Adobe Photoshop for Underwater Photographers PDF
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AAddoobbee PPhhoottoosshhoopp ® ® FOR UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHERS JACK SUE and DRAFAHL Amherst Media ® PUBLISHEROFPHOTOGRAPHYBOOKS ToKristyandTommy— Thanksforyourcontinuousstrengthandsupport. Weloveyouguys. Copyright © 2006 by Jack and Sue Drafahl. All photographs by the authors. All rights reserved. Published by: Amherst Media, Inc. P.O. Box 586 Buffalo, N.Y. 14226 Fax: 716-874-4508 www.AmherstMedia.com Publisher: Craig Alesse Senior Editor/Production Manager: Michelle Perkins Assistant Editor: Barbara A. Lynch-Johnt ISBN: 1-58428-189-8 Library of Congress Card Catalog Number: 2005937371 Printed in Korea. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopied, recorded or oth- erwise, without prior written consent from the publisher. Notice of Disclaimer: The information contained in this book is based on the author’s experience and opinions. The author and publisher will not be held liable for the use or misuse of the information in this book. CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ..........................................11 2. THE ADVANCED DIGITAL DARKROOM .........................14 Processors ................................................14 RAM ....................................................15 Hard Disk ................................................15 Monitor ..................................................16 DualMonitors ...........................................16 UsingaLaptop ...........................................17 MonitorCalibration .......................................17 Software Considerations ......................................19 Upgrades ...............................................19 Photoshop Classes ..........................................19 3. TOP TEN EDITING TOOLS .................................20 Levels Editor ..............................................21 Clone Tool ................................................22 Healing Brush .............................................23 SpotHealingBrush ........................................23 Saturation Control ..........................................23 Unsharp Mask .............................................24 Dust & Scratches ...........................................27 Crop Tool ................................................27 Burn and Dodge Tools .......................................29 Variations Menu ............................................29 Transform ................................................31 4. HIGH-SPEED IMAGE EDITING ..............................33 Keyboard Shortcuts .........................................33 Adobe Bridge ..............................................35 CONTENTS 3 Actions ...................................................37 Scripts ...................................................40 5. PHOTO TRIAGE ..........................................41 Photo Grouping ............................................42 Time Travel ...............................................42 Workflow .................................................46 TransferandDuplicateFile .................................46 PSDFiles ...............................................47 Crop ..................................................47 Full-ImageCorrections .....................................47 CorrectingSpecificSections ..................................47 SharpentheImage ........................................47 SaveandFlatten .........................................47 File Naming Conventions .....................................48 SaveasPSD .............................................49 AddaLetter ............................................49 FinditQuickly ...........................................49 BatchRename ...........................................49 6. ADJUSTMENT LAYERS .....................................51 Adjustment Layer Basics ......................................51 HowLayersWork .........................................51 SpeedinguptheAction .....................................53 LettheActionBegin .......................................55 Clone or Healing Layer ......................................55 CreateaNewLayer .......................................55 LayerVisibility ...........................................56 The Sharper Image ..........................................57 SelectivelySharpen ........................................60 GoingBack ..............................................60 Burning and Dodging Techniques ..............................60 SelectiveEditing ..........................................63 BlendingModes ..........................................63 UseSeparateLayers .......................................63 Advanced Layering Techniques .................................63 4 ADOBE®PHOTOSHOP®FORUNDERWATERPHOTOGRAPHERS 7. ADVANCED COLOR AND EXPOSURE CORRECTIONS ...............69 Levels Editor ..............................................69 Eyedroppers ..............................................70 Auto Functions ............................................71 Options ................................................72 Curves Editor ..............................................72 AddControlPoints ........................................72 AdjustingSpecificAreas ....................................73 MultipleProblems .........................................74 FindingWhiteandBlackPoints ..............................74 ColorShifts ..............................................74 Shadow/Highlight ..........................................75 Exposure .................................................77 Selective Midtone Adjustments .................................77 Brush Tool and Layers Mask ..................................78 High Dynamic Range ........................................79 Crossover Color Shifts .......................................79 Hue/Saturation ..........................................79 ReplaceColor ............................................80 Green Water to Blue.........................................81 ReplaceColor ............................................81 ChannelMixer ...........................................82 Black & White Conversions ...................................83 Grayscale ...............................................83 SplitChannels ...........................................83 ChannelMixer ...........................................84 SelectiveColor............................................85 8. ADVANCED SHARPENING TECHNIQUES ........................86 Smart Sharpen .............................................86 VariousAdjustments .......................................86 AdvancedSettings ........................................87 High Pass Filter ............................................88 Layer Controls .............................................91 AddaMask .............................................91 CONTENTS 5 9. WORKING WITH RAW FILES ...............................92 Adjust Tab ................................................92 Detail Tab ................................................95 Lens Tab .................................................97 Curve Tab ................................................97 Calibrate Tab ..............................................98 Workflow Options ..........................................98 Toolbox ..................................................99 RAW File Layer Editing .....................................100 10. ADVANCED BACKSCATTER REMOVAL ........................103 Spot Healing Brush ........................................103 Dust & Scratches Filter .....................................104 