Book description
The only advanced level guide aimed at serious Photoshop Elements users wanting to take their skills to the next level!Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1. The Next Level
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2. Scanner and Camera Techniques
- The basics – resolution
- The basics – color depth
- Digital shooting technique
- Frame-by-frame control
- The RAW advantage
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Film and print scanners
- 2.12 Scanning resolution – ‘Know where you are going before you start the journey’
- 2.13 Color depth
- 2.14 Multi-sample
- 2.15 Highlight and shadow capture
- 2.16 Color cast correction
- 2.17 Dust and scratches
- 2.18 Noise Reduction technologies
- 2.19 Color regeneration features
- 2.20 Scanning workflow
- Fixing common shooting problems
- Fixing common scanning problems
- 3. Processing Raw files
- 4. Photo Organization and Management
- 5. Pathways to Editing in Elements
- 6. Image Changes – Beyond the Basics
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7. Darkroom Techniques on the Desktop
- 7.01 Diffusion printing
- 7.02 Instant film transfer effect
- 7.03 Using the Unsharp Mask filter to add contrast
- 7.04 Lith printing technique
- 7.05 Correcting perspective problems
- 7.06 Add emphasis with saturation
- 7.07 Restoring color to faded images
- 7.08 Cross-processing effects
- 7.09 Digital hand coloring
- 7.10 Realistic depth of field effects
- 7.11 Beyond the humble drop shadow
- 7.12 Ring flash shadow
- 7.13 New Curves features
- 7.14 Dust and scratches be gone
- 7.15 Combining images seamlessly
- 7.16 Believable montages – a step further
- 7.17 Producing high-key pictures
- 7.18 Correcting lens problems
- 7.19 Change to old
- 7.20 Painterly photos
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8. Professional Retouching
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Visual surgery without a hint of anything plastic
- 8.01 Adding a dreamy effect
- 8.02 Softening freckles
- 8.03 Eliminating blemishes
- Clone Stamp tool
- Healing Brush tool
- Spot Healing Brush
- Clone Stamp tool step-by-step
- Healing Brush tool step-by-step
- Spot Healing Brush tool step-by-step
- 8.04 Brighten Eyes
- 8.05 Tone down skin highlights and shadows
- 8.06 Retouching non-destructively
- Sample all layers
- Retouch duplicate layer
- Mask editing adjustments
- Use Adjustment layers
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Visual surgery without a hint of anything plastic
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9. Making Better Panoramas
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Advanced shooting techniques
- 9.01 Positioning the camera
- 9.02 Camera support
- 9.03 Exposure
- 9.04 Focus and zoom
- 9.05 Depth of field
- 9.06 White balance
- 9.07 Timing
- 9.08 Ensuring consistent overlap
- 9.09 Dealing with the moving subject
- 9.10 Fixing misaligned picture parts
- 9.11 Coping with extremes of brightness
- 9.12 Creating artificially increased DOF
- 9.13 Correcting exposure differences
- 9.14 Adjusting for changes in color balance
- 9.15 Vertical panoramas
- 9.16 High-resolution mosaics
- 9.17 Panoramic printing
- 9.18 Spinning panorama movies
- 9.19 Panorama workflow
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Advanced shooting techniques
- 10. Extending Your Web Abilities
- 11. Producing Effective Graphics
- 12. Free Form Photo Layouts
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13. Photo Creations
- The Photo Creations options
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The version 5.0 slide show Editor in action
- 13.02 Producing a VCD with a menu
- 13.03 Creating pages for printing and publishing
- 13.04 Publish a photo book
- 13.05 Book publishing without using Photo Creations
- 13.06 On-line publishing options
- 13.07 Creating a greeting card
- 13.08 Making a CD or DVD Jacket
- 13.09 VCD/DVD with Menu
- 13.10 Flipbooks
- 13.11 Your pictures month by month
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14. Finely Crafted Output
- Printing basics
- The inkjet printer
- Laser
- Dye Sublimation
- Other printing processes
- Image resolution vs printer resolution
- Ensuring color consistency between devices
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Getting intimate with your printer
- 14.07 Calibrating your printer – resolution, color, tone and sharpness tests
- 14.08 Calibrating your printer – ColorVision PrintFIX
- 14.09 Making great black and white prints
- 14.10 What about permanence?
- 14.11 Preparing your images for professional outsourcing
- 14.12 Shoot small print big
- 14.13 Printing workflow
- Appendices
- Index
Product information
- Title: Advanced Photoshop Elements 5.0 for Digital Photographers
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2006
- Publisher(s): Focal Press
- ISBN: 9781136103575
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