Outdoor Photographer Landscape and Nature Photography with Photoshop CS2
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ISBN: 0471786195 / Publisher: Wiley, May 2006
Aimed at serious landscape and nature photographers, this guide focuses on Photoshop CS2 as a set of tools for enhancing the artistic impact of images. Using the methods and workflow of Ansel Adams as a model, Sheppard explains how to make adjustments to overall tonalities and colors as well as look for local changes that need to be made and finish a photo by appropriately sizing and sharpening it. The text is accompanied throughout by color photographs and screenshots. Sheppard is editor of PCPhoto and Outdoor Photographer magazines. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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It's time to see Photoshop as a tool of your craftThis book is not about "fixing it in Photoshop." It's about how you, the serious nature photographer, can use technology to enhance your art. Rob Sheppard sees Photoshop not as an eraser for mistakes and the effects of careless shooting, but as an artist's tool, one that assists you in the craft of producing art from your digital camera. He shows you how to use Photoshop CS2 to extend tonal range, remove color haze, correct lens distortions, create multi-frame panoramas, and so much more--all to reveal the work of art you knew was there all along.* Learn to apply Photoshop techniques to the unique requirements of landscape and nature photography* Be aware of correct exposure when shooting for Photoshop* Use layers to enhance images and correct tonality and color for optimum images* Discover a better way of dodging and burning* Understand midtones and manage color correction with an eye to the finished product* Process images twice in Camera Raw for better shadow and highlight detail* Explore how Photoshop CS2 can support proven techniques used by the masters of traditional nature photographyPhotoshop offers great power for controlling color so you can get natural, realistic colors that best express what you see in natureUnsharp Mask is unmasked so that you can get the most from this powerful sharpening toolUtilize the best methods of black-and-white conversion
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