Photoshop CS4 after the shoot / Mark Fitzgerald.

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If you're a photographer on the go and want the ability to edit your photos wherever the shoot takes you, then this book is for you. Whether you're on location, in a coffee shop, on vacation, or on a business trip, you'll find everything you need in this 6" x 9" guide that fits easily into your camera bag or laptop case.

But, don't be fooled by the book's size. Within it are over 300 full-color pages walks you through the workflow, editing, and organizing tasks found in this after-capture software programs- Photoshop CS4. Additionally, numerous practice files are available online, so you can download them from wherever you happen to be.

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This easy-to-read book breaks this powerful program down into bite-sized pieces so you can quickly develop a consistent workflow that gives you quality results with every photo. It's exactly what every photographer needs After the Shoot.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• About the Author
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Creating an Organized System
• Understanding File Formats
• Image capture formats
• Editing formats
• Output fi le formats
• Organizing Different Kinds of Files
• Considering the non-destructive workfl ow
• Three kinds of workfl ow fi les
• Creating a virtual fi ling cabinet
• Naming your folders and fi les
• Backing Up and Archiving
• Hard drives
• CDs and DVDs
• Chapter 2 Overview of Bridge
• Understanding the Default Workspace
• The Content panel
• Favorites and Folders panels
• Filter and Collections panels
• Preview panel
• Metadata and Keywords panels
• The Applications bar
• Modifying the Bridge Workspace
• Using workspace presets
• Creating custom workspace presets
• Setting up Preferences
• Working with the Cache
• Chapter 3 Downloading and Organizing Your Photos
• Downloading New Photos from Your Camera
• Using Keywords to Identify Photo Content
• Organizing keywords
• Creating and adding keywords
• Searching for keywords
• Organizing and Classifying Photos
• Using labels and stars
• Renaming photos after downloading
• Creating a collection of your favorites
• Using Slideshow and Review Mode
• Changing the Way Photos are Sorted
• Working with Metadata
• Creating a custom metadata template
• Using the File Info command
• Chapter 4 Introduction to Working with Raw Files
• What is Raw?
• Disadvantages of shooting raw
• Exposing a raw fi le correctly
• Working with Metadata in Raw Files
• Setting Camera Raw Preferences
• Converting Raw Files with Adobe Camera Raw
• Overview of the ACR workspace
• Converting a raw fi le for editing in Photoshop
• Working with multiple photos in ACR
• Comparing 8-bit and 16-bit fi les
• Chapter 5 Learning to Use the Photoshop Workspace
• Deconstructing the Workspace
• Working with Panels
• Panel groups
• The panel dock
• The panel menu
• Personalizing Photoshop
• Customizing the workspace
• Customizing menus
• Different Ways of Viewing Images
• View Extras
• Zooming and panning
• Setting Up Preferences
• General preferences
• Interface preferences
• File Handling preferences
• Performance preferences
• Cursor preferences
• Chapter 6 Adjusting Brightness and Contrast
• Understanding Histograms
• How exposure affects the histogram
• How subject matter affects the histogram
• Working with the Histogram panel
• Adjusting Brightness and Contrast with Levels
• Advanced Tonal Adjustment with Curves
• Gaining Control with Adjustment Layers
• What are Photoshop layers?
• Working with the Adjustments panel
• Creating an adjustment layer
• Balancing Contrast with the Shadows/Highlights Command
• Chapter 7 Working with Color
• Calibrating Your Monitor
• Understanding Color Theory
• Subtractive color
• Additive color
• Managing Color in Photoshop
• Comparing color spaces
• Choosing a color space
• Setting up Photoshop's working space
• Understanding Color Channels
• Using the Info Panel and the Color Sampler Tool
• Adjusting a Photo's Color
• Removing a color cast with Levels
• Learning color correction with the Variations command
• Adjusting color with the Color Balance command
• Fine-tuning color with the Hue/Saturation command
• Using the new Vibrance command
• Chapter 8 Using Selections to Control Your Adjustments
• Using Photoshop's Main Selection Tools
• The Marquee tools
• The Lasso tools
• The Magic Wand tool
• The Quick Selection tool
• Secrets of selection success
• Fine-tuning Selections
• Feathering a selection's edge
• Using the Refi ne Edge command
• Cutting and Pasting with Selections
• Using the Transform Command
• Chapter 9 Creating Flexibility with Layer Masks
• What Is a Layer Mask?
• Working with the Brush tool 180
• Changing Brush settings with the Options bar
• Keyboard shortcuts for managing the Brush tool
• Using the Brushes panel
• Working with a graphics tablet
• Creating a Layer Mask
• Using a Selection to Create a Mask
• Refi ning a Mask with the Masks Panel
• Using Masks with Adjustment Layers
• Combining Selections, Adjustment layers, and Masks
• Chapter 10 Improving Your Photos with Retouching
• What is Retouching?
• Basic Retouching with the Clone Stamp Tool
• Removing distractions
• Adding visual elements with retouching
• Undoing with the History Brush Tool
• Advanced Cloning Techniques
• Cloning to a different layer
• Ignoring adjustment layers
• Cloning from one image to another
• Using the Clone Source panel
• Adjusting geometry as you clone
• Using the Healing Brush Tool
• Busting Dust with the Spot Healing Brush
• Using the Patch Tool
• Fixing Red Eye in a Flash
• Sculpting with the Liquify Filter
• Chapter 11 Getting Creative
• Burning and Dodging
• Using Photoshop's Burn and Dodge tools
• Burning and dodging without Photoshop's Burn and Dodge tools
• Using the Black and White Command
• Toning a Black and White Image
• Introduction to Photoshop's Filters
• Using the Lens Blur filter
• Adding motion with the Radial Blur filter
• Creating Panoramas from Multiple Photos
• Using the Photomerge command
• Tips for shooting photos for a panorama
• Chapter 12 Finishing the Image
• Changing an Image's Resolution and Size
• Understanding resolution
• Doing the simple math
• Resampling the image size
• Using the correct image interpolation method
• Changing size and resolution together
• Using the Crop Tool
• Professional Sharpening Strategies
• Understanding sharpening
• Three kinds of sharpening
• Photoshop's main sharpening tools
• Sharpening for output
• Chapter 13 Printing Your Favorite Photos
• Soft-Proofi ng Your Prints on Screen
• Bringing Out-of-Gamut Tones and Colors into Line
• Inkjet Printing with Photoshop's Print Command
• Understanding the settings
• Letting the printer manage color
• Evaluating the print
• Saving money with test strips
• Using a Photolab for Printing
• Chapter 14 Creating Slideshows and Web Galleries
• Overview of the Adobe Output Module
• Preparing Photos for Slideshows and Web Galleries
• Creating a PDF Slideshow
• Building and Uploading Photo Galleries
• Designing a Web gallery
• Uploading your Web gallery
• Batch Processing with the Image Processor
• Appendix A Resouces
• Appendix B Keyboard Shortcuts
• Glossary
• Index

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