Adobe Photoshop CS6 for Photographers

Adobe Photoshop CS6 for Photographers
Author: Martin Evening
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 770
Release: 2012
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 024052604X

The most comprehensive guide to Photoshop, fully updated to cover all new features

Real World Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers

Real World Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers
Author: Conrad Chavez
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Total Pages: 1017
Release: 2008-12-11
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0132104555

This edition of Real World Photoshop is more tightly focused for the needs and demands of the professional digital photographers. From acquiring images to using an efficient processing workflow to maintaining image quality and final output quality all within the powerful feature set of Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop Extended CS4. Coverage of new features includes: live, non-destructive corrections in the Adjustments panel, re-editable, feathered, density controlled masks, enhanced auto-align, auto blend, 360 degree panoramas, and more. The book's new focus helps readers understand the core workflow tasks, main print and web output options as well as the commercial printing information necessary to hand off images for prepress. Essentials information on file formats, color settings, image adjustment fundamentals, sharpness, detail, noise reduction, and image storage and output is also included. Photoshop Extended is covered where it relates specifically to photographers.

Photoshop CS5 Restoration and Retouching For Digital Photographers Only

Photoshop CS5 Restoration and Retouching For Digital Photographers Only
Author: Mark Fitzgerald
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 628
Release: 2010-06-17
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0470915781

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Restoration and Retouching For Digital Photographers Only is the complete guide to restoration and retouching. Whether you’re new to Photoshop, or if you’ve been using it for years, you’ll learn lots of new tricks that will help put the beauty back into cherished family photos, and turn new photos into frameable works of art. Follow Adobe Certified Photoshop Expert Mark Fitzgerald as he guides you through the restoration and retouching workflows. Begin by learning about basic concepts, such as proper tonal and color adjustment, selections, and masking. Then learn to master Photoshop’s retouching tools, like the Healing Brush, Patch Tool, and Clone Stamp. After you build a solid foundation, you’ll see how these tools and techniques come together to solve a wide range of restoration and retouching problems; from repairing a damaged print to removing braces and repairing glass glares. Explore the tools and techniques with step-by-step expert instructions for downloadable practice files. Experience the total workflow as you complete three projects along side Mark from start to finish: a restoration project, a portrait retouching project, and an architectural retouching project. This book is an update to Mark Fitzgerald’s popular book, Adobe Photoshop CS3 Restoration and Retouching Bible.

Smashing Photoshop CS5

Smashing Photoshop CS5
Author: Sue Jenkins
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2010-09-23
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0470970561

EXPAND YOUR IMAGINATION Smashing Photoshop CS5 is loaded with 100 creative and innovative techniques to help jump-start your creativity and inspire you to do more with your designs and photographs. This book is aimed at designers, artists and photographers who want to become proficient in Photoshop CS5, getting you quickly up to speed with many of the fantastic new tools and features. Author Sue Jenkins is a photographer and web and graphic designer, author, software instructor and Adobe Certified Expert. Using her knowledge and years of expertise in the field she provides 100 hints, special effects, and techniques that will enable you to extend your existing skills and to develop and execute new ideas and trends. Smashing Photoshop CS5 is the ideal guide to help you to get the best out of Photoshop CS5. This book will teach you how to perform specific tasks using a variety of tools, filters, styles, adjustment layers, and more. With Smashing Photoshop CS5 you will learn how to: • MAKE 3D TEXT WITH REPOUSSÉ • CREATE ENGRAVED TYPE • DESIGN A BLOG HEADER • STIMULATE HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGES • MAKE RETRO HALFTONES • WORK WITH CUSTOM BRUSHES • USE CONTENT-AWARE SCALING • TRANSFORM WITH PUPPET WARP • TRACE PHOTOS • MAKE SCALE MODELS • MIMIC CROSS-PROCESSING (XPRO) • EDIT WITH LAYER MASKS • CORRECT IMAGE DISTORTION • RETOUCH AND RESTORE IMAGES • EDIT WITH THE VANISHING POINT • CREATE PANORAMAS Key Topics Covered: Part I: Web Layout And Optimization Part II: Photoshop CS4 And CS5 Techniques Part III: Text Effects Part IV: Studio And Commercial Effects Part V: Special Effects Part VI: Image Distressing Part VII: Image Retouching And Restoration Smashing Photoshop CS5 is the perfect springboard for sparking new ideas and gaining inspiration for all your projects. Smashing Magazine (smashingmagazine.com) is one of the world's most popular web design sites. True to the Smashing mission, the Smashing Magazine book series delivers useful and innovative information to Web designers and developers.

Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers

Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers
Author: Martin Evening
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 769
Release: 2013-07-24
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1136089985

With the new edition of this proven bestseller, Photoshop users can master the power of Photoshop CS5 with internationally renowned photographer and Photoshop hall-of-famer Martin Evening by their side. In this acclaimed reference work, Martin covers everything from the core aspects of working in Photoshop to advanced techniques for professional results. Subjects covered include organizing a digital workflow, improving creativity, output, automating Photoshop, and using Camera RAW. The style of the book is extremely clear, with real examples, diagrams, illustrations, and step-by-step explanations supporting the text throughout. This is, quite simply, the essential reference for photographers of all levels using Photoshop. All DVD content is now available online at www.focalpress.com/cw/evening-9780240522005/ for kindle and eBook readers.

Professional Portrait Retouching Techniques for Photographers Using Photoshop

Professional Portrait Retouching Techniques for Photographers Using Photoshop
Author: Scott Kelby
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 725
Release: 2011-03-24
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0132118718

Each year, Scott Kelby, Editor-in-Chief of Photoshop User magazine and the #1 best-selling Photoshop author, trains literally thousands of photographers on how to retouch portraits using Photoshop through his live seminars, online classes, DVDs, and standing-room only workshops at the Photoshop World Conference & Expo. Now you can learn the same techniques he uses in his own retouching workflow, in the only book of its kind–one written expressly for photographers who do their own retouching. As a pro photographer himself, Scott understands that photographers make their living shooting, not retouching. But, delivering fully retouched images is now expected by clients. That’s why Scott put together this amazing resource for teaching photographers the quickest, easiest, and most effective ways to create professional-looking, retouched final images without spending hours grinding away at painstaking, detailed techniques. LEARN HOW THE PROS DO IT It’s all here–the step-by-step methods for fixing, enhancing, and finishing your portraits in Photoshop. Using the techniques in this book, you’ll create images that will absolutely wow your clients. You’ll learn: • How to soften skin and still retain detail and texture • The best tricks for beautifully enhancing eyes, eyebrows, and eyelashes • How to selectively sharpen portraits without complicated masking • How to create gorgeous-looking lips • How to remove blemishes fast and keep the most detail • The pros’ tricks for body sculpting • How to make your subject’s hair look fabulous • How to give your retouches that natural look that sets them apart • Plus, you get Scott’s complete 5-minute, 15-minute, and 30-minute start-to-finish workflows If you’re ready to learn the “tricks of the trade”–the same ones that today’s leading pro photographers use to retouch, tuck, tighten, and tone their images for that pro-retouched look–you’re holding the book that will do exactly that. It will radically change the way you retouch your portraits from here on out, and give you the best-looking, most natural retouches you’ve ever done.

