Overview

You’ve captured great images with your DSLR, now what? Jerry Courvoisier provides an easy-to-follow road map for importing, organizing, and editing your images using the best features of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 and Adobe Photoshop CS3. The combined power of using both programs—automation with Lightroom and specialized processing in Photoshop—offers a complete and flexible solution for serious hobbyists and pro photographers alike. In this accessible and beautifully illustrated guide, learn about: The essential DSLR gear, with suggested computer and laptop configurations, digital darkroom and color management setups, and best capture formats for your style of shooting. General preferences and display options to customize and enhance your workflow. The Lightroom 2 modules to effectively organize, process, and catalog your images. Integration with Photoshop CS3, including making panoramas and high dynamic range (HDR) images. Advanced Photoshop CS3 techniques to create stunning results: converting images to black and white, painting with light, selective focus, diffusion effects, layer masking, and special blending modes. Loaded with tips and techniques from a seasoned photographer, including a pre-shoot checklist for camera settings, Courvoisier delivers a digital workflow system that allows you to spend less time at your computer and more time behind the camera capturing great images. “Jerry Courvoisier is, plain and simple, one of the best teachers of digital workflow and image management working today. He demystifies the digital world for both the beginner and the advanced user. For anyone shooting digital pictures, this book simply has to be on your shelf.” —Joe McNally, photographer and author of The Moment It Clicks

Full Product Details

Author:   Jerry Courvoisier
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Peachpit Press Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.586kg
ISBN:  

9780321554239

ISBN 10:   032155423
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   28 August 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part One: The Gear Chapter 1: The Digital SLR Camera Chapter 2: The Computer Part Two: Streamlining Your Workflow with Lightroom Chapter 3: Basic Concepts of Lightroom and Workflow Chapter 4: Setting Lightroom’s Preferences Chapter 5: The Display Options Chapter 6: Importing Your Images Chapter 7: Organizing Images in the Library Part Three: Image Processing with Lightroom’s Develop Module Chapter 8: Adjusting Images in the Develop Module Chapter 9: Global Develop Corrections Chapter 10: Local Adjustments Chapter 11: Exporting Images from Lightroom Chapter 12: Exporting Images to Photoshop Part Four: Adobe Photoshop: The Digital Darkroom 176 Chapter 13: Simply Photoshop Chapter 14: Photoshop Adjustment Layers Chapter 15: Multiple Raw Image Processing Chapter 16: Layer Blend Mode Magic in Photoshop Chapter 17: Photographic Effects with Photoshop Chapter 18: Black and White in Photoshop Appendix Index

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As Digital Programs Director at the Santa Fe Workshops for the last eleven years, Jerry has developed one of the most respected educational programs in digital photography today. He frequently teaches imaging application and printmaking workshops and speaks regularly at major photography Trade Shows around the world. In addition to teaching, Jerry works as an imaging workflow consultant and is a beta tester with Adobe Systems for Photoshop and Lightroom application development.

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