May 2011
Beginner to intermediate
303 pages
8h 54m
English
Content preview from Black and White Digital Photography Photo Workshop
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Chapter 8. WORKING IN THE DIGITAL DARKROOM
Understanding Local and Global Changes
Multiple Raw Processing
Working with Adjustment Layers
Dodging and Burning
Layer Masks
Shadow and Highlight Tool
Additional Filters and Tools
Selective Effects
Film Simulations
Create Your Own Workflow
Using the digital darkroom presents many exciting new opportunities that were not available in the wet darkroom. Changes you make to black-and-white images happen in front of you immediately (this goes both for seeing a slight change that moves the image from good to brilliant and for witnessing a bold mistake).
While the immediate response is extremely helpful when you are creating your black-and-white masterpieces, don't think for a moment that it takes only two seconds to create fantastic images. It is important to spend time learning how photographs respond to different input and trying new things to get an image perfected. After a while, knowing which changes to make and how to make them will be second nature, as will knowing when to press
This chapter shows you some of the many ways to take the images beyond just a black-and-white conversion. While simply perfecting the black-and-white conversion with the options discussed in the previous chapter may satisfy some, you can fine-tune an image even more, making ...
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