The Adobe Photoshop Cs5 Professional Book

The Adobe Photoshop Cs5 Professional Book
Author: Sandor Burkus
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2011-10-26
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781466475861

| Professional Photoshop book ! | This book was designed for people, who are looking for a job, and to apply for a position need a Photoshop knowledge. The book based on personal working experience in editorial offices and graphic design studios. | People finish a course, and however they have a basic knowledge, they wont be hired without any working experience. 12 years ago I was in the same situation, finishing a course nobody hired me without a working experience. | But now I have 12 years working experience in desktop publishing and graphic design, and in this book I give my experience to you. | The book contains 96 REAL step by step professional Photoshop tutorials - I say "REAL", because these jobs were made by me in editorial offices or graphic design studios - that's why this book is professional. The tutorials explains you the professional production technology. | The courses teaches you only the basics, and nobody will explain you professional tricks in the office - colleagues do not like if you ask them. | You have to know the professional secrets - first to get a job, then to make the job. Otherwise you will make mistakes... | Also, in the book - next to each tutorials - you can find shortcuts, you have to use working fast as a professional. Professionals are working with shortcuts! | CONTENTS: CHAPTER1 | Quick Start Guide (24 Tutorials): 1.Color Settings, 2.RGB-CMYK, 3.Image Size, 4.Canvas Size, 5.Levels, 6.Curves, 7.Yellow Veil, 8.Path, 9.Selection, 10.Save/Load Selection, 11. Feather, 12. Mask, 13.Skin Color, 14.Clone, 15. Shadow, 16.Control Button, 17.Mirror Effect, 18.Motion Blur, 19.Saturation, 20.Sharpening, 21.Custom Color, 22. Black, 23.Save for Web, 24.History | CHAPTER2 | Pre-Intermediate (24 Tutorials): 1.Layers, 2.Layer Group, 3.Pencil, 4. Brush, 5.Type, 6.Bevel & Emboss, 7.Crop, 8.Path 01, 9.Path 02, 10.Color Range, 11.Selective Color, 12.Clone, 13. Colorize, 14.Opacity, 15.Crystallize, 16.Paint Bucket, 17.Gradient, 18.Transform, 19.Polygon Tool, 20.Red, 21.White, 22.Deep Shadow, 23.Clipping Mask, 24. Actions | CHAPTER 3 | Intermediate (24 Tutorials): 1.Layers 01, 2.Layers 02, 3.Channels, 4.Path 01, 5.Path 02, 6.Path 03, 7.Path 04, 8.White, 9.White Point, 10.Color Balance, 11.Drop Shadow, 12.Shadow, 13.Styles Palette, 14.Clone01, 15.Clone 02, 16.Gaussian Blur 01, 17.Gaussian Blur 02, 18.Text Palette, 19.Paste Into, 20.Transform, 21.Slice, 22.Replace Color, 23.Pinch Filter, 24.Fashion Effect | CHAPTER 4 | Advanced (24 Tutorials): 1.100% Black, 2.Paste Into, 3.Refine Edge, 4.Paste Into, 5.Adjustments palette 1, 6.Layer Style 1, 7.Mask Correction, 8.Pen Tool/P, 9.Layer Style 2, 10.Brightness/Contrast, 11.Rotate, 12.Adjustments palette 2, 13.Icon, 14.50% White, 15.Layer Style 3, 16.Layer Style 4, 17.Brush Tool, 18.Adjustments palette 3, 19.Rasterize Type, 20.100% Yellow, 21.Paste Into 3, 22.Adjustments palette 4, 23.30% Black, 24.Modify the selection | Buy this book, get a job! |

The Adobe Photoshop CS5 Book Professional + Web Design

The Adobe Photoshop CS5 Book Professional + Web Design
Author: Sandor Burkus
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Adobe Photoshop
ISBN: 9781453867471

