JOHN SHAW'S PHOTOSHOP CS3 GUIDE
John Shaw's Photoshop CS3 Guide is a book about the digital darkroom, written for nature photographers. It is an eBook available as a downloadable PDF file, a format accessible by both Windows and Macs.
This is not a work on the pros and cons of digital capture, or on how to use a digital camera. It is not a book on making montages or on portrait retouching. It is a book about producing the best quality digital images, whether you're starting from direct digital capture or from film scans. I discuss step-by-step the work flow and procedures that I use in Photoshop to work on my images. While I specifically discuss using Photoshop CS3, many of the techniques apply to other versions of Photoshop and to Elements.
The Table of Contents:
- The Digital Darkroom
- Bridge
- Adobe Camera RAW
- Four Raw Conversions
- Color Settings
- Preferences
- Photoshop's Tools Panel
- Workspaces and Panels
- Photoshop Shortcuts
- Workflow
- Adjustment Layers
- Cloning And Healing
- Dodging And Burning - Part One
- Dodging And Burning - Part Two
- Neutralizing A Color Cast
- Masking
- Contrast Masking
- Shadow/Highlight
- Luminosity Masking
- Masking In The Middle
- Four Ways To Tone Down A Sky
- The Quick Selection Tool
- Color Range Selection
- Using Hue/Saturation To Target a Color
- Blending Two Exposures - Basic Masking
- Blending Two Exposures - Advanced Masking
- Refine Edge To Fix The Mask
- Blending Two Raw Conversion
- The Patch Tool
- The Bloat Tool
- Panoramic Images By Stitching
- Panoramic Images Using Photomerge
- Darkening The Corners Of An Image
- Converting Color To Black And White
- Stroking An Edge
- Quick And Easy Posters
- Add A Mat Border
- Smart Sharpen
- Soft Proofing And Out Of Gamut Color
- Make A Print
- Make A PDF Electronic Photo Book
- The Image Processor
- On The Road
- Extras Projects
- Resources
- Glossary Of Imaging Terms
The book is profusely illustrated showing the Photoshop menu choices you should make,
and step-by-step instructions to achieve the results you want.
306 pages. This eBook is in downloadable PDF format, accessible by both Windows and Macs. Price: $30.
