Book description
This essential guide for intermediate/advanced photographers has now been fully updated for Elements 7.Bestselling author and Elements guru Philip Andrews turns his expansive knowledge to this powerful application, delivering, once again, a practical approach in a crystal-clear writing style.
For the advanced Elements user, this book offers a standalone guide to advancing knowledge of the software. For those with a little less experience, it works seamlessly in conjunction with Philip's other Elements guide: "Adobe Photoshop Elements 7: A visual introduction to digital photography". Philip expands on the solid foundation delivered by that title to deliver a master-guide that shows you just how powerful this deceptively simple software package can be.
Throughout the book, Philip takes a pro's approach, emphasising a streamlined, non-destructive workflow. Diverse chapters cover the entire spectrum of photographic potential offered by the software, including key areas such as: darkroom techniques, advanced selection techniques, professional retouching, photo restoration, panoramas, collages, RAW processing and printing. Additionally, the content is supplemented by extra great learning tools available on a brand new website including; downloadable resources, and Elements vodcasts.
Essential reading for all photographers using Elements 7.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Full Title
- 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
- So what is in a Raw file?
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The Raw advantage
- 2.11 Shooting workflows
- 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
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4 Photo Organization and Management
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Organizing your photos with Photoshop Elements
- 4.01 Add picture details in-camera
- 4.02 Organize photos while downloading
- 4.03 Captioning
- 4.04 Naming and renaming
- 4.05 Tagging your photos
- 4.06 Auto Face Tagging
- 4.07 Albums and how to group photos
- 4.08 Using Smart Albums
- 4.09 Synchronizing and Backing Up Albums
- 4.10 Changing your view
- 4.11 Locating files
- Protecting your assets
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Organizing your photos with Photoshop Elements
- 5 Pathways to Editing in Elements
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6 Image Changes - Beyond the Basics
- Advanced selection techniques
- Understanding layers
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Masking techniques
- 6.09 Painting masks with the Selection Brush
- 6.10 Fill and adjustment layer masks
- 6.11 Using selections with layer masks
- 6.12 'Group with Previous' masks
- 6.13 Changing the mode to grayscale
- 6.14 Desaturate the color file
- 6.15 A more sophisticated approach
- 6.16 The Convert to Black and White feature
- 6.17 Custom entries in Convert to Black and White
- 6.18 The Gradient Map conversions
- 6.19 Borrowing Photoshop's Black and White
- Advanced dodging and burning-in
- Enhance your poorly exposed pictures
- Tinted monochromes
- Split toning
- Black and white and color
- Border techniques
- Adding texture
- Advanced sharpening secrets
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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
- 7.08 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 Elements' Curves features
- 7.14 Using Photoshop's Curves in Elements
- 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
- 8 Professional Retouching
- 9 Photo Restoration
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10 Making Better Panoramas
- Advanced shooting techniques
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Other capture methods
- 10.03 Exposure
- 10.04 Focus and zoom
- 10.05 Depth of field
- 10.06 White balance
- 10.07 Timing
- 10.08 Ensuring consistent overlap
- 10.09 Dealing with the moving subject
- 10.10 Advanced panorama editing in Photoshop Elements 7/6
- 10.11 Fixing misaligned picture parts
- 10.12 Coping with extremes of brightness
- 10.13 Creating artificially increased DOF
- 10.14 Correcting exposure differences
- 10.15 Adjusting for changes in color balance
- 10.16 Vertical panoramas
- 10.17 High-resolution mosaics
- 10.18 Panoramic printing
- 10.19 Spinning panorama movies
- 10.20 Panorama workflow
- 11 Extending Your Web Abilities
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12 Free Form Photo Collages
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Before you start - edit then layout
- 12.01 Basic steps for layout creation
- 12.02 The new super Project Bin
- 12.03 Editing existing Photo Collages
- 12.04 Adding, removing and replacing photos
- 12.05 Adding, moving and deleting pages
- 12.06 Using the Content and Effects panes
- 12.07 Align, arrange and distribute your frames
- 12.08 Printing your Photo Collages and Photo Books
- Order a Kodak Photo Book or Kodak Prints
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Before you start - edit then layout
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13 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
- 13.06 Calibrating your printer - resolution, color, tone and sharpness tests
- 13.07 Calibrating your printer - ColorVision PrintFIX
- 13.08 Making great black and white prints
- 13.09 What about permanence?
- 13.10 Preparing your images for professional outsourcing
- 13.11 Shoot small print big
- 13.12 Printing workflow
- 14 Extending the Power of Elements
- Appendices
- Index
Product information
- Title: Advanced Photoshop Elements 7 for Digital Photographers
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2013
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781136099175
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