Synopses & Reviews
Photoshop CS2 is brimming with new features and serves as a comprehensive follow up to Photoshop CS for Digital Photographers. It is designed and written especially for digital photographers.Using Photoshop CS2 is essentially like having one?s own digital darkroom right on the desktop, which includes all of the tools a photographer needs to achieve professional quality results. To help digital photographers master these tools, Photoshop CS2 for Digital Photographers teaches them professional techniques to overcome the many challenges presented by digital photography. By using these techniques, photographers will be able to bring out the best from any image, and they?ll establish an efficient workflow. Everything from the basics of organizing and renaming pictures in Bridge, processing multiple RAW images and removing blemishes, to adding special effects is taught through practical tutorials and projects. Some of the topics include using curves, creative cropping, color and tone correction, understanding histograms, learning about LAB mode, sharpening and removing grain, retouching faces, batch processing groups of images, using exciting new features like Vanishing Point and Lens Correction, and framing techniques. In addition, special effects that teach how to turn photos into paintings or how to merge multiple images seamlessly into collages are provided. With the techniques and skills taught throughout the book, photographers will learn how to make their photographs shine and manipulate their digital photos into truly customized and personalized images, and they?ll master many of the powerful features of Photoshop CS2. This no-nonsense, completely updated, full color guide is the one resource digital photographers need!
Synopsis
Complete Photoshop CS3 for Digital Photographers is a completely updated edition of this insightful and practical guide to using Photoshop as your photographic editing tool. All of the new featurees of CS3 related to photography are thoroughly covered and wide variety of new photos and tutorials are used to teach you how to organize, enhance, correct, and retouch images; how to do creative things with those images; and how to output them. As with the previous editions, the book is designed and written especially for digital photographers: it teaches them how to use the tools and features of Photoshop, while explaining why and how Photoshop functions the way it does. Using Photoshop CS3 is essentially like having your own desktop digital darkroom, and with the help of tutorials in this book, you'll learn how to master this powerful tool. By working through the various projects, you'll explore the new and enhanced areas of Photoshop, including more in depth coverage of each of these features and how they are improved from the previous version. And to help you master these tools, the book teaches professional techniques for overcoming the many challenges you'll face. After working through the book, you'll be able to bring out the best from any photo, while establishing an efficient workflow. If you truly want to understand and master Photoshop CS3 for digital photography, this is the resource you need.
Synopsis
Complete Photoshop CS2 for Digital Photographers is packed with updated coverage and tutorials on the new features of CS2. As with the first edition, this book is designed and written especially for digital photographers. It teaches you how to organize, enhance, correct, and retouch images; how to do creative things with those images; and how to output them. Using Photoshop CS is essentially like having your own digital darkroom on your desktop, and with the help of tutorials in this book, you'll learn how to master this powerful tool. By working through these projects, you'll explore the new and enhanced areas of Photoshop, including more in depth coverage of Camera Raw and working with multiple images. Expanded coverage of Bridge is also provided. When printing your images, paper choices can be critical, so new coverage about color management and working with profiles for getting accurate prints is detailed. In addition, there is coverage of the new sharpening, noise reduction and retouching tools, and methods. We'll also dive into the Lens Warp filter for fixing crooked and warped images. To help you master these tools the book teaches you professional techniques for overcoming the many challenges you'll face and by using these techniques, youÂ'll be able to bring out the best from any photo, while establishing an efficient workflow. If you truly want to understand and master Photoshop CS2 for digital photography, this is the resource you need.
About the Author
Colin Smith has written numerous books on Photoshop, including previous editions of this book, Photoshop CS for Digital Photographers, How to Do Everything with Photoshop CS2, New Masters of Photoshop, and Photoshop Most Wanted. He is the author of a training series from PhotoshopCD.com. His writing credits also include a regular column in Photoshop User magazine and weekly columns for Planet Photoshop and official NAPP members site. Colin is the founder of Photoshopcafe.com, and his work has been recognized by Computer Arts, MacWorld, Digital Photographer, Advanced Photoshop, Photoshop Creative, and many other magazines. Colin is in high demand as a speaker at conferences around the country.Tim began his career as a commercial and assignment photographer working with clients such as The North Face, Vasque boots, 3M and The International Heart Institute. His editorial and commercial photographs have appeared in Travel and Leisure, New York Times Magazine, Outdoor Photographer, Fly Rod and Reel, Northern Lights and Private Clubs as covers, advertising, art and editorial illustration. Tim is also involved with the Rocky Mountain School of Photography where he teaches workshops, classes, seminars, and formerly served as of Director of Education, Director of the Black and White Program, and Director of Digital Imaging.
Table of Contents
Introduction PART I: BASICS Chapter 1: Considerations Before Shooting Chapter 2: Organization, Automation and Output Chapter 3: Cropping and Sizing PART II: ENHANCEMENT Chapter 4: Image Correction Chapter 5: Color Correction Chapter 6: Sharpening and Noise Reduction PART III: EFFECTS Chapter 7: Image Retouching Chapter 8: Frame and Color Effects PART IV: ADVANCED CONCEPTS Chapter 9: Special Effects Chapter 10:Working with Multiple Images Chapter 11: Collaging Techniques Appendix A: List of Useful Web Sites Appendix B: About the CD-ROM Index