Book description
This book breaks new ground by doing something for digital
photographers that’s never been done before—it cuts
through the bull and shows you exactly “how to do it.”
It’s not a bunch of theory; it doesn’t challenge you to
come up with your own settings or figure things out on your own.
Instead, it does something that virtually no other Elements book
has ever done—it tells you flat-out which settings to use,
when to use them, and why. If you’re looking for one of those
“tell-me-everything-about-the-Unsharp-Maskfilter”
books, this isn’t it. You can grab any other Elements book on
the shelf, because they all do that. Instead, this book gives you
the inside tips and tricks of the trade for organizing, correcting,
editing, sharpening, retouching, and presenting your photos like a
pro. You’ll be absolutely amazed at how easy and effective
these techniques are—once you know the secrets.
Each year we train thousands of digital photographers and, almost
without exception, they have the same questions and face the same
problem—that’s exactly what we cover in this book.
You’ll learn:
• The real secrets of how the pros retouch portraits
• How to color correct any photo without breaking a sweat
(you’ll be amazed at how they do it!)
• How to use Camera Raw for processing not only RAW photos,
but JPEGs and TIFFs, too! (And you’ll learn why so many pros
like it best—because it’s faster and easier)
• The sharpening techniques the pros really use
(there’s an entire chapter just on this!)
• How to deal with common digital camera image problems,
including removing noise and avoiding halos
• The most requested photographic special effects, and much
more!
THE BOOK’S SECRET WEAPON
Although Elements 7 offers some digital photography features that
Photoshop CS4 doesn’t offer, there are plenty of features
that Photoshop CS4 has that Elements 7 still doesn’t have
(things like layer masking, Channel Mixer, etc.). But in this book,
you’ll learn some slick workarounds, cheats, and some fairly
ingenious ways to replicate many of those Photoshop features from
right within Elements. Plus, since this book is designed for
photographers, it doesn’t waste your time talking about how
to frame a shot, setting your exposure, etc., and there’s no
talk about which camera or printer to buy. It’s all Elements,
step-by-step, cover-to-cover, in the only book of its kind, and
you’re gonna love it!
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments (Scott)
- Acknowledgments (Matt)
- Other Books by Scott Kelby
- Other Books by Matt Kloskowski
- About the Authors
- Table of Contents
- The Quick Q&A You’re Going to wish you Read First
- Chapter 1. Organized Chaos Managing Photos Using the Organizer
- Chapter 2. Raw Deal Processing Your Images Using Camera Raw
- Chapter 3. Resized Resizing and Cropping Your Images
- Chapter 4. Color Me Badd Color Correction for Photographers
- Chapter 5. 99 Problems Digital Camera Image Problems
- Chapter 6. The Mask Selection Techniques
- Chapter 7. Faces Retouching Portraits
- Chapter 8. Take Me Away Removing Unwanted Objects
- Chapter 9. Special Delivery Special Effects for Photographers
- Chapter 10. Sharp Dressed Man Sharpening Techniques
- Chapter 11. Best in Show How to Show Your Work
- Chapter 12. Create (or Die) How to Make Presentations with Your Photos
- Chapter 13. Fit to Print Step-by-Step Printing and Color Management
- Index
- Media
Product information
- Title: The Photoshop Elements 7 Book for Digital Photographers
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2009
- Publisher(s): New Riders
- ISBN: 9780321626622
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