Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS3 (Real World)
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Manufacturer: Peachpit Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.686
EAN: 9780321518675
ISBN: 0321518675
Label: Peachpit Press
Manufacturer: Peachpit Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2007-11-17
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Studio: Peachpit Press
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The raw revolution that began in 2003 with the Adobe Camera Raw plug-in for Adobe Photoshop has changed the way photographers work with images. Shooting in the raw format gives digital photographers complete control over every aspect of image quality. Adobe Camera Raw makes the process of using raw files easier by providing a standardized way of accessing and working with these uncompressed digital negatives. Today serious photographers shoot raw images only. Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop was the first book devoted exclusively to the topic, explaining the advantages and challenges of using Adobe Camera Raw to produce magnificent images.
Real World Adobe Camera Raw in Photoshop CS3 keeps pace with new directions in digital photography and raw image processing. Jeff Schewe, a contributor to the development of Adobe Camera Raw from its beginnings, updates Bruce Fraser’s best-selling book with inside knowledge of how new features let photographers optimize and convert images for the best results in Adobe Photoshop CS3. Hands-on techniques show readers how to expose and shoot for raw image capture as well as use new features such as Spot Healing. Readers will also learn how to use the latest version of Adobe Bridge to manage the thousands of images?and gigabytes of data?that result from raw shooting. Finally, Schewe discusses how Adobe’s latest revolutionary imaging software Photoshop Lightroom adds to the raw equation.
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Summary: Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS3 ROCKS!!
Comment: Great book. Very well written, easily understood and helpful. This is definitely a must have for digital photographers processing their camera raw files! This book was recommended to me by a professional stock photographer. He was dead on target that it was packed full of important info. I have already recommended this book to several other photographers I know.
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Summary: fantastic guide to raw processing
Comment: Adobe Camera RAW (version 4 with photoshop CS3) is an amazing product, and this book is a must have when trying to get the most out of it. If you are processing RAW with CS3 do yourself a favour and get this.
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Summary: Fantastic Book!
Comment: This book is the best one I have read on the topic of shooting raw verses jpeg; why to shoot raw, and how to take advantage of the expanded potential in digital raw photography. The authors provide extensive rationale and great technical background on the topics of adjusting raw images to best effect. Although I use Photoshop Lightroom 1.3 instead of the Camera Raw within Photoshop Bridge or Photoshop CS3, the discussions and techniques are equally applicable to my workflow.
This is one of the most productive books I have read to date within my library of digital photography books!
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Summary: This has all the info that Adobe didn't include and then some
Comment: I love Adobe Camera Raw in Photoshop CS3. But there were many facets and functions of ACR that I didn't understand. This is a great book, written in friendly manner and packed with illustrations and screen shots. The book answers all my questions and has me saying "Ah Ha . . ." in almost every chapter and subject.
And may I say that if your camera includes Raw mode and you don't use it you're missing a great way to improve your photos and your workflow.
Thanks, Jeff Schewe for a great book.
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Summary: Solid advice on using Photoshop for RAW images
Comment: A digital camera that gives you photos in the usual JPEG format is doing some photo processing for you before you see the shot. The camera applies the camera manufacturer's algorithms to the way your photos should look. But if you want to do more than take good snapshots you should consider setting the camera to give you images without the automatic processing. That kind of image uses the camera's "raw" format.
If you have a digital SLR, you have the ability to take raw files. (A few non-SLR digitals have the ability to take raw files -- the Canon G9, for example.) Each camera manufacturer has its own type of raw file -- Canon's use the extension .CR2, for example. But all raw images need to be opened by a photo editing package that can read the specific type of raw file your camera produces, like Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.
The major advantage of using raw files is that you have more control over fine tuning the image, and the major disadvantage is that you will probably have to do some fine tuning.
Photoshop CS3, the current version of Adobe's industrial-strength photo editing software includes Adobe Camera Raw ("ACR"). ACR recognizes the raw formats from virtually all manufacturers. If you understand the basics of Photoshop or PS Elements, you can use ACR on your own right out of the box, because the basic screen is reasonably intuitive. But "Real World Camera Raw with...CS3" does a great job of helping you get a lot more out of ACR, and there's quite a lot to get. The book explains what raw images are in both technical and non-technical terms and then takes you through the multiple options for preparing them in ACR. The authors clearly know Photoshop from the inside, all the way down to the software code. The in-depth explanations of how Photoshop works are there is you want them. But they don't throw a blizzard of tech talk at you. The instructions are there in plain language to help you make efficient, effective step-by-step use of Adobe Camera Raw. You can stop after Chapter 5 and you'll be a solid intermediate user, or you can absorb the whole book and emerge with an even more in-depth understanding.
The book is written for photographers who have at least a basic understanding of color and of Photoshop, so it's not the first book on photo editing to read. (A good choice would be "Adobe Photoshop CS2 One-on-One" by Deke McClelland -- excellent and less expensive than his DVD-based CS3 version.) But "Real World Camera Raw...CS3" is a great next step as you move up the Photoshop learning curve.
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