Book Description
This essential guide for intermediate/advanced photographers has now been fully updated for Elements 7.
Bestselling author and Elements guru Philip Andrews turns his expansive knowledge to this powerful application, delivering, once again, a practical approach in a crystal-clear writing style.
For the advanced Elements user, this book offers a standalone guide to advancing knowledge of the software. For those with a little less experience, it works seamlessly in conjunction with Philip's other Elements guide: "Adobe Photoshop Elements 7: A visual introduction to digital photography". Philip expands on the solid foundation delivered by that title to deliver a master-guide that shows you just how powerful this deceptively simple software package can be.
Throughout the book, Philip takes a pro's approach, emphasising a streamlined, non-destructive workflow. Diverse chapters cover the entire spectrum of photographic potential offered by the software, including key areas such as: darkroom techniques, advanced selection techniques, professional retouching, photo restoration, panoramas, collages, RAW processing and printing. Additionally, the content is supplemented by extra great learning tools available on a brand new website including; downloadable resources, and Elements vodcasts.
Essential reading for all photographers using Elements 7.
Table of Contents
- Cover
- Full Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 The Next Level
- The comprehensive Photoshop Elements workflow
- Elements basics
- Basic Elements workflow
- 2 Scanner and Camera Techniques
- The basics - resolution
- 2.01 How many pixels do I need?
- The basics - color depth
- 2.02 More colors equal better quality
- Digital shooting technique
- 2.03 Exposure compensation
- Frame-by-frame control
- 2.04 Contrast
- 2.05 Color saturation
- 2.06 Image sharpness
- 2.07 White balance control
- 2.08 Applying fine-tuning automatically
- 2.09 Customizing your white balance
- 2.10 Shooting Raw for ultimate control
- So what is in a Raw file?
- The Raw advantage
- 2.11 Shooting workflows
- 2.12 Scanning resolution - 'Know where you are going before you start the journey'
- 2.13 Color depth
- 2.14 Multi-sample
- 2.15 Highlight and shadow capture
- 2.16 Color cast correction
- 2.17 Dust and scratches
- 2.18 Noise Reduction technologies
- 2.19 Color regeneration features
- 2.20 Scanning workflow
- Fixing common shooting problems
- Fixing common scanning problems
- 3 Processing Raw Files
- The Photoshop Elements approach to Raw processing
- 3.01 Enabling your Raw camera
- 3.02 Modifying your capture workflow for Raw
- 3.03 Using the Adobe Photo Downloader
- 3.04 The Adobe Camera Raw interface
- 3.05 The new Camera Calibration tab
- 3.06 The raw conversion process
- 3.07 Keeping ACR up to date
- 3.08 Other Raw plug-ins
- 4 Photo Organization and Management
- Organizing your photos with Photoshop Elements
- 4.01 Add picture details in-camera
- 4.02 Organize photos while downloading
- 4.03 Captioning
- 4.04 Naming and renaming
- 4.05 Tagging your photos
- 4.06 Auto Face Tagging
- 4.07 Albums and how to group photos
- 4.08 Using Smart Albums
- 4.09 Synchronizing and Backing Up Albums
- 4.10 Changing your view
- 4.11 Locating files
- Protecting your assets
- 4.12 Creating a backup
- 4.13 Versioning your edits
- 4.14 Creating Image Stacks
- 5 Pathways to Editing in Elements
- Automatic editing
- 5.01 Auto Smart Fix
- 5.02 Auto Red Eye Fix
- 5.03 Other auto options
- Automating editing of several pictures at once
- 5.04 Processing multiple files
- 5.05 Multi-selection editing
- 5.06 Bulk Red eye fixing
- Semi-automatic editing
- 5.07 Using the Quick Fix Editor
- Semi-auto editing summary:
- 5.08 Adjust Smart Fix
- Manual editing
- 5.09 The Full Edit workspace
- Three Editing Modes in Elements plus one Online
- 5.10 Guided Edits
- 5.11 Enhancing via Photoshop.com
- Non-Destructive editing, the professional's choice
- 5.12 Adjustment Layers
- 5.13 Select and adjust in one stroke
- 5.14 'All Layers' tool options
- 5.15 Blend Modes
- 5.16 Layer Masking
- 5.17 Duplicate layers
- Giving Elements a helping hand
- 5.18 Borrowing Photoshop features
- 5.19 Advanced layer masks
- 6 Image Changes - Beyond the Basics
- Advanced selection techniques
- 6.01 Adding to and subtracting from selections
- 6.02 Using the Selection Brush
- 6.03 The Quick Selection Tool
- 6.04 Advanced refining of selection edges
- 6.05 Saving and loading selections
- 6.06 Modifying selections
- 6.07 Transforming a selection
- 6.08 Precise control of selection size
- Understanding layers
- Masking techniques
- 6.09 Painting masks with the Selection Brush
- 6.10 Fill and adjustment layer masks
- 6.11 Using selections with layer masks
- 6.12 'Group with Previous' masks
- 6.13 Changing the mode to grayscale
- 6.14 Desaturate the color file
- 6.15 A more sophisticated approach
- 6.16 The Convert to Black and White feature
- 6.17 Custom entries in Convert to Black and White
- 6.18 The Gradient Map conversions
- 6.19 Borrowing Photoshop's Black and White
- Advanced dodging and burning-in
