Photographer's Photoshop CS3 Companion

(754 pages, Mac and PC compatible, Sample Images and Actions included)

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Chapter One: Workflow and Orientation

Photographer’s Digital Capture Workflow (significantly updated)
Preparing a File for Output on Inkjet Printers (updated)
Preparing a File for Output on LightJet Printers (updated)
Preparing a File for Screen Viewing (updated)
Setting Preferences for Photoshop (new)
The Most Valuable Shortcuts for Photographers (updated)
More Great Shortcuts and Time-Savers for Photographers (updated)
File Formats and Where They Fit Into the Workflow (updated)
Resolution Made Simple (updated)

Chapter Two: Bridge and Automation

Setting Preferences for Bridge (new)
Bridge: Part One (Managing Your Digital Images) (updated)
Bridge: Part Two (Automation Features) (updated)
Writing an Action (updated)
Stitching Panoramas (updated)

Chapter Three: Raw Converter and Smart Objects

Setting Preferences for Adobe’s Raw Converter (new)
Adobe Raw Converter (significantly updated)
Unbelievably Smart Objects (significantly updated)

Chapter Four: Retouching

Using the Spot Healing Brush, Clone Stamp, and Patch Tools (updated)
Digital Grafting (new)
Removing Dust and Scratches the Most Versatile Way (updated)
Eliminating Red Eye and Adding Catch Lights (updated)
Portrait Retouching (new)
Correcting Perspective with the Lens Correction Dialogue (new)
Straightening a Horizon Using the Ruler Tool (updated)
Extending a Background or Blue Sky (updated)

Chapter Five: Color Correction

The Exquisite Beauty of Adjustment Layers (updated)
Understanding Curves (updated)
One-Click Color Balancing Using a Gray Card and Curves in Color Blend Mode (new)
Correcting Color Casts When a Gray Card or Something Neutral is Not Present (new)
Selectively Lightening or Darkening a Given Area (updated)
The Magic of Shadow/Highlight (updated)

Chapter Six: Selections, Masks, and Channels

Four Great Ways to Make a Selection (new)
Refine Edge Nirvana (new)
Oh, The Magical Mask (updated)
Clipping Masks (updated)
Selecting Difficult Subjects, Like Glass (new)
Sophisticated Selections Using an Existing Channel (updated)

Chapter Seven: Compositing

Four Ways to Hide a Layer (new)
Simulating a Graduated Neutral Density Filter (updated)
Combining Two Exposures to Extend the Latitude of an Image (updated)
Replacing a Sky Using the Quick Selection Tool and the Paste Into Function (updated)
Using Blending Modes to Drop in a Sunset or Add a Glow to Lights and Windows (updated)
Creating Selective Focus on an Image (updated)
Using Auto-Align to Blend Two Photos (new)
Advanced Blending (updated)
CamelBak Marketing Project (new)

Chapter Eight: Black & White and Film Effects

Fine Art Color to Black-and-White Conversions (new)
Black and White Infrared (updated)
Color Infrared (new)
Cross-processing (new)
Mimicking a Polarizing Filter (new)
Combining Monochrome with Sepia or Color (updated)
Hand Coloring an Image (updated)

Chapter Nine: Special Effects

Soft-Glow Double-Exposure Montage (updated)
Multi-Image Montage (new)
Rotated and Flipped Montage (new)
Multiple-Exposure Rotate and Zoom Montage (new)
Multiple-Exposure Macro to Increase Depth of Field (new)
Using Layer Masks to Create Edges (updated)
The Bloom Effect (new)
Giving a Photo the Grunge Treatment (new)
Converting a Photograph into a Painting (new)

Chapter Ten: Color Management, Sharpening, and Output

Getting Started with Color Management (updated)
One Fell Swoop Upsampling (updated)
Sharpening Files for Output (significantly updated)
High Pass Sharpening Routine (new)
Elegant Sharpening of Images Using an Edge Mask Action (updated)
Epson Print Dialogues (Mac) (updated)
Epson Print Dialogues (PC) (updated)

Praise for the Photographer’s Photoshop Companion

“The book is EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!! I just sent an email to the Minnesota Valley people extolling its virtues. You really have a great way of making things like layers understandable, and your coverage of smart objects is one of the best I’ve read. I’ve got a couple people that’ll be really tickled with the infrared section. I told them its like having you handy, except better ’cause you can play with the exercises at 2 a.m.”

David Perez
Northfield, MN

“Mark is a fantastic teacher, both in video and in print. I have both CS2 and CS3 ebooks and would recommend that if you don’t have the CS3 book, you go ahead and upgrade—just the coverage of the new Bridge and Camera Raw will make it more than worthwhile. Mark may not be as well noted as some other authors out there, but I sure have learned a lot more from him than any other author.”

Ross Ramsey
Knoxville, TN

“Your CS3 ebook is tremendous. I am a relative newbie to Photoshop CS3 but am treating it like a college course—lots of studying and reading. I own 3 other books on CS3. Yours is the best of the lot, and I haven’t even scratched the surface given all that is included.”

David Hanson
St. Cloud, MN

“I first purchased Chapter 5 and was so pleased with it that I purchased the whole ebook. After 25 years of teaching, I retired. If my judgment is the least bit valid, I’d say your book would make a great home study course. I’m certainly going to recommend it to my photo friends.”

Jerry Miller
Sun City Center, FL