Learning objectives

• Opening and closing images
• Navigating an image by zooming and scrolling
• Adding new layers and layer masks
• Clipping and merging layers
• Copying and pasting layers between files
• Saving images to different file formats
• Adjusting brightness and contrast
• Correcting color cast and white balance
• Developing images in Camera Raw
• Adjusting Saturation and Vibrance
• Selectively adjusting colors in Camera Raw
• Making complex, organic selections
• Cropping and straightening images
• Painting with the Photoshop Brush tool
• Retouching portraits with the healing brushes
• Changing image size and resolution
• Preparing images for local laser printing
• Optimizing and saving images for the web