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In Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: Camera Raw, Chris Orwig enthusiastically explores a Photoshop plug-in that is a must-have for any serious photographer. By working on the digital negatives in Camera Raw, photographers have more creative control over their photos, and the original files remain intact. Chris demonstrates techniques for processing images by adjusting tone, contrast, highlights, and clarity. He also illustrates methods for sharpening images, controlling color saturation, and creating dynamic black-and-white images. With a detailed tour of the interface and control panels, Chris shows how Camera Raw is a one-of-a-kind creative resource. Exercise files accompany the course.

Photoshop CS4 for Photographers is a recommended prerequisite for this course.
Topics include:

* Navigating the new CS4 interface
* Processing images
* Correcting exposure and tone
* Enhancing color creatively
* Creating dynamic black-and-white images
* Sharpening images and reducing noise
* Using the new Adjustment brush to make localized corrections
* Using the new Graduated Filter tool
* Learning Camera Raw shortcuts

Table Of Contents
1. Introducing Camera Raw
Welcome
What is Camera Raw?
Benefits of using Adobe Camera Raw
The Digital Negative
Camera Raw resources
Using the exercise files

2. Initial Camera Raw Considerations
Introducing Adobe Bridge CS4
Essential Bridge preferences
Sorting in Bridge CS4
Camera Raw preferences
Opening images in Camera Raw
Opening JPG and TIFF files in Camera Raw
Comparing RAW, JPG, and TIFF files
Converting files to the DNG format

3. The Camera Raw Interface
Introducing the Camera Raw toolbar
Navigating in Camera Raw
Analyzing images with the histogram
Introducing the Image Adjustment tabs
Navigating the Camera Raw panels with keyboard shortcuts
Previewing your adjustments
Working with multiple files in Camera Raw

4. Camera Raw Workflow Overview
Viewing and reviewing photos
Using Bridge to label, rank, sort, and filter
Using the Filter panel
Correcting color with the White Balance tool
Cropping and composing
Enhancing color and tone
Removing distractions
Adding a vignette
Converting to black-and-white
Making a localized correction
Improving details

5. Opening and Saving
Resizing in Camera Raw with workflow options
Three ways to open photos in Photoshop
Saving from Camera Raw

6. Cropping, Composing, and Straightening
Using the Crop and Straighten tools
Working with the Crop tool
Cropping with an aspect ratio
Composing with the Crop tool
Creative cropping

7. Adjusting White Balance
Improving color balance
Using the White Balance tool and controls
Correcting color with white balance cards
White balance vision and creativity
Color balance resources

8. Using Basic Adjustments
Deconstructing basic adjustments
Recovering highlights
Basic adjustments speed tip
Evening the tone on a portrait
Enhancing color and tone
Demystifying the Clarity slider
Increasing clarity
Understanding the Vibrance and Saturation sliders
Improving color with Vibrance
Muting colors with Vibrance

9. Tone Curve
Understanding the Tone Curve panel
Using the Parametric Curve adjustment
Using the Point Curve adjustment
Adding tone curves into a photographic workflow

10. Retouching Blemishes
Spot removal overview
Cloning away background distractions
Cleaning up a studio background
Removing blemishes on a face
Removing dust on a lens or camera sensor
Removing red-eye

11. The Adjustment Brush
Demystifying the Adjustment brush
Correcting exposure by brightening shadows
Increasing visual interest by brightening shadows
Whitening teeth
Enhancing makeup by adding color
Changing color and darkening the sky
Correcting color
Reducing color for emphasis
Selective sharpening
Workflow for sharpening eyes and smoothing skin

12. The Graduated Filter Tool
Using the graduated filter
Reducing exposure with the graduated filter
Enhancing foregrounds and backgrounds with the Graduated filter
Employing creative effects with the Graduated filter

13. Details
Reducing noise
Reducing noise while sharpening an image
Previewing your sharpening
Sharpening a portrait
Sharpening architecture

14. HSL
Introducing the HSL controls
Modifying color and tone with the HSL controls
Reducing color with the HSL controls

15. Black and White
The Black and White Controls
Simple black-and-white conversion
Creating a dramatic black-and-white landscape
Reducing noise from a black-and-white landscape
Adding a black-and-white conversion into a workflow

16. Split Toning
Traditional black-and-white toning
Creative toning of a color photo

17. Lens Corrections
Correcting lens vignette
Correcting a chromatic aberration
Adding a vignette project: Girl
Adding a vignette project: Antique sign
Adding a vignette into a photographic workflow

18. Camera Calibration
Introducing the Camera Calibration panel
Camera calibration resources

19. Presets
Creating a simple preset
Creating functional presets
Applying presets to multiple images
Working with presets
Presets resources

20. Automation
Quick raw processing of multiple files
Recording an action
Batch-processing multiple photos
Modifying an action

21. Camera Raw Creativity
Creative vivid color
Soft and warm color
Color and light
Edgy color and detail

22. Extras
More Camera Raw resources
Camera Raw and Lightroom

Conclusion
Goodbye

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