Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 Maximum Performance: Unleash the Hidden Performance of Elements

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Author(s): Mark Galer
Edition: Pap/Dvdr
Publisher: Focal Press
Year: 2006

Language: English
Pages: 294

Front Cover......Page 1
Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0: Unleash the hidden performance of Elements......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 13
Getting Started......Page 15
Part 1 Optimize......Page 22
Project 1 Crop and Correct......Page 23
Correct Camera Distortion......Page 28
Project 2 Levels......Page 31
Project 3 Camera RAW......Page 43
Processing RAW data......Page 45
Project 4 Target Tones......Page 49
Project 5 Contrast......Page 55
The problem with Brightness/Contrast......Page 57
Resolving the problem......Page 58
Summary......Page 69
Project 6 Hue and Saturation......Page 71
Project 7 Sharpening......Page 77
The art of advanced sharpening......Page 79
Project 8 Printing......Page 85
2. Keeping a record......Page 87
3. Preparing a test print......Page 88
4. Print......Page 89
5. Printer driver......Page 90
6. Analyzing the test print......Page 91
7. Maximizing shadow and highlight detail......Page 92
Part 2 Enhance......Page 94
Project 1 Depth of Field......Page 95
Project 2 Shafts of Light......Page 105
Project 3 Black and White......Page 115
The conversion from color to black and white......Page 117
Project 4 Toning......Page 123
Project 5 Character Portrait......Page 133
Preparing the image......Page 135
Project 6 Glamor Portrait......Page 147
Fine-tuning the tonality......Page 157
Project 7 Motion Blur......Page 163
Stage 1 – Cleaning the paintwork......Page 165
Stage 2 – Blurring the background......Page 170
Stage 3 – Spinning the wheels......Page 173
Stage 4 – Adding the graphics......Page 175
Stage 5 – Completing the image......Page 177
Project 8 Low Key......Page 179
Exposure for low-key images......Page 181
Part 3 Montage......Page 188
Project 1 Creative Montage......Page 189
Project 2 Replacing a Sky......Page 199
Project 3 High Dynamic Range......Page 209
Method 1 - using a single camera RAW file......Page 211
Method 2 - bracketing exposures......Page 217
Project 4 Creative Type......Page 223
Project 5 Displacement......Page 235
Stage 1 - Creating a backdrop using the Displacement filter......Page 237
Stage 2 - Creating a montage using masks......Page 241
Project 6 Preserving Shadows......Page 249
Project 7 Panoramas......Page 259
Project 8 Hair Transplant......Page 269
Stage 1: Masking hair - tips for tremendous transplants......Page 271
Stage 2: Split tone styling and depth of field tweaking......Page 278
C......Page 283
I......Page 284
P......Page 285
Z......Page 286
Shortcuts......Page 287
C......Page 289
G......Page 290
I......Page 291
M......Page 292
S......Page 293
Z......Page 294