Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers - Martin Evening [0]
Cover image
Front matter
Copyright
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1. Photoshop Fundamentals
Chapter 2. Configuring Photoshop
Chapter 3. Camera Raw Image Processing
Chapter 4. Sharpening and Noise Reduction
Chapter 5. Image Editing Essentials
Chapter 6. Black and White
Chapter 7. Extending the Dynamic Range
Chapter 8. Image Retouching
Chapter 9. Layers, Selections and Masking
Chapter 10. Essential Filters for Photo Editing
Chapter 11. Image Management
Chapter 12. Color Management
Chapter 13. Print Output
Chapter 14. Output for the Web
Chapter 15. Automating Photoshop
Index
Back matter
Front matter
Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers
A professional image editor's guide to the creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC
Martin Evening
Copyright
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Evening, Martin.
Adobe Photoshop CS5 for photographers: a professional image editor's guide to the creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC.
1. Adobe Photoshop. 2. Photography—Digital techniques.
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2010924449
ISBN: 978-0-240-52200-5
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Foreword
John Nack
Principal Product Manager, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Systems
Is Photoshop for photographers? And do photographers really need Photoshop? A couple of years ago, these questions might have seemed a little silly. No professional photographer would seriously consider foregoing Photoshop's image-manipulation power, whether to apply subtle color corrections or to make radical image alterations. Now, however, new workflowcentric applications like Adobe Lightroom have come into the market. With these tools focusing purely on photographers' needs, how relevant does Photoshop remain?
To me the situation is a bit like what I've found with photography: yes, you can start out and sometimes get by with a limited set of equipment, but the more you know, the more you value specialized tools that can make the difference in critical scenarios. It's quite true that many photographers will spend more time in Bridge/Camera Raw, Lightroom, and the like and less in Photoshop proper, but for many demanding shots, only the full power of Photoshop will do.
Martin is in a unique position to explain the new balance of power – when to use a raw converter/image manager, and when to use the imaging tools in Photoshop itself. Throughout his long and intimate relationship with both the Photoshop and Lightroom development teams, he's helped shape today's digital imaging world.
You know the old cliché ‘Those who can't do, teach,’ right? No one says that about Martin Evening. He earns his knowledge the hard way, making