| WORKSHOP Session 2: Getting Started with Photoshop CC 2017 -
Developing an image using Adobe Camera Raw. The goal of the workshop is let you develop a basic understanding of how to use the Photoshop. To see the images on your computer and use it’s features for your images.
You should have saving and backing up your work as a part of your workflow for Lightroom and Photoshop. Most members of our group start in Lightroom. If you start in Bridge or directly open an image in Photoshop the Adobe Camera Raw steps are the same.
However, the interface in Bridge and Photoshop is different.
LIGHTROOM CC Develop Panel – Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) Here is an excellent introduction by J. Kost on the internet: Lightroom CC – Create Stunning Images using the Basic Panel http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/tag/the-basic-panel MY WORK FLOW: 0. Make sure you have the current versions of Photoshop and Lightroom.
Set Preference – under Edit in Windows Mac OS – Choose Photoshop – Preferences
View J. Kost video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjUtKAmJ_9c&feature=youtu.be In Preference > External Editing go to Edit in Adobe Photoshop 2017. Here are my settings:
File Format: TIFF – (more views can view TIFF than PSD) Color Space: ProPhoto RGB is my recommendation. I try to keep all the colors and pixels I started with as long as possible.
Bit Depth: 16
Resolution: 240 or 300
Compression: none Additional External Editors:
You will need to fill this in for each NIK – Topaz or other 3rd party filter that you use.
I use the same settings as I listed above. NOTE: You have to change Lightroom and Photoshop as as they are not the default settings. I strongly recommend turning on the
Automatically Write Changes Into XMP Catalog Settings
preference switch or use the dng format. While using the Develop Module check Before and After images often in your workflow to see if the change(s) made moved you toward the goals you have for that image. Develop module - Camera Calibration. Make sure Process is set to current. Profile is set to your choice. If your camera is Nikon or Canon you will have several choices. Select one say vivid or landscape and see what your raw files start off looking like. This will give your raw files the look of a jpg photo with added contrast and colors. This gives you a head start on developing the image.
- Lens Corrections. Remove Chromatic Aberration – occurs most often with low quality lens. It is color fringing around the edges of subjects in the picture often subjects with backlight. Check this box if you see fringing. https://digital-photography-school.com/chromatic-aberration-what-is-it-and-how-to-avoid-it/ Enable Profile Corrections – check this box if Lightroom has a profile for your lens. Very useful for very wide angle lens to correct perspective if you want perspective corrected. Check and uncheck and see if you like what it did to your image.
- Effects. Move to the “Dehaze” slider. This may make an image you like. I don’t do this but others find it helpful. Again check before and after. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijbaxJeKKU8&feature=youtu.be
- Transform Panel If the horizon is not straight or the perspective needs corrected, use one of choices to make corrections. Level usually corrects the horizon. Vertical may correct perspective. Guided will do a great job on difficult images. Just take a look at any youtube video for details. Drawing four lines along areas that need to be vertical or horizontal works.
- Basic Panel Exposure – make any needed adjustments. Usually nothing is needed. Tint – I would not change this at first. You can move any of the sliders do see what happens. Double click on the name “Tint” and it will return to original setting. Highlights and Shadows – View image Reduce Highlights by moving slider to left Open up shadows by moving slider to right (check to make sure you did not increase noise too much.) For most images you are balancing the Highlights and Shadows. White/Black Balance – Alt (Mac-Opt) Click and move white slider to right until little white comes through then back off until it is gone (Sun, glare reflections off chrome, etc. should remain white. (Look at image too.) ; Alt (Mac-Opt) Click and move black slider to left until little more black comes through. (Most images benefit for some black. Images with fog almost always benefit from Black in foreground to show there is fog.) Clarity 30-80/Vibrance 25-40 to taste. Saturation – I do not use this option I use Tone Curve instead.
- Tone Curve Panel Minor adjustments – try medium contrast point curve
- HSL/Color/BW Panel Select HSL Section H(hue) S(Saturation) L (Luminance – brightness) Select Saturation and based on picture, pick colors to adjust and move left for less or right for more saturation. Switch to Luminance and adjust colors to taste Same for Hue.
- Split Toning (My guess is you can usually skip this panel) Take a look at this tutorial for a tutorial on changing to Black and White, Split Toning and adding a vignette. http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/tag/vignettes
- Detail Panel Quick fix for sharpening if you are not going to process your image in Photoshop:– Sharpening 40, Detail 25, Masking 0 Noise reduction - Luminence Luminence depends on your camera and your ISO settings. Newer camera usually have less noise than similar newer cameras. Hight ISO usually increases noise – especially in low light. It is usually better to reduce the noise before you use to Photoshop or any other application that edits at pixel lever because must adjustments in Photoshop would increase the existing noise. Note: Lightroom noise reduction is better than the one in Photoshop because you are working with the RAW image here. I think noise reduction here with the RAW image is as good as those offered by NIK, Topaz, OnOne, etc. However, do your own testing if you have a 3rd party noise reduction product.
- Effects (yes another stop here) Post-Crop Vignetting Apply minimum vignette – usually black (slider to left), color priority and 100% feather are good places to start. A unique feature of this function is that you crop the image later, the vignette will be reapplied.
