Contents
1. Welcome ................................................................................. 1
Welcome ....................................................................................................3
New features ............................................................................................4
Installation .................................................................................................7
2. Opening, Saving and Organizing .................................. 9
Startup Assistant .................................................................................. 11
Starting from scratch .......................................................................... 13
Opening an existing file ..................................................................... 15
Getting images from TWAIN/WIA devices ....................................... 18
Saving a file ............................................................................................ 19
Using plug-ins ....................................................................................... 20
Organizing photos............................................................................... 20
3. Layers, Masks and Blending .......................................... 21
Introduction to layers ......................................................................... 23
Adjusting opacity/transparency ..................................................... 27
Using masks ........................................................................................... 29
Using blend modes ............................................................................. 31
4. Making Image Adjustments ......................................... 33
Introduction to image adjustments .............................................. 35
Overview: Adjusting image colours .............................................. 35
Using adjustment layers .................................................................... 38