- Professional Photoshop book ! - This book was designed for people, who are looking for a job, and to apply for a position need a Photoshop knowledge. The book based on personal working experience in editorial offices and graphic design studios. - People finish a course, and however they have a basic knowledge, they wont be hired without working experience. 12 years ago I was in the same situation, finishing a course nobody hired me without a working experience. - But now I have 12 years working experience in desktop publishing and graphic design, and in this book I give my experience to you. - The book contains 120 REAL step by step Photoshop tutorials - I say "REAL," because these jobs made by me in editorial offices or graphic design studios, that's why this book is professional. These tutorials explain you the professional production technology. The courses teach you only the basics, and nobody will explain you these tricks in the office - colleagues do not like if you ask them. You have to know these professional secrets - first to get a job, then to make the job. Otherwise you will make mistakes. - Also, in the book you can find shortcuts, you have to use, working fast as a professional. Professionals are working with shortcuts! - CHAPTER 1 - Quick Start Guide (24 Tutorials): 1.Color Settings, 2.RGB-CMYK, 3.Image Size, 4.Canvas Size, 5.Levels, 6.Curves, 7.Yellow Veil, 8.Path, 9.Selection, 10.Save/Load Selection, 11. Feather, 12. Mask, 13.Skin Color, 14.Clone, 15. Shadow, 16.Control Button, 17.Mirror Effect, 18.Motion Blur, 19.Saturation, 20.Sharpening, 21.Custom Color, 22. Black, 23.Save for Web, 24.History - CHAPTER 2 - Pre-Intermediate (24 Tutorials): 1.Layers, 2.Layer Group, 3.Pencil, 4. Brush, 5.Type, 6.Bevel & Emboss, 7.Crop, 8.Path 01, 9.Path 02, 10.Color Range, 11.Selective Color, 12.Clone, 13. Colorize, 14.Opacity, 15.Crystallize, 16.Paint Bucket, 17.Gradient, 18.Transform, 19.Polygon Tool, 20.Red, 21.White, 22.Deep Shadow, 23.Clipping Mask, 24. Actions - CHAPTER 3 - Intermediate (24 Tutorials): 1.Layers 01, 2.Layers 02, 3.Channels, 4.Path 01, 5.Path 02, 6.Path 03, 7.Path 04, 8.White, 9.White Point, 10.Color Balance, 11.Drop Shadow, 12.Shadow, 13.Styles Palette, 14.Clone01, 15.Clone 02, 16.Gaussian Blur 01, 17.Gaussian Blur 02, 18.Text Palette, 19.Paste Into, 20.Transform, 21.Slice, 22.Replace Color, 23.Pinch Filter, 24.Fashion Effect - CHAPTER 4 - Advanced (24 Tutorials): 1.100% Black, 2.Paste Into, 3.Refine Edge, 4.Paste Into, 5.Adjustments palette 1, 6.Layer Style 1, 7.Mask Correction, 8.Pen Tool/P, 9.Layer Style 2, 10.Brightness/Contrast, 11.Rotate, 12.Adjustments palette 2, 13.Icon, 14.50% White, 15.Layer Style 3, 16.Layer Style 4, 17.Brush Tool, 18.Adjustments palette 3, 19.Rasterize Type, 20.100% Yellow, 21.Paste Into 3, 22.Adjustments palette 4, 23.30% Black, 24.Modify the selection - CHAPTER 5 - Web Design (24 Tutorials): 1.Pixel, 2.Resolution, 3.Color Settings, 4.Web Safe Colors, 5.Swatches, 6.Image Size, 7.Canvas Size, 8.New Guide, 9.Slice Tool, 10.Model, 11.Color Picker, 12.Keyboard Shortcuts, 13.Mini Bridge, 14.Stroke, 15.Gradient, 16.Button, 17.Background, 18.Drop Shadow, 19.3D, 20.Slice Select Tool, 21.JPEG, 22.GIF, 23.PNG 24, 24. New in CS5 - Buy this book, get a job! -

Photoshop CS5 + Web Design (Macintosh / Windows)