ADJUSTMENT TOOLS 1 – Crop (R) - Level horizon
- Pick custom or size (e.g. 8x10)
- Unlock if “custom” - eg landscapes
- Cycle Overlay - “O”
- CROP to taste
2 – Spot Removal (Q) - Pick “Clone” or “Heal” - Clone – copies pixels, Heal – copies “color” texture remains
- Adjust size of brush “[“ or “]”
- Click spot, move sample area to suite
- Or, Click and Hold and select an area
3 – Red Eye - If you have red or other color eyes because of flash, this this a try.
4 – Graduated, Radial Filters and Brush - Work more or less the same
- Radial Filter – has a mask that can be switched
- Brush – like Spot Removal has brush variants
- Adjust all basic functions within a specific area
- Color Adjustment is through temp/tint control, or via a color dropper
- Adjust brush size and paint with mouse
- Click erase button and paint to erase
Here is some additional information that may be useful. All your editing is non-destructive which means that the original image is still there no matter what you do. This allows you to have fun trying new approaches. Also, you can make virtual copies that occupy almost no space on your hard drive. You can change virtual copies to black and white, different crops, etc. You will not end up with many versions of an image scattered around your computer. Another useful feature is the ability to find your images and make collections of your images. In summary, Lightroom can be your solution to getting your image from pressing the shutter to final output. Lightroom Resources: - If you do not have Lightroom CC, please download a demo copy from: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-lightroom.html .
- Also, please go to http://www.lightroomqueen.com/ and sign up for Victoria Bampton’s free newsletter and get her free Lightroom eBook for your version of Lightroom and also download the free demo images. Here is a quote about the eBook:
“The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom – Quick Start Guides are 70-80 page PDF eBooks, and they’re yours to download FREE when you sign up for my newsletter. It’s a series of simple tutorials designed to help you get started with Lightroom and learn the basics, while avoiding the most frequent problems” Lightroom is available as Lightroom 6 with a perpetual license or as Lightroom CC which is part of Adobe’s Creative Cloud Subscription which requires a monthly or yearly payment. The monthly payment is currently $9.99. Lightroom CC is updated with new features regularly and the package includes Photoshop CC and some other products. Lightroom 6 does not include updates. I do not recommend buying Lightroom 6. For more information on this topic see:
http://laurashoe.com/2015/04/21/which-should-i-buy-lightroom-cc-2015-or-lightroom-6/ I recommend that you find time to watch Terry White’s “How To Get Started With Lightroom CC” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFf1WScRlOk This YouTube video is about an hour and 15 minutes and gives you a good overview of Lightroom. Interested in learning a more about Photoshop CC? You can download a free 7 day trial of the complete current version of Photoshop CC at http://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography.html Tutorials on all the tools: http://nmsmithphotoshop1.weebly.com/photoshop-tools.html The Do's and Don'ts of a Lightroom and Photoshop Workflow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj0mnL_AUM4 Terry White has a good series on getting started with Photoshop CC. Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC - Pt 1 - The Interface
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ5RSBFHNTw
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC - Pt 2 - Making Selections
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtV2iIyk6MI
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC - Pt 3 - The 10 Most Used Tools
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq4b8eeE97U
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC - Pt 4 - All About Layers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdWlrok3wtk
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC - Pt 5 - Adobe Camera RAW Filter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2Sb6B2AYrc
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC - Pt 6 - Swapping Backgrounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MN73mcts54
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC - Pt 7 - Working with Type
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRqnD2jg4TA
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC - Pt 8 - Working Non-Destructively
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKXysBPDqIs
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC - Pt 9 - Cropping & Resizing Images
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekBJitZwnYk
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC - Pt 10 - Exporting for Web & Print
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKNi0c-5nb4 NOTE: Many of the ideas, images, and structure of this workshop can be found in Ben Willmore’s workshops sold by CreativeLive.com most notably “Adobe® Photoshop® CC: The Complete Guide available about 200 dollars when not on sale ________________________________________________ Julieanne Kost has a compete FREE series of tutorials that will give you all the info needed to use Lightroom. http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/lightroom-training-videos same tutorials on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmXfFxjdp3CHCRpDULlvcaqWfK_zLPWF2 LIGHTROOM CC GETTING STARTED SERIES 01. Lightroom CC – Overview of the Lightroom Interface 02. Lightroom – Importing Images From a Camera Card 03. Lightroom – Importing Photos from your Computer into Lightroom Quick Tip – Creating a Custom File Renaming Templates in Lightroom Quick Tip – Adding Copyright and Contact Information to Photographs in Lightroom 04. Lightroom CC – Organizing Your Photographs Quick Tip – Don’t Move Photos Behind Lightroom’s Back 05. Lightroom CC – Viewing and Selecting Images Quick Tip – Creating Custom Sort Orders in Lightroom Quick Tip – Customizing View Options in