Que crafted this book to grow with you, providing the reference material you need as you begin to develop Web graphics, restore and retouch photos, and work up to creating your own digital art. If you buy only one book on Photoshop 7, Special Edition Using Adobe Photoshop 7 is the only book you need.

• Learn how to use Photoshop 7's new features, including the File Browser, the Healing Brush, and the Patch tool.
• Create Web graphics with the optimal balance of image quality and file size to maintain appearance while speeding download.
• Master Photoshop 7's daunting new Brushes palette and paint engine.
• Understand both color theory and color management.
• See Photoshop's filters as they are meant to be used.
• Understand the relationship between raster and vector artwork in Photoshop.
• Integrate Photoshop with InDesign®, QuarkXPress™, GoLive® , Dreamweaver® , Illustrator® , Flash™, AfterEffects® and other production tools.

I. FUNDAMENTAL PHOTOSHOP 7

• What's New in Photoshop 7
• The Photoshop Interface
• Hardware, System Setup, and Photoshop's Preferences
• Getting Pixels into Photoshop
• Photoshop's File Formats and Output Options

II. CRITICAL CONCEPTS

• Pixels, Vectors, and Resolution
• Color Theory and Practice
• Defining and Choosing colors
• Photoshop Color Management

III. PHOTOSHOP'S CREATIVE TOOLS

• Making Selections and Creating Masks
• Type and Typography in Photoshop
• Photoshop 7's Painting Tools and Brushes
• The Pen Tool, Shape Layers, and Other Paths

IV. PHOTOSHOP'S ADVANCED CREATIVE CAPABILITIES

• Working With Layers and Layer Styles
• Channels: Color and More
• Color Correction and the Adjustment Commands
• Using Blending Modes
• Applying Photoshop's Filters
• Extract, Liquify, and the Pattern Maker

V. IMAGE COMPOSITION, RETOUCHING, AND COMPOSITING

• Image Cropping, Resizing, and Sharpening
• Retouching and Restoration Basics
• Advanced Compositing and Collaging in Photoshop

VI. PHOTOSHOP, IMAGE READY, AND THE WEB

• Photoshop, ImageReady and Web Design
• Save for Web and Image Optimization
• ImageReady Basics

VII. PRINT AND PREPRESS

• The Printing Process: A Primer
• Grayscale, Line Art, and Vectors
• Halftones, Screen Frequency, Separations

VIII. POWER PHOTOSHOP

• Actions and Automation
• JavaScript, AppleScript and Scripting with Visual Basic
• Efficiency Tips and Tricks

IX. APPENDIXES