1. Chapter 1 The Professional Retoucher's Studio

   1. The Photo Retoucher's Work Environment

   2. The Workflow of a Typical Retouching Job

   3. Becoming a Professional Retoucher

2. Chapter 2 Shadows and Light

   1. Imagining the Light That Should Have Been

   2. Creating a Simple Shadow

   3. Creating Shadows for Complex Objects

   4. Retaining an Existing Shadow in a New Background

   5. Grounding Objects with Shadows

   6. Common Shadow Mistakes

   7. Keeping a Shadow Library

3. Chapter 3 Corrections: Improvements on Reality

   1. Correction Basics

   2. Adding Texture to an Image

   3. Using the Clone Tool

   4. Neutralizing Images

   5. Brightening Images

   6. Changing Image Colors

4. Chapter 4 Something from Nothing

   1. Creating Smoke or Steam

   2. Creating a Smile

   3. Creating Motion from Stillness

   4. Extending Backgrounds

   5. Shining Things Up

5. Chapter 5 Special Color Requests

   1. Creating Touch Plates

   2. Merging Spot Colors into CMYK

   3. Converting CMYK to Special Colors

   4. Changing a Four-Color Image to Three Colors

   5. Adding Trap

   6. Changing the Overall Color

6. Chapter 6 Merging Images

   1. Preparing the Pieces: Options for Selecting the Components

   2. Preparing the Canvas: Your Position File

   3. Putting the Pieces Together

7. Chapter 7 Low Resolution on a Grand Scale: Making Low Res Look High

   1. Understanding the Spec Sheet

   2. Assessing the Situation

   3. Improving the Existing File to Survive Magnification

   4. Dealing with Specific Image Problems

8. Chapter 8 Preparing Images for Newsprint

   1. Start by Understanding the Process

   2. Preparing a CMYK Image for Use in Newsprint

   3. Preparing a Color Image for a Black and White Newspaper

9. Chapter 9 Preparing Images for Use on Packaging Materials

   1. The Image You Have Versus the Image You Need

   2. The Spec Sheet

   3. Preparing a CMYK File

   4. Another Option: Creating a Special Color

   5. Trapping on Special Packaging

1. Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects.

Philip Dangler was the production editor for Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio. Linley Dolby was the copyeditor. Ann Schirmer was the proofreader. Philip Dangler did the typesetting and page makeup. Genevieve d'Entremont provided production assistance. Adam Witwer and Claire Cloutier provided quality control. Johnna VanHoose Dinse wrote the index.

Mike Kohnke designed the cover of this book using Adobe Photoshop CS and Adobe InDesign CS, and produced the cover layout with InDesign CS using Linotype Birka and Adobe Myriad Condensed fonts. The cover photographs are from iStockPhoto.com.

David Futato created the series design using Adobe InDesign CS. This book was converted from Microsoft Word to InDesign by Joe Wizda. The text and heading fonts are Linotype Birka and Adobe Myriad Condensed; the sidebar font is Adobe Syntax; and the code font is TheSans Mono Condensed from LucasFont. The illustrations and screenshots that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano, Jessamyn Read, and Lesley Borash, using Macromedia FreeHand MX and Adobe Photoshop CS.