Layers.................................................104 DSLR Sensor Artifacts ......................................109 Blur Filters ...............................................109 SmartBlur .............................................109 SurfaceBlur ............................................109 11. REMOVING UNWANTED OBJECTS ..........................115 Hanging Gauges ..........................................115 Healing Coral .............................................118 UsingtheMagicWand ....................................118 CloneTool .............................................118 HealingBrush ..........................................118 Nondestructive Repairs ......................................120 Copy Data from One Photo to Another .........................120 Plug-in Filters .............................................123 12. DIVER MODIFICATIONS ..................................124 Flash Angle ..............................................124 AddaFlash ............................................126 Snaps, Gauges, and Meters ...................................128 Face Masks ...............................................128 Reflections .............................................128 ShadowedFace ..........................................131 6 ADOBE®PHOTOSHOP®FORUNDERWATERPHOTOGRAPHERS 13. EDITING BLOOMING EFFECTS ............................136 Blooming Effect in Open Water ...............................136 MakeYourSelection ...................................... 136 CreateaLayer ..........................................137 SettheForegroundandBackground ..........................137 GradientTool ...........................................140 BlurFilters .............................................142 HealingBrush ..........................................144 AddSunRays ..........................................145 FixingBloominginRAWFiles ..............................146 Blooming Effect with Subject in Foreground .....................150 SubjectSelection .........................................150 HealingBrush ..........................................150 14. CHANGING BACKGROUNDS ...............................153 Selection Tools ............................................153 MagicWand ...........................................153 MagneticLasso ..........................................153 PolygonalLasso ..........................................154 Background Image Adjustments ...............................154 LevelsEditor ............................................154 Saturation .............................................154 Extract Filter .............................................157 Lens Blur ................................................161 SavetheSelectionasanAlphaChannel ........................163 GradientFill ...........................................165 ApplyLensBlur .........................................165 15. UNDERWATER PLUG-IN APPLICATIONS ......................168 Focus Magic ..............................................169 Andromeda VariFocus ......................................171 AutoFX Mystical Lighting ...................................171 Digital Elements Aurora .....................................172 Corel KPT Lens Flare .......................................174 Extensis Mask Pro 3 ........................................176 Alien Skin Smart Fill ........................................179 Genuine Fractals Print Pro .................................. 180 CONTENTS 7 Extensis Photo Cast Shadow .................................182 The Plug-in Site ...........................................183 Kodak Digital GEM, ROC, and SHO Pro .......................185 New Plug-ins .............................................185 16. ADVANCED LAYERING TECHNIQUES ........................187 Different Photoshop Versions .................................188 Photo Collage Using Full Images ..............................187 SmartObjects ...........................................188 MovingLayers ..........................................189 AddaShadow ..........................................190 CopytheShadowinPhotoshopCS ............................190 CopytheShadowinPhotoshopCS2 ............................191 GridAlignment .........................................192 AutoGuides ............................................193 ArrangingtheLayers .....................................193 Photo Collage with Soft Edges ................................193 Blending Modes ...........................................195 Layer Mask ...............................................195 Adding Text ..............................................197 VectorGraphics ..........................................198 Styles .................................................198 Clipping Mask ............................................201 Shapes ..................................................203 17. OUTPUT OPTIONS ......................................204 Crop and Resize ...........................................204 Color Management ........................................206 ThreeChoices ...........................................206 ManualControl .........................................206 Gamut Warning ...........................................211 Photographic Edges and Framing ..............................211 JumpPlug-ins ..........................................211 MorePlug-ins ...........................................211 Digital Slide Shows .........................................215 ResizeYourFiles .........................................215 8 ADOBE®PHOTOSHOP®FORUNDERWATERPHOTOGRAPHERS Video Output .............................................216 SizingYourFiles .........................................216 NTSCColors ...........................................217 PixelAspectRatio .......................................218 18. CONCLUSION ..........................................219 Index ...................................................221 CONTENTS 9 ABOUT THE AUTHORS Jack and Sue Drafahl are a husband and wife team of professional pho- tojournalists, lecturers, and multi- media producers. For over thirty years, their articles have appeared in Petersen’s PHOTOgraphic, Range- finder,SportDiver,SkinDiver,Dive Training, Diver, National Wildlife Federation,andNationalGeographic World Magazine. They have been actively involved in the digital tran- sition since the early ’80s and are software and hardware Beta testers for companies like Adobe, Applied Science Fiction, Corel, Kodak, and Ulead Systems. JackandSuestartedtheirprofes- sional photographic careers at Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, CA, where Jack later started the audio visual department. Both areactivescubadivers,receivingtheirdivingcertificationintheearly’70s. Jack and Sue were awarded Divers of the Year from Beneath the Sea, and Sue is an inaugural member of the Women Divers Hall of Fame. Jack and Sue make their home on the Oregon coast and enjoy teach- ing seminars worldwide on all aspects of photography, both topside and underwater. Recently, they have put their years of photographic experi- ence to use designing the Oregon Coast Digital Center, an enhanced learning facility that features in-depth digital classes to help students bet- terunderstandthedigitalrealm.Inadditiontotheirvariousmonthlyarti- cles, Jack and Sue are authors of Digital Imaging for the Underwater Photographer,PhotoSalvagewithAdobePhotoshop,Step-by-StepDigitalPho- tography,AdvancedDigitalCameraTechniques,Plug-insforAdobePhoto- shop, and Master Guide to Underwater Photography, all from Amherst Media. For more on the authors, please visit www.jackandsuedrafahl.com.
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