While Photoshop offers a host of professional-level image editing and color features, sometimes all users want to do is correct an image's lighting, fix a little red eye, or even out the tones in a photograph--they don't want (or need) to know the rest of Photoshop's bells and whistles. This book is for anyone who simply wants to get from start to finish fast, and doesn't need to know every single Photoshop feature, but just the ones they'll use to accomplish their goals. This slim, four-color volume, one of Peachpit's brand-new Visual QuickProject guides, gives readers the quickest route to a polished, improved photo. To do this, it focuses on a single photo that readers correct as they go. Each short chapter uses large, four-color screen shots and step-by-step instructions to lead readers through each component of the process. By the end of this book, they'll have adjusted the photo's lighting, corrected skin tones, swapped in a new background, and saved the final product to the file format of their choice. Occasional sidebars and tips point out useful Photoshop retouching tricks.

1. Getting ready
2. Make quick fixes
3. Correct exposures
4. Adjust colors
5. Repair & transform phitos
6. Share photos

Index