Learn Adobe Photoshop CC and Lightroom CC from the ground up, and develop your specific workflow for making great images. Start by importing and organizing your images into collections that make sense for you. Develop your pictures to make the most out of every pixel. Learn how Photoshop can take your vision further by using tools that enhance your work in Lightroom. Finally, you’ll learn how Lightroom and Photoshop work hand in hand to give you the most powerful creative tools for your digital photography.
The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop Lightroom in conjunction with Adobe Photoshop.
Classroom in a Book, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program does–an official training series from Adobe, developed with the support of Adobe product experts. Adobe Photoshop CC and Lightroom CC for Photographers Classroom in a Book contains 11 lessons that cover the basics and beyond, from sorting your photos and adjusting tone and color to creating an HDR panorama and turning your photo into an oil painting. You can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest you.
Purchasing this book includes valuable online extras. Follow the instructions in the book’s “Getting Started” section to unlock access to:
Downloadable lesson files you need to work through the projects in the book (lesson files also provided on DVD-ROM with the print edition of the book)
Web Edition containing the complete text of the book, interactive quizzes, videos that walk you through the lessons step by step, and updated material covering new feature releases from Adobe
What you need to use this book: Adobe Photoshop CC and Adobe Lightroom CC software, for either Windows or macOS. (Software not included.)
Author(s): Rafael Concepcion
Series: Classroom in a Book (2019 Release)
Edition: 2
Publisher: Adobe Press
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 420
Title Page......Page 13
Copyright Page......Page 14
Where are the Lesson Files?......Page 16
Contents......Page 18
Windows vs. macOS instructions......Page 26
Online content......Page 27
Why use both Lightroom and Photoshop?......Page 28
Creating a Lightroom catalog for use with this book......Page 36
Getting help......Page 38
Adobe Authorized Training Centers......Page 39
Lesson overview......Page 40
Storing your photographs......Page 41
Importing photos into a Lightroom catalog......Page 44
Using the Library module......Page 55
Review questions......Page 70
Review answers......Page 71
Lesson overview......Page 72
Iterative culling: My workflow......Page 73
What is a collection?......Page 76
Adding star ratings and color labels......Page 90
Adding keywords......Page 91
Review answers......Page 93
Lesson overview......Page 94
Preparing for this lesson......Page 95
Using the Develop module......Page 96
Developing your pictures......Page 98
Cropping your image......Page 118
Lens corrections and transformations......Page 119
Using virtual copies for variations......Page 121
Syncing changes to multiple photos......Page 123
Review answers......Page 126
Lesson overview......Page 128
Preparing for this lesson......Page 129
Using the Graduated Filter tool......Page 130
Using the Radial Filter tool......Page 136
Using the Adjustment Brush tool......Page 140
Removing distractions with the Spot Removal tool......Page 144
Creative color and black & white effects......Page 151
Range selection for specific control......Page 157
The Effects panel......Page 162
Review answers......Page 165
Lesson overview......Page 167
Preparing for this lesson......Page 168
Lightening teeth......Page 169
Lightening the whites of eyes......Page 174
Enhancing irises......Page 175
Skin softening with the Adjustment Brush......Page 176
Removing flyaway hairs with the Spot Removal tool......Page 177
Reducing wrinkles beneath eyes......Page 181
Putting it all together—start to finish......Page 182
Review questions......Page 186
Review answers......Page 187
Lesson overview......Page 188
Setting up Lightroom and Photoshop for smooth integration......Page 189
Sending a raw file from Lightroom to Photoshop......Page 200
Sending a JPEG or TIFF from Lightroom to Photoshop......Page 207
Sending a photo from Lightroom to Photoshop as a Smart Object......Page 214
Review answers......Page 221
Lesson overview......Page 223
Preparing for this lesson......Page 224
Selection basics......Page 225
Selecting by shape......Page 227
Selecting by color......Page 241
Using the Select Subject command......Page 248
Selecting hair using the Select and Mask workspace......Page 251
Review questions......Page 257
Review answers......Page 258
Lesson overview......Page 259
Preparing for this lesson......Page 260
Removing unwanted content in Photoshop......Page 261
The Content-Aware Fill workspace and the Content-Aware Scale command......Page 276
Skin retouching and body sculpting in Photoshop......Page 283
Review answers......Page 297
Lesson overview......Page 299
Preparing for this lesson......Page 300
Artistic portrait treatments......Page 301
Adding creative blur effects......Page 314
Creating a social media cover photo......Page 327
Review answers......Page 332
Lesson overview......Page 334
Preparing for this lesson......Page 335
Combining photos for texture and collage effects......Page 336
Combining photos into the perfect group shot......Page 354
Making HDR images......Page 359
Making panoramas......Page 365
Review questions......Page 369
Review answers......Page 370
Lesson overview......Page 371
Setting up an identity plate......Page 373
Creating a watermark......Page 375
Emailing photos......Page 376
Exporting photos......Page 378
Exporting and sharing using publish services......Page 383
Creating prints......Page 386
Books, slideshows, and web galleries......Page 391
Next steps......Page 393
Review answers......Page 394
Index......Page 396
Production notes......Page 418
