Lynda - Photoshop CS5 for Photographers + Exercise Files


Photoshop CS5 for Photographers provides comprehensive Photoshop training targeting the needs of photographers. In this course, author Chris Orwig demonstrates the fundamental skills used to enhance digital photos, including managing and correcting color, sharpening, making selections and adjustments, retouching, and printing from Photoshop. In addition to teaching the techniques that enable photographers to refine and publish their photos, the course includes live-action segments that encourage thinking photographically and shooting with Photoshop’s capabilities in mind. Exercise files are included with the course.

Topics include:
* Calibrating a monitor
* Setting up color and file handling preferences
* Resizing images
* Processing images in Camera Raw
* Creating, targeting, and moving layers
* Making selections and taking advantage of the Refine Edge feature
* Masking and selective sharpening
* Improving a photo using Content-Aware Fill and the Puppet Warp tool
* Enhancing color, tone, and contrast with Levels
* Improving under- and overexposure using blending
* Burning and dodging techniques
* Converting an image to black and white
* Retouching essentials
* Publishing images to the web


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