Color Correction and Enhancement with Adobe Photoshop

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
What You Need to Know
Getting Started

1. THE DIGITAL FILE

• Scanning 
• Bracketing 
• Cleaning 
• Resolution 
• Evaluate the Scan 
• Professional Scanning Digital Capture 
• White Balance 
• Exposure 
• Lost Causes 

2. COLOR PERCEPTION

• Familiarity 
• Subjectivity 
• Color Vision 
• Visual Phenomena 
• Chromatic Adaptation Chromatic Induction 
• Reflective vs. Luminous Sources Color Viewing Area 

3. THE BASICS OF COLOR

• Primary Colors 
• Subtractive Primaries 
• Additive Primaries 
• Complementary Colors 

4. DIGITAL COLOR

• Color Modes and Channels 
• RGB 
• CMYK 
• Grayscale 
• Duotone 
• Indexed Color 
• Lab Color 

5. IMAGE PREFLIGHT

• Eyedropper Tool 
• Color Sampler Tool 
• Shadows and Highlights 
• Exceptions 
• Neutrals 
• Whites 
• Grays 
• Skin Tones 
• Setting Your Color Goals 

6. AUTOMATED TOOLS

• Auto Levels 
• Auto Contrast 
• Auto Color 
• Auto Color Correction Options 
• So Why Should I Care About These 

7. SIMPLE TOOLS

• Brightness/Contrast 
• Equalize 
• Variations 
• Color Balance 
• Selective Color 
• Hue/Saturation 
• Desaturate 
• Invert 
• Posterize 
• Gradient Map 

8. LEVELS

• Linear vs. Nonlinear Transitions 
• The Dialog Box 
• Histogram 
• Sliders 
• Channels 
• Preview 
• Eyedroppers 
• Options 
• Auto 
• Save and Load 
• Input Levels 
• Output Levels 
• Tonal Values 
• Revealing Contrast 
• Sliders 
• Improving Contrast 
• Adjusting the Midtones Eyedroppers 
• Channels 

9. CURVES

• The Dialog Box 
• Curve 
• Tonal Gradient 
• Channels 
• Input and Output 
• Edit or Draw Curves 
• Resize the Dialog Box 
• Preview 
• Eyedroppers 
• Options 
• Auto 
• Smooth 
• Save and Load 
• Editing Curves 
• Smoothness and Steepness 
• Adjusting the Midtones 
• Adjusting the Contrast 
• Eyedroppers 
• Channels 

10. MAKING COLOR CORRECTIONS

• Global vs. Local Changes 
• Practical Example: A Bridal Portrait 
• Preflight 
• Global Corrections 
• Second Image Evaluation 
• More Global Corrections 
• Local Corrections with the History Brush 
• Practical Example: Hazy Background 
• Preflight 
• Local Corrections with Adjustment Layers 
• Second Image Evaluation 
• Practical Example: Faded Photo 
• Preflight 
• Global Corrections 
• Second Image Evaluation 
• Local Corrections with the History Brush 
• Practical Example: Poor White Balance 
• Preflight 
• Global Corrections with Curves 
• Second Image Evaluation 
• Local Correctiois with Adjustment Layers 
• Practical Example: Underexposure 
• Preflight 
• Global and Local Changes with Layer Modes 
• Second Image Evaluation 
• Global Corrections with Auto Color and Curves 

11. COLOR ENHANCEMENTS

• Toning 
• Hue/Saturation Method 
• Calculations/Channel Method 
• Duotone Method 
• Simulating Black & White Infrared 
• Technique . 
• Final Touches 
• Variations 
• Handcoloring . 
• Handcoloring with Color Layers 
• Handcoloring with the Hue/Saturation 
• Desaturating with Layers 
• Digital Cross-Processing 
• Technique 
• Variations 

12. CONVERTING IMAGES TO BLACK & WHITE

• Color Correction 
• Image Selection 
• Black & White Images in Color Modes 
• Converting Directly to Grayscale 
• Conversion Using the Lab Color Mode 
• Conversion Using the Desaturation Method 
• Channel Mixer Mcthod 

13. PREPARING IMAGES FOR OUTPUT

• Internet 
• Indexed Color Mode 
• File Format 
• Save for Web 
• Printing Photos at Home or at a Lab 
• Home Printing 
• Lab Printing 
• Offset Printing 

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