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Photoshop mastery can be elusive, but in Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Mastery, best-selling author and video trainer Deke McClelland teaches the most powerful, unconventional, and flexible features of the program. In this third and final installment of the popular and comprehensive series, Deke delves into the strongest features that Photoshop has to offer, including scalable vector graphics, Smart Objects, and Photomerge. Exercise files accompany the course.Recommended prerequisites: Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Fundamentals and Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Advanced, both part of the lynda.com Online Training Library®.Download Deke's customized keyboard layouts and color settings for Photoshop from the Exercise Files tab.

Course Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Mastery Author Deke McClelland SKU ISBN Release Date 2009-05-29 Duration 13.07 hrs / 146 tutorials Work files Yes Price $ 49.95 Retail price $ 99.95 Language Tags Photoshop, CS4 Required software Adobe Photoshop CS4

Introduction Welcome 01:21 Installing the DekeKeys keyboard shortcuts 05:38 Resetting the Function keys on a Mac 03:51 Installing the CS4 color settings 04:34 Setting up the CS4 color settings 05:53 23. Masking Essentials Introduction to masking 00:51 Introducing color range 04:22 Adding base colors and adjusting fuzziness 04:46 Localized color clusters 06:12 The Quick Mask mode 07:33 Viewing a quick mask by itself 06:40 Testing the quality of edges 03:55 Introducing the Masks palette 07:45 Editing a layer mask 06:18 Choking a mask with Gaussian Blur and Levels 06:44 Choking a mask with Mask Edge 07:43 Adding a Gradient Overlay shadow 04:23 Using live Density and Feather 06:12 Journeyman masking 05:44 Creating an alpha channel 07:06 Increasing contrast 07:15 Overlay painting 08:28 Cleaning up whites and blacks 05:48 Soft light painting 05:47 Selecting in style 06:55 Employing masks as selections 05:02 Scaling and compositing layers 06:30 Compositing glass 05:10 Selecting glass highlights 08:41 Working with found masks 05:46 24. Vector-Based Shapes Introduction to vector-based shapes 01:10 Vector-based type outlines 07:23 The benefits of vectors 06:27 Upsampling vs. nondestructive scaling 07:35 Vectors and effects 08:07 Fill Opacity and clipped layers 04:24 Basic shape creation 03:15 Drawing interacting shapes 06:21 Power-duplicating paths 03:12 Combining pixels and vector masks 05:19 Line tool and layer attributes 07:05 Copying and pasting path outlines 03:28 Drawing custom shapes 03:59 Drawing with the Pen tool 07:48 Creating cusp points 07:28 Defining a custom shape 03:34 Assigning a vector mask to an image 02:38 Adding a vector object to a composition 05:40 25. Vanishing Point Introduction to Vanishing Point 01:11 Creating and saving the first plane 08:09 Creating perpendicular planes 05:16 Healing in perspective 08:47 Cloning and scaling in perspective 08:33 Patching an irregularly shaped area 06:59 Healing between planes 03:34 Importing an image into a 3D scene 05:45 Adding perspective type 05:37 Removing and matching perspective 05:36 Applying a reflection in perspective 05:01 Creating a perspective gradient 06:11 Converting a gradient to a mask 02:58 Swinging planes to custom angles 04:32 Wrapping art around multiple surfaces 05:49 26. Using Smart Objects Introduction to Smart Objects 00:58 Placing a Smart Object 05:07 Saving a PDF-compatible AI file 04:27 Performing nondestructive transformations 06:07 Editing a Smart Object in Illustrator 06:50 Converting an image to a Smart Object 06:50 Cloning Smart Objects 05:24 Creating a multilayer Smart Object 05:51 Updating multiple instances at once 02:54 Creating a Camera Raw Smart Object 04:17 Editing a Camera Raw Smart Object 03:25 Assembling a layered ACR composition 05:54

Using an ACR Smart Object to effect 03:41 Blending multiple ACR portraits 06:56 Live type that inverts everything behind it 06:32 27. Nondestructive Smart Filters Introducing nondestructive Smart Filters 00:46 Applying a Smart Filter 04:22 Adjusting filter and blend settings 04:25 Heaping on the Smart Filters 05:19 Smart Filter stacking order 07:23 Resolution and Smart Filter radius 06:12 Masking Smart Filters 04:41 Employing nested Smart Objects 05:05 Dragging and dropping Smart Filters 06:31 Using the Shadows/Highlights filter 05:53 Regaining access to the pixels 07:08 Parametric wonderland 05:52 Working with the Filter Gallery 06:28 Freeform filter jam 05:51 Swapping filters from the Filter Gallery 03:45 Mixing all varieties of parametric effects 07:30 Addressing a few Smart Filter bugs 03:11 Applying a Smart Filter to live type 05:30 Choking letters with Maximum 03:07 Duplicating a Smart Filter 02:38 Enhancing a filter with a layer effect 06:30 28. Auto-Align, Auto-Blend, and Photomerge Introduction to Auto-Align, Auto-Blend, and Photomerge 01:02 Merging two shots into one 03:49 Applying Auto-Align layers 03:44 Masking images into a common scene 01:38 Auto-Align plus Auto-Blend 08:11 Assigning weighted Opacity values 04:07 Employing a Difference mask 07:17 Masking smarter, not harder 03:53 Capturing multiple depths of field 03:37 Auto-blending real focus 08:31 Creating a panorama with Photomerge 07:27 Correcting a seamless panorama 04:52 An altogether nondestructive Lab correction 07:59 29. New CS4 Technologies Introduction to new CS4 technologies 01:01 Applying Content-Aware Scale 07:18 What works and what doesn't with Content-Aware Scale 04:19 Protecting areas with masks 07:31 Applying incremental edits 07:06 Protecting skin tones 07:12 Scaling around a model with TLC 09:00 Adjusting the scale threshold 05:22 When Content-Aware Scale fails 04:02 Creating a lens distortion effect 08:39 Layer masking the family 11:44 Installing the Pixel Bender 03:42 Introducing Pixel Bender kernels 06:50 Pixel Bender kernel roundup 07:24 Tube View and Ripple Blocks 03:58 Making a seamless pattern with Kaleidoscope 06:13 Introducing the Pixel Bender Toolkit 03:24 30. Recording and Playing Actions Introduction to actions 00:42 Creating an action 05:45 Recording operations 05:12 Reviewing and editing an action 04:45 Playing an action (the Button Mode) 04:50 Saving and loading actions 05:00 Copying and modifying an action 04:08 Permitting the user to change settings 05:50 The Best Chrome Effect Ever II 03:41 Recording a fail-safe action 07:33 Rounding corners with a mask 04:33 Cleaning up layers 03:51 Automating layer effects 07:01 Applying chrome with Gradient Map 06:24 Action anomalies 04:11 Rendering effects to layers 05:01 Testing that it works 02:00 Conclusion See ya 01:14