2014
Lynda
Chris Orwig
3:52
English

Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 8 enables photographers to open and manipulate raw-format files with an exceptional degree of control over exposure, sharpness, and other characteristics. Learn how to work with its features and take your images from raw files to polished photographs with these tutorials from teacher and seasoned photographer Chris Orwig. Discover how to improve and correct exposure problems, crop and recompose photos, and create compelling black-and-white conversions of full-color photographs.

Introducing Camera Raw
Welcome
Using the exercise files
Begin with Camera Raw and finish with Photoshop
What is Adobe Camera Raw?
What's new (CC 2014)
Previews in CC versus CC 2014 (CC 2014.1)
Previews in CC versus CC 2014
1. Preferences and File Formats
Bridge overview and preferences
Optimizing the performance of Bridge and Camera Raw
Why raw files work best
The advantages of using DNG
Comparing RAW and DNG
Converting or saving to the DNG format
2. Camera Raw Essentials Workflow
Project overview
Correcting exposure with the Basic panel
Cropping and composing
Converting to black and white
Sharpening and noise reduction
Processing multiple files at once
3. Getting to Know the Camera Raw Interface
Navigating the interface and the toolbar
Becoming familiar with the interface and the toolbar (CC 2014.1)
Advanced panel navigation
Navigating to the tools and panels (CC 2014.1)
Using the histogram clipping indicators (CC 2014.1)
Using the histogram clipping indicators
Previewing before and after different adjustments
Working with multiple files (CC 2014.1)
Working with multiple files
4. Opening and Saving
Opening raw files in Bridge
Opening JPEGs and TIFFs in Bridge
Using Camera Raw as a filter in Photoshop
How to open and skip Camera Raw
Opening files in Photoshop from Camera Raw
Saving from Camera Raw
Opening an image as a Smart Object
5. Crop, Compose