Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS2: Industrial-Strength Production Techniques

Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS2: Industrial-Strength Production Techniques

by Bruce Fraser
Released May 2005
Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
ISBN: 9780321334091

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Book description

Call it a control thing, but until recently–or, more specifically, until the availability of digital raw camera formats–you simply weren’t ready to make the move to digital photography. Raw formats, however, changed all of that by allowing you to retrieve images before any in-camera processing has been performed. Photoshop’s Adobe Camera Raw plug-in makes that process even easier by providing a standardized way of accessing and working with these uncompressed digital negatives in your favorite image-manipulation software. In the first volume devoted exclusively to the topic, best-selling author Bruce Fraser shows you how to take advantage of Adobe Camera Raw to set white balance, optimize contrast and saturation, handle noise, correct tint, and recover lost detail in images before converting them to another format. After learning about the raw formats themselves, you’ll discover hands-on techniques for exposing and shooting for digital raw, using Bridge, Adobe’s new standalone file browser, to preview images and automate tasks, and building a workflow around the digital raw process.

Table of contents

  1. Contents (1/2)
  2. Contents (2/2)
  3. Preface: Real World Raw
    1. Teach a Man to Fish
      1. You Are the Lab
      2. Drowning in Data
      3. Making Images Smarter
      4. Starting Out Right
    2. Understanding and Hubris
      1. How the Book Is Organized
    3. A Word to Windows Users
    4. The Pace of Innovation
    5. Thank You!
  4. Chapter 1 Digital Camera Raw
    1. What Is a Digital Raw File?
      1. The Camera Sensor
      2. Raw Files Are Grayscale
    2. The Foveon X3 Difference
    3. Exposure and Linear Capture
      1. Exposure
    4. Why Shoot Raw?
      1. Using All the Bits
      2. White Balance Control
      3. Colorimetric Interpretation
      4. Exposure
      5. Detail and Noise
    5. Raw Limitations
      1. Processing Time
      2. File Size
      3. Longevity
    6. Adobe Camera Raw
      1. Universal Converter
      2. Industrial-Strength Features
      3. Integration with Photoshop
    7. The Digital Negative
  5. Chapter 2 How Camera Raw Works
    1. Digital Image Anatomy
      1. Pixels and Resolution
      2. Bit Depth, Dynamic Range, and Color
    2. High-Bit Photoshop
      1. Gamma and Tone Mapping
    3. Image Editing and Image Degradation
      1. Losing Data and Limiting Options
      2. Color Space Conversions
      3. The Camera Raw Advantage
    4. From Raw to Color
      1. Demosaicing and Colorimetric Interpretation
      2. White Balance and Calibrate Adjustments
    5. Camera Raw and Color
      1. Tone-Mapping Controls
    6. How Much Highlight Detail Can I Recover?
      1. Saturation
      2. Size
      3. Sharpening
      4. Luminance and Color Noise Reduction
    7. Watch the Histogram!
  6. Chapter 3 Raw System Overview
    1. Adobe Bridge
      1. The Virtual Light Table
      2. Managing Metadata
      3. Hosting Camera Raw
    2. Camera Raw
      1. Camera Raw Defaults
    3. Adobe DNG Converter
      1. To DNG or Not to DNG
      2. Using Adobe DNG Converter
    4. Photoshop
      1. Automation and Actions
    5. Putting It All Together
  7. Chapter 4 Camera Raw Controls
    1. Camera Raw, Photoshop and Bridge
    2. Camera Raw Anatomy
    3. Camera Raw Static Controls
      1. The Tool Palette
      2. The Preview Controls
      3. The Histogram and RGB Readout
      4. The Settings Menu
    4. The Camera Raw Menu
      1. Preferences
      2. Loading and Saving Settings
      3. Export Settings
      4. Use Auto Adjustments
      5. Setting Camera Defaults
    5. The Main Control Buttons
    6. Camera Raw Workflow Controls
    7. Camera Raw Image Controls
      1. The Adjust Tab (1/2)
