Optimizing Photoshop

• Understanding the deciding factors for Photoshop performances
• Controlling Memory Usage via RAM allocation
• Managing the virtual memory - Scratch Disks
• Relieving “hidden” memory usage
• Tips to improving performances in Photoshop
• Personalising Photoshop to your preferences
• Restoring Photoshop to the “factory standard”

   

Advanced Layers Manipulation Techniques

• Learning how to have the top layer interact with the bottom-most layer with the Knockout command
• Removing white outlines after an extraction
• Making use of the Advanced Blending command to control Layer Styles
• Understanding the difference between Deep Knockout and Shallow Knockout
• Unlocking the mystery of using the Blend If command to combine layers
• Applying Layer Styles with the Blend If command

Advanced Selections With Channels

• Selecting complex objects with Channels
• In depth understanding of the Color Channels
• Manipulating the Color channels for extraction purpose
• Adjusting the channels for better masking
• Selecting images with flyaway hair
• Learning how to use the Calculations command to combine multiple channels

Automation With Actions

• Understanding the concept of packaging multiple Photoshop commands into one Action
• Learning how to create an Action
• Applying a recorded Action on an image
• Using a recorded Action on multiple images
• Using Auto Save and Close in an Action

Placing An Image On To A Contoured Surface

• Introduction to the technique of realistically superimposing an image onto a contoured surface
• Learning what a Displacement Map is and its basic properties
• Understanding the process of creating the Displacement Map
• Applying the Displacement Map
• Fine tuning the image after the Displacement Map had been applied