Real world Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS2 : Industrial-strength Production Techniques

662 Pages·2005·16.53 MB·English

by  Bruce Fraser

Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS2
Industrial-Strength Production Techniques
Table of Contents
Copyright
Preface: Real World Raw
Teach a Man to Fish
Understanding and Hubris
A Word to Windows Users
The Pace of Innovation
Downloads
Thank You!
Chapter 1. Digital Camera Raw: Exploiting the Digital
Negative
What Is a Digital Raw File?
Exposure and Linear Capture
Why Shoot Raw?
Raw Limitations
Adobe Camera Raw
The Digital Negative
Chapter 2. How Camera Raw Works: What Lies Under
the Hood
Digital Image Anatomy
Image Editing and Image Degradation
From Raw to Color
Watch the Histogram!
Chapter 3. Raw System Overview: Camera Raw, Bridge,
and Photoshop
Adobe Bridge
Camera Raw
Adobe DNG Converter
Photoshop
Putting It All Together
Chapter 4. Camera Raw Controls: Digital Darkroom
Tools
Camera Raw, Photoshop and Bridge
Camera Raw Anatomy
Camera Raw Static Controls
The Tool Palette
The Preview Controls
The Camera Raw Menu
The Main Control Buttons
Camera Raw Workflow Controls
Camera Raw Image Controls
The Darkroom Toolkit
Chapter 5. Hands-On Camera Raw: Evaluating and
Editing Images
Camera Raw Setup
Filmstrip Mode
Saving Images in the Background
Saving Image Settings
Beyond Camera Raw
Chapter 6. Adobe Bridge: Your Digital Light Table
Launching Bridge
Bridge Windows
Bridge Menu Commands
Bridge Navigation
Opening Images
Bridge Thumbnails
Working in Bridge
It's Smart to Be Lazy
Chapter 7. It's All About the Workflow: That's Flow, Not
Slow
Image ingestion
Image verification
Preproduction
Production
Workflow Principles
Planning and Strategy
The Image Ingestion Phase
The Image Verification Phase
The Preproduction Phase
The Production Phase
Make the Work Flow
Chapter 8. Mastering Metadata: The Smarter Image
What Is XMP, and Why Should I Care?
XMP Uncovered
Meddling With Metadata
Custom File Info Palettes
Making Images Smarter
Chapter 9. Exploiting Automation: Working Smarter,
Not Harder
Batch Processing Rules
Recording Batch Actions
Running Batch
Contact Sheet II
Image Processor
Merge to HDR
PDF Presentation
PhotoMerge
Picture Package
Web Photo Gallery
Advanced Automation
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Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS2
Industrial-Strength Production Techniques
By Bruce Fraser
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Publisher: Peachpit Press
Pub Date: May 23, 2005
ISBN: 0-321-33409-4
Pages: 336

Table of Contents | Index
Call it a control thing, but until recentlyor, more specifically, until the availability of digital
raw camera formatsyou simply
weren't ready to make the move to digital photography. Raw formats, however, changed all
of that by allowing you to retrieve images before any in-camera processing has been
performed.
Photoshop's Adobe Camera Raw plug-in makes that process even easier by providing a
standardized way of accessing and working with these uncompressed digital negatives in
your favorite image-manipulation software. In the first volume devoted
exclusively to the topic, best-selling author Bruce Fraser shows you how to take advantage
of Adobe Camera Raw to set white balance, optimize contrast and saturation, handle
noise, correct tint, and recover lost detail in images before converting them to another
format. After learning about the raw formats themselves,
you'll discover hands-on techniques for exposing and shooting for digital raw, using Bridge,
Adobe's new standalone file browser, to preview images and automate tasks, and building
a workflow around the digital raw process.
Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS2
Industrial-Strength Production Techniques
By Bruce Fraser
...............................................
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Pub Date: May 23, 2005
ISBN: 0-321-33409-4
Pages: 336

Table of Contents | Index

Copyright
Preface: Real World Raw
Teach a Man to Fish

Understanding and Hubris

A Word to Windows Users

The Pace of Innovation

Downloads

Thank You!

Chapter 1.

Digital Camera Raw: Exploiting the Digital Negative
What Is a Digital Raw File?

Exposure and Linear Capture

Why Shoot Raw?

Raw Limitations
Adobe Camera Raw

The Digital Negative

Chapter 2.

How Camera Raw Works: What Lies Under the Hood
Digital Image Anatomy

Image Editing and Image Degradation

From Raw to Color

Watch the Histogram!

Chapter 3.

Raw System Overview: Camera Raw, Bridge, and Photoshop
Adobe Bridge

Camera Raw

Adobe DNG Converter

Photoshop

Putting It All Together

Chapter 4.

Camera Raw Controls: Digital Darkroom Tools
Camera Raw, Photoshop and Bridge

Camera Raw Anatomy

Camera Raw Static Controls

The Tool Palette

The Preview Controls

The Camera Raw Menu
The Main Control Buttons
Camera Raw Workflow Controls

Camera Raw Image Controls

The Darkroom Toolkit

Chapter 5.

Hands-On Camera Raw: Evaluating and Editing Images
Camera Raw Setup

Filmstrip Mode

Saving Images in the Background

Saving Image Settings

Beyond Camera Raw

Chapter 6.

Adobe Bridge: Your Digital Light Table
Launching Bridge

Bridge Windows

Bridge Menu Commands

Bridge Navigation

Opening Images

Bridge Thumbnails

Working in Bridge

It's Smart to Be Lazy

Chapter 7.

It's All About the Workflow: That's Flow, Not Slow