Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom 4 A Photographer’s Handbook

345 Pages·2012·95.413 MB·English

by  Stephen Laskevitch

Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom 4
A Photographer’s Handbook
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Stephen Laskevitch
Photoshop CS6
and Lightroom 4
A Photographer’s Handbook
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Stephen Laskevitch (www.luminousworks.com)
Editor: Joan Dixon
Copyeditor: Cynthia Anderson
Layout and Type: Stephen Laskevitch
Cover Design: Helmut Kraus, www.exclam.de
Printer: Lifetouch, Inc. through Four Colour Print Group, Louisville, Kentucky
Printed in the USA
ISBN 978-1-937538-03-3
1st Edition 2012
© 2012 by Stephen Laskevitch

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Laskevitch, Stephen.
Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom 4 : a photographer’s handbook / Stephen Laskevitch. -- 1st
ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-937538-03-3 (pbk.)
1. Adobe Photoshop. 2. Adobe Photoshop lightroom. 3. Photography--Digital techniques. I.
Title.
TR267.5.A3L3723 2012
006.6’96--dc23
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Acknowledgements
Many thanks go to my students. There have been many of you who’ve
shaped not only my teaching, but also my humanity. You make it obvious
that I found the right career. I wrote this book to be a complement to the
time you spend in my classroom. I hope you and the educators who use this
book find it a means to great creative ends.
To Colin Fleming, my heartfelt thanks for so often creating an atmosphere
that sparks creative and geeky sharing.
To my wife, Carla Fraga, for sharing me with software and for pulling me
back to the real world to spend time with her. You’re the best thing in a
world of wonders.
Thank you, too, reader, for choosing this book.
Steve Laskevitch
July 2012
www.luminousworks.com
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Table of Contents
Introduction 1
About the Photographer’s Handbook 2
Who Should Use This Book 2
Steps for Using This Book 2
Conventions 2
Photoshop Versions 3
Mac vs. Microsoft Windows Operating Systems 3
System Requirements 5
Section 1:
1 Important Terms & Concepts 9
The Setup Some Background 10
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Photoshop (*.PSD) & Large Document Format (*.PSB) 25
TIFF (*.TIFF, *.TIF) 25
JPEG (*.JPG, *.JPEG) 26
PDF Files 26
The Lightroom Catalog 27
2 System Configuration 29
Computer Requirements 30
Work Environment 30
Light 30
Colors 31
Application Preferences & Settings 31
Photoshop 32
Color Settings 36
Bridge 37
Lightroom 41
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3 The Interface: A Hands-on Tour 51
Finding Your Way in Photoshop 52
Layers 52
Masks 57
A Typical Document’s Layers 58
Panels & Workspaces 60
The Tools 64
Keyboard Shortcuts & Menu Modification 65
Navigation & Viewing 66
Finding Your Way in Bridge 70
What is Bridge? 70
Exploring Bridge: A Guided Tour 71
Metadata 72
Searches & Collections 72
Integration with Other Applications 73
Export & Output 73
Finding Your Way in Adobe Camera Raw 74
Tools 74
Image Adjustment Panels 74
Shortcuts & Navigation 74
Finding Your Way in Lightroom 76
Panels & Modules 76
Vital Keyboard Shortcuts 80
Section 2:
A Brief Overview 84
The Workflow Capture & Import 85
Organize & Archive 85
Global Adjustments 86
Local Adjustments 86
Cleanup & Retouching 86
Creative Edits & Alternates 86
Output : Digital Files, Print, Web, & Slideshow 86
4 Capture & Import 89
Capture 90
Shoot RAW 90
Lens Profile Creator 90
Standard Practices 91
Digital Negative 94
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Import 95
Deferred Import 95
Bridge 96
Configure Bridge 96
Adobe Photo Downloader 97
Lightroom 98
Automatic Import 100
Tethered Capture 100
Do NOT Reorganize Outside Lightroom 101
5 Organizing & Archiving Images 103
Rating Systems & Methods 104
Bridge 105
Rating in Bridge 105
Filtering in Bridge 107
Lightroom 107
Rating in Lightroom 107
Filtering in Lightroom 108
Keywords & Other Metadata 109
Keywords 109
Bridge 110
Copyright & Contact Data: Bridge Metadata Templates 110
Keywords in Bridge 110
Lightroom 111
Copyright & Contact Data: Lightroom Metadata Presets 111
Keywords in Lightroom 111
Labels: Workflow Landmarks 114
File Management 115
Folders vs. Collections 115
Bridge 116
Lightroom 116
Metadata Challenges 117
Lightroom 118
Moving & Archiving Files 118
Bridge 118
Lightroom 119
Multi-Computer Image Management: Two Examples 120
Bridge 120
Lightroom 120
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