Steinmueller B., Steinmueller U.
Table of contents :
INTRODUCTION……Page 13
INTRODUCTION TO THE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY WORKFLOW……Page 14
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK / HOW THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED……Page 15
USING PCS AND MACS……Page 16
COMPUTER CONFIGURATION……Page 17
THE RAW FILE ADVANTAGE?……Page 18
COLOR ALIASING / MOIRÉS……Page 24
WHAT ABOUT ONLY USING JPEG AND NOT RAW?……Page 25
OPTIMIZE EXPOSURE USING YOUR CAMERA’S HISTOGRAM……Page 27
COLOR CHANNEL CLIPPING……Page 28
CORRECT WHITE BALANCE (WB) FOR OPTIMAL COLOR QUALITY……Page 30
WORKFLOW OVERVIEW……Page 31
PRINCIPLE WORKFLOW STEPS (THE “WHAT”)……Page 32
ESSENTIAL DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING KNOWLEDGE (THE “HOW”)……Page 33
ADVANCED DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING KNOWLEDGE……Page 34
COMPUTER TRANSFER AND ORGANIZING YOUR PHOTOS……Page 35
THE DIGITAL NEGATIVE/SLIDE……Page 39
IMAGE PREVIEWS WITH THE PHOTOSHOP CS FILE BROWSER……Page 40
IMAGE PREVIEWS WITH THE CAPTURE ONE DSLR (C1)……Page 41
IMAGE PREVIEWS WITH THUMBSPLUS (PC ONLY)……Page 43
DIGITAL DARKROOM BASICS……Page 44
RGB COLOR MODE……Page 45
CMYK COLOR MODE……Page 46
WHY YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND COLOR MANAGEMENT……Page 47
COLOR WORKING SPACES……Page 52
PROFILES FOR DEVICES……Page 53
PHOTOSHOP COLOR AND MONITOR PROFILE SETTINGS……Page 54
OPENING FILES BY DROPPING THEM ONTO PHOTOSHOP……Page 57
INSPECTING YOUR IMAGE……Page 58
WHY USE 16 BITS PER CHANNEL?……Page 60
DOCUMENT SIZE……Page 63
CHANGING PPI……Page 64
UPSIZING IMAGES……Page 65
JPEG……Page 67
PHOTOSHOP PSD……Page 68
FILE HISTORY……Page 69
IMPROVE YOUR IMAGE WITH LEVELS……Page 72
USE S-CURVES FOR CONTRAST TUNING……Page 74
CONTROL BRIGHTNESS……Page 75
PHOTOSHOP CS SHADOW/HIGHLIGHT TOOL……Page 77
HOW PHOTOSHOP UNSHARP MASK WORKS……Page 80
THE TWO STEP APPROACH……Page 83
SHARPENING TOOLS……Page 84
CLICK ON A GRAY……Page 85
WARMING AND COOLING FILTER SIMULATIONS……Page 87
UNDERSTANDING THE HSB COLOR MODEL……Page 89
USING THE HUE/SATURATION TOOL FOR COLOR CORRECTIONS……Page 90
PHOTOSHOP CS PHOTO FILTER……Page 92
A NOTE ON SATURATION……Page 93
ADDING AND SUBTRACTING SELECTIONS……Page 94
LASSO TOOL……Page 95
MAGIC WAND TOOL……Page 96
FEATHER SELECTIONS……Page 97
SAVING AND LOADING SELECTIONS……Page 98
RETOUCHING DUST SPOTS……Page 101
PATCH TOOL……Page 102
USING SELECTION WITH THE HEALING BRUSCH……Page 104
IMPROVE YOUR WORKFLOW WITH ACTIONS……Page 106
YOUR FIRST ACTION……Page 107
OPEN DIALOGS INSIDE ACTIONS……Page 108
REARRANGING AND DELETING STEPS IN ACTIONS……Page 109
CHANGE THE SETTINGS FOR A SINGLE STEP……Page 110
THE POWER OF PHOTOSHOP HISTORY……Page 111
PURGE HISTORY……Page 112
USING RAW CONVERTERS……Page 113
THE RAW WORKFLOW ……Page 114
RAW CONVERTER RESPONSIBILITIES ……Page 115
RAW CONVERTER ESSENTIALS……Page 117
OTHER IMPORTANT FEATURES……Page 121
SOME MORE USEFUL FEATURES……Page 123
ADOBE CAMERA RAW 2.0 (ACR)……Page 125
INTEGRATION INTO THE PHOTOSHOP CS FILE BROWSER……Page 127
CAMERA RAW 2.0 USER INTERFACE OVERVIEW……Page 128
THE USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS ……Page 129
CAMERA RAW’S MAIN CONTROLS……Page 131
ADVANCED FILE BROWSER INTEGRATION……Page 146
