Photoshop CS5 for Photographers

This edition of Real World Photoshop is more tightly focused for the needs and demands of the professional digital photographers. From acquiring images to using an efficient processing workflow to maintaining image quality and final output quality all within the powerful feature set of Adobe Photosh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Chavez, Conrad Author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] Peachpit Press 2010
Edición:1st edition
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009629243106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Building a Photoshop system : Choosing a platform ; Processors and cores ; 64-bit processing, RAM, Virtual memory ; Monitors and video cards
  • 2. Image essentials : Pixels and paths ; Pixels and images ; Resolution ; How much resolution is enough? ; Using the image size dialog ; Resampling ; Image mode
  • 3. Color essentials : Primary colors ; The color wheel ; How colors affect each other ; Device-independent lab color ; Colors in the real world
  • 4. Color settings : What is color management anyway? ; Color management systems explained ; Choosing your working spaces ; Handling color-space conversions ; Photoshop and your monitor ; Assign profile and convert to profile ; Soft-proofing other color spaces ; Converting colors when you print ; Printing to desktop printers ; Troubleshoot by isolating variables
  • 5. Building a digital workflow : Choosing a digital workflow ; Copying files from a camera ; Verifying images ; Refining a shoot using Bridge ; Opening images into Camera Raw ; Camera Raw controls ; Camera Raw preferences ; The output buttons ; Camera Raw workflow options ; Camera Raw image control tabs ; The basic tab ; The tone curve tab ; The detail tab ; The HSL/grayscale tab ; The split toning tab ; The lens corrections tab ; The effects tab ; The camera calibration tab ; The presets tab ; The snapshots tab ; Filmstrip mode ; Copying adjustments to more images ; Generating adjusted images ; Using Adobe Bridge ; Using Bridge windows ; Managing files in Bridge ; Image previews and the cache ; Evaluating and comparing images ; Applying metadata and keywords ; Finding and filtering files ; Presenting your photos ; Exporting to online albums and folders on disk ; The image processor ; About automating with actions ; Using mini Bridge
  • 6. Essential Photoshop tips and tricks : Window tips ; Navigation tips ; Moving tips ; Guide and grid viewing tips ; Dialog tips ; New document tips ; Keyboard shortcut tips ; Tips for tools ; Panels and workspaces ; Setting preferences ; When things go wrong
  • 7. Image adjustment fundamentals : What is image quality, anyway? / Visualizing tonal values with the histogram ; The three basic tonal adjustments ; Making adjustments using levels ; Adjusting levels for color images ; Controlling auto corrections ; The info panel ; Output levels ; Eyedroppers in levels and curves ; Preserving quality as you edit ; Making adjustments using curves ; Hands-on curves ; Using color samplers ; Using shadows/highlights ; Hue, saturation, and lightness ; Vibrance ; Choosing a color mode for editing ; Quick lab mode fixes ; Photo filter ; Replace color ; Selective color ; Channel mixer ; Tools of limited usefulness
  • 8. The digital darkroom : Adjustment layer basics ; Creating adjustment layers ; Controlling adjustment layers ; Selections, masks, and channels ; Using the masks panel ; Adjusting images using blending modes ; Dodging and burning by hand ; Using history to mix adjustments ; Soft-proofing an image for print
  • 9. Making selections : Reviewing the basics ; Selection strategies ; Selecting areas manually ; Selecting with edge detection tools ; Tips for using selection tools ; Selecting by tone or color ; Anti-aliasing and feathering ; Selecting difficult edges ; The modify submenu ; Floating selections ; Quick masks ; Selecting with channels ; Selections, layers, and masks
  • 10. Sharpness, detail, and noise reduction : What's sharpening all about? ; Why unsharp masking? ; A practical sharpening workflow ; Sharpening techniques ; Sharpening in Photoshop vs. Camera Raw ; Smart sharpen ; Noise reduction
  • 11. Essential image techniques : The color of grayscale ; Creating HDR images ; Retouching ; Using the Clone Source panel ; Correcting lens distortions ; Blending images automatically ; Depth of field effects ; Content-aware scaling ; Vectors vs. pixels ; Smart objects ; The nondestructive workflow ; Text ; Filters and effects ; Actions and scripting
  • 12. Image storage and output : Save as ; Opening images ; Printing from Photoshop ; Preparing images for online services ; Creating output for prepress ; Creating images for the web ; Saving images for the web ; File formats ; Compressing images.