Book description
Once you have mastered the fundamentals, this easy-to-follow, advanced guide takes you to new levels of expertise. Advance your skills and artistry far beyond the basics with expert guidance from the top industry insider to achieve professional-level results. Find innovative ways to exploit the new features of Elements 5.0 to achieve outstanding digital images. You learn how to stretch your digital photos and Elements to their limits and master all the insider tricks, tips, and techniques that guarantee outstanding results.Learn everything you need to know about raw files, workflow, storage, toning, speed tweaks for no cost, how to fix scanning problems, make the most of dodging and burning-in techniques, adjust images for changes in color balance, set up a color managed workflow; and more from this completely updated edition for Elements 5.0. Learn how to use new features like the Adjust Color Curves and Sharpness options, the Convert to Black and White feature, 5 click web photo galleries and the Correct Camera Distortion filter. New chapters walk you through professional retouching, a complete raw workflow for Elements users, and the new free-form layout feature - Photo Layouts, including the Artworks and Effects palette.
Superbly illustrated with hundreds of color photographs, written in Philip's trademark no-nonsense style, this must-have guide will help ensure that your digital photography stands out from the crowd as you learn how to:
* Take control of advanced image changes and apply amazing graphics capabilities
* Use scanner and camera capture techniques like the pros
* Extend your web capabilities
* Produce professional results quickly from your raw files with a complete workflow solution based around Elements.
* Explore the creative potential of the new Photo Layout feature
* Produce darkroom effects digitally
* Integrate all the power of Elements 5.0 to fit together for prize-winning results
* Transform your photographs with step-by-step, illustrated color tutorials into results that will amaze you (and your friends, family, colleagues, and customers)
* Increase your productivity with timesaving tips, workarounds, and advice to create an efficient, smooth workflow
* Master professional retouching techniques
* Create awesome panoramas
* Much, much more.
Learn how to get the most from Philip Andrews, best-selling author, renowned photographer, Adobe Photoshop Elements Ambassador, professional photographer, accomplished teacher, best-selling international author, and alpha tester for Adobe.
FREE Bonus! Companion website ( www.adv-elements.com ) provides even more tools to hone your skills with.
* Images for you to manipulate as you follow step-by-step book projects
* Video tutorials and printable lesson plans
* Links for examples, updates, and further learning
* Raw and 16-bits/Channel files to examine and put to the test
* And more!
Praise for previous editions of this title:
"Philip's friendly style makes learning Photoshop Elements a breeze. This book gives you everything you need to feel like a digital pro in no time at all."-Richard Coencas, Photoshop Elements Quality Engineer Lead, Adobe Systems
"With Philip as your guide, you'll be using Elements like a pro and making great images in no time.-
Nigel Atherton, Chief Editor, "What Digital Camera and "Better Digital Photography
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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