Chapter 1: ARTISTIC COMPOSITING
1. Choosing Suitable Source Material
2. Loading a Path as a Selection & Floating It to a New Layer
3. Good Hair Day - Using Channels for Dicult Masks, Part 1
4. Good Hair Day - Using Channels for Dicult Masks, Part 2
5. Layer Management with Smart Objects
6. Creating a Fiery Texture from an Illustration
7. Applying a Texture with Liquify
8. Compositing Fire
Chapter 2: 3D MODELING IN PHOTOSHOP
1. Introduction to 3D
2. Making a New Mesh from Grayscale
3. Creating a Seamless Object from Grayscale
4. Creating a Smooth Grayscale Gradient
5. Using Curves as a Modeling Tool
6. Advanced Grayscale Modeling
7. Merging 3D Layers
8. Exporting, Importing & Combining 3D Objects
Chapter 3: TEXTURES & LIGHTS
1. Creating a Seamless Tarnished Metal Texture
2. The 3D Panel, Scene Settings & Render Presets
3. Setting 3D Material Options
4. Performance Optimization & Setting Up 3D Lights
5. Adjusting Material Shininess, Point Lights & Spot Lights
6. Creating an Ivory Material to Texture the Skull
7. Using Bump Maps to Create Metalwork Detail
8. Creating Additional Detail with Bump Maps
9. Using Complex Bump Maps for a Bas-relief Effect
Chapter 4: 32 BITS – PUTTING IT TOGETHER
1. Compositing the Fire Sprite into the Chalice
2. 32 Bit as an Artistic Tool
3. The Final Element: Type
4. Reducing Bit-Depth for Export Using Smart Objects
5. Credits