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Over the pages of this new advanced user guide you will learn everything you will need to know to become a more confident, better skilled and experienced owner. Over the page Auser that will make the our journey cont, absolute most of their use and we will be gigees and ultimately Adobe areereR Enee eee iad Photoshop itself. An inborn, cn o98 £2 advice, achievement you can earn rm and ultimately by simply enabling us to ‘Spire you to exclusively help and teach you the abilities we have gained over our decades of experience 9° Further. 06 Sometimes, Photoshop “4 may throw youa curve ball 4 anddosomethingyoumay 14 notexpect.itmayeventhrow 15 uperrorsyou'venot seen 16 before.Don'tworry,wehave 16 asection that might help you out you'te in trouble. PLUGINS ROUNDUP Manual install Photoshop install Photoshop Elements Luminar4. 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Photoshop, a small panel fot tase Ru Cee aCe ee ee aU ed PEL ee See Q: am | only able to open Q: Do I need Photoshop CUM es ee Mee ied Pears Das SS Ps} Plugins Round-up Plugins are small, self-contained programs that add extra effects and workflow possibilities to the Photoshop toolset. They are supplied by Adobe themselves and by many third-party vendors. If you are just dabbling and want to have some fun, or if you are a serious digital artist or photographer, we’re sure there’s a perfect plugin just to suit you. Yeo YRW (eM Ae WM i=) ar] TN OL od mal 1 C3) CooL Manual install Photoshop install |) Elements install Pe a ec arene eee coer Sete ner eres retest ee een Pome eg er) te creas Ee eee package. tis packed with impressive tools to roe eet Ce ee ee tet Se aa Cee ened Pee rereecc) Pear Moreover, Lumina snot a subscrption- Pena a regen ere Pe eee tier) eee cet ety eee ete ee Creat cera ‘methods of image adjustment. 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It allows you to edit Raw files captured by digital cameras. A Raw file offers a higher quality than standard jpeg files. Think of Camera Raw as the little brother of Lightroom and offers you a digital darkroom: where Raw files can be processed. @ PROCESSING RAW FILES Processing Raw Files For the best possible quality, shoot in Raw mode ory fon Fe Tey RAW 1 otal SLRs and Compact System Cameras, and mest o the beter compact carers, are aeheoing opto cal Tee aicer iene En ee teae ereetaral nage ity, Rew mode oes great improved mage aly ses Ca ES rr PEG Inge iat send Sree ee Ee erie ee 2 find out how it works and produce better photographs. hat is Raw Mode’ Lone Sensor Processor JPEG Output Rew Output the higher the charge. Dit ‘or even 48-5818 bls per chanel to 2¢-be pa channel which makes a saber ard rrore say processed, bu es me cobur pth bacaus ofthe smaler patio thatcan be represen by that many bis. 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Fora ical 1EMP DSLR, high quaty JPEG fl wl to around ME, wl a Rae wl be srr 25MB, over tee tres ee, Mayo the mor recent DSLR have the abit io recard Ran and JPEG mage les ‘shullreouy This has the advartage ofthe ‘cormerinoe of JPEG wth he versa and Jenga memory cards tang last cay, so he eo camera naw Camera Raw The new look for Photoshop’s Raw processor hotoshop comes with Camera Raw a 28 standard, offers a range of processing options that anablo you to gt the best out of your photos, inciuding exposure adjustment, sharpening, noise reduction, lout correction and automatic correction for lans distortion W's regularly updated so it's compatible withthe latest cameras and lenses, It recently underwent ‘major update and the layout has bean redesigned to match the look ofthe ‘mobile version of Lightroom, Flimstrip Thi ae tron thurinal it nds delayed on tole od of the sree Image Window Ratings and Preferences The loner mide CAMERA RAW Control Tabs Info, Edit, Profile Histogram Toolbar his slays hod This holds athe main sea sections each with tabbed palette of csjntront sce, Jao using Ato tings. The the main contal tab pane as each pane 5 the col prof sinter B le ofthe lobar end cherge auch a Base end Cun, ptwcen them by ccking on thel name 1-65 Save, Preferences and Full Screen Inthe top at he The Toolbar Get to know all the tools you have at your disposal in the current version of Camera Raw Toolbar in the newly updated layout of Camera Raw site lieplay te particular tools in the main contol pane situated right Vertically inthe top right ide ofthe interface. It is broken down next tothe Toolbar. This version now looks more like Lightroom, the into sores of buttons that you can click. Each button you click, will mobile-ocused version, Edit Crop & Rotate Spot Removal treampect a tyr nage and w cs ust you photos dom nto rine sactions that all your vical acjustment to a5 ating Erighinas and Contrast onal que such a the Flo Foather and Opacity of Hue and Satuaton,Ostalland Noise of Ths. tals offs aleveling tool the brush which can stile moved Masking button. 