Photoshop CS6: Essential Skills

Mark Galer is the Program Director and Senior lecturer at RMIT University in the School of Media and Communication, Australia. He is also co-writer of their popular online photography courses. He has lectured in photography in the UK and Australia and has worked commercially as a freelance photographer on corporate and editorial assignments. He has written numerous top-selling photography books, including Photography Foundations for Art & Design, the Popular Photoshop Elements; Maximum Performance and Photoshop; Essential Skills series. He is an Official Adobe Ambassador for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.Philip Andrews is Adobe Australia's official Photoshop and Elements Ambassador. He is an experienced photographer, author, magazine editor and online course creator. He was previously a lecturer at the Queensland School of Printing and Graphic Arts, Australia and Nescot, England. He is a beta tester for Photoshop, an alpha tester for Photoshop Elements and a Photoshop specialist demonstrator for Adobe Australia. Contributing numerous articles and videos to AdobeTV and the inspirational browser, Philip is a leading source in adobe information and instruction. Philip is also co-founder of photo-college.com an online photography training college. He's a regular contributor to several magazines including Shutterbug, Amateur Photographer, Australian Photography and Better Photography, he is senior contributing editor for Better Digital, columnist for What Digital Camera and Co-editor and publisher of Better Photoshop Techniques magazine.

• Introduction, 1 - What’s new for CS6, 2 - Bridge, 3 - Workflow, 4 - Raw Processing, 5 - Fine Print, Digital Basics – DVD Chapter 1, Digital Darkroom – DVD Chapter 2, 6 - Layers and Channels, 7 - Selections, 8 - Filters, 9 - Layer Blends, 10 - Retouching Projects, 11 - Composite Projects, 12 - Special Effects, Glossary, Keyboard Shortcuts, Web Links, Index

"This structured self-study guide helps novice creative and designers digest the fundamental techniques needed to use Photoshop CS6 effectively and confidently. A complete section of step-by-step imaging projects hones image editing skills for professional, quality results. Written by top-selling photography authors and Adobe Photoshop Ambassadors Mark Galer and Philip Andrews, it includes an accompanying DVD."--Advanced Photoshop