Photoshop For Photographers

Resources: A Syllabus -Sorta

• Available versions of PS, Camera Raw and PSE
• A short list of Reference Books
• Work Flow
Up Dates

The Set Up

Basic Settings

• Set up Photoshop before you start.
• Defining the histogram
• You really need to do this
  Calibrate Your Monitor
• Photo Management
  Transferring from Camera To Computer To Archive
  Using Bridge, Photoshop Elements Album or Lightroom
• Convert your .jpgs using Camera Raw

Camera Raw

Camera Raw Work Flow
Camera Raw
Notes on using The Tabbed Panels

Gradients
A comparison
Camera Raw in Photoshop Elements does NOT have gradients, you use a New Adjustment Layer, Levels and the gradient tool in PSE. There are also instructions for Photoshop.

Sky too light? Foreground too Dark?
Editing your Photo as a Smart Object

Photoshopping your Photos

Photoshopping Photos
Exposure and toning
Misc, outdated techniques

Portraits
Layer Masks and Wrinkles

The Healing Brush

Skin Tones and the Clone Tool
with an added wrinkle

Landscapes
The Gradient Filter
Sky too light? Foreground too Dark?

Editing Smart Objects

Other Photoshop Tricks

Using Layers and blending to fix
Over or Under Exposed Photos

Merging photos (PhotoMerge® in PSE)
Layer Techniques

What's New in CS5

1. Content Aware Fill

Check out Russell Brown's Videos

2. Puppet Warp
3. Content Aware Scale (Re-compose in PSE 8)
4. HDR Pro
5. HDR Toning
6. Refine edge (quick Select)
7. Lens Correction
8. 3D Repouse Selection (extended)
9. Image process
10. Mixer Brush
11. The Healing Brush (Content aware)
12. Camera Raw
1. De-mosaic, sharpen, Noise, Vingette
2. Lens Correction

Printing

Getting Ready to Print
Removing unwanted objects, dust and noise removal
Sharpening photos for print
dpi

How to making a portfolio print

Inkjet Printing