Adobe Digital Imaging How-Tos : 100 Essential Techniques for Photoshop CS5 Lightroom 3 and Camera Raw 6

Build your digital imaging expertise, one technique at a time

Adobe Digital Imaging How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques for Photoshop CS5, Lightroom 3, and Camera Raw 6 is a concise, current, and affordable full-color guide to the key techniques for working with digital images. Choose the How-Tos guide when you want to learn the features and functions that provide immediate results. This book provides a single reference for effective Photoshop Lightroom-to-Photoshop and Adobe Camera Rawto-Photoshop workflows. You'll learn to use the most exciting new features in all three products: streamlined import; dramatic noise-reduction improvements; robust lens correction; HDR workflows; selection and mask refinement; Content-Aware Fill; Puppet Warp; Bristle Tips and the powerful Mixer Brush. You'll also learn tips to work more efficiently with Scrubby Zoom, the new HUD color pickers, and more.

Synchronize folder content in Lightroom (#7)

Work with the Lightroom Library Filter (#16)

Make localized raw edits with the Adjustment Brush (#29)

Learn powerful capture-sharpening and noise-reduction techniques (#32, #33)

Prep bracketed exposures for HDR Pro (#36)

Clean up selection edges with the Smart Radius feature in the Refine Edge dialog in Photoshop (#65)

Work with HDR Pro: Tone Mapping (#74)

Create quick photo illustrations with the Mixer Brush (#85, #86)

Describes the techniques of working with digital images using Photoshop CS5, Lightroom 3, and Camera Raw 6.

Adobe Digital Imaging How-Tos: Essential Techniques for Photoshop CS5, Lightroom 3, and Camera Raw 6 is a concise, current, and affordable
full-color guide to the key techniques for working with digital images. Choose the How-Tos guide when you want to learn the features and functions that provide immediate results. This book covers core features without getting bogged down in obscure details; it provides a single reference for effective Lightroom-to-Photoshop and ACR-to-Photoshop workflows.

You’ll learn to use the most exciting new features in all three apps: streamlined import; dramatic noise-reduction improvements; robust lens correction for raw images; HDR Pro workflows; selection and mask refinement; Content-Aware Fill; Puppet Warp; Bristle Tips and the powerful Mixer Brush. You’ll also learn tips to work more efficiently, with Scrubby Zoom, the new HUD color pickers, and more.

Dan Moughamian has nearly two decades of experience working with Adobe applications, including more than 16 years with Photoshop. As a fine art photographer, professional instructor, and a veteran of the Adobe alpha and beta testing programs, Dan brings a unique and fresh perspective to digital imaging workflows. His recent training titles include several video tutorials for CS5 and Lightroom 3: Retouching & Image Adjustment with Photoshop CS5, Core Lightroom 3, and Mastering Camera Raw 6. He has also authored feature articles for PhotoTechnique Magazine. You can follow Dan on Twitter @Colortrails.