The Adobe Photoshop CS5 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)

Cover......Page 1 Table Of Contents......Page 10 Using Photoshop CS5’s Mini Bridge......Page 21 Getting to Your Photos Using Mini Bridge......Page 22 Viewing Your Photos in Mini Bridge......Page 24 Use Full-Screen Review Mode to Find Your Best Shots Fast......Page 28 Sorting and Arranging Your Photos......Page 30 Finding Your Photos By Searching......Page 34 Customizing the Look of Mini Bridge......Page 36 Photoshop Killer Tips......Page 37 The Essentials of Camera Raw......Page 41 Working With Camera Raw......Page 42 Choosing the Right Process Version (Not for New Users)......Page 45 Miss the Jpeg Look? Try Applying a Camera Profile......Page 46 The Essential Adjustments: White Balance......Page 48 The Essential Adjustments #2: Exposure......Page 52 Letting Camera Raw Auto-Correct Your Photos......Page 57 Adding “Snap” (or Softening) to Your Images Using the Clarity Slider......Page 58 Fixing Backlit Photos By Adding Fill Light......Page 60 Adjusting Contrast Using Curves......Page 62 Cropping and Straightening......Page 66 Photoshop Killer Tips......Page 70 Camera Raw—Beyond the Basics......Page 73 Double-Processing to Create the Uncapturable......Page 74 Editing Multiple Photos At Once......Page 78 Sharpening in Camera Raw......Page 81 Automatically Fixing Lens Problems......Page 86 Fixing Chromatic Aberrations (That Colored-Edge Fringe)......Page 92 Edge Vignetting: How to Fix It and How to Add It for Effect......Page 94 The Advantages of Adobe’s Dng Format for Raw Photos......Page 98 Adjusting or Changing Ranges of Color......Page 100 Removing Spots, Specks, Blemishes, Etc.......Page 102 Calibrating for Your Particular Camera......Page 105 Reducing Noise in Noisy Photos......Page 106 Setting Your Resolution, Image Size, Color Space, and Bit Depth......Page 109 Photoshop Killer Tips......Page 112 Camera Raw’s Adjustment Tools......Page 115 Dodging, Burning, and Adjusting Individual Areas of Your Photo......Page 116 Retouching Portraits in Camera Raw......Page 123 Fixing Skies (and Other Stuff) With the Graduated Filter......Page 126 Special Effects Using Camera Raw......Page 128 Photoshop Killer Tips......Page 132 How to Resize and Crop Photos......Page 135 Two Quick Things About Working in Photoshop Cs5......Page 136 Cropping Photos......Page 138 Cropping to a Specific Size......Page 142 Creating Your Own Custom Crop Tools......Page 144 Custom Sizes for Photographers......Page 146 Resizing Digital Camera Photos......Page 148 Automated Saving and Resizing......Page 151 Resizing for Poster-Sized Prints......Page 153 Straightening Crooked Photos......Page 156 Making Your Photos Smaller (Downsizing)......Page 157 Resizing Just Parts of Your Image Using “Content-Aware” Scaling......Page 160 Photoshop Killer Tips......Page 162 Color Correction Secrets......Page 165 Two Things to Do Before You Color Correct Anything......Page 166 Color Correction Using Curves......Page 167 The Advantages of Adjustment Layers......Page 176 Adjusting Contrast Using the Targeted Adjustment Tool......Page 180 The Trick Pros Use to Make Color Correction Simple......Page 183 Dave’s Amazing Trick for Finding a Neutral Gray......Page 185 Adjusting Rgb Flesh Tones Using the Tat......Page 188 Creating Vibrance Outside of Camera Raw......Page 190 Keeping Great Color When Emailing or Posting Photos to the Web......Page 191 Photoshop Killer Tips......Page 192 How to Create Stunning B&W Images......Page 195 Converting to Black and White Using Camera Raw......Page 196 Scott’s Favorite High-Contrast B&W Technique......Page 199 Split Toning......Page 203 Duotones Made Crazy Easy......Page 205 Quadtoning for Richer B&Ws......Page 206 Creating Your Own One-Click Presets......Page 208 If You’Re Really, Really Serious About B&W, Then Consider This Instead......Page 209 Photoshop Killer Tips......Page 210 Creating Hdr Images......Page 213 Setting Up Your Camera to Shoot Hdr......Page 214 Creating Hdr Images in Photoshop Cs5......Page 217 Creating Photorealistic Hdr Images......Page 226 High Pass Sharpening for Hdr Images......Page 228 Single-Image Hdr Toning Effect......Page 230 Dealing With Ghosting in Merge to Hdr Pro......Page 234 Fixing Edge Problems in Your Hdr Shots......Page 236 Hdr Finishing Technique for That “Photomatix” Glow Look......Page 238 Photoshop Killer Tips......Page 240 Fixing Common Problems......Page 243 Three Ways to Fix the Color in Indoor Shots......Page 244 When Your Subject Is in the Shadows......Page 246 Fixing Shots With a Dull Gray Sky......Page 249 Using the Dodge and Burn Tools......Page 253 Fixing Depth-of-Field Problems......Page 257 Fixing Reflections in Glasses......Page 261 Fixing Group Shots the Easy Way......Page 266 Fixing Dark Eye Sockets......Page 271 The Fastest Way to Resize Brushes Ever (Plus, You Can Change Their Hardness, Too)......Page 273 Making Really Tricky Selections, Like Hair......Page 275 Fixing On-Location Flash Photos......Page 283 Removing Tourists the Easy Way......Page 285 Fixing Problems Caused By Your Camera’s Lens......Page 289 Removing Distracting Stuff Using Content-Aware Fill......Page 294 Photoshop Killer Tips......Page 298 Special Effects for Photographers......Page 301 Punching Up Drab Colors Using Lab Color......Page 302 Trendy Desaturated Portrait Look......Page 306 High-Contrast Look......Page 311 Getting the Grungy, High-Contrast Look Right Within Camera Raw......Page 315 Skylight Filter Effect......Page 317 The Faded Antique Look......Page 319 Panoramas Made Crazy Easy......Page 323 Turn a Photo Into a Painting......Page 327 Photoshop Killer Tips......Page 331 Sharpening Techniques......Page 335 Sharpening Essentials......Page 336 Luminosity Sharpening......Page 343 Using CS5’s Updated Sharpen Tool......Page 350 When to Use the Smart Sharpen Filter Instead......Page 352 High Pass Sharpening......Page 355 Output Sharpening in Camera Raw......Page 357 Photoshop Killer Tips......Page 358 Step-By-Step Printing and Color Management......Page 361 Setting Up Your Camera’s Color Space......Page 362 Resolution for Printing......Page 363 Setting Up Photoshop’s Color Space......Page 364 Sharpening for Printing......Page 367 Sending Your Images to Be Printed At a Photo Lab......Page 368 You Have to Calibrate Your Monitor Before You Go Any Further......Page 369 The Other Secret to Getting Pro-Quality Prints That Match Your Screen......Page 372 Making the Print (Finally, It All Comes Together)......Page 377 Soft Proofing in Photoshop......Page 383 What to Do If the Print Still Doesn’T Match Your Screen......Page 384 Photoshop Killer Tips......Page 386 My Step-By-Step Workflow......Page 389 My Photoshop Cs5 Digital Photography Workflow......Page 390 B......Page 398 C......Page 399 D......Page 400 F......Page 401 L......Page 402 N......Page 403 P......Page 404 S......Page 405 Z......Page 407