      2. The Adjust Tab (2/2)
      3. The Detail Tab
      4. The Lens Tab
      5. The Curve Tab
      6. The Calibrate Tab (1/2)
      7. The Calibrate Tab (2/2)
    8. The Darkroom Toolkit
  8. Chapter 5 Hands-On Camera Raw
    1. Camera Raw Setup
    2. The High-Bit Advantage
      1. Evaluating Images
    3. When to Resample (1/2)
    4. When to Resample (2/2)
      1. Editing Images (1/6)
      2. Editing Images (2/6)
      3. Editing Images (3/6)
      4. Editing Images (4/6)
      5. Editing Images (5/6)
      6. Editing Images (6/6)
    5. Filmstrip Mode
    6. Saving Images in the Background
    7. Saving Image Settings
      1. Camera Raw Database
      2. Sidecar .xmp Files
      3. Save Settings Subset
    8. Beyond Camera Raw
  9. Chapter 6 Adobe Bridge
    1. Launching Bridge
    2. Bridge Windows
      1. Bridge Tools and Buttons
      2. Bridge Palettes
    3. All About Metadata
    4. Bridge Menu Commands
      1. Preferences and the Bridge Menu (Mac)
      2. File Info and the File Menu
      3. Select, Find, and Edit with the Edit Menu (1/2)
      4. Select, Find, and Edit with the Edit Menu (2/2)
      5. Automation, the Cache, and the Tools Menu
      6. Labeling, Rating, and the Label Menu
      7. Bridge Display and the View Menu
      8. The Window Menu and Bridge Configuration
    5. Bridge Navigation
    6. Opening Images
    7. Bridge Thumbnails
    8. Working in Bridge
      1. Selecting and Sorting
      2. Applying Camera Raw Settings
    9. It’s Smart to Be Lazy
  10. Chapter 7 It’s All About the Workflow
    1. Workflow Principles
      1. Doing Things Once
      2. Do Things Automatically
      3. Be Methodical
    2. Planning and Strategy
      1. Who Has the Cache?
      2. Strategies for Settings
    3. Working with DNG
      1. What’s in a Name?
      2. Ratings and Labels
      3. Simplicity Is Its Own Strategy
    4. The Image Ingestion Phase
      1. Camera Media and Speed
      2. Formatting Camera Media
      3. Camera Card Capacities
      4. Ingesting Images
      5. Archiving Images
    5. The Image Verification Phase
      1. Verifying Images
      2. Feeding the Cache
      3. Interrupting the Cache
      4. Caching Multiple Folders
    6. The Preproduction Phase
      1. Selecting and Editing
      2. Rating and Labeling
      3. Applying Camera Raw Settings
      4. Sorting and Renaming
      5. Applying Keywords and Metadata
    7. The Production Phase
      1. Background Processing
      2. Automated Conversions
      3. Opening Multiple Iterations
      4. Tethered Shooting
    8. Make the Work Flow
  11. Chapter 8 Mastering Metadata
    1. What Is XMP, and Why Should I Care?
      1. Growing Pains
      2. XMP Is Text
    2. XMP Uncovered
      1. Sidecar .xmp Decoded (1/2)
      2. Sidecar .xmp Decoded (2/2)
    3. Meddling With Metadata
      1. Cleaning Up Metadata Templates
    4. Custom File Info Palettes
      1. MetaLab
    5. Making Images Smarter
  12. Chapter 9 Exploiting Automation
    1. Batch Processing Rules
      1. Rules for Opening Files in a Batch Operation
      2. Rules for Saving Files in a Batch Operation
      3. Rules for Running a Batch Operation
      4. Playing by the Rules
    2. Recording Batch Actions
      1. Simple Action—Save as JPEG
      2. Complex Action—Save for Edit
    3. Running Batch
      1. Source Settings
      2. Destination Settings
    4. Contact Sheet II
    5. Image Processor
    6. Merge to HDR
    7. PDF Presentation
    8. PhotoMerge
    9. Picture Package
    10. Web Photo Gallery
    11. Advanced Automation
  13. Index
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E
    6. F
    7. G
    8. H
    9. I
    10. J
    11. K
    12. L
    13. M
    14. N
    15. O
    16. P
    17. Q
    18. R
    19. S
    20. T
    21. U
    22. V
    23. W
    24. X
    25. Z

Product information

  • Title: Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS2: Industrial-Strength Production Techniques
  • Author(s): Bruce Fraser
  • Release date: May 2005
  • Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
  • ISBN: 9780321334091