In the world of digital photography, the raw image is the digital equivalent of a large-format negative. Working with these digital negatives allows photographers to have greater artistic control and flexibility during the image-editing process, while still maintaining the integrity of the original raw file. In Photoshop CS2 Mastering Camera Raw, best-selling author Deke McClelland teaches the key principles and techniques for mastering raw photography using the Adobe Camera Raw plug-in. From shooting, converting, and organizing raw files to developing and finalizing images using specialized commands, each capability of the Camera Raw plug-in is covered in depth. Viewers will explore all aspects of expert photographic manipulation using the plug-in with Adobe Photoshop. Exercise files are included with the tutorial.Topics Include:
- Shooting raw images to achieve best results
- Converting photographs to the Adobe Digital Negative (DNG) format
- Organizing, sorting, and comparing images in the Adobe Bridge
- Using metadata, photographer information, keywords, and EXIF effectively
- Understanding and compensating for white balance
- Editing exposure, brightness, and contrast
- Using the Tone Curve to apply custom lighting manipulations
- Applying non-destructive cropping and straightening
- Fixing noise, vignettes, and chromatic aberrations
- Correcting lens distortion
- Retouching, sharpening, and re-coloring images
- Combining raw photography Smart Objects
- Understanding color management and camera calibration
- Converting and batch-developing folders of raw photographs
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