- 6.20 Using selections to change tone
- 6.21 Erase back through tonal layers
- 6.22 Paint on dodging and burning-in
- 6.23 Blend mode Dodge and Burn
- Enhance your poorly exposed pictures
- 6.24 Screening image layers to enhance tones
- 6.25 Adding detail to highlights and shadows
- Tinted monochromes
- 6.26 Using Hue and Saturation to tone your pictures
- 6.27 Tinting borrowed from Photoshop
- Split toning
- 6.28 Select and tone
- 6.29 Two-layer erase
- 6.30 Color Variations based split toning
- 6.31 Photoshop's Color Balance split toning in Elements
- Black and white and color
- 6.32 Layer mask and gradient map
- Border techniques
- 6.33 Simple borders
- 6.34 Sophisticated edges using grayscale masks
- 6.35 Creating frames with Frame layers
- Adding texture
- 6.36 Add Noise filter
- 6.37 Grain filter
- 6.38 Non-destructive textures
- Advanced sharpening secrets
- 6.39 Unsharp Masking to the rescue
- 6.40 Adjust Sharpness for the ultimate control
- 6.41 Another approach
- 7 Darkroom Techniques on the Desktop
- 7.01 Diffusion printing
- 7.02 Instant film transfer effect
- 7.03 Using the Unsharp Mask filter to add contrast
- 7.04 Lith printing technique
- 7.05 Correcting perspective problems
- 7.06 Add emphasis with saturation
- 7.08 Cross-processing effects
- 7.09 Digital hand coloring
- 7.10 Realistic depth of field effects
- 7.11 Beyond the humble drop shadow
- 7.12 Ring flash shadow
- 7.13 Elements' Curves features
- 7.14 Using Photoshop's Curves in Elements
- 7.15 Combining images seamlessly
- 7.16 Believable montages - a step further
- 7.17 Producing high-key pictures
- 7.18 Correcting lens problems
- 7.19 Change to old
- 7.20 Painterly photos
- 8 Professional Retouching
- Visual surgery without a hint of anything plastic
- 8.01 Adding a dreamy effect
- 8.02 Softening freckles
- 8.03 Eliminating blemishes
- Clone Stamp tool
- Healing Brush tool
- Spot Healing Brush
- Clone Stamp tool step-by-step
- Healing Brush tool step-by-step
- Spot Healing Brush tool step-by-step
- 8.04 Removing the Red
- 8.05 Brighten Eyes
- 8.06 Tone down skin highlights and shadows
- 8.07 Retouching non-destructively
- 9 Photo Restoration
- 9.01 Restoration basics
- 9.02 Dust and scratches be gone
- 9.03 Uncovering the faded
- 9.04 Levels based color restoration
- 9.05 Working with a scanned print
- 9.06 Extra correction help
- 9.07 Adjusting shadow tones
- 9.08 Recreating missing content
- 9.09 Removing stains
- 10 Making Better Panoramas
- Advanced shooting techniques
- 10.01 Positioning the camera
- 10.02 Camera support
- Other capture methods
- 10.03 Exposure
- 10.04 Focus and zoom
- 10.05 Depth of field
- 10.06 White balance
- 10.07 Timing
- 10.08 Ensuring consistent overlap
- 10.09 Dealing with the moving subject
- 10.10 Advanced panorama editing in Photoshop Elements 7/6
- 10.11 Fixing misaligned picture parts
- 10.12 Coping with extremes of brightness
- 10.13 Creating artificially increased DOF
- 10.14 Correcting exposure differences
- 10.15 Adjusting for changes in color balance
- 10.16 Vertical panoramas
- 10.17 High-resolution mosaics
- 10.18 Panoramic printing
- 10.19 Spinning panorama movies
- 10.20 Panorama workflow
- 11 Extending Your Web Abilities
- Building websites - the basics
- 11.01 Elements' Online Album websites
- Creating individual web assets using Photoshop Elements
- 11.02 Optimizing photos for the web
- 11.03 Making seamless backgrounds
- 11.04 Using background matting
- 12 Free Form Photo Collages
- Before you start - edit then layout
- 12.01 Basic steps for layout creation
- 12.02 The new super Project Bin
- 12.03 Editing existing Photo Collages
- 12.04 Adding, removing and replacing photos
- 12.05 Adding, moving and deleting pages
- 12.06 Using the Content and Effects panes
- 12.07 Align, arrange and distribute your frames
- 12.08 Printing your Photo Collages and Photo Books
- Order a Kodak Photo Book or Kodak Prints
- 13 FINELY CRAFTED OUTPUT
- Printing basics
- The inkjet printer
- Laser
- Dye Sublimation
- Other printing processes
- Image resolution vs printer resolution
- 13.01 Basic steps
- 13.02 Creating contact sheets
- 13.03 Multiple prints on a page
- Ensuring color consistency between devices
- 13.04 Setting up a color-managed workflow
- 13.05 Calibrating your screen - ColorVision Spyder
- Getting intimate with your printer
- 13.06 Calibrating your printer - resolution, color, tone and sharpness tests
- 13.07 Calibrating your printer - ColorVision PrintFIX
- 13.08 Making great black and white prints
- 13.09 What about permanence?
- 13.10 Preparing your images for professional outsourcing
- 13.11 Shoot small print big
- 13.12 Printing workflow
- 14 Extending the Power of Elements
- Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Lightroom
- Why Lightroom plus Elements
- Enough talk, let's get to it!
- The workspace
- The Lightroom workflow modules
- Using Elements to edit Lightroom managed images
- Edit Photo dialog
- Appendices
- Blend modes
- Faster Elements at no extra cost
- Plug-ins
- Jargon buster
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Elements/Photoshop feature equivalents
- Index