The Adobe Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers, 2nd Edition

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• The most useful retouching techniques for photographers, how to make impossible selections like wind-blown hair, and how to use Layers like a pro 
• How to seamlessly remove distracting junk from images, sharpen images, stitch panoramas, and process HDR for a realistic look 
• The latest Photoshop special effects for photographers and a host of shortcuts, workarounds, and slick insider tricks 

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Description

• Copyright 2023
• Pages: 384
• Edition: 2nd

• eBook
• ISBN-10: 0-13-735751-6
• ISBN-13: 978-0-13-735751-2

AN AMAZING NEW VERSION OF THE PHOTOSHOP BOOK THAT BREAKS ALL THE RULES!

Scott Kelby, Editor and Publisher of Photoshop User magazineand the best-selling photography techniques author in the world todayonce again takes this book to a whole new level as he uncovers more of the latest, most important, and most useful Adobe Photoshop techniques for photographers.
 This update to his award-winning, record-breaking book does something for digital photographers thats never been done beforeit cuts through the bull and shows you exactly how to do it. Its not a bunch of theory; it doesnt challenge you to come up with your own settings or figure it out on your own. Instead, Scott shows you step by step the exact techniques used by todays cutting-edge digital photographers, and best of all, he shows you flat-out exactly which settings to use, when to use them, and why.
 LEARN HOW THE PROS DO IT
The photographers workflow in Photoshop has evolved greatly over time, and in this current version of book youll wind up doing a lot of your processing and editing in Photoshops Adobe Camera Raw feature (whether you shoot in RAW, JPEG or TIFFit works for all three). Thats because for years now, Adobe has been adding most of Photoshops new features for photography directly into Camera Raw itself. Since todays photography workflow in Photoshop is based around Camera Raw, about one third of this book is about mastering Camera Raw like a pro. Plus, youll learn:
 

• The sharpening techniques the pros really use.
• The pros tricks for fixing the most common digital photo problems fast!
• The most useful retouching techniques for photographers, and how to make impossible selections like wind-blown hair (its easy, once you know the secrets), and how to use Layers like a pro.  
• How to seamlessly remove distracting junk from your images.
• How to stitch panoramas, how to process HDR for a realistic look, and tricks for pulling way more out of your images than you ever dreamed possible.
• The latest Photoshop special effects for photographers (theres a whole chapter just on these!).
• A host of shortcuts, workarounds, and slick insider tricks to send your productivity through the roof!

 
Scott includes a special chapter with his own workflow, from start to finish, plus, each chapter ends with a Photoshop Killer Tips section, packed with time-saving, job-saving tips that make all the difference. He also provides four bonus chapters, along with the images used in the book for download so you can follow right along. If youre ready to learn all the tricks of the tradethe same ones that todays leading pros use to correct, edit, retouch, and sharpen their workthen youre holding the book that will do just that.

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Table of Contents

Previous Edition Table of Contents 

Chapter 1 Raw and Un-Kutt the essentials of camera raw
Chapter 2 Beyond the Reach camera rawbeyond the basics
Chapter 3 The Adjustment Bureau camera raws adjustment tools
Chapter 4 Lens correcting lens problems
Chapter 5 Special Effects effects using camera raw
Chapter 6 Scream of the Crop how to resize and crop photos
Chapter 7 Layers of Light layers, selections, and compositing
Chapter 8 HDR creating high dynamic range images
Chapter 9 Problem Child fixing common problems
Chapter 10 Special Edition special effects for photographers
Chapter 11 Sharp Tale sharpening techniques
Chapter 12 Dirty Work my step-by-step workflow

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