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Photoshop CC for Photographers: Camera Raw 9

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Overview

If you're not using Camera Raw, you're not getting the most from Photoshop CC. Learn how to master Camera Raw 9 and improve the exposure, color, and quality of your photographs.

Photographers: If you're not using Camera Raw, you're not getting the most from Photoshop CC. Camera Raw 9 enables an exceptional degree of control over the exposure, color, sharpness, and other characteristics of raw-format files. Chris Orwig shows how to master Camera Raw's features and take your images from raw files to polished photographs. Watch and discover how to improve and correct exposure problems, crop and recompose photos, and create compelling black-and-white conversions of full-color photographs.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What is Camera Raw?
  • Should I use Camera Raw or Photoshop?
  • Using the exercise files
1. Getting Started
  • Opening and viewing your raw photographs
  • Opening JPGs or TIFFs
  • Opening files from Bridge
  • Zooming in and out
  • Getting familiar with the interface
  • Saving images from Camera Raw
  • Opening images from Camera Raw to Photoshop
  • Using Camera Raw as a filter in Photoshop
2. Using the Main Basic Adjustments
  • Learning the basic adjustments
  • Improving underexposure
  • Correcting overexposure
  • Recovering highlight and shadow detail
  • Crafting the look with the basic controls
  • Previewing your progress with before and after views
3. Improving Color with White Balance
  • Correcting color balance
  • Using the White Balance tool and controls
4. Fine-Tuning Clarity and Color
  • Using Clarity to improve your photographs
  • Using Vibrance and Saturation
  • Creating different looks with the Basic panel
  • Using the HSL controls for precise color control
5. Processing Multiple Images at Once
  • Opening multiple photographs from Photoshop
  • Opening multiple photographs from Bridge
  • Batch processing
6. Cropping Your Photographs
  • Using the Crop tool
  • Cropping to improve composition
  • Leveling or straightening an image
7. Making Strong Black-and-White Images
  • Creating a dramatic black-and-white landscape
  • Creating stronger black-and-white people photos
  • Adding a color-toned effect
8. Combining Images Together
  • Creating a pano
  • Building an HDR image
9. Reducing Noise and Sharpening
  • Reducing unwanted digital noise
  • Creating tack sharp photos
  • Improving a travel photograph
  • Edge sharpening an architectural photograph
  • Sharpening portraits
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Chris Orwig

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