Book 5

Managing and Processing Your Shots

Contents at a Glance

  1. Chapter 1: Transferring and Managing Photos
    1. Getting a Workflow
    2. Early Decisions
    3. Transferring Photos
    4. Getting a Grip on Your Pictures
    5. Managing Photos
    6. Quickly Processing the Good Ones
    7. Advanced Editing When Desired
    8. Publishing
    9. Archiving
  2. Chapter 2: Quickly Sprucing Up Shots
    1. Software for Sprucing Up Photos
    2. Deciding on an Image Quality
    3. Getting Started
    4. Setting Brightness and Contrast
    5. Correcting and Improving Color
    6. Making Additional Improvements
    7. Finishing Up
    8. Processing Photos In-Camera
  3. Chapter 3: Digging Deeper into Photo Editing
    1. Software for Editing Photos
    2. Dealing with the Mundane Stuff
    3. Dodging and Burning
    4. Using High Pass to Sharpen
    5. Making Minor Adjustments
    6. Applying Changes Selectively with Masks
    7. Mashing Up Versions of the Same Shot
    8. Stamping Out Imperfections and Distractions
    9. Adjusting Final Composition
    10. Words of Caution and Encouragement
  4. Chapter 4: Expressing Your Artistry
    1. Why Be Creative?
    2. Software for Your Artistic Endeavors
    3. Converting to Black and White
    4. Colorizing Your Photos
    5. Experimenting with Artistic Filters
    6. Using In-Camera Creative Styles and Filters
  5. Chapter 5: Creating Panoramas
    1. Shooting Pan-tastic Panoramas
    2. Stitching Photos Together
    3. Stepping Up Your Game
    4. Shooting Automatic Panoramas
  6. Chapter 6: Enjoying HDR Photography
    1. HDR Software
    2. Learning about HDR
    3. Shooting Exposure Brackets for HDR
    4. Tone Mapping in Photomatix Pro
    5. Trying Alternate Techniques