Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • Teach Yourself Photoshop

    Uploaded by

    Bruna Silva
    151 views222 pages
    photoshop book

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    photoshop book

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    151 views222 pages

    Teach Yourself Photoshop

    Uploaded by

    Bruna Silva
    photoshop book

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    of 222
    Fal » fal => = ° iS S ry ©. =5 z op ° a fo} ra a S mo} a) = 5 : g 3 a nA masterclass 224 PAGES OF EXPERT PHOTO ADVICE a(=-TeaB ol exci MAK BETTER PHOTOS featuring 10 expert video tutorials aD); re PICK UP YOUR COPY TODAY www.bit.ly/tylightroom Also available on digital devices epee Teach yourself mai eer ee et Photoshop ec eee ce moment you press the camera's shutter release bution, but it doesn't end there. Sometimes the cameta makes a mistake, you compose the picture ina rush or an eee eo eee ee a ee ee eee eee CS ke sen your computer screen can look like a rather pale imitation of aes eee eee ee Pere Eee Serene eee reputation for being difficult, but in fact i’sa supremely well-designed application with a clean and simple interface that’s welcoming for beginners but offers experts all the Pe epee ee ee eer that stand between a good photo and a great one; it ean help {you restore the drama, beauty and atmosphere you're trying to-capture, and — as well all know ~ it can supercharge” See ea ees ee Soca e ea etc eee ag best from Photoshop CC and your own photography. We Peace uate tu acd Lightroom, get the best possible quality from your raw files with Adobe Camera Raw, and unleash the full power of Photoshop's selections, masks and layers tools. We'd also like to offer you 40% off our accompanying, 50-part Teach yourself Photoshop DVD training course. To claim the discount, simply use the voucher code MFMDVD Pee eee ere ‘See more details about this offer on page 166. cored Rod Lawton, Editor aan Ra/ZNK6 CAS from the makers of Cathera GET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 CHAPTER 1 Organise your images 6 Ietroduangthe Lightroom werksasee How LghtroomandPraoerop werktogstier Frtechsngthe Sage warkapace. lngortyour pheosinia Ere. ‘tema ahead toyour rages Organise yeurtmagesmnBige.. ™ CHAPTER 2 Raw file processing 2 Introducngthe CameraReweitor —_ x Inprovecontastandcaburinyourravfies. 26 DDoeven moro th Carers 28 Make sloeverawadstments 0 Hewtoremove atmosphere 4 Crestearalogetects whtheGranandVenaisiode. 36 Abply ns ancporspechvecoreciors we. Sdectestar space leforratandexportapiore a0 CHAPTER 3 Essential tools a2 Intreduangine Photoshop workspace ws Inreducngthe Protech Toole pana Recampose andtrm patos witthe Crap tal Leamtouselmage Sue and arvasSesetngs Hesse powe of ausien! yes Master evel acter, Master Curves n Pro Dut colours selectively thre /Saturaton Crestebiackand whe magestromcobu pos 62 Conrlacustents wahiajer mash. CHAPTER 4 Get creative with layers 66 Introduangthe Layers pant _-68 Resebancecaletyers thw Fanclomiaats 70 BecreaivewithGlendmades... a Organceyourbyersettoent 8 Adespecaltectsusng ayer Sis, 2 CHAPTER 5 Making selections 2 IrtroduanePhotostn'ssalecton tons sith rasertocstoremevebackgrunde Lean tousetnebase marueessectertont. Howto sete 32601008 ann - PPaloshoosintligentslecton ol. . Cresteproce,eatable selections wih tien oc ing selections Quck Maskrrode, 102 Perle youredactone ing Rethe Ee. 108 CHAPTER 6 Masks and montages 108 Irtroduane Photoshop layer mass. 10 Makebtter masks wine Mask Properties pan 12 Make asurretcorvat my Panthers anda us ~ CHAPTER 7 Photoshop filters no esby exacts, 22 adtcreateafets oye phos athe 4 Eatimagesvath he CareraReaw iter 180. lempove ages wih conve bar 1 CHAPTER & Common photo fixes 136 Sharpen nyo images. Keep the (ih 80) nse one CConacteistartin withthe Ada Wide ng tol Femovefaustrryour photos —— - Splrethepeaing totsandther capable. Recorpase proto aththecortetaware took Retourhgevtats strong tha Dodge nd Burton. Improveslandscape windodargancbumeg. CHAPTER 9 Creative effects 168 Mate apareramiclanscapen Peioshop. Combine ran es eto apaneramainCamers Ra Merge HOR exposures Camera Faw Learnon ousethe HOR Tern tl : Ceestesrrctxingloy mortage ake smeingdorcer Creestumingspras CHAPTER 10 Advanced features 190 savour Pholosteps automat Actors 12 Crete sn tonto enhance lansscape 186 ExplocePhloshopsceatvebrushtps 108 (Cresta abort tes andespten= 202 Matea2D creat. aa 206 iroduingthe ton workspace a0 Enarceaviceocip. - 7 lrodueng Preoshopsaneraton oak 24 Prepare your photos forint ae Prepare your photos fora andon-sreen se 222 GET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 Teach yourself Photoshop Organising images Get started in Photoshop fast by learning the best ways to import and organise your images O S teten Introducing the ‘the Hghtroom me aU rsogapty Plan, you get Photoshop Lightroom as well as Photoshop itsell Here's an introduction o Lightroom Using Lightroom with Photos! Adobe Lightroom corte the power af Adobe Camera Raw with advanced cataloging tools Find ourhow icean work alongside Photathop. 1 2D bree Krtroducing the the De ee aps aaa ley areas of Btidge'= photo-onsanising soreapace and iscover how to customise tt suit oar needs 1. Ae Import you your photos and organise and hem in prepation terdidngnBoteanoy Add metadata and Discover how to pittect your phetos 2nd me then ese fin inthe ature wing smnbedded brage meta Segal: your images in Bridge ee ee scxue tobelp sow find particular plete ges and easily using Collections GET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 Introducing the Lightroom layout You can use Lightroom as your photo organisational tool instead of Adobe Bridge, and here's a guide to how it works hotoshop users now havea choice of image organisational tools Traditionally Photoshop has been twinned with Adobe Bridge — Bridge does the organising and Photoshop does the editing. But the introduction of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom has widened the rmgular“perpetal licence (Lightroom 6 or as pert of Adobe's subecrntion Photography Plan. The fact, yo ate using Photoshop CC then you almost certainly have sccem fo Lightroom as prt of our Subscription package at no extra cost and it ‘an prove an extremely useful tol both for including raw files, before passing them over 10 Photoshop for more deed or ‘So does this make Bride absolete? Not at all Many photographers prefer the simplicity (of Bridge and don't need Lighteoom's more Powerful ~ and more complex ~ organisa~ onal tools, However, f you tat to find Bridge too restrictive and inlexble, rapping ‘0 Lightroom coule make a big ciferene choice. the time of writing, Lightroom is snilable both ara standalone program sith Lightroom’s ort tc OL ‘managing a lage collection of photograph, citing them direst or pe-editing mages, workflow modules Je Li om ifr Ad troorr shat boaa ee win toon {er eonmerclptegephes who ‘totter teers arange ot retrain products anaseces ‘SLIDESHOW [esertatanter cents ends forty Sideanown cana Spl ascompleatedas you wart PRINT Lgptoemtes extensive printiyeut ptons sng er muti mages. ‘ouput setng ard he aby rete LIBRARY DEVELOP ‘MAP WEB This tewhereyouimportyox photos ‘Theiewhere youl nd igrroom's_Lightoor can automata pce ‘tothe Lgntroomcnsegueorpance cling oo, Tey the same, flagend mages ona men apy ‘hein Fede an Coleen ad ‘args labes. hynacds ana more those coe Camera aw ot rangedina smartnen trac, ‘eimages iat onthave “Baasing trae to your ne Pst. a ‘Lightroom Library in He FOLDERS FILTER BAR COLLECTIONS GRID VIEW GET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 Prot Mee Eat Other Aoestn. Seca be fe Shope 3:1 Prshere dt ick Clcin dnt) SE ae er ‘Stacking eects a eae. ‘Open as Smart Object in Photoshop. aot me es Ena acgrund Opto Using Lightroom with Photoshop You can send images to Photoshop for in-depth editing and the new versions are added to your library ings confusing i toremember about Lightroom st ke those in Adobe Camera Raw eo Camera Calibration in Lightroom Lens Corrections in Lightroom Lf youte using Lightoous io pie our Sagas i rection profiles skes oer fom Adobe Camera Rae ~ yo make the these oionsin fame adjastments in the Develop mal a yo woul the Lens Correction pane! Make sure you check the Remve ‘ACR. For ample here we've wed the Camera Callsaton (Chromatic Aberzatin’ and‘Constain Crop owes foo This {ab to eplcae ur comers Landscape colour retion tll peti of colour figing an ens dst Format: P50 lor Space: ProPheto ROB Edit in Other Application. snalog Efex Pro 2 lor Efex Pro 4 External editor preferences the Lihtoom Meeencs andthe External Eating roms Lighrmn to Photoshop Seto ihe the {ah Photoshop Ce shold ead be sted ae the an o and chose Ei in» atin Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 thote but mite sure the fle fora tet Paseo PSD he conan men, Loom wilson acomered ‘Sale! the it det tsb for be gual ISPSD forma leo Potoch, cher wl ope Edit and save Back in Lightroom So here we've madea fe changer oor Now. f we head back to Lghrom we se tha the new Potothop sidings teh Brest which iat Thototop-edted age hasbeen added tothe cry posible inLightoom ~and then we cove te image tocave ff. alongside the erting one Hoe need to we can rveditte specication bcos ta led born chor Scns or we can re-open the a nd choowe some different Photoshop fle GET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 Introducing the Bridge workspace Get to know the key areas of Bridge's photo-organising workspace and discover how to customise it to suit your needs ne of the biggest problems we fce | Allwersions of Photoshop attempt to desl load via the Creative Cloud service, you'll fs cigial photographers isour withthe asset management problem ‘need to download Brie separately ‘ever-growing collections of images. wring similar tools. The Photoshop Elements Bridge isa powerful image browser that ‘Wermay have thousands of photos Organizer allows you toad star ratings and enables yoo to take control over your digital scattered across hundreds of folders ont our keywords Lightroom's Library module docs a anaes before exporting them to Phatorkop fomputers. These folders tend to display similar jb. Photoshop CC and CS use a for editing. On this spread we'll introduce ou images according to when they were captured, _ companion application called Bridge tohelp to the key features af Bridge, and demonstrate owe have to rely oa our memory of what vas you sore the west from the chaff you ae- how to customise the workspace to display ‘hot when as we seach for particular photo. cess the fill version of Photoshop asa down- images ina mare usefl way Photoshop Anatomy The Bridge workspace Get to know the key features of Adobe Bridgi METADATA This pane emt the ply on your ul tack nt ss [SO ard apart otrgs whore used twcapurete mag. aso sows the FILTERS thateat specie otra such = Bosh apr sang coer inaae atu cata jeune KEYWORDS “Tis pane enales yout uc assien = cecrtveworsto3 pot Ye antnenun the Fer pata ekay FOLDERS ‘THUMBNAILS WORKSPACES tos that conan a speic yword ‘earcorkeyorts ater a eset Coxe Foleo otrowee to Bridge iplys your imagosas. Thos nis enable youto change ho aryteldercfimagessiond nyo ural Yousan ure th sie way sands arairage sre pied PC Dragyourestcanmert used atthe bottom othe werkspaeo to Indies For amp, th Flint ‘oles tha Favertes pe. irerease re numbeal sae pton ges youlage Previews Overview Customising Adobe Bridge Take look at your pictures using the Filmstrip view FILMSTRIP EDITED IMAGES. LouPE VIEW ‘THUMBNAIL QUALITY STACKING GET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 Import your photos into Bridge Import images from your camera into Bridge, then organise and convert them in preparation for editing in Photoshop ridge isan application that comes but this was discontinued in 2014) With {included with all versions of Bridge, you can easly browse our images and Photoshop If you're not using __ incorporate them into your workflow Lightroom to impor, organise and" However, Bridge i so much more than a catalogue your images then Bridee isthe browser you can also use #10 add metadsta, perfect tool that fully integrates with rene image collections, group photos nto Photoshop. You can lainch it separately ‘sacks, apply sar ratings, fer Images and ture the Fle » Browee in Bdge ‘hore besides. It aloo offers host of ‘menu command in Photoshop. = Diy. cther useful features too, such as (Thre was also 2 Mini- Bridge panel in Photeshop, Attach your camera Launch Photo Downloader (On the previous pages we poled out how to use Bdge to browse ‘A dlalg wll appear. aviting you to mabe the Photo Insages that are abeady stored on Your compute, courtesy ofthe Downleader launch automatically whenever acamerace card Flere pane. This panel act lie sn bowser or finder wind. You sender is tached, Click Ye or No a deste You can avays change ‘an also use Bridge to import and store images diet frm an this option ltr by choosing Adobe Bridge» Preferences» General ae tached camera or memory card into folders on your PC Kickoff by then tick or lee When Camera is Connected, Launch Adobe Photo Sttaching your camera via a US cable, and then click he Import, Downloader. Whether you click Yes or No, the Photo Downloader Photos from Camera fon in ride window wil appear Choose a location and label Click the Advanced Dialog button. Clear any thurbrails that, you dot want to impor nthe Save Opts section, elie (Choose and browse ta were you want to store the le or lave et to the default Pltures folder. St the Cente Subfeldes drop-down ‘menu te choose your prefered folder labeling format, such as Shot Date (dd). You ca also rename the source files to laclude the ‘Shoe Date. They wil hen be mumbered sequentially By default Adobe Bridge eset to open once youve imported ‘hells You can set the Photo Downloader to delete the orginal les on the meinory card ter they've been imported. ‘0 you can capture new images with the card without having tO ‘format it You can slo save copies of the imported ler onto 2 external dive to create a backup of your photos. Click Choose to {elect you backup location. 5 Advanced options Mov ate toe Anokoneras Saeco Convert to DNG Inthe Advanced Options panel you can deci o convert ‘files to the DN format es they ae imported. This can be self you're planning to hace your rw files with otber Photoshop user Diflerent camera manufacturers use diferent foemate to crete ar version ofan image and some ofthese can’t be opened in older versions of Photosbup.Adabe's DNG fozmat is also more compatible with thirdparty applications. Apply metadata 1 jouplan to share your image dectrnial It maies sense to atach your deal and he copyiaht status, suchas Creative Commons or Royalty Fre to ech photo a's ‘imported. This wl save you the hase of ang thi information totcividal os ats nter date Wel ook st way oad more information o mtadat on the follwing wee, lick Get Mea to import the selected les. GET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 Add metadata and keywords to your images Discover how to protect your photos and make them easier to find in the future 1 the end ofthe workflow on the previous spread we ‘Gemonstated how to quickly add your name andthe ‘copyright status to cach file as it was imported to you Computer by the Phote Dowaloader. This useful {information is stored inige each He's metadata, s0 when the image ie shared golne or emailed oa client they wl know who it belongs to tad a Ercted amoemt ‘once you're browsing your mnich more useful data to ‘hem, suchas your contact details and website adress, This lps people contact you they need tou 45 es cretor. In this walkthrough we in he IPTC Core parla assign youre add other useful details to metad des ‘of information toa batch of ima nages in Bridge you ding to its subject, ns “eying enema ven you shots Particular picture: Keywords remain embedded in 2 fo they can be used by others to locate {you want to sell your work ax stock photography, for examp {emonstrate quick way to add keywords and then search for them sing the filter tools in Bree, Teach yourself Photoshop ORGANISE YOUR IMAGES. [rec Examine the metadata ‘When importing images into Lightroom you can type your name Into the Photo Downloaders Creator fed. I'you've howe thir option, you can check that your name i atiached to the file, Clic the thumbnall ofan image and then togsle open the IPTC Core section of the Metadata panel. Next to the Crestor label you'll see your name. Ifyou didn't add your name while {importing you can still do so by typing in the adjacent tex fil Apply the changes Ir your nage containe s peren o place then you can ad the appropriate duals in Bede's IPTC Extension panel. Tis parle cable you to infor viewer ofthe image heres inode or propery release frm