhancement Tools
· Vector Tools
· Adding Notes
· Eyedropper Tool
· Changing Screen Mode
· Shortcuts and Menus
· Saving and Resetting Workspace

Section C: Preferences and Presets
· General
· File Handling
· Display & Cursors
· Transparency & Gamut
· Units & Rulers
· Guides, Grid & Slices
· Plug-Ins & Scratch Disks
· Memory & Image Cache
· Type
· Presets

Section D: Getting Started
· Creating a New Document
· Opening Existing Documents
· Using the Bridge

Section E: Working with Color
· RGB
· CMYK
· Lab Color
· Indexed Color
· Changing Color Space

Section F: Modifying Images
· Changing Image Size
· Hidden Canvas
· Cropping and Trimming

Section G: History Palette
· Linear Palette
· History Brush
· Creating Snapshots
· Using the History Brush

Section H: Saving Your Files
· Working Folders
· Print Formats
· Internet Formats
· Saving Options

Section A: Photoshop Layers
· Layer Types
· Controlling Layers
· Creating Layer Effects
· Working with Masks
· Creating a Mask

Section B: Working with Channels
· Color Control
· Storing Complex Selections
· Image Adjustments

Section C: Paths in Photoshop
· The Power of Paths
· Adjusting Vector Paths
· Creating Paths From Selections

Section D: Using Actions
· Understanding Actions
· Creating Actions
· Recording Actions
· Modifying Actions
· Batch Processing

Section E: Using Selections
· Understanding Selections
· Selection Options
· Selection with the Magic Wand
· Selection with Color Range

Section F: Color Management
· Color Settings
· Color Calibration and Swatches
· Custom Colors
· Color Palettes

Section G: Mastering Painting
· Painting Tools
· Brush Tool with Options
· Brushes and Blending Modes

Section H: Working with Layer Styles
· Styles Palette
· Saving to the Styles Palette
· Using Styles with Clipping Groups

Section I: Type in Photoshop
· Understanding Type Layers
· Viewing Type
· Placing Type on a Path
· Type Masks
· Converting Text

Section A: Photoshop Filters
· The Filter Gallery
· Image Adjustments
· Quick Mask Selections
· Fade Filter Gallery

Section B: Image Enhancement
· Adjustment Layers
· Adjusting with Levels
· Restoring Image Data
· Using Threshold
· Correcting with Curves
· Creating Composite Images
· Using the Clone Stamp
· Using the Healing Brush
· Using the Patch Tool

Section C: Photoshop for the Web
· File Compression
· Optimizing Images
· Adjusting JPEG’s
· Saving Clip Art
· Creating a Web Photo Gallery

Section D: Using ImageReady
· Internet Graphics
· Creating Rollover Buttons
· Creating Animation
· Creating Image Maps

Section E: Automation
· Picture Package
· Contact Sheet
· PDF Presentation
· Crop and Straighten
· Photomerge
· Merge to HDR

Section F: Outputting Images
· Terminology
· Image Information
· Printing
· Exporting

Section G: Using Paths
· Exporting Transparency
· Creating Work Paths
· Saving Paths
· Saving PNG-24

Section H: Image Manipulation
· Vanishing Point
· Grid Alignment
· Extract
· Smart Highlight
· Extract Settings
· Creating Smart Objects
· Modifying a Vector Object