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All the Tools; how to use them and how to get the best out of them. Brush tool, Airbrush tool, Pencil tool, Eraser tool and the rest.

Layers: one of the most important facilities in the system; layer groups and sets; locking layers; layer comps.

Clone Stamp tool: repairing and removing unwanted blemishes.
The new Clone Source panel.

Zooming in and out; Shortcuts; the Navigator panel.

The Crop tool: removing wanted areas; expanding the image area; rotating and straightening.

Magic Wand tool: all the selection methods; adding and subtracting areas.

Lasso tool: selecting freehand and with the Polygonal and Magnetic lasso tools; multiple selections.

Paint Bucket: easily filling in areas with colour and filling in with patterns.

All the Blurs: Zoom; Spin; Radial; Motion blur; Gaussian blur;
and more.

Lens blur: simulate the blur effect achieved with a camera lens.

Color Settings: how to set up requirements for colour management.

Healing Brush; Spot Healing Brush; Patch tool: all the retouching knowledge required to make the most of these powerful repairing tools.

Paths and the Pen tool: precise selection and masking with Bezier objects; open and closed paths.

Curves: all about Curves; their origin, meaning, purpose and use.

Organizing palettes for the most efficient working methods.

Pixels and Resolution: explanations and definitions.

Information palette: examine the technical details of an image and comparing them in different colour modes.

File Information: placing camera details, personal details, keywords and copyright into a file's metadata.

RGB and CMYK: what's the difference; what is colour temperature and why does it matter. Colour Channels.

Color Picker: choosing colours for images and print; setting highlight and shadow points.

Swatches palette: using preset key colours; creating a new library of samples.

Canvas Size; Image Size; creating new backgrounds.

All the techniques for blending images.

Lighting effects: change the lighting and mood of an image.

Noise: what it is; how to reduce it; how to add it; Dust & Scratches.

Gradient tool and the Gradient Map: adding colours, graduated colours and patterns.

Text: creating text of all shapes and sizes; adding Text Effects for headlines and extra impact; merging text with images.

Creating mottled backgrounds and texture backgrounds; dotted and gradient backgrounds.

File formats: different types and when to use them; saving files; file naming.

Selective Color: changing and manipulating colours.

Hue / Saturation: changing tone and richness of colour.

Channel Mixer: another method of adjusting and improving colour.

Black and White: all the methods of converting colour to black and white; from the the quickest to the best.

Toning images: Duotones; Tritones; Quadtones.

Extract filter: selecting fine and delicate details; defringing for better blending.

Modes: different characteristics for blending and merging layers.

Levels: controlling tones and densities; Histograms and clipping information.