avlbl, which seul for purchasers of fock phorgraphy. Once youve Snished edting the Inctadata, click anywhere outrde the Metadata pane. Yul then be 2sked ifyou want oaply the changes Click Apply GET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 a Ta Pree i) Assign your copyright ‘You can also add your contact and website details to the flo's metadata by typing In the appropriate feds. Scroll dew in the IPTC Coe panel to find the Copyright Status pop= Uup menu. Choose an option such as Copyrighted. When the photograph is opened in Photoshop the image tab will display a ‘© symbol. indicating thatthe image is copyrighted. Viewers of the “mage can go 40 Files info and rae the info that youve ade "To speed up your workflow you can use Bridge to create a ictadsa template that contains useful gener information, such as your contact and copyright details. Te do so, 200 ToolsCreate Metadata Template. Give the template a name such 35"My contact details! Type in the information. Any properties ‘you ad wil astomaticaly be checked, Click Save. You cam create 2s many custom metadata templates a8 you Uke Ass a metadata template Batch process the metadata Once you've eneted castor metadata template you can ppl to multiple images Shift-clck o select arange of thm in Beige Goto Dock and choose Append Metadata You can then choose your eustom metadata template. Your contact lets wil hen be ae to al the selected les a neta {hick thumbnail and check the Metadata panes IPTC Core section osc the aed information Add. The IPTC Core panel also has a keyword field, so you can id a series of descriplve keywords 1 a particular Ma such ar macro buttery let ete You could also add common keywords, such as your name, to a metadata template. To help you add keywords quickly, Bridge has a Keywords panel adjacent to the Metadata ta Here youl find a collection of useful preset Ieyarords, pine ny shat you've manly ade! to ay images. "To assign existing beywords to a selected image, tick the box ext ta keyword category, such as People, ora subcategory, such ara person same lta keyword isnt avalible, ck they ‘ut con at the top right ofthe Keywords panel and choose New Kejsord Type the eysord int the text fel. ft Enter. Drag the new keyword into a particular eategory. Tick the new keyword to ‘assign it the selected thumbnail. 7 Create new keywords Filter via keywords ‘To ind images tat contain particular Keyword, got the Fite pane on the left of the Esser workopace, then simply cick Keyword inthe ltt deply the appropriate {humboaln the Preview window You" ses number nex to cach Keyword that indenter the umber of lett contain that particular keyword in their metadata. You can alo type keywords Into the Search eld atthe top right of Bridge's workspace GET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 Organise your images in Bridge Use Bridge's asset management tools to help you find particular pictures quickly and easily using Collections swe revealed on the previous pages, Bridge cables you to create and assign keywords to ‘Single images or batches of images wo that yous ‘an find them with eate using filters: Keywords provide one ofthe most pawerfl and useful ways of Delping you to locate specific photographs, although Bridge hue other tools that wall help you to organise ‘your ever-growing litrary of images. ‘In pe-digtal days we'd place our favourite prints into ‘photo albums, These tended to gather and present images thsing parila themes, ich as weddings Or holds, or ‘example. In these digital days we have many more mages to manage, so we can end up scrolling through hundreds of thuminails in search ofa particular image In this walkthrough we'll demonstrate how tov the old photo album model to collect themed images together x0 that they te easier to acess, courtesy of Bridge's Collections panel ‘You'l also learn how to use the powerful Smart Collections feature to find photos according to specific metadata infermation, such asthe shutter speed or camera mpodel used to capture the images. ‘Wellkick off by demonstrating how to uickly separate he wheat fom the chat by seeming labels nd star ratings to particular pictres Assign ratings Label your images Click the Fimstrip