Lightroom 06. Lightroom CC – Comparing, Rating, and Prioritizing Images Quick Tip – Deleting Photographs in Lightroom 07. Lightroom CC – Using Filters to Quickly Find Photos 08. Lightroom CC – Creating Custom Collections of Images Quick Tip – Working with Smart Collections in Lightroom 09. Lightroom CC – Cropping Images Quick Tip – Saving Changes to Files in Lightroom 10. Lightroom CC – Create Stunning Images using the Basic Panel Quick Tip – Shadow and Highlight Clipping Warnings In Lightroom Quick Tip – Applying Changes to Multiple Images in Lightroom 11. Lightroom CC – Removing Lens Distortions and Correcting Perspective Quick Tip – Multiple Undo, the History Panel, and Before and After View in Lightroom 12. Lightroom CC – Changing Hue, Saturation, and Luminance Quick Tip – Selective Coloring Effects in Lightroom 13. Lightroom CC – Using the Radial and Graduated Filters 14. Lightroom CC – Enhancing Isolated Areas of an Image with the Adjustment Brush 15. Lightroom CC – Removing Dust Spots and Imperfections 16. Lightroom CC – Converting Photographs to Black and White Quick Tip – Taking Advantage of Virtual Copies in Lightroom 17. Lightroom CC – Adding Color Toning to Black and White Images Quick Tip – Adding Cross Process Effects in Lightroom 18. Lightroom CC – Adding Vignette and Grain Effects 19. Lightroom CC – Creating and Saving Presets in the Develop Module 20. Lightroom CC – Viewing Images on a Map 21. Lightroom CC – Moving Between Lightroom and Photoshop Quick Tip – Panorama Merge within Lightroom CC Quick Tip – High Dynamic Range Imaging within Lightroom CC Quick Tip – Opening Multiple Photographs into a Single Photoshop File 22. Lightroom CC – Exporting Images Quick Tip – Create a Custom Watermark in Lightroom Quick Tip – Emailing Photos from Lightroom 23. Lightroom CC – Book Module Basics 24. Lightroom CC – Modifying Book Layouts Quick Tip – Customizing Page Templates in Lightroom 25. Lightroom CC – Working with Text in The Book Module Quick Tip – Setting Text Over a Background Image in Lightroom. 26. Lightroom CC – Publish a Slideshow Quick Tip – Creating a Custom Identity Plate in Lightroom 27. Lightroom CC – Print the Perfect Image 28. Lightroom CC – Printing a Contact Sheet of Photographs Quick Tip – Printing Multiple Images to a Single JPEG in Lightroom. 29. Lightroom CC – Using the Web Module to Create Galleries 30. Lightroom CC – Publishing Collections of Photographs to Facebook 31. Lightroom CC – Working with DSLR Video 32. Lightroom CC – Web Collection Sharing Across Devices 33. Lightroom CC – Going from Desktop to Mobile – An Introduction to Lightroom Mobile Terry White’s “How To Get Started With Lightroom CC”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFf1WScRlOk Here is an excellent series of tutorials from Anthony Morganti Learn Lightroom 6 / CC - Episode 1: Quickstart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bECi0ZQAB34 Learn Lightroom 6 / CC - Episode 2: Tools & Lens Corrections
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDMEhSpigX0 Resources for Photoshop. These resources help provide other approaches to getting started with Lightroom. And Julieanne Kost’s series will also introduce the other modules. Resources for Lightroom. Terry White’s “How To Get Started With Lightroom CC”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFf1WScRlOk Here is an excellent series of tutorials from Anthony Morganti Learn Lightroom 6 / CC - Episode 1: Quickstart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bECi0ZQAB34 Here is an older video that is still very useful. Two videos by Ben Willmore – NOTE: The import function has changed some since this video was made Resources for Photoshop.
Lynda.com and CreativeLive.com are worth a look. NOTE: Both cost money to view their tutorials at any time. CreativeLive does broadcast a few tutorial every day and some of those cover Photoshop. The Do's and Don'ts of a Lightroom and Photoshop Workflow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj0mnL_AUM4 Terry White has a very popular YouTube video: How to Get Started With Adobe Photoshop CC - 10 Things Beginners Want To Know How To Do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqKHo1Q7OMc Terry White also has a good series on getting started with Photoshop CC. Terry White Series
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC - Pt 1 - The Interface
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ5RSBFHNTw
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC - Pt 2 - Making Selections
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtV2iIyk6MI
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC - Pt 3 - The 10 Most Used Tools
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq4b8eeE97U
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC - Pt 4 - All About Layers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdWlrok3wtk
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC - Pt 5 - Adobe Camera RAW Filter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2Sb6B2AYrc
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC - Pt 6 - Swapping Backgrounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MN73mcts54
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC - Pt 7 - Working with Type
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRqnD2jg4TA
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC - Pt 8 - Working Non-Destructively
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKXysBPDqIs
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC - Pt 9 - Cropping & Resizing Images
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekBJitZwnYk
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC - Pt 10 - Exporting for Web & Print
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKNi0c-5nb4 Next is Adobe’s basic guide.
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/tutorials.html My last recommendation is Post Processing Workflow Fundamentals - CHEAT SHEET.
There is a commercial at the end - just after "Now this is were the rubber hits the road?"- I have never used any of products.
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