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You ‘canary brush acuxtments onto your mage or use the two gracnt ‘options io atct areas of your image ‘and apply brightness, exposr, ‘contrast saturation, sharpness anc much mere Snapshots you wokrg on apatcaly inode toe of you pete, try borate to vee Sasha fet athe ponts daring tee ‘Aga Seapets tha rage ints cure at and alows you so ao beck too ores pointe when he Sapstet was Crain You canst ep foward te wl since each Sapo sa torres ave pt ho txjstrent pocorn Select Subject/Sky ‘The two teas are something that up Unt now, only edt asa section ‘option in Photoshop. Now though, Select Subjet and Select Sky have rade thot way to Camera Raw han you actvato each ona it scans the image forthe most obvious ‘subjets inthe image ortho main sy ‘a and creates a mask for you, You ‘ean than aply various adistmants to those areas ust as you woud ast you had masked the area manualy Presets Pressing the Presets button in ‘ho teobar prosonts you with an extensive st of mage presets. This ‘means that you can apy cne ck adjustments to your photos. These resets range from High Contrast, Colour adjustmerts te Cross Process fffets and a numberof Creative and lack and White options to. You can oo save any pumber of usr-atned resets to and these ae aed to the User Prat et THE TOOLBAR Color/Luminance The Color Range and Luminance ange toce ae variations on the methods you can use to select an aoa. The Color Range tool, as the name suggaet, lets you sample an area of colour you wish 0 adjust and vill ony tft that chosen range of cobows, Aes the Liminanes Range selection method alows you to choose areas of a specie ‘ightnss and thon apply you" ‘eset 0 Open eset Default ‘ool Previous Setings ‘ABN Soapsnot ‘Dl Faroe Preset i : ‘copy Edt Seings ‘Copy Selected Edt Setings... Pane Et Seto More Settings Represented by thvee smal dos, this burton opens a manu of some ‘tonal optons that alow you to Reset your mage o one of number cf prvious sites Youcan aso apply ether a favour preset or 3 ‘Srapshot. you havea sumner of activ stings you tke and want © ‘saveitas a preset, you can export thes oa named fil, You can alo Load or Save settings and set aw tats for newly opened imagos. Red Eye Removal Fad eyes caused by the ash rm ‘camera rafeting of blcod veeels fn the inside of the aye ging the owner of those ees a rather monic appearance, Pets can also sul rom tis aficton but hair ‘78 glow green. Modern cameras have ed eye reduction abit, but sometimes they sip through This tool can easy remove both re 70 and pot ey and restore them to @ ‘more normal appearance Additional tools ‘tthe toto of he tata onthe Fil, thr ar alo for atonal batons. The maging lass the base 206m tok, then the Hand Tot (tou Seka cag your image ‘cance seen, Press the spaced to ecto te same tol The Sampler (Sietsyousalet a number of pis and iepay thor curent AGB clo ‘slus, The Geis Overly (Sh + G) hops gone alignment ofhrzontal nd vertical tems, The Edit Menu Camera Raw has a powerful set of features all nested within a series of easily accessible control tabs ve main interface of Camera Raw i comprised ofa series of ‘spend most of your tine working in the Basic panel, when used in menus, each wit a series of control sliders and some addtional conjunction with adjustments from the other control panels, you wil menu tabs to accass further features, Although you wil no doubt be able to enhance your images beyond what you thought possible, Curve Detail Color Mixer The Cuve options Hare yeu can hance Sharp The Color Mi wil spend behave vary m and Noise Reduction Sharpening you can get themoct mein and also making and Cure gthecontast colour the most important global image and darkest edges you can affect them. The fist aust White in yourimage. The Detal ard panels Hue, which ets you er a ‘ps wit custom cont vith nd jow the adjustment jn intensity) and 120 (righness the colours in your ima etal inyourimages as possible. Luin sat £60 © @ 10 Color Grading Colour Grading controls how much ot acorn colour appears inthe highlights or shadows of your images, Interactive colour wheels na colour of the overal image and those tho shadows and ighights, Tew chosen colours il stato dominate the brightest and darkest reas. Sidarsdatarmine what Highlights or Shadows 0 more dominat ad how intense thay a, Calibration Calan isa mola more ower than it may lok at st dance. Mainly used as a cabration Your camara ean be ability veto, You could thnk ofthe alivation pane as amore refined re Saturaton adjustment oo fou can ater th Tint valve found in shadows of your mage, as wall ‘2 adjust the ganoral use of Huo and tration nthe Red Green an Blue hannels of your mage for much finer contol ben updates at regulators Each now update brings the latest prolies that ean automaticaly as and termina what 2s used onthe camara that ook the sot One it knowe what lens was sod itcan apply a st of corections that can aiminat ens abortions and dlstertons speci tat lens. does aso alow for manual anjstments and Detinge contol Q\ UsEFUL TIP Geometry “Te Geometry feature gives you