Innholdsfortegnelse for September 2019 i Practical Photoshop

1 CAPTURE IN RAW If your camera offers raw quality capture, then this is usually the best choice for image capture. Raw files hold greater color information and dynamic range than JPEGs, which means greater detail in the highlights and shadows, white balance control and greater headroom for image-editing. 2 UPLOAD Transfer the images to your hard drive using a memory card reader (or a computer with a memory card slot). Some photographers like to name their images and videos according to date, in the format YYYY-MM-DD-description, for instance 2019-08-14-london. You can use the Destination panel in the Lightroom Import dialog for this. 3 IMPORT INTO LIGHTROOM Lightroom can be invaluable for organizing your image library. Import the contents of your memory card into Lightroom, then take a few seconds…

1 HOW TO MAKE A SMART OBJECT To make a Smart Object, simply right-click any layer and choose Convert To Smart Object. You can also go to Filter > Convert for Smart Filters. Images that are dragged in to an open image window in Photoshop will open by default as Smart Objects. You can also use File > Place Embedded to navigate to an image on your hard drive and open it as a Smart Object within another document. 2 CAMERA RAW SMART OBJECTS Smart Objects can be very useful for retaining control over raw edits. You can open images from Camera Raw into Photoshop as Smart Objects by holding Shift and clicking the Open Image button, which changes to Open Object. Once open, the image can be sent back…

Photoshop has many types of layers and adjustment layers available, but there are six that you’ll find you need to use again and again. Learning how they should be used may seem a little daunting for beginners, but once you’ve got to grips with them, you’ll find they play a part in the creative process of almost every image you make. 01 LEVELS This should be the first layer you add to an image, because it fundamentally alters the tonal range of the entire image. Create a Levels Adjustment Layer, drag the Black Point slider inwards until it touches the left-hand edge of the histogram, and drag the White Point slider inwards to the right-hand edge. This remaps the tones of the image to make more of the available tonal…

1 LIGHTROOM vs PHOTOSHOP All CC subscribers have both Lightroom and Photoshop, so it makes sense to take advantage of the best features of each. Lightroom is the place to organize and sort your image library, as well as make tonal edits, selective adjustments and other useful edits like cropping or sharpening. Often Lightroom will have everything you need to produce your finished image, especially if you like to keep your edits simple. But if you want to take an image further and try out different effects, or perform extensive retouching, or bring in other elements—perhaps by adding text, or combining more than one photo—then Photoshop is the next step. 2 TAKE IT AS FAR AS YOU CAN IN RAW In general, your image should only be opened into Photoshop…

1 LUMINAR LANDSCAPE LOOKS This interesting plugin in Skylum’s Luminar 3 uses AI to enhance landscapes. Luminar 3 offers a variety of preset looks that can each be fine-tuned after application. The Landscape Enhancer pulls detail out of landscape textures, enhances foliage and intensifies skies, all with a couple of clicks. We’re interested to see Luminar 4 when it’s released in the fall, as it’s set to include a new—and slightly controversial—AI sky replacement tool. 2 DXO PRIME NOISE Part of DxO’s Photolab 2 software, this excellent tool applies advanced noise reduction to clear up your high-ISO photos. DxO are renowned for the way their software processes raw files by applying automatic lens and sensor fixes. The Prime Noise feature works superbly at reducing noise in high-ISO photos. It can…

01 TIDY MESSY MARKS Open your old photo (or download the tower bridge via http://bit. ly/2XkkERT), then go to the Layers Panel and click the New Layer icon. Grab the Spot Healing Brush. Check Sample All Layers in the tool options, then zoom in close and paint to retouch small marks. 02 ADD A COLOR Click the Create New Layer icon again, then go to the Blending Mode dropdown at the top of the Layers panel and change it from Normal to Color. Grab the Brush Tool and choose a color, then zoom in close and start painting over objects in the scene to colorize them. 03 PAINT ON LAYERS Continue on, adding a brand-new layer set to the Color Blending mode for each new color you add. If a…

The image-editing process begins as soon as you’ve transferred your photos from your memory card to your computer. 1 The first stage is to begin sifting through your pictures to discover which are the keepers. The image organizer that comes with Photoshop is ideal for this task. Adobe Bridge has controls for keywording, rating and filtering your images, and there are handy tools for batch renaming files, creating panoramic stitches, making contact sheets and more. Launch Adobe Bridge and navigate to a folder containing new images. Use the cursor keys to quickly flick through the images and click below a thumbnail to add a star rating, or use the keyboard shortcut Cmd/Ctrl+5. You can then filter your images by the star rating to group the ones you want to work…

1 MAKE CUSTOM PROFILES Profiles can be added in Lightroom’s Develop Module or in Camera Raw. They’re designed to kick-start your image-editing by giving an image a certain look. There are over 50 profiles to choose from, and you can also supplement the list with your own custom profiles. Like Presets, Profiles allow you to style your image in different ways. But Profiles are more advanced, as you can control the effect with the Strength slider, and they don’t interfere with any existing settings. 2 CHANGE HISTORY STATES The History Panel can be helpful if you need to retrace your steps, but what if you need to go back beyond the default 20 steps? There’s no way to do it after the fact unless you want to go right back…

Of all the tonal tools available to you in Photoshop, Curves is without doubt the most powerful. In fact, it can do most of the things that the other tonal tools do: it can lighten, darken, alter colors, set whites and blacks, boost contrast, correct color casts and more. Curves might just be the ultimate tonal tool. Unfortunately for some, there’s another curve that gets in the way: the steep learning curve. Curves can be difficult to grasp for the uninitiated. You might even be tempted to disregard the tool and return to the simpler sliders and settings elsewhere. But anyone who spends a little time experimenting will be rewarded with a responsive, highly versatile tool that offers a degree of finesse like no other. The Curves toolset features in…

Strong lines and clear shapes work well in landscapes. Here, the shape of the high mountain on the right is the focal point, but the skyline could be enhanced with a subtle shift in perspective. So we’re going to lower the distant horizon using Photoshop selections and layer masks, which will make the foreground mountains jut further up. We’re also going to drop in a smoother sky from another photo to offer more contrast with the rocks below. Some might say these kind of alterations are plain cheating, but these things are not always set in stone. 01 TONING AND SHARPENING Begin by enhancing the tones in Camera Raw. After choosing the Adobe Landscape Profile, enhancing the colors and tweaking the white balance, use the new Texture slider to pull…