Photoshop CS5 + Web Design (Macintosh / Windows)
Author: Sandor Burkus
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2011-03-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781460997246

| Professional Photoshop book ! | This book was designed for people, who are looking for a job, and to apply for a position need a Photoshop knowledge. The book based on personal working experience in editorial offices and graphic design studios. | This book is about Adobe Photoshop CS5, focusing on the print and web design workflow. | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Pro level book. | Macintosh / Windows version, with shortcuts. | Shortcuts are important, because in order to work faster, professionals often use shortcuts, instead of using menus. | In the book you can find Macintosh and Windows shortcuts, next to each tutorial. | The book was designed for people, who are looking for a print- or web designer job, or to apply for the position need a Photoshop knowledge, but do not have a working experience yet. | CONTENTS | CHAPTER 0 | 1. Tools | 2. Options | 3. Layers | 4. Paths | 5. Color | 6. Swatches | 7. Info | 8. Character | 9. Actions | 10. History | CHAPTER 1 | 11. Color Settings | 12. RGB-CMYK | 13. Image Size | 14. Canvas Size | 15. Levels | 16. Curves | 17. Yellow Veil | 18. Path | 19. Selection | 20. Load Selection | CHAPTER 2 | 21. Feather | 22. Mask | 23. Skin Color | 24. Clone | 25. Shadow | 26. Control Key | 27. Mirror Effect | 28. Motion Blur | 29. Saturation | 30. Sharpen | CHAPTER 3 | 31. Custom color | 32. Black | 33. Bevel and Emboss | 34. History | 35. Layers | 36. Layer Group | 37. Pencil | 38. Brush | 39. Type | 40. Save for Web & Devices | CHAPTER 4 | 41. Crop | 42. Path 1 | 43. Path 2 | 44. Color range | 45. Selective Color | 46. Clone | 47. Colorize | 48. Opacity | 49. Crystallize | 50. Paint bucket | CHAPTER 5 | 51. Gradient | 52. Transform | 53. Polygon | 54. Red | 55. White | 56. Deep Shadow | 57. Clipping Mask | 58. Actions | 59. Layers 01 | 60. Layers 02 | CHAPTER 6 | 61. Channels | 62. Path 1 | 63. Path 2 | 64. Path 3 | 65. Path 4 | 66. White | 67. White Point | 68. Color Balance | 69. Drop Shadow | 70. Shadow | CHAPTER 7 | 71. Style Palette | 72. Clone 1 | 73. Clone 2 | 74. Gaussian Blur 1 | 75. Gaussian Blur 2 | 76. Text Palette | 77. Paste Into | 78. Transform | 79. Slice | 80. 3D | CHAPTER 8 | 81. Pinch Filter | 82. Fashion Effect | 83. 100% Black | 84. Paste Into 1 | 85. Refine Edge | 86. Paste Into 2 | 87. Adjustments | 88. Layer Style | 89. Mask Correction | 90. Pen Tool | CHAPTER 9 | 91. Layer Style | 92. Image Correction | 93. Rotate | 94. Color Picker | 95. 50% White | 96. New Guide | 97. Adjustments 1 | 98. Adjustments 2 | 99. Adjustments 3 | 100. Keyboard Shortcuts |

Photoshop CS5 For Dummies

Photoshop CS5 For Dummies
Author: Peter Bauer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2010-03-30
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0470646659

The bestselling guide to the leading image-editing software, fully updated Previous editions of this For Dummies guide have sold more 650,000 copies. Richly illustrated in full color, this edition covers all the updates Photoshop CS5, the gold standard for image-editing programs. Used by professional photographers, graphic designers, and web designers as well as hobbyists, Photoshop has more than four million users worldwide. Photoshop is the image-editing software preferred by professional photographers and designers around the world; Photoshop CS5 is packed with new functionality and enhanced tools Teaches all the basics for first-time users, including how to work with the menus, panels, tools, options, and essential shortcuts Covers how to fix red-eye, remove blemishes and wrinkles, remove people or objects from a photo, adjust brightness, improve color, add shadows and highlights, work with Camera Raw, decrease digital noise, create composite images, use channels and masks, optimize images for the Web, and much more Photoshop CS5 For Dummies helps both amateur and professional Photoshop users take advantage of all the program has to offer.