Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom 4 by Laskevitch, Stephen -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Introduction

About the Photographer’s Handbook Who Should Use This Book Steps for Using This Book Conventions Photoshop Versions Mac vs. Microsoft Windows Operating Systems System Requirements Section 1: The Setup

Important Terms & Concepts

Some Background What is a Digital Image? Pixels Dots & Sensors Image Size Resolution Resampling/Interpolation Native Resolution Color & Tone Bits & Bytes Bit Depth Channels/Color Models Color Management File Formats for Digital Imaging DNG & Raw Files Photoshop (*.PSD) & Large Document Format (*.PSB) TIFF (*.TIFF, *.TIF) JPEG (*.JPG, *.JPEG) PDF Files The Lightroom Catalog

System Configuration

Computer Requirements Work Environment Light Colors Application Preferences & Settings Color Settings

The Interface: A Hands-on Tour

Finding Your Way in Photoshop Layers Masks A Typical Document’s Layers Panels & Workspaces The Tools Keyboard Shortcuts & Menu Modification Navigation & Viewing Finding Your Way in Bridge What is Bridge? Exploring Bridge—A Guided Tour Metadata Searches & Collections Integration with Other Applications Export & Output Finding Your Way in Adobe Camera Raw Tools Image Adjustment Panels Shortcuts & Navigation Finding Your Way In Lightroom Panels & Modules Vital Keyboard Shortcuts Section 2: The Workflow

A Brief Overview

Capture & Import Organize & Archive Global Adjustments Local Adjustments Cleanup & Retouching Creative Edits & Alternates Output-: Digital Files, Print, Web, & Slideshow

Capture & Import

Capture Shoot Raw Lens Profile Creator Standard Practices Digitall Negative Import Deferred Import Configure Bridge Adobe Photo Downloader Automatic Import Tethered Capture Do NOT Reorganize Outside Lightroom

Organizing & Archiving Images

Rating Systems & Methods Rating in Bridge Filtering in Bridge Rating in Lightroom Filtering in Lightroom Keywords & Other Metadata Keywords Copyright & Contact Data: Bridge Metadata Templates Keywords in Bridge Copyright & Contact Data: Lightroom Metadata Presets Keywords in Lightroom Labels: Workflow Landmarks File Management Folders vs. Collections Metadata Challenges Moving & Archiving Files Multi-Computer Image Management: Two Examples

Global Adjustments

Nondestructive Editing: A Lifestyle Getting Started White Balance Tone Histograms Tone Curves Exposure & Contrast Highlights & Shadows Whites & Blacks Tone Curve Panel Brightness/Contrast Levels Curves (Take 1) Shadows/Highlights HDR Toning Color & Presence Hue, Saturation, & Luminance Split Toning Clarity Vibrance & Saturation HSL Black-and-White Split Toning Vibrance Hue/Saturation Photo Filter Curves (Take 2): Per Channel Contrast Adjustment Color Balance Black & White Split Toning Details: Sharpening & Noise Reduction Sharpness Noise Sharpening Noise Reduction Smart Sharpen Reduce Noise Filter Lens & Composition Corrections Cropping & Straightening Barrel & Pincushion Distortions Convergence Vignetting Chromatic Aberration Crop & Straighten Lens Correction Profiles & Tools Saving & Sharing Develop Settings Presets & Copying Color Corrections

Local Adjustments

Defining an Adjustment’s Scope Graduated Adjustments Painting Adjustments Painting Tools & Brush Presets Painting Adjustments Example: Dodging & Burning Precise Area Adjustments To-do: Select, Create an Adjustment, Refine the Mask Select Create an Adjustment Refine the Mask Example: Reducing Local Color Casts

Cleaning & Retouching

Removing Dust & Defects Cloning Healing Sampling, Sources, & Alignment Content Awareness Spot Removal Tool Vital Preliminaries Removing Small Defects Clone Stamp Tool Healing Brush Spot Healing Brush Save the Clean Image Larger Defects Content-Aware Fill Patch Tool Content-Aware Move Tool Transformations Free Transform Liquify Filter Content Aware Scaling (CAS)

Creative Edits & Alternates

Managing Versions Virtual Copies & Snapshots Layer Comps Saving Copies Combining Images Compositing Two or More Images Blending Merging Images Photographic Effects Focus Effects Film Grain Video

Output-

Digital Deliverables Save a Copy Image Processor Export Publish Services Print Output Best Practices Components of a Good Print The Final Print Process Printing Directly Book Web A Note on Web Images A Fully Manual Approach Save for Web Building a Web Gallery Slideshows Building a Slideshow Have Fun!

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