workspace so that you can get ago ‘You canals asin rating by clicking the Label menu look a each image when you ick ts thumbnail Ifyou athe top ofthe workspace. Thre ae also coleur= Tice an image, you can click the star fons below a thumbnail |) code abel tht indicate the sats of filet ice i to asi up ta ive star. You ca also asp starting by ready for pei, you could apply 2 green Approved label pressing Cne/Cirlea muber between 1 and Images tht reve editing might have a purple ToDo label Fitter your photos Create a Collection ‘Once you've assigned ratings and labels, yoo can To create an albums Cleon, click the scatch using them, Goto the Fer pane and lice Collections panel. lick the New Cellecton Icon at colored abel to ee all the files with that abel, Narrow down |) the hotlom. Label the Colection with an appropriate name, Your searchby clicking other eter such a particular such a8 Landscape collection. Drag thumbwail frm the Fating. You car alan ust the Fler Hers by sting option, Flmtip ints the Landarape collection fle Create a Smart Collection Click the New Smart Collection icon, Choose a Source Once you've finished orzanising Ses in Bridge, you can for Bridge to look in In Ciera, chooee an atibute, Soubie cick o take a specif ile into Photoskop. You such as Rating equiv stare Cickthe + fon toa other |) caralao goto Toole>Photoshop and ee shortcuts that wll (traf necetary. Click Sav. The Sar Cllecton wil Sirmpratart vary of Photoshop eit, uch a placing two automatically gather appropriate images together. Images into separate layers inthe same document. a GET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 Teach yourself Photoshop Aa ata es Raw file processing Improve tones, colour and more using Photoshop's non-destructive raw file editor, Camera Raw ‘Camera Raw editor Learn how to se Photoshop's pro-level {mage-procescing digital darkroom to revel more ‘colour and tonal detail in your images Improve contrast and colour in your raw files Bhcover hou procesna dial ‘negative to improve its cole and tones with ‘ypc tacediting workfon” y) Do even more with 2 Introducing the Camera Raw (Camera Raw int just for correcting tone- and colour-based problems, Discover the "aw processing tools inthe adational tabs 3 Make selective raw adjustments Mae quick and effective selective tonal adjustments using the Graduated Fler, Adjustment Brush and Radial Biter tools How to remove atmospheric haze Bane bow wet tore with the Dehane iter and leatm how ocx sora hhze in your landscapes Apply Grain and Vignette effects Find out how to achieve striking and crocative anal’ effects with Camera Raws Gran and Vignes effects — corrections crested by lenses ore ‘istortion exised by your choice of viewpoint 4 Exporting from [zarn about bit depth, colour space lmage sing and batch processing ~ and howto get the mot fom Camera Raw's output GET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 Introducing the Camera Raw editor Learn how to use Photoshop's pro-level image-processing digital darkroom to reveal more colour and tonal detail in your images nce you've onganised rated and Iey-norded your rages in Bde you can double click them to therm into Photoshop to ect them. fy cen captured in Suma open inthe Adobe Caer a ctor [PEG format files wil open in the ‘andard Photoshop workspace, slthowrh yo «am end JPEG nto Camera Raf 0 peer ‘sng that workspace’ too "By saving potoar a hat doesn’ owever, much ofthe intormat the colour and tane inthe {image is lost. If you want to restore missing highieht or colour detail toa JPEG, you may ‘end up revealing compres Isles summer sein 3 jagged band of colour instead of Sabet forcampia information abo the clare ad tones in a scene. This ives Photoshop more ‘with Here's bow to use Camera Raw toreveal ‘mare colar an tonal deta Overview Camera Raw’s tool bar discover which tools Normal 1101 2003 3t04 vat05 5t07 91016 ZOOM TOOL ‘ls Re cck nth te Zoom tot Custom... ‘Show Overlay Clear Crop ‘Set to Original Crop balan samaurgsaneting Dat Stouldbe ute the pear 00 Camera Raw 9.6 WHITE BALANCE adi ‘TARGETED ADJUSTMENT CROP TOOL amgoton frog thea Siragrtentoatenalesyoute ‘SPOT REMOVAL ADJUSTMENT BRUSH Iistotenaies yuo mae ttre