Mark S. Johnson Photography

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

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Chapter One: Workflow and Orientation

Photographer’s Digital Capture Workflow (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)
File Formats and Where They Fit Into the Workflow (updated)
Resolution Made Simple (updated)
Setting Preferences for Photoshop (updated)
The Most Valuable Shortcuts for Photographers (updated)
More Great Shortcuts and Time-Savers for Photographers (updated)

Chapter Two: Bridge and Automation

Setting Preferences for Bridge (updated)
Significant New Features in Bridge (new)
Bridge: Part One (Managing Your Digital Images) (updated)
Bridge: Part Two (Automation Features) (updated)

• Batch Renaming
• Adding a Copyright to Multiple Images
• Running an Action on a Series of Images (Batch Processing)
• Batch Processing a Series of Camera Raw Images
• Using Image Processor to Batch Process a Series of Images
• Loading Files into Photoshop Layers
• Using PDF Photo Gallery to Create a Contact Sheet
• Using PDF Photo Gallery to Create a PDF Presentation
• Using Web Gallery to Create a Web Page

Writing an Action (updated)
Stitching Panoramas (updated)

Chapter Three: Adobe Camera Raw and Smart Objects

Setting Preferences for Adobe Camera Raw (updated)
Significant New Features in Adobe Camera Raw (new)
Adobe Camera Raw (significantly updated)

• Adjustment Brush
• Graduated Filter
• Targeted Adjustment Tool
• Post Crop Vignetting
• Crop Preview
• Snapshots

Unbelievably Smart Objects (updated)

Chapter Four: Retouching

Using the Spot Healing Brush, Clone Stamp, and Patch Tools (updated)
Retouching Along a Sensitive Edge (How to Set Up a Protective Barrier) (new)
Digital Grafting (updated)
Automatically Removing Undesirable Subjects Using Median Stack Mode (new)
Portrait Retouching (updated)

• Reducing Blemishes and Smile Lines
• Softening Pores and Skin
• Color Correcting Skin Tones
• Creating a Skin Tone Reference File
• Reducing Stains on Teeth
• Dodging and Burning (with the improved Dodge and Burn tools)
• Restoring Saturation to Lips and Eyes

Correcting Perspective, Vignetting, and Horizons in the Lens Correction Dialog (updated)
Straightening a Horizon Using the Ruler Tool (updated)
Using Content-Aware Scaling to Extend a Background or Sky (new)
Improving a Landscape Photograph with Content-Aware Scaling (new)

Chapter Five: Color Correction

The Exquisite Beauty of Adjustment Layers (updated)

• Using Levels to Establish the Brightest and Darkest Values
• Using Curves to Set Midtone Contrast
• Using Color Balance to Remove a Color Cast from the Shadows, Midtones, and/or Highlights
• Using Selective Color to Change the Color Balance of Existing Colors
• Using Hue/Saturation to Intensify Existing Colors
• Recording and Using the “Five Essential Adjustment Layers” Action

Understanding Curves (updated)
Selectively Lightening or Darkening a Given Area (updated)
The Sledge Hammer of Color Correction (new)
One-Click Color Balancing Using a Gray Card and Curves in Color Blend Mode (updated)
Correcting Color Casts When a Gray Card or Something Neutral is Not Present (updated)
The Magic of Shadows/Highlights (updated)

Chapter Six: Selections, Masks, and Channels

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

Chapter Seven: Compositing

Four Ways to Hide a Layer (updated)
Simulating a Graduated Neutral Density Filter (updated)
Combining Two Exposures to Extend the Tonal Latitude of an Image (updated)
Replacing a Sky Using the Quick Selection Tool and the Paste Into Function (updated)
Replacing a Sky Using a Brilliant Blending Mode (updated)
Creating Selective Focus on an Image (updated)
Using Auto-Align to Blend Two Photos (updated)
Focus Blending (new)
Demystifying the Blend If Sliders (updated)

Chapter Eight: Black & White and Film Effects

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

Chapter Nine: Special Effects

Soft-Glow Double-Exposure Montage (updated)
Painting with Light (new)
Multi-Image Montage (updated)
Mirror Montage (updated)
Multiple-Exposure Rotate and Zoom Montage (updated)
Multiple-Exposure Rotate and Zoom Montage with a Mask (new)
Multiple-Exposure Impressionism (new)
Creative Edges Using Layer Masks (updated)
Giving a Photo the Grunge Treatment (updated)
Creating God Beams (new)
Simulating the Lensbaby Effect (new)

Chapter Ten: Color Management, Sharpening, and Output

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

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