BOOK 1

HOW TO ACHIEVE NEAR PERFECTION

IN IMAGE ADJUSTMENT IN PHOTOSHOP^â

  Including Methods of Producing Digital Monochrome Images

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CONTENTS

1.           Why Yet Another Book on Photoshop^â?                                                

2.           The Whys and Wherefores of Image Correction                                     

3.           Basics of Advanced Image Correction                                                 

4.           Methods of Image Correction                                                                    

4.1        Basic Image Correction                                                                              

4.2        Complex Image Correction                                                                         

5.           Converting Colour Images to Monochrome                                              

5.1        Colour to Monochrome using Channel  Mixer - 1                                     

5.2        Colour to Monochrome using Channel  Mixer - 2                                    

5.3        Colour to Monochrome using Gradient Map                                             

5.4        Colour to Monochrome using Hue and Saturation                                   

5.5        Colour to Monochrome Using Third Party Mono Filters                       

6.           Monochrome Images from Monochrome Negatives                                

7.           Recommended Texts                                                                                

8.           Authors’ Web sites                                                                                    

APPENDIX – Basics of Image Correction

1.           Image Correction                                                                                     

1.1        Adjustment Layers                                                                                       

1.2        Tonal Correction                                                                                         

              Levels in Normal Mode                                                                         

              Levels in Luminosity Mode                                                                  

1.3        Brightness and Contrast                                                                           

1.4        Colour Correction                                                                                      

              Using Levels                                                                                  

              Using Hue and Saturation                                                                       

              Using Colour Balance                                                                                 

2            Managing Adjustment Layers in Composite Images                      

2.1        Forming Clipping Groups of Layers                                                       

2.2        To Create a New Adjustment Layer in a Clipping Group                       

2.3        To Create a Clipping Group of Existing Adjustment Layers                 

2.4        To Remove a Layer from a Clipping Group                                              

2.5        The Use of Clipping Groups in a Multi Image Layer Document              

2.6        The Original Use of Clipping Groups                                                      

2.7        Linking Layers                                                                                              

2.8        The Creation of a Composite of two or more Images                             

3            Gradient Selection                                                                                      

3.1        Gradient Selection in Practice                                                                

4.           Sharpening Images                                                                                

4.1        Photoshop^® Unsharp Mask                                                                        

4.2        Alternative Methods of Sharpening in Photoshop                                    

4.2.1     Lab Colour Mode                                                                                      

4.2.2     Sharpening in Luminosity Mode                                                              

4.2.3     Selective Sharpening in Specific Colour Channels                              

4.2.4     Using the High Pass Filter                                                                      

4.2.5     Using the Find Edges Filter                                                                      

4.3        Third Party Sharpening Programs