A professional image editor's guide to the creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC
Inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame in 2008, Martin Evening is an internationally renowned professional photographer. Working principally on studio-based beauty photography, Martin uses Photoshop to retouch or manipulate to some degree nearly every image he produces. This regular everyday experience with the software has enabled him to gain extensive specialist knowledge of Photoshop.
Contents What's different in this book Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Photoshop Fundamentals Photoshop installation The Photoshop interface Creating a new document User interface brightness Tabbed document windows Managing document windows Synchronized scroll and zoom Image document window details Title bar proxy icons (Mac only) Info panel status information Rulers, Guides & Grid `Snap to' behavior Pixel Grid view The Photoshop panels Panel arrangements and docking Panel positions remembered in workspaces Customizing the menu options Customizing the keyboard shortcuts Task-based workspaces Working with a dual display setup Photoshop CC Tools panel Options bar Tool Presets Selection tools Color Range Adjustable tone ranges Modifier keys Painting tools On-the-fly brush changes On-screen brush adjustments Brush panel Brush panel options Pressure sensitive control Brush tool presets Mixer brush Bristle tip brush shapes Load/Replace Swatches from HTML Hex Field Tools for filling Tools for drawing Image editing tools Move tool Layer selection using the move tool Navigation and information tools Zoom tool shortcuts Hand tool Bird's-eye view Flick panning Windows Multi-touch support Eyedropper tool Ruler tool Rotate view tool Notes tool Count tool Screen view modes Working with Layers Automating Photoshop Preset Manager History The History panel History settings and memory usage History brush Use of history versus undo Snapshots Non-linear history When files won't open Save often Background Saving Normal saves Using Save As... to save images File formats Photoshop native file format Smart PSD files Large Document (PSB) format TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) Pixel order Byte order Save Image Pyramid TIFF compression options Flattened TIFFs JPEG PNG Photoshop PDF Adobe Bridge CC The Bridge interface Making Bridge CS work with Photoshop CC Custom work spaces in Bridge Opening files from Bridge Slideshows IV V Camera Raw DNG and transparency support Opening photos from Bridge via Camera Raw Splash screen Chapter 2: Camera Raw Image Processing Camera Raw advantages The new Camera Raw workflow Does the order matter? Raw capture JPEG capture Editing JPEGs and TIFFs in Camera Raw Alternative Raw processors A basic Camera Raw/Photoshop workflow Camera Raw support DNG compatibility Getting raw images into Photoshop Image ingestion Importing images via Photo Downloader Tethered shoot imports Tethered shooting via Canon EOS Utility Importing images via other programs Import Images from Device (Mac only) Basic Camera Raw image editing Working with Bridge and Camera Raw General controls for single file opening Full size window view General controls for multiple file opening New preview controls Checkpoints Preview preferences Workflow options Saving soft proofed raw files as smart objects Summary of the proposed soft proofing workflow Opening raw files as Smart Objects Saving photos from Camera Raw Saving a JPEG as DNG Resolving naming conflicts New Save dialog Altering the background color The histogram display Digital camera histograms Interactive histogram Image browsing via Camera Raw Camera Raw preferences Default Image Settings Camera Raw cache DNG file handling JPEG and TIFF handling Camera Raw cropping and straightening How to straighten and crop Basic panel controls White balance Using the white balance tool White balance tool refinements Basic panel auto white balance adjustments Process Versions The Process 2012 tone adjustment controls Exposure Contrast Highlights and Shadows Whites and B