Take your design skills using Adobe Photoshop CS2 to the next level with the advanced projects and techniques in this book. In step-by-step tutorials, you'll work with curves, levels, blending modes, special effects, and painting and drawing tools to create beautiful designs and images. You'll not only be challenged as a Photoshop CS2 user, but as a designer working with real-world projects. The book's full-color interior and highly-visual design make it ideal for learning advanced design techniques.

This Deluxe Education Edition:

• Contains engaging, sophisticated projects that will test your creativity while you use advanced Photoshop CS2 tools and techniques.
• Offers bonus online content, including coverage of Adobe Bridge, the Creative Suite's new, fully-integrated asset manager.
• Provides instruction for both Mac and PC platforms.
• Includes three CDs containing Data Files for completing the projects in the text.
• Is accompanied by extensive Instructor Resources to facilitate its use in the classroom.

• Working with Layers
• Working with Layer Styles
• Adjusting Images
• Tackling Levels and Curves
• Design with Multiple Images
• Retouching and Enhancing Images
• Working with Type, Shape Layers, and Filters
• Investigating Production Tricks and Techniques
• Creating Special Effects
• Working with Blending Modes