INTRODUCTORY CONCEPT:

The

Photo Experience

 

Technical

Workflow

     

     

1.  Make the image look like what you saw!

   

2.  Adjustments that you could create with the traditional chemical process.

      

3.  Destructive process - no adjustment layers, layers, or masks

   

 
  PROCESS:  (CS2)

Tech. Intro

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 1. STRAIGHTEN image:                 (eye drop/measure tool...drag ruler...image...rotate...arb)

 2. CROP the image:                       5" x 7" perspective

 3. SPOT image with clone tool:

 4. DODGE & BURN using Curves:  (image...adj...curves...bend curve) (history brush)

 5. COLOR CORRECTION:

         Auto levels:                          (image...adjust,,,auto levels)  delete if not effective

         Curves:                                          (image...adj...thresh) (blk & wht slider - shift/left click)  (escape)

                                                                     (image...adj...curves)  (left dropper click blk / right click white)

                                                                              (middle dropper move line to taste)   

         Pictographics                              (layer...dup layer...filter (bright & contrast) ...opacity...flatten)

         Selective color correct:         (image...adjust...hue & sat...edit: select color...sliders...OK)

 

 6. POP - High Pass Filter             (layer...dup layer...filter...other...high pass...hard light...flatten)

 7. GRAIN reduction:                      (layer...dup layer...filter...Kodak Dig Gem ...flatten)  (twice?)

 8. SHARPEN - Nik Sharpener         (layer...dup layer...filter...opacity 30% ...flatten)  (history tool)

 9. Image...adjust...CONTRAST       (CONTRAST +9)

10.Image...adjust...BRIGHTNESS   (BRIGHTNESS -2 optional)

11.RESIZE - thumbnail                         (file...automate...save as ...jpg... 96pxl-jpg) (no save for web)

                      - web                                   (file automate...save for web 300/360pxt-jpg)