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Contents
839 pages
Mac and PC compatible
Sample Images and Actions included
Photographer’s Photoshop CS4 Companion Complete Table of Contents
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)
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