Book description
ARE YOU READY FOR AN ELEMENTS BOOK THAT BREAKS ALL THE
RULES?
This book breaks new ground by doing something for digital
photographers that’s never been done before–it cuts
through the bull and shows you exactly “how to do it.”
It’s not a bunch of theory; it doesn’t challenge you to
come up with your own settings or figure things out on your own.
Instead, it does something that virtually no other Elements book
has ever done–it tells you flat-out which settings to use,
when to use them, and why.
If you’re looking for one of those
“tell-me-everything-about-the-Unsharp-Mask-filter”
books, this isn’t it. You can grab any other Elements book on
the shelf, because they all do that. Instead, this book gives you
the inside tips and tricks of the trade for organizing, correcting,
editing, sharpening, retouching, and printing your photos like a
pro. You’ll be absolutely amazed at how easy and effective
these techniques are–once you know the secrets.
LEARN HOW THE PROS DO IT
Each year we train thousands of digital photographers and, almost
without exception, they have the same questions and face the same
problems–that’s exactly what we cover in this book.
You’ll learn:
• The real secrets of
how the pros retouch portraits
• How to unlock the
power of layers (you’ll be amazed at how easy it is!)
• How to use Camera Raw
for processing not only RAW photos, but JPEGs,
• TIFFs, and PSDs, too!
(And you’ll learn why so many pros like it best–because
it’s faster and easier)
• The sharpening
techniques the pros really use (there’s an entire chapter
just on this!)
• How to deal with
common digital camera image problems, including brightening people
in dark shadows and getting the best color possible
• The most requested
photographic special effects, and much more!
THE BOOK’S SECRET WEAPON
Although Elements 14 offers some digital photography features that
Photoshop CC doesn’t offer, there are plenty of features that
Photoshop CC has that Elements 14 still doesn’t have (things
like channels, HDR, etc.). But in this book, you’ll learn
some slick workarounds, cheats, and some fairly ingenious ways to
replicate many of those Photoshop features from right within
Elements. Plus, you can follow along with all the images used in
the book, available for download on the book’s companion
webpage.
Since this book is designed for photographers, it doesn’t
waste your time talking about what a pixel is, how to frame a shot,
set your exposure, etc., and there’s no talk about which
camera or printer to buy. It’s all Elements, step by step,
cover to cover, in the only book of its kind, and you’re
gonna love it!
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Contents
- Ten Things You’ll Wish You Had Known Before Reading This Book
-
Chapter 1. Organized Chaos managing photos using the organizer
- Importing Your Photos
- Backing Up Your Photos to a Disc or Hard Drive
- Importing Photos from Your Scanner
- Changing the Size of Your Photo Thumbnails
- Seeing Full-Screen Previews
- Sorting Photos by Date and Viewing Filenames
- Change the Time & Date of Your Photos (Great, If You Travel)
- Finding Photos Fast by Their Month & Year
- Tagging Your Photos (with Keyword Tags)
- Tagging Multiple Photos
- Assigning Multiple Tags to One Photo
- Tagging Images of People
- Albums: It’s How You Put Photos in Order One by One
- Choosing Your Own Icons for Keyword Tags
- Deleting Keyword Tags or Albums
- Seeing Your Photo’s Metadata (EXIF Info)
- Adding Your Own Info to Photos
- Finding Photos
- Finding Duplicate Photos
- Creating a Slide Show
- Reducing Clutter by Stacking Your Photos
- Places: Viewing Your Photos on a Map
- Quickly Email Your Photos
-
Chapter 2. Raw Justice processing your images using camera raw
- Opening Your Photos into Camera Raw
- Miss the JPEG Look? Try Applying a Camera Profile
- The Essential Adjustments: White Balance
- The Essential Adjustments: Exposure
- Letting Camera Raw Auto Correct Your Photos
- Adding Punch to Your Images with Clarity
- Making Your Colors More Vibrant
- Cropping and Straightening
- Editing Multiple Photos at Once
- The Advantages of Adobe’s DNG Format for RAW Photos
- Sharpening in Camera Raw
- Reducing Noise in Noisy Photos
- Removing Red Eye in Camera Raw
- The Trick for Expanding the Range of Your Photos
- Black & White Conversions in Camera Raw
-
Chapter 3. Scream of the Crop how to resize and crop photos
- Basic Cropping
- Auto-Cropping to Standard Sizes
- Cropping to an Exact Custom Size
- Cropping into a Shape
- Using the Crop Tool to Add More Canvas Area
- Auto-Cropping Gang-Scanned Photos
- Straightening Photos with the Straighten Tool
- Resizing Digital Camera Photos
- Resizing and How to Reach Those Hidden Free Transform Handles
- Making Your Photos Smaller (Downsizing)
- Automated Saving and Resizing
- Resizing Just Parts of Your Image Using the Recompose Tool
- Chapter 4. edIT which mode do I use: quick, guided, or expert?
- Chapter 5. Layer Cake working with layers
-
Chapter 6. Little Problems fixing common problems
- Adjusting Flesh Tones
- Using the Smart Brush Tool to Select and Enhance Skies at the Same Time
- Adding Contrast and Drama to Cloudy Skies
- Removing Digital Noise
- Focusing Light with Digital Dodging and Burning
- Removing Haze from Your Photos
- Opening Up Shadow Areas That Are Too Dark
- Fixing Areas That Are Too Bright
- When Your Subject Is Too Dark
- Automatic Red-Eye Removal
- Instant Red-Eye Removal
- Fixing Problems Caused by Your Camera’s Lens
- Saving Blurry Photos Using the Shake Reduction Filter
- The Elements Secret to Fixing Group Shots
- Chapter 7. Select Start selection techniques
- Chapter 8. Clone Wars removing unwanted objects
-
Chapter 9. Side Effects special effects for photographers
- Effects and Presets Galore in Quick Edit Mode
- Creating a Picture Stack Effect
- Enhancing Depth of Field (or Faking That 85mm f/1.4 Look)
- Trendy Desaturated Skin Look
- High-Contrast Portrait Look
- Converting to Black and White
- Panoramas Made Crazy Easy
- Burned-In Edge Effect (Vignetting)
- Creating the Selective Color Effect
- Neutral Density Gradient Filter
- Getting the Instagram Look
- Fake Duotone
-
Chapter 10. Sharpen your Teeth sharpening techniques
- Basic Sharpening
- Creating Extraordinary Sharpening
- Edge Sharpening Technique
- The Most Advanced Sharpening in Elements
- Advanced Sharpening Using Adjust Sharpness
- Chapter 11. Fine Print printing, color management, and my Elements 14 workflow
- Setting Up Your Color Management
- You Have to Calibrate Your Monitor Before You Go Any Further
- Getting Pro-Quality Prints That Match Your Screen
- Sharpening for Printing
- Making the Print
- What to Do If the Print Still Doesn’t Match Your Screen
- My Elements 14 Photography Workflow
- Index
Product information
- Title: The Photoshop Elements 14 Book for Digital Photographers
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2015
- Publisher(s): New Riders
- ISBN: 9780134290997
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