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Chapter 4: Working with Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
What Are Layers? ................................................................................................................71
Using Adjustment Layers ....................................................................................................75
Working with the Layers Palette ..........................................................................................77
Understanding the Background Layer..................................................................................80
Managing Layers ................................................................................................................83
Moving layers ............................................................................................................83
Creating a new layer by copying................................................................................85
Merging and flattening layers ....................................................................................89
Layer Opacity and Blending Modes ....................................................................................90
Summary ............................................................................................................................93
Chapter 5: Getting Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Understanding File Formats ................................................................................................96
PSD ..........................................................................................................................97
TIFF ..........................................................................................................................98
JPG..........................................................................................................................100
Creating an Organizational System....................................................................................102
Considering the non-destructive workflow..............................................................102
Three kinds of files ..................................................................................................103
Building the system ................................................................................................103
Managing Your Organizational System with Adobe Bridge CS3 ........................................105
Understanding the usefulness of Bridge ..................................................................105
Creating custom workspaces ..................................................................................108
Naming, labeling, and sorting..................................................................................112
Applying and using metadata ..................................................................................116
Using keywords ......................................................................................................120
Using metadata for searches ....................................................................................120
Backing Up and Archiving ................................................................................................122
Hard drives..............................................................................................................122
CD/DVD..................................................................................................................123
Summary ..........................................................................................................................125
Part II: Photoshop Tools and Techniques 127
Chapter 6: Using Photoshop’s Main Retouching Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Working with Brushes ......................................................................................................129
Changing brush settings with the Tool Options bar ................................................130
The Brushes palette ................................................................................................136
Working with a graphics tablet ................................................................................137
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