July 2013
Beginner
192 pages
5h 19m
English
book
The Way of the Digital Photographer: Walking the Photoshop post-production path to more creative photography
by Harold Davis
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Glossary
Adobe Camera Raw (ACR): Used to convert RAW files into files that Photoshop can open.
Aperture: The size of the opening in a camera lens, usually designated as an f-stop.
Blending mode: Determines how two layers in Photoshop will combine.
Bracketing: Shooting many exposures at a range of settings. It often works better to bracket shutter speed rather than aperture.
Brush Tool: Used to paint on a layer or layer mask in Photoshop.
Channel: In Photoshop, a channel is a grayscale representation of color (or black) information. In RGB color there are three channels: red, green, and blue.
CMYK: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black; the four-color color model used for most offset printing.
Color opponent: A color channel that includes information ...
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