Book description
ARE YOU READY FOR AN ELEMENTS BOOK THAT
BREAKS ALL THE RULES?
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-Mask-filter”
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, sharp¿ening, retouching, and printing your photos
like a pro. You’ll be absolutely amazed at how easy and
effective these techniques are–once you know the
secrets.
LEARN HOW THE PROS DO IT
Each year Scott trains thousands of digital photographers and,
almost without exception, they have the same questions and face the
same problems–that’s exactly what he covers in this
book. You’ll learn:
· How to unlock the power of layers (you’ll be amazed at how easy it is!)
· How to use Camera Raw for processing not only RAW photos, but JPEGs, TIFFs, and PSDs 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 brightening people in dark shadows and getting the best color possible
· The most requested photographic special effects, and much more!
THE BOOK’S SECRET WEAPON
Although Elements 15 offers some digital photography features that
Photoshop CC doesn’t offer, there are plenty of features that
Photoshop CC has that Elements 15 doesn’t (like channels,
HDR, etc.). But in this book, you’ll learn some slick
work¿arounds, cheats, and fairly ingenious ways to replicate
many of those Photo¿shop features right within Elements. Plus,
you can download a bonus chapter on portrait retouching and all the
images used in the book, from the book’s companion
webpage.
Since this book is designed for photographers, it doesn’t
waste your time talking about what a pixel is, how to frame a shot
or set 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
- Dedication Page
- Acknowledgments
- Other Books by Scott Kelby
- About the Author
- Contents
- Nine Things You’ll Wish You Had Known Before Reading This Book
-
The Organizer: managing photos using the organizer
- Importing Your Photos
- Backing Up Your Photos to a Disc or Hard Drive
- Importing Photos from Your Scanner
- Changing the Size of Your Photo Thumbnails
- Seeing Full-Screen Previews
- Sorting Photos by Date and Viewing Filenames
- Change the Time & Date of Your Photos (Great, If You Travel)
- Finding Photos Fast by Their Month & Year
- Smart Tags and Enhanced Searching
- Tagging Your Photos (with Keyword Tags)
- Tagging Multiple Photos
- Assigning Multiple Tags to One Photo
- Tagging Images of People
- Albums: It’s How You Put Photos in Order One by One
- Choosing Your Own Icons for Keyword Tags
- Deleting Keyword Tags or Albums
- Seeing Your Photo’s Metadata (EXIF Info)
- Adding Your Own Info to Photos
- Finding Photos
- Finding Duplicate Photos
- Creating a Slide Show
- Reducing Clutter by Stacking Your Photos
- Places: Viewing Your Photos on a Map
- Sharing Your Photos
-
Raw and Un-Kutt: the essentials of camera
- Opening Your Photos into Camera Raw
- Miss the JPEG Look? Try Applying a Camera Profile
- The Essential Adjustments: White Balance
- Seeing a Before/After in Camera Raw
- Letting Camera Raw Auto-Correct Your Photos
- My Editing Your Images Cheat Sheet
- Setting Your White Pointand Black Point
- Adjusting the Overall Brightness
- Adding Contrast
- Dealing with Highlight Problems (Clipping)
- Opening Up the Shadows (Like “Fill Light” on a Slider)
- Putting It All Together (A Quick Start-to-Finish Tweak)
-
Beyond the Reach: camera raw—beyond the basics
- Editing Multiple Photos at Once
- Bring Out Detail and Texture Using Clarity
- Making Your Colors More Vibrant
- Sharpening in Camera Raw
- Reducing Noise in Noisy Photos
- Removing Red Eye in Camera Raw
- The Trick for Expanding the Range of Your Photos
- Black & White Conversions in Camera Raw
- Cropping and Straightening
- The Advantages of Adobe’s DNG Format for RAW Photos
-
Scream of the Crop: how to resize and crop photos
- Basic Cropping
- Auto-Cropping to Standard Sizes
- Cropping to an Exact Custom Size
- Cropping into a Shape
- Fixing Problems with Perspective Crop
- Using the Crop Tool to Add More Canvas Area
- Auto-Cropping Gang-Scanned Photos
- Straightening Photos with the Straighten Tool
- Resizing Photos
- Resizing and How to Reach Those Hidden Free Transform Handles
- Making Your Photos Smaller (Downsizing)
- Automated Saving and Resizing
- Resizing Just Parts of Your Image Using the Recompose Tool
- Radio Edit: which mode do I use: quick, guided, or expert?
- Layers of Light: working with layers
-
Problem Child: fixing common problems
- Adjusting Flesh Tones
- Using the Smart Brush Tool to Select and Enhance Skies at the Same Time
- Adding Contrast and Drama to Cloudy Skies
- Removing Digital Noise
- Focusing Light with Dodging and Burning
- Removing Haze from Your Photos
- Opening Up Shadow Areas That Are Too Dark
- Fixing Areas That Are Too Bright
- When Your Subject Is Too Dark
- Automatic Red-Eye Removal
- Instant Red-Eye Removal
- Fixing Problems Caused by Your Camera’s Lens
- Saving Blurry Photos Using the Shake Reduction Filter
- The Elements Secret to Fixing Group Shots
- Natural Selection: selection techniques
- Remove: removing unwanted objects
-
Special Edition: special effects for photographers
- Effects and Presets Galore in Quick Edit Mode
- Creating a Picture Stack Effect
- Putting a Photo Inside Text
- Creating an Effects Collage
- Enhancing Depth of Field (or Faking That 85mm f/1.4 Look)
- Trendy Desaturated Skin Look
- High-Contrast Portrait Look
- Converting to Black and White
- Panoramas Made Crazy Easy
- Burned-In Edge Effect (Vignetting)
- Creating the Selective Color Effect
- Neutral Density Gradient Filter
- Getting the Instagram Look
- Fake Duotone
- Sharp Tale: sharpening techniques
- Print: printing, color management, and my Elements 15 workflow
- Index
Product information
- Title: The Photoshop Elements 15 Book for Digital Photographers
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2017
- Publisher(s): New Riders
- ISBN: 9780134609553
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