PHASE ONE’S CAPTURE ONE DSLR (C1)……Page 149
SETUP……Page 150
RAW FILE BROWSER……Page 152
IMAGE PROCESSING……Page 153
NIKON CAPTURE……Page 160
SETUP……Page 161
MAIN FEATURES……Page 163
WHITE BALANCE (WB)……Page 166
SAVE AND LOAD SETTINGS……Page 167
USING PHOTOSHOP LAYERS……Page 168
UNDERSTANDING THE LAYERS PALETTE……Page 170
YOUR FIRST LAYER……Page 173
CHANGING OPACITY……Page 174
UNDERSTAND BLENDING MODES……Page 175
FINE TUNING WITH ADJUSTMENT LAYERS……Page 177
WORK SELECTIVE WITH LAYER MASKS……Page 179
FLATTEN IMAGE……Page 181
MERGING LAYERS……Page 182
APPLY ACTIONS AND FILTERS IN NEW LAYERS……Page 184
USING THE CROP TOOL ……Page 186
MINIMIZE S-CURVE SIDE EFFECTS……Page 192
HOW TO REMOVE MOIRÉS……Page 195
USE AUTO COLORS TO TUNE CONTRAST……Page 197
OPTIMIZE LAYERS WITH ADVANCED BLENDING OPTIONS……Page 203
DODGE AND BURN USING LAYERS……Page 205
BASIC DIGITAL WORKFLOW……Page 209
CAPTURING PHOTOS IN THE FIELD……Page 210
TRANSFER IMAGES TO YOU COMPUTER……Page 211
PREVIEW IMAGES……Page 212
RAW CONVERSION PHASE (NOT FOR JPEGS)……Page 214
REMOVING NOISE……Page 215
CROP NOW, IF YOU NEED TO SAVE SOME TIME……Page 216
REMOVE COLORCAST (WB)……Page 217
IMPROVE CONTRAST USING S-CURVES IN A CURVES ADJUSTMENT LAYER……Page 218
CORRECTING BRIGHTNESS WITH CURVES……Page 220
SELECTIVE COLOR CORRECTIONS……Page 221
PERSPECTIVE CORRECTION……Page 222
LENS CORRECTION……Page 223
ARCHIVING……Page 224
ADVANCED PHOTOSHOP WORKFLOW TECHNIQUES……Page 225
SELECTIVE SATURATION IMPROVEMENTS……Page 226
MORE SATURATION AND CONTRAST TRICKS……Page 231
DIGITAL PERSPECTIVE CORRECTIONS……Page 240
REFINED PERSPECTIVE CORRECTION ……Page 242
CORRECT YOUR LENS DISTORTIONS……Page 246
IN PHOTOSHOP……Page 248
WITH COLOR MECHANIC PRO……Page 250
SAMPLE SESSION WITH LUMINOSITY MASK……Page 256
CONTRAST MASKING……Page 262
PAINTING USING LAYER MASKS……Page 267
GAIN HIGHER RESOLUTION THROUGH STITCHING……Page 271
STITCHING IN PHOTOSHOP CS……Page 272
ADVANCED SHARPENING WITH LAYERS……Page 280
UPSIZE SHARPENING……Page 281
DARK/BRIGHT HALO SHARPENING……Page 283
EDGE MASK SHARPENING……Page 284
THE “DOP SHARPENING FRAME” ACTIONS……Page 290
ADDING SOME DIGITAL “SUN”……Page 293
BRUSHING OFF YOUR NOISE……Page 297
REDUCE CHROMATIC ABERRATION (CA)……Page 300
USEFUL PHOTOSHOP TOOLS……Page 304
NIK SHARPENER……Page 305
PHOTOKIT SHARPENER……Page 306
NOISE NINJA……Page 307
POWERRETOUCHE……Page 308
PRINTING & PUBLISHING……Page 309
LIGHTJET PRINTING……Page 310
NOTE ON METAMERISM……Page 311
SETUP THE EPSON DRIVERS……Page 313
PRINTING IN PHOTOSHOP……Page 315
UPSIZING……Page 316
IMAGEPRINT RIP (MAC AND PC)……Page 317
QIMAGE (PC ONLY)……Page 318
PRESENT YOUR PHOTOS ON THE WEB……Page 320
CREATING B&W PHOTOS FROM COLOR IMAGES……Page 325
TURN COLOR IMAGES INTO B&W……Page 326
B&W USING CHANNEL MIXER……Page 327
ADVANCED B&W CONVERSION……Page 331
B&W USING A PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN……Page 336
COLORIZING YOUR IMAGES……Page 341
COLOR CONVERSION TECHNIQUES ……Page 345
B&W WITH ARC 2.0……Page 346
B&W THUMBNAILS AND PREVIEWS……Page 348
B&W WITH CAPTURE ONE DSLR……Page 349
WORKING IN COLOR & B&W ……Page 352
BACKUP AND ARCHIVE YOUR IMAGES……Page 355
BACKUP MEDIA……Page 356
A NOTE ON RAW FILES……Page 357
THUMBSPLUS PRO (PC ONLY)……Page 358
REFERENCES……Page 360
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