Ternnngccoasrayorauenn (Gurr) thetanes GRADUATED FILTER ‘thou bowing outa crety exposed Photoshop Anatomy Camera Raw editor ourself with Camera Raw’'s key feature RAW FILE THE BASIC TAB iy set, ZOOM LEVEL. OPEN OR DONE GET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 serore [iN Improve contrast & colour Discover how to process a digital negative to improve its colours and tones with our typical raw-editing workflow ne ofthe principal advantages of raw files is the effect of another. It sounds complicated, but actualy i's ‘ite eary to grasp if you approach it systematically, and oot walkthrough, ‘suggests an everyay ra workflow that you can wy kind of image Remember fat the Camera Raw toalsarenon-d You never permanently change any ofthe orginal fi settings This means you'e fre to experiment ‘mistakes without worrying about making backups. When. u've got the photo looking just how you want it in Camera Eine you can then open itn Photoshop or eliek the Done button to save your adjustments for later. (Camera Ra's onal ajostments interact nite ‘comple was, nd its no always easy 0 Kote here to mart ~ which is whee the Auto option near the top of the peli so use t automaticaly adjusts the Exposure, Contes, Highlights, Shadows, Whites and Blacks sliders. Recovering highlights The Aut adjustment ally ake pcre look trier and cers and rs cern mae a dferece here But we can ace that its made tes ok lig respon, The hl were ead pled hack by he ‘Rta ast bt wel ding the sider ight bark 00 Boosting the shadows hie photo wns ays going te problematic bese ofthe big brightness ference between the sky and the foreground The Auto aust the Shadows sting, bt is wort ps further toring ot the detail nthe foreground rock ‘already boosted ‘Now for Camera Ra ccret weapon, Much Improved since is early version the Clarity sider acils a powerful localised contrast effect tomake objects and tures really stand out without affecting the global contra Vibrance versus saturation ur image would benef from a clour boost 10, fd there ate two contol for thie ~ Vbrance and Saturation Vibrance boosts the weaker coors ike the bive sy reflection in the carcading water, while the Saturation slider gives a backround boost tall the colors equally. ‘Adjust the white balance We've lef his il lst becuse often only when you've adjusted the tones thit you con propery ade ‘the white blanc. This phot loks best uring the camera's white bance setting (Ae Shot which is saved in the rile but you can alse experiment with Adobe's own presets GET THE FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/typs2016 Do even more with Camera Raw Camera Raw isn't just for correcting tone- and colour-based problems. It has a host of other powerful photo-fixing and processing tools too nthe previous pages we used a Selection of toolber-based tools Sand Basic panel slider o evel ristng tonal detail, create a balanced exposure and selectively adjust flour These types of image adjustments are tome ofthe most common, ao tools such as the Crop tool and the Basic panel ae close to hana. Ifyou die atte deeper ino Camera Rav, you'll discover that there® much more son can dovwith swe, Tote right of the Basic panel tah ae nine other tabs, These enable you to process your raw files in practical and creative ways, so that you can pend more time working with your rw format files, which is always preferable to ‘working with images inthe main Photoshop editor Raw files contain mote information ‘out colour and tone than JPEGs, 20 by ‘editing in raw you can produce better-looking results than you woul if processing 2 JPEG ‘version ofthe image inthe main Photoshop sitar Therefor fs worth geting to non ‘what these extra tabs have to offer ‘One common challenge photographers face is to get fey areas in foces. Panels such ae Detail enable you to sharpen soft-ooking n= apes without adding artefacts such 2s noise, You can also use the Detail panel to reiace the presence of noise produced by high ISO speeds, You can also uve Camera Raw’ panela to reproduce classic darkroom processes such asblack-and-white nd spit-toning Use the annotation on the right to introdice yourselt {to these powerful rae-processing panes and

    You might also like