Are you ready for an amazing new version of The Photoshop Book that breaks all the rules?

Scott Kelby, Editor and Publisher of Photoshop User magazine—and the best-selling Photoshop author in the world today—once again takes this book to a whole new level as he uncovers more of the latest, most important, and most useful new Adobe Photoshop CS5 techniques for digital photographers.

This major update to his award-winning, record-breaking book does something for digital photographers that’s never been done before—it cuts through the bull and shows you exactly “how to do it.” It’s not a bunch of theory; it doesn’t challenge you to come up with your own settings or figure it out on your own. Instead, Scott shows you step by step the exact techniques used by today’s cutting-edge digital photographers, and best of all, he shows you flat-out exactly which settings to use, when to use them, and why. That’s why the previous editions of this book are widely used as the official study guide in photography courses at colleges and universities around the world.

Learn how the pros do it
Each year, Scott trains thousands of professional photographers how to use Photoshop, and almost without exception they have the same questions, the same problems, and the same challenges—and that’s exactly what he covers in this book. You’ll learn:

• The sharpening techniques the pros really use.
• The pros’ tricks for fixing the most common digital photo problems fast!
• The step-by-step setup for getting what comes out of your printer to match exactly what you see onscreen.
• A whole chapter on how to process HDR (High Dynamic Range) images using CS5’s new Merge to HDR Pro.
• How to master CS5’s new Content-Aware Fill.
• How to color correct any photo without breaking a sweat.
• How to process RAW images like a pro (plus how to take advantage of all the new Camera Raw features in CS5!).
• How to use the included gray card to make color correction just a matter of three clicks.
• How to show your work like a pro!
• A host of shortcuts, workarounds, and slick “insider” tricks to send your productivity through the roof!

Plus, Scott includes a special bonus chapter with his own CS5 workflow, from start to finish, and each chapter ends with a Photoshop Killer Tips section, packed with time-saving, job-saving tips that make all the difference. If you’re a digital photographer, and if you’re ready to learn all the “tricks of the trade”—the same ones that today’s leading pros use to correct, edit, sharpen, retouch, and present their work—then you’re holding the book that will do just that. Mini series : using Photoshop CS5's mini bridge WWF raw : the essentials of Camera Raw Raw justice : Camera Raw : beyond the basics Attitude adjustment : Camera Raw's adjustment tools Scream of the crop : how to resize and crop photos Jonas sees in color : color correction secrets Black & white : how to create stunning B&W images We are HDR : creating HDR images Little problems : fixing common problems Side effects : special effects for photographers Sharpen your teeth : sharpening techniques Fine print : step-by-step printing and color management Workflow : my step-by-step workflow.