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Contents
Foreword by Tony Sweet xv
Foreword by George D. Lepp
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Introduction
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Chapter 1
Thinking Digitally
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Photographic Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Choosing RAW versus JPEG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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What’s So Great about RAW?
Advantages and Disadvantages of Shooting JPEGs
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Understanding Histograms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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Types of Histograms
Interpreting Histograms
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Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
“Expose Right” by Michael Reichmann 21
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White Balance in Nature Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Color Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Monitor Calibration
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Photographing Images to Composite Later . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Expanding Camera Capabilities
Photographing Parts of the Scene Individually
Image Components
Ethical Considerations
Aperture and Lightroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Chapter 2
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Storage Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Bridge
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Customizing Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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Setting Bridge Preferences
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Downloading Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Creating a Metadata Template
Renaming Your Images After Import
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Bridge Views and Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Filmstrip Views
Other Views
Recognizing the Icons Stacking Images
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Sorting and Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Zooming and Comparing Images
Rating Images
Labeling Images
Using the Filter Panel
Creating Collections
Using Keywords
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Additional Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Mini Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Chapter 3
Adobe Camera Raw
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Using the ACR Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Seeing Your Image within ACR
Cropping and Rotating within ACR
Using the Spot Removal Tool
Controlling the Default Appearance of Your Image
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Using the Basic Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Setting White Balance
Adjusting Tonalities
Using the Recovery and Fill Light Sliders
Using the Brightness and Contrast Sliders
Modifying Clarity, Vibrance, and Saturation
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Setting the Other Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Setting the Tone Curves: The Tone Curve Tab Sharpening and Reducing Noise: The Detail Tab
Correcting Color: The HSL/Grayscale Tab
Alternate Interpretations: The Split Toning Tab
Fixing Aberration and Vignetting: The Lens Corrections Tab
Adding Grain and Vignetting: The Effects Tab
Accounting for Camera Variation: The Camera Calibration Tab
Preset Tab
Snapshot Tab
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Making Localized Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Using the Adjustment Brush Using the Graduated Filter
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Making Targeted Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Setting ACR Workflow Options and Saving Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Choosing the Space
Choosing the Depth
Choosing the File Size and Resolution
“Sharpen For” Options
Opening an Image as a Smart Object
Finishing Up in ACR
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Batch-Converting Multiple Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Chapter 4
Foundations
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Customizing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Color Settings
Preferences
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Views and Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Application Bar
Windows and Workspaces
Zoom Tool
Hand Tool
Navigator Panel
Navigating by Keyboard Shortcuts
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Selection Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
The Lasso Tool
The Magnetic Lasso
The Magic Wand
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The Quick Selection Tool
Using the Refine Edge Controls
Combining Tools
Saving and Loading Selections
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Brush Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Chapter 5
Brush Panel
The Color Replacement Tool
The History Brush
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Workflows and First Steps
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Understanding Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Flexible and Traditional Workflows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
Smart Objects
Smart Filters
The Flexible Workflow
The Traditional Workflow
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Cropping and Straightening in Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Cropping
Straightening Horizons
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Doing Cleanup in Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Chapter 6
Zooming, Navigating, and Layering for Cleanup
The Photoshop Cleanup Tools
Removing Dust
Removing an Undesirable Object
Creating New Background on Empty Canvas
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Exposure Adjustments
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Shooting for Optimal Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Using the CS5 Adjustments Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Tonal Adjustments with Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Revealing Detail
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Targeting Adjustments Using a Layer Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Masking a Selection
Using the Color Range Option
Painting on a Mask
Refining the Layer Mask
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Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Clipping Preview
Anchor Points
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Creating a Virtual Split Neutral-Density Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Safe Dodge and Burn Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Setting Up
Painting with Light
Correcting Mistakes
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The Shadows/Highlights Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Emphasizing Your Subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Chapter 7
Color Adjustments
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Recognizing Color Casts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Using Hue/Saturation to Reveal a Color Cast
Using the Info Panel to Reveal a Color Cast
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Removing Color Casts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Subjective Methods for Removing a Color Cast
Objective Method for Removing a Color Cast
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Adding a Color Cast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Modifying Colors to Match Nature or Add Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Adjusting Hue and Saturation
Adjusting Vibrance versus Saturation
Fine-Tuning with Selective Color
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Using Layer Masks with Color Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Chapter 8
Composites
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Creating Panoramas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Photomerge
Matching the Exposures of Each Segment of the Panorama
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Expanding Dynamic Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Shooting to Expand Latitude The “Cookbook” Approach to Expanding Latitude Expanding Latitude via Merge to HDR Pro
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Extending the Depth of Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Combining Elements from Multiple Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Chapter 9
Advanced Selection Methods
Compositing the Elements
Replacing a Sky or Other Background
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Creative Effects
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Black and White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Converting to Black and White
Colorizing Black-and-White Images
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Painterly Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Using Smart Filters on Smart Objects
Using Filters without Smart Objects
Lens Correction Filter
Blurs
The Liquify Filter
Using the Filter Gallery
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Digital Montages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Blending Modes
Surreal Montages
Mirror or Flip Montages
Mirror Images
Multiple-Subject Montages
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Digital Multiple Exposures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Content-Aware Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Chapter 10
Output
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Output Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Duplicating the Image
Resizing
Reducing Noise
Sharpening
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Printing Your Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Soft-Proofing Configuring the Print Settings
Choosing the Best Paper
Adding Borders
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Creating Business Cards and Greeting Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Creating a Business-Card Layout
Creating the Print Layout
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Using Adobe Output Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Chapter 11
Contact Sheets
Creating a Web Gallery
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Time-Savers
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Actions and Batch Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .452
Creating an Action
Advanced Controls in Actions
Batch Processing
Creating a Droplet
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Using the Image Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Creating a Copyright Brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Individualizing Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Index
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