Adobe Photoshop for Underwater Photographers [Paperback]

Jack Drafahl (Author), Sue Drafahl (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2006

Using the digital darkroom to perfect underwater images, this guide is loaded with tips on how to finesse, fine-tune, retouch, and enhance underwater film scans and digital images with Adobe Photoshop. This comprehensive look at the required setup for a digital darkroom outlines the necessary hardware, monitor calibration, and room lighting, in addition to providing a survey of the top editing tools and descriptions of the most tried-and-true correction techniques. Step-by-step instructions explain how to group underwater images for editing; approach corrections for images that require a multi-step enhancement process; and choose the right output options for printed images, video, slide shows, and Web viewing.

Editorial Reviews

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"A fantastic resource for the digital photographer [that] should not be missed."  —Shutterbug

"Spectacular shots with thorough instruction on editing tools, exposure corrections, removing unwanted objects, underwater plug-in applications and more."  —SciTech Book News

"Get a handle on some of the problems encountered in underwater photography by learning how to fix them with Photoshop."  —PC Photo

About the Author

Jack Drafahl and Sue Drafahl are the authors of Advanced Digital Camera Techniques, Digital Imaging for the Underwater Photographer, Master Guide for Underwater Digital Photography, Photo Salvage with Adobe Photoshop, and Plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop. They are also popular lecturers and contribute regularly to magazines such as Petersen Photographic, Rangefinder, and Sportdiver. They both live in Tillamook, Oregon.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Amherst Media, Inc. (August 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1584281898
• ISBN-13: 978-1584281894
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #657,687 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Concentrates on the Special Problems of Underwater, November 3, 2006

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe Photoshop for Underwater Photographers (Paperback)

This book is really the third book in a series by the photographer - writer team of Jack and Sue Drafahl. First is Digital Imaging for the Underwater Photographer. Second is Master Guide for Underwater Digital Photography. All three published by Amherst Media.

The reason for this book is that underwater photography, under the best of circumstances (and how often do you find those) the filtering and color changing effects of water tend to produce images that are simply not what we want to see in a photograph. Colors tend to get washed out, after all, the fish doesn't want to stand out too much. Fish that stand out tend to become dinner for somne other fish. But in looking at the picture, we want to see the fish. Photoshop is the answer.

This book is not a tutorial on how to get started with Photoshop. It presumes a certain base knowledge so that it can spend its time on the particular needs, problems and solutions for the problems facing people editing underwater photographs. At that task, this book is beautifully done.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Buy, Even for a Professional, July 12, 2007

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turtlehawk (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adobe Photoshop for Underwater Photographers (Paperback)

I purchased this book thinking that there might not be much information I could use, but boy was I wrong! I use photoshop professionally, and thought I knew the program-- but I am by no means a program guru--this book contains good grounding information about tools to use, and then has some great step by step examples to help people solve some pretty big image issues. If you know how to use Photoshop, but just can't seem to tweak your photos the way you want... IMHO Buy This Book.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GREAT Info for any UW Photographer, February 6, 2008

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Matthew Elyash (Western US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe Photoshop for Underwater Photographers (Paperback)

A great resource for those who know, or are just begining to use photoshop. It helps you apply this powerful program to the unique problems of underwater photography, with easy hands on demonstrations. Version differences sometimes get in the way a bit, but the concept is clear and you just have to figure out how a newer version does what they may have done on the version this was written on.

All in all a very helpful book, with many great tips and concepts. I have used photoshop for a while, and been shooting UW for several years, this has already helped me get better photos and I have not hit the water since I got the book. I revisited some shots with specific problems that I learned a fix from in this book. Paid for itself in the first week.