Photoshop CS5 for Photographers: Camera Raw 6

1. Introducing Camera Raw
Welcome
Should I use Adobe Camera Raw or Photoshop?
What is Camera Raw?
Using the exercise files

2. Preferences and File Formats
Bridge overview and preferences
Camera Raw preferences
Raw vs. JPG or TIFF files
Choosing a native raw file or a digital negative (DNG)
Converting or saving to the DNG format

3. The Camera Raw Workflow
Project overview: Cover photo shoot
Auto-toning and correcting white balance
Cropping and composing
Enhancing color and tone
Removing distractions
Sharpening and noise reduction
Converting to black and white
Adding a vignette
Making a localized correction
Creating snapshots of memorable looks
Re-editing Camera Raw settings
Working with multiple adjustments

4. The Camera Raw Interface
Navigating the interface and the toolbar
Image adjustment tabs and panels
Using the histogram
Previewing before and after different adjustments
Working with multiple files

5. Opening and Saving Files
Opening raw files in Bridge
Opening JPGs and TIFFs in Bridge
Accessing Camera Raw from Mini Bridge
Resizing in Camera Raw with workflow options
Saving from Camera Raw
Opening an image as a Smart Object
Creating a duplicate file

6. Crop, Compose, and Straighten
Using the Crop and Straighten tools
Working with the Crop tool
Cropping with an aspect ratio
Composing with the Crop tool
Creative cropping

7. White Balance
Improving color balance
Using the White Balance tool and controls
Color correcting with white balance cards
White balance vision and creativity
Color balance resources

8. Using Basic Adjustments
Deconstructing the basic adjustments
Recovering highlights
Making basic exposure enhancements
Making basic adjustments more quickly
The relationship between tone and color
Enhancing color and tone
Demystifying clarity
Increasing clarity
Understanding Vibrance and Saturation
Improving color with Vibrance
Using Vibrance and Saturation together
Color creativity

9. Tone Curves
Learning about the parametric and point tone curves
Using the parametric curve
Using the point curve

10. Retouching Blemishes
Removing blemishes on a face
Cloning away small background distractions
Removing distracting background elements
Cleaning up a studio background
Removing dust on the lens or the camera sensor
Removing red-eye

11. The Adjustment Brush
Demystifying the Adjustment Brush
Correcting exposure by brightening shadows
Painting an effect into a photograph
Increasing visual interest by brightening shadows
Increasing visual interest by heightening saturation
Whitening teeth
Adding color to makeup
Changing color
Selective sharpening
Eye sharpening and skin smoothing workflow
Creating custom Adjustment Brush presets

12. The Graduated Filter Tool
Enhancing the foreground and background of an image with the Graduated Filter
Reducing exposure with the Graduated Filter
Creative effects with the Graduated Filter

13. Working with Details
Noise reduction
Reducing noise and sharpening
Sharpening more effectively
Edge sharpening in an architectural photograph
Sharpening a portrait
Using the Detail panel to soften skin

14. HSL
Introducing HSL
Modifying color and tone
Enhancing a fashion photograph
Enhancing color and tone with HSL
Getting creative with color

15. Black and White
The black-and-white controls
A simple black-and-white conversion
Using multiple panels to create a black-and-white image
Creating a dramatic black-and-white landscape

16. Split Toning
Traditional black-and-white toning
Toning a color photo creatively

17. Lens Correction
Deconstructing the Lens Correction controls
Correcting lens vignette
Correcting lens vignette more quickly
Correcting chromatic aberration and defringing

18. Effects
Understanding the Effects controls
Using the Post Crop Vignette for creative effects
Adding film grain to a black-and-white image
Adding film grain with Camera Raw and Photoshop

19. Camera Calibration
Introducing the Camera Calibration panel
Comparing color options with Snapshot
Creative color with the Camera Calibration controls
Camera Calibration resources

20. Presets
Introducing presets
Applying presets to multiple images
Preset resources

21. Speeding Up the Camera Raw Workflow
Quick raw processing of multiple files
Recording an action
Batch processing multiple images

22. Getting Creative with Camera Raw
Creative vivid color
Working with split toning
Applying soft and warm colors
Adding warm, muted colors
Adding and reducing false color

23. Conclusion
Additional resources
Camera Raw and Lightroom
Goodbye