Download Free Tutorials: Lynda.com Photoshop CS4 For Photographers

Description
Photoshop CS4 for Photographers is an essential course for any digital photographer who wants to master the software's vast array of image enhancement techniques. Professional photographer and instructor Chris Orwig uses his own compelling images to demonstrate how the power of Photoshop can make photographers more passionate about their work. He covers many aspects of the application, such as working with RAW images, using curves and levels, making images snap, and enhancing bland photographs by converting them to black and white. Exercise files accompany this course.
Topics include:

* Sharpening a photograph to make it more vivid
* Reviewing the essentials of retouching
* Understanding the fundamentals of color management
* Creating a layer mask to brighten eyes
* Applying advanced noise reduction using channels
* Using Bridge CS4 to organize and tag the best images
* Processing photographs for print and web publishing

Table Of Contents
Welcome
Introduction
Using the exercise files

1. Strategies and Resources for Learning
Taking visual snapshots
What's new in the Photoshop CS4 menus
The importance of the 30-minute blink
Isolation
Taking notes
Creative memorization
Verbalize, human, fun
Lessons from a legend: Douglas Kirkland
Resources and links

2. Getting Started
Is Photoshop CS4 worth it?
Seeing the new Tools panel
Working with the Application bar
Navigating with the Hand and Zoom tools
Rotating with the new Rotate View tool
New ways of arranging documents
Working with the panels
Customizing your workspace
Creating custom keyboard shortcuts
Creating custom menus

3. Color Settings and Preferences
Choosing your Color settings
Setting Image Interpolation preferences
Zoom preferences
Interface preferences
File-handling preferences
Performance preferences: Memory
Performance preferences: Cursor
Performance preferences: Transparency and Gamut
Reviewing the other preferences

4. The Digital Image
Bit Depth 101
Introducing image size
Image Resize overview
Resizing by cropping
Straightening

5. Foundations of Color Management
Introducing color management
Monitor calibration basics
Advanced monitor calibration
Creating a neutral work environment

6. Introducing Adobe Bridge
Using Photoshop, Bridge, and Lightroom together
Bridge as a digital light box
General Bridge preferences
Thumbnail Bridge preferences
Advanced and Cache Bridge preferences

7. Getting Started with Bridge
Creative tip 1: Discarding, the great selection technique
Introducing the Bridge interface
Getting photos from your camera
Choosing a workspace
Customizing the workspace and the Synchronized window
Using Bridge to rate and sort
Sorting with filters

8. Working with Bridge
Previewing multiple files
The Bridge Review mode
The Bridge Full Screen mode
Bridge slideshows
Stacking images
Renaming and batch-renaming
Adding favorites
Grouping images with Collections

9. Using Metadata in Bridge
Setting up metadata
Customizing the workspace for metadata
Creating a metadata template to add a copyright notice
Keywording images
Filtering images based on metadata

10. Bridge Essentials
Recording an action
Batch-processing an action
Simplifying repetitive steps using the Image Processor
Opening multiple images as layers

11. Introduction to Camera Raw
What is Camera Raw?
Understanding the Camera Raw preferences
Opening files in Camera Raw
The Camera Raw interface and essential controls
White Balance, Straighten, and Tone
Crop, Rotate, and Vignette
Improving color and tone
Saturation vs. Vibrance
Converting an image to black and white
Split-toning an image
Working with tone subjectively
Adjustment Brush essentials
Using the Adjustment Brush
Working with the Graduated filter
Sharpening and noise reduction
Working with multiple images

12. Layers
Creative tip 2: Worth the risk
Introducing layers
Working with layers
Working with History and the History Brush
Aligning layers
Organizing layers
Layer style effects
Creating a clipping mask
Creating a reflection of an image
Targeting and moving layers
Reviewing layers shortcuts

13. The Masks Panel
Introducing masking
Creating a simple layer mask
Masking shortcuts
Using Color Range to create a detailed mask
Creating a layer mask with Color Range
Masking and brightening eyes
Masking and selective sharpening
The Quick Mask mode

14. Custom Borders
Creating a custom border with masking
Using pre-built borders
Exploring sample image frames
Frame plugin highlight: Photoframe

