Adobe Photoshop elements 9 : maximum performance : unleash the hidden performance of elements / Mark Galer, Abhijit Chattaraj.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Galer, Mark.

Contributor:

Chattaraj, Abhijit.

Safari, an O'Reilly Media Company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adobe Photoshop elements.

Photography--Digital techniques.

Photography.

Image processing--Digital techniques.

Image processing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England ; Burlington, Mass. : Focal Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Let Mark Galer guide you through the most powerful photo editing tools and techniques that Elements has to offer! A unique cominbtion of step-by-step projects, movie tutorials and sample images will have you creating stunning images in no time at all. Whether you want to enhance your images for maximum impact, optimize your photos for perfect print quality, or creating impressive, seamless montages, Maximum Performance will give you the skills and know-how to create professional quality results, enabling you get maximum performance from this credit crunch approved software. The package is completed with an astonishingly supportive website packed with over 7 hours of movie tutorials, 100+ sample images, multimedia content and stock photography as well as automated actions to get even more out of the software.

Contents:

Front Cover; Adobe Photoshop Elements 9: MaximumPerformance; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Getting Started; Following orders; Calibrate your monitor; Color settings; Memory; Give yourself some elbow room; Keyboard shortcuts; Accessing the support images and movies; Part 1:Optimize; Project 1: Adobe CameraRaw; Adobe Camera Raw - A non-destructive workspace; Done, Cancel or Open Image; A fast and efficient workspace for editing multiple Raw files; Managing your screen real-estate; 1. Adjusting exposure in Adobe Camera Raw; 2. Correcting a low-contrast image

3. Brightness and contrast4. Straightening an image; 5. Highlight recovery; 6. Shadow recovery; 7. Gamut control and white balance; 8. Correcting the white balance across a batch of images; 9. Creative use of white balance to tone an image; 10. Clarity; 11. Vibrance; 12. Detail tab (sharpening and noise reduction); 13. Sharpening multiple files; 14. Cropping; 15. Processing files that have been optimized; Project 2:Basic Retouching; Color settings; Project 3: WorkingSpaces; Project 4: Gradients &Vignettes; Project 5: Preparing forPrint; Project 6:Curves

The revised Brightness/Contrast adjustment featureResolving the problem; Project 7: Black &White; The conversion from color to black and white; Project 8:Sharpening; The art of advanced sharpening; Part 2:Enhance; Project 1: Depth ofField; Project 2: Shafts ofLight; Project 3: Toning; Project 4: CharacterPortrait; Preparing the image; Project 5:Glamor Portrait; Project 6: Tonal Mapping(Faux HDR); Project 7: FauxHolga; Project 8: LowKey; Exposure for low-key images; Project 9:Channels; Part 1 - Extracting the red channel; Part 2 - Channel masking; Not convinced?; Part 3:Composites

Project 1: CreativeMontageProject 2: Replacing aSky; Project 3:Decisive Moments; Project 4:FauxRenaissance; Project 5:Layer Blending; Project 6: Need forSpeed; Project 7: Preserving Shadows; Project 8:Displacement; Project 9:Photomerge; Project 10: HairTransplant; Jargon Buster; Shortcuts; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed July 13, 2013).

ISBN:

9786612955273

9781136087653

1136087656

9781136087660

1136087664

9781282955271

1282955276

9780240522432

0240522435

OCLC:

702116266