How to Wow : Photoshop for Photography

by Davis, Jack; Willmore, Ben

• ISBN13: 9780321357502
• ISBN10: 0321357507
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback w/CD
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Peachpit Press

Summary

"Jack Davis and Ben Willmore guide you step-by-step through real-world projects, with an emphasis on uncompromising quality, last-minute flexibility, and go-home-at-night speed! You'll receive tips and techniques on everything from streamlining your workflow in the new Bridge to retouching in perspective with Vanishing Point to optimizing an entire photoshoot automatically in Camera Raw."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Workflow Foundations	10	(30)
Where's My Stuff?	12	(2)
Starting Your Digital Camera Workflow	14	(3)
Determining the Optimal Exposure	17	(1)
Photoshop Workflow	18	(2)
Color Management	20	(1)
Working with Presets	21	(1)
Using Profiles in Photoshop	22	(2)
Camera Raw 2 Adjustments	24	(4)
File Browsing with Raw Images	28	(2)
Camera Raw 3 Adjustments	30	(5)
Working with Raw Files in Bridge	35	(1)
Elements of the Bridge	36	(2)
Bridge Insights	38	(2)
Processing & Presenting	40	(16)
Embedding Information & Copyright	42	(2)
Watermarking, Labeling, & Signing	44	(2)
Using Layer Styles	46	(1)
Creating Fill Layers	47	(1)
Using Picture Package	48	(2)
Making PDF Slide Show Presentations	50	(2)
Creating Instant Web Photo Galleries	52	(3)
Using Actions to Optimize Images for Email and the Web	55	(1)
Adjusting & Optimizing	56	(36)
Cropping, Straightening, & Adjusting Perspective	58	(2)
Lens Correction	60	(2)
Mastering Selections	62	(4)
Extracting Complex Objects	66	(2)
Understanding Levels & Curves	68	(2)
Dodging & Burning with Layers	70	(2)
Blend Modes & Blend If Sliders	72	(2)
Shadow & Highlight Resuscitations	74	(2)
High Dynamic Range Imaging	76	(2)
Combining Multiple Exposures	78	(2)
Neutralizing Color Casts	80	(2)
Adjustment Layers & Layer Masks	82	(2)
Targeted Color Control with Sliders & Masks	84	(2)
Targeted Color Control with Colorize & Masks	86	(2)
Noise Reduction	88	(2)
Scaling, Sharpening, & Resolution	90	(2)
Retouching & Repairing	92	(26)
Dust & Scratch Removal	94	(4)
Using the Healing Brushes	98	(1)
Using the Patch Tool	99	(1)
Retouching in Perspective	100	(2)
Sky Replacing	102	(2)
Sky Manufacturing	104	(3)
Tonal Rescue	107	(2)
Color Resuscitation	109	(3)
Photo Repair & Restoration	112	(6)
People & Portraits	118	(30)
Controlling Blemishes & Wrinkles	120	(3)
Manual Patching Examples	123	(1)
Pore & Skin Softening	124	(2)
Skin Conditioning & Shaving	126	(2)
Skin Smoothing for a Porcelain Glow	128	(4)
Using Hue/Saturation Adjustments	132	(2)
Unifying Skin Color & Tone	134	(2)
Eye & Teeth Tweaking	136	(2)
Red-Eye Removal	138	(2)
Body Reshaping	140	(2)
Body Part Swapping	142	(3)
Hair Replacement	145	(3)
Enhancing & Exaggerating	148	(28)
Adding Density with Blend Modes	150	(2)
Diffused Glows	152	(2)
Diffused Glow & Soft Focus Variations	154	(2)
Popping Images with High Pass	156	(2)
Selective High Pass Popping	158	(1)
Gradient Fill Layers	159	(1)
Density Gradient ``Layer Filters''	160	(2)
Color Gradient ``Layer Filters''	162	(3)
Customizing Gradient ``Layer Filters''	165	(2)
Creative Focus Control	167	(2)
More Lens Blur Examples	169	(1)
Controlled Depth of Field Altering	170	(2)
Motion Blurring & Variations	172	(2)
Additional Motion Blur Effects	174	(2)
Color & Tone Treatments	176	(34)
Color to B&W Conversions: Channel Mixer	178	(2)
Histogram Palette	180	(2)
Color to B&W Conversion: Combining Options	182	(2)
Color to B&W Conversion: Faux Infrared	184	(2)
Layer Style Tinting	186	(2)
Tinting Variations	188	(2)
Advanced Multi-Tones	190	(2)
Matching Color: Product to Product	192	(2)
Matching Color: Product to Swatch	194	(2)
Matching Color: Lighting & Color Casts	196	(2)
Quick Antique Coloring	198	(2)
Selective Recoloring	200	(2)
Hand Coloring	202	(2)
Colorizing & Cross-Processing	204	(2)
Solarizing & Sabatier Effects	206	(2)
Expressive Shading & Halos	208	(2)
Artistic Effects & Overlays	210	(26)
Soft-Edged Framing	212	(2)
Soft-Edged & Filtered Framing Variations	214	(2)
Brush Stroke Borders	216	(2)
Creating a Deckled Edge	218	(4)
Canvas Texture Treatments	222	(2)
Texture & Noise Overlay Treatments	224	(2)
Texture & Noise Variations	226
Smart Warping	212	(18)
Turning a Photo into a Painting	230	(5)
Painting Past Reality	235	(1)
Combining & Collaging	236	(41)
Template-Based Collaging	238	(2)
Creating Quick Collage Templates	240	(2)
Custom Mask Collaging	242	(4)
Converting Scanned Images into Masks	246	(1)
Importing Custom Shapes from Illustrator	247	(1)
Smart Collage	248	(3)
Smart Objects	251	(1)
Unifying a Series with Styles	252	(2)
Working with Preset Layer Styles	254	(2)
Text Panel Overlays	256	(4)
Quick Collaging Overlays with Tool Presets	260	(2)
Panel Overlay Variations	262	(2)
Frame Overlay Variations	264	(4)
Instant Backdrops & Cast Shadows	268	(4)
Soft-Edged Combining	272	(3)
Panorama Stitching	275	(2)
Index	277