Gry Garness Photoshop Tutorials

ESSENTIAL COLOR OPTIMIZATION in Photoshop CS3

This 110-page e-book explains all the things you need to know about the core Photoshop color commands and the tools we use to define and measure color. In the tutorials the most essential content is highlighted in bold italic, so you can choose whether to skim them or follow in-depth. It's written by a professional retoucher who also teaches the subject, using the techniques every working day.

All the 'recipes' are proven to work, and there are no missing ingredients. The step-by-step tutorials follow a natural progression, so you can advance your skills gradually. The logic behind the method is explained clearly, without gratuitous jargon. Advanced Photoshop users can easily skim through, but for those who have the patience to look at each command in-depth, it's all there. It's easy to cross-reference the most important points via internal links. Page-hopping this way is ideal when screen viewing, and you can also print it out hi-res.

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COLOR OPTIMIZATION LIST OF CONTENTS

Introduction
Getting the image into pixels
Getting the exposure right
Processing Raw files
The Adobe Camera Raw interface
Using the Adobe Camera Raw converter
Clarity versus new sharpening controls
Processing several raw files at once
Choice of color space (ICC profiles)
Scanning
Interpolation
Noise: Good noise and bad noise
The main color adjustments
The Levels adjustment
Reading histograms
Images and their histograms
The Curves adjustment
RGB Curve shapes and their outcomes
Curves in the individual channels
Working with the Curves dialog CS3
Highlights and shadows in Curves
Knowing what to target in Curves
The Hue Saturation adjustment
The Selective Color Adjustment
The Channel Mixer
The other color adjustments
Making color from scratch

CONTINUED

The Info Palette
Channels and anatomy of the image
Alpha channels and Quickmasks
Using adjustment layers
The Photoshop adjustment workflow
Tips for working with the tutorials
Menus, keys and shortcuts
A simple optimization of color
A more controlled optimization
Controlling contrast and saturation separately
Targeting Hue and Saturation
A fast and dirty method for correcting neutrals
Using the Gray Eyedropper
Memory colors
Images with no neutrals
Correcting non-neutrals
High-key images with no deep shadows
Low-key images with no bright highlights
Dealing with severe over-exposure
Dealing with severe under-exposure
Soft Light Blending Mode for contrast
Local color adjustments
Using the Gradient with masks
Gradients combined with other masking
Advanced color correction in Curves
Black & white appearance in RGB
Fine tuning tones with the Black&White command
Minimum Dot for printing