Real world Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS
Author: Maricon Williams
Photoshop CS is no doubt the most momentous Photoshop progress
which complements digital photographers. Real world Camera Raw
with Adobe Photoshop CS discusses exciting new features for
general users, web designers, video editors and digital
photographers. This book is authored by Bruce Fraser.
Bruce Fraser is a noted author having co-authored the
penultimate Photoshop resource book Real World Photoshop from
Peachpit Press. He is also a contributing editor for Mac World
plus a regular contributor for CreativePro where he wrote his
"Out of Gamut" articles.
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| Fraser is also a co-author of Real
World Color Management from Peachpit Press. He has also made a
study of human vision and how it relates to reproducible color
in photography and photomechanical reproduction. Bruce is a
regular speaker and presenter at notable trade shows and
conferences as well as Seybold and Thunder Lizard's Photoshop
Conferences. He has also consulted for an extensive series of
major photographic and digital imaging companies. |
Adobe Photoshop CS is the new version (Version 8) of Adobe
Photoshop. It is a part of the newly announced Adobe Creative
Suite which combines new versions of Adobe Photoshop CS with
ImageReady CS, Adobe illustrator CS, Adobe InDesign CS, Adobe
GoLive CS, Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional, and the new "Version
Cue" file version manager, which lets you track integrations
quickly and locate files easily.
Camera RAW part of Photoshop 7 Adobe Photoshop Camera RAW & JPEG
2000 Plug-in Bundle is now an integrated part of Photoshop CS.
This has added substantial power to Photoshop CS. JPEG 2000
delivers superior quality for the same compression ratios.
Conversely, since no camera support JPEG 2000, support is
available through a separate plug-in that ships with the
software.
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Depending on the camera brand, Raw may come in different
flavors. Adobe Photoshop CS covers most RAW formats available
today. However, RAW data may not be always read accurately. For
example, the white balance of Nikon Coolpix 5000 images may have
unnatural result which is not a case with Nikon Capture 3.5. To
fix the white balance, click in a non-specular white area
followed by a minor tint adjustment. Supplementary adjustments
can be made through the advanced "Calibration" tab. The "Adjust"
tab controls exposure, shadow, brightness and contrast sliders.
Albeit Photoshop CS features now a new Histogram Palette, the
RAW dialog box also features live histograms.
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Noise reduction is not a problem with Photoshop CS. It has the
color noise reduction and luminance smoothing sliders which
allow you to reduce colors and luminance noise. Luminance noise
should be use with caution because it can lead to an artificial
"water paint" effect. The noise reduction performs very well and
preserves the image detail and sharpness.
To remove chromatic aberrations, apply a local desaturation in
the corresponding color channels. The Lens tab of the Raw dialog
box provides effective ways of eliminating these aberrations.
To have additional knowledge of Camera raw with Adobe Photoshop
CS, purchase a copy of this book. It will sure enlighten the
dark areas of the subject matter.
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