contol vee the horzonal and vertical balance and geomaty of Your photos, Frm simply evting a slanted hrizon to coneting pectvein both the verte and onal plane, you ean app 29 tomate adustment that bans the Image for stong upright edges and horzontal ones an comact tha You also have the option to apy ‘raneformatione manual 23 wel Effects ‘The tacts pan the Grin, th Sze of the grains and the Roughness of the mage grin You appl. Tho other effect Po Crop Vigneting which lows you to clarkon the outer odges ofthe eto ‘elo and ater you've cropped the ‘Photo, Youcan contol he Amount, Miopoint,Roundness,Feathr snd Highs SS er Tey a ee a ee ate tee ne ee re eer po pane vipa erate aseonr nei vert inite mTorr erry ete Sane eT eee ee ee ear a er eee eee a eer tyr latalpa palace Fo RAW WORKFLOW Raw Workflow Make your images look their absolute best sk any five professional photographers about the process they use to create their Pictures, you'l get five diferent answers. The amount of processing and adjustment usad ill vary, dopending on the job at hand and eal the ght ihe) end of the aap is ‘should fil the area betvee ight reduce the ighter and ofthe ‘raph without causing under exposure wevdon. Ths tums onthe hight elppihg nthe age window. Clekng on the et the type of fina image required, as well as the type of camera usod to take the photo and the use to which the photo wil be put. There ‘are cartain operations that willbe common {to most photos that you'll want to process, inthe Bask pane, hold down the A Key (Opin oom Witte key had down, do this wth any othe fst dk sides ants a aed coed co +20 wel take a look at a commen general purpose workfiow that willbe suitable for most types of photo. Our example will be using a sunrise photograph taken on a rocky tormation down onthe coast susie the stcram, but the ices way toast peas eter a oie Cae do ths hard work yu ok on Auto the software good appreximsin toa od staring pin. You moos that he alert he but that's OK. We'e looking for a good spread of teres and that incidee white nis overexposed or very nar tk mM errs ENN) Xs CE The Auto acustment has made a good jb ofthis particular picture, but for landscape shots fe bt of cra saturation sua looks good, co we'l boost the vibranca ‘and the saturation to get the colours ofthe sung, water and rock to rely pop out Saturation method of aching exposure: by ater ures. BY austng the hight Pron ofthe overxposod arose and by boosting radon its posse © quick equals the RAW WORKFLOW Camera Pat oflars a usefull «ction feature under ts Optics panel rn wide-angle ans usad to ake this picture i @ ice bt of las, but i's not partct. Aough i's hard fo 88 ata glance, this wide ‘angle shot dae sur ram same pine xsng his one, Al you nee to do to automaticaly oomect the optical Prolle Cerections. Youll gee the change happen cy Senet ‘Tha nent tea i rgely mat eer ptsonal aso, tut you can ao choose 30a preset the colour alba too, dst below the histogram, click on the Profle panel and from the drop-down menu sec prefered profi, Choosa Browse to ee mara Thare re naw a number to chooee from. Ths Merete aan mest te Reem ees Tce Pen . Sed . Oe eed to fx, Cok on the Remove Chromatic ‘Yu need to 200m in near tha edge ofthe fama Fortis, eur image, th sky is darken down a a bitter than we prefer, but ‘adding ahigh quality dgtal th con the right you can ad Linea jcture to just below the horizon ne Next we have th out he ve Options. Camera Faw ges you mageina numberof diferent way, but wich purposes the delat stings wil be ded, 16-bit format, You can leo choose an nage sie iret fom the nai ADOBE CAMERA RAW WORKFLOW adjustments you want 0 sve, clck on the More Image Settings kon inthe Reset to Open Reset to Default ‘Apply Previous Settings ‘create Snapshot... Create Prese.. copy Eatt setings ons oMP x ADOBE CAMERA RAW WORKFLOW QQ useFuL TIP uF peter adjustments Istod inthe pa fndscapo Poses sted. A ' the fect thas on you Our example caled ‘Naw La Preset he soe image. Creative Project Guides How about taking on some new projects to really let your digital creativity loose? Part of the fun of learning how to use Photoshop is by tackling a variety of photo editing and image manipulation scenarios. It helps you understand how to approach them and what tools are best for the job. It also helps sharpen your growing creative skills. ac UN Leo How to incorporate many image elements into a unique piece of artwork Lita ieee ee een re ee aa ea eee et ees eee eae ene eee ee teey eee eer se eee eee eee En eee eel ear Se en ae tee eet er Read Imago, thon Photoshop is perfect. It a eee) with some careful editing and masking you can blend them to produce Se een oe ee Pec er ince Tac eo ee ue ARTWORK COMPOSITING Lt’ Kk of th process by fing up Photoshop and fom te le mena selecting Fle > Open, Navigate to where you Frages are sored. Our ‘base mages peg fecal andscape. you doubl-cck your mage O° ‘ick he Open buston, the rage wil open in Photoshop as @ new documers eto Pen! 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