15. Selections
Creating a mask with the Quick Selection tool
Working with the Quick Selection tool
Creating color range selections
Advanced selection enhancements
Using the Magic Wand
Using the Lasso tool
Pen and path shortcuts
Understanding paths
Creating path selections
The Magnetic Lasso tool and paths

16. The Adjustments Panel
Introducing the Adjustments panel
Brightness and contrast
Understanding the difference between Vibrance and Saturation
Using the Target Adjustment tool
Hue/Saturation adjustments and masking
Hue/Saturation blending with Shadow/Highlight

17. Levels
Introducing levels
Enhancing color and tone with levels
Modifying color with levels
Levels and masking
Using levels and masking to get the most out of adjustments

18. Curves
Demystifying curves
Using curves for contrast and tone
Midtones and advanced blending
Curves and general Hue/Saturation
Enhancing color with curves
Curves, color, masking, and tone
Curves and masking
Creative tip 3: Using curves for publication
Using, modifying, and saving curves presets

19. Blending Modes
Creative tip 4: Ordinary ingredients = extraordinary results
Introducing blend modes
Blend modes visualized
Blending multiple images
Blend modes shortcuts

20. Color Correction
Correcting color with eyedroppers
Advanced color correction with eyedroppers
Color correction with Camera Raw
Performing difficult color correction with Camera Raw
Performing easier color correction with a color chart
Color-correcting skin by the numbers
Color-correcting by the numbers
Color correction: Studio shot
Color correction: Light skin tone
Color correction: Dark skin tone
Color correction: Multiple skin tones
Color correction plugin highlight: SkinTune 2

21. Modifying Color and Tone
Replacing color with Hue/Saturation
Replacing a color
Modifying color with Selective Color
Color focus
Experimenting with cool and warm colors
Enhancing a portrait with sunset colors
Enhancing a landscape with sunrise colors
Enhancing a color group shot
Using photo filters with black-and-white photos
Using photo filters with color photos

22. Burning and Dodging
Introducing the Burn and Dodge tools
Using the Burn and Dodge tools
Darkening corners with the Soft Light blend mode
Adding contrast to the highlights
Darkening a portion of an image
Correcting bright and dark tones
Reducing highlights with the Multiply blend mode

23. Black-and-White Conversion
Creative tip 5: Seeing beyond the color - your gear is good enough
Introducing black-and-white conversion
Portrait black-and-white conversion
Landscape black-and-white conversion
Adding grain and tone to a black-and-white image

24. Filters
Introducing Smart Filters
Applying Smart Filters
Blending and masking Smart Filters

25. Removing Noise
Noise reduction with Surface Blur
The Noise Reduction filter
Advanced noise reduction with Channels
Advanced noise reduction with the Dfine plugin

26. Image Cleanup
The Dust and Scratches Filter
Using masking to remove dust and scratches
Introducing the trio of healing tools
Using the Healing and Clone Stamp tools
Using the Patch tool
Cleaning up an image with what's there

27. Retouching Essentials
Creative tip 6: A beautiful mistake
Cleaning up a background
Removing blemishes
Cleaning up backgrounds and blemishes
Brightening eyes
Changing eye color
Darkening the edge of an eye
Adding makeup
Correcting distortion
Reducing eye wrinkles
Adding height and reducing wrinkles
Whitening teeth
Whitening teeth using Quick Mask
Softening skin
Removing red-eye
The next steps in retouching

28. Sharpening
Introducing Smart Sharpen
Smart Sharpen demystified
Smart Sharpen and masking
Using the Unsharpen Mask filter
Black-and-white High Pass sharpening
Color High Pass sharpening
Sharpening and tone

29. Getting Images Online
Resizing for email and the web
Image size considerations
Preparing files for the web
Sharpening for the web
Correcting color for the web
The Save for Web dialog
Creating a web gallery
Sharing your photos online

30. Printing
Creating contact sheets
Presenting your photos as a PDF slideshow
Desktop printing recommendations
Preparing to print
Using Soft Proof to pre-visualize printing
Using the Print dialog
Print settings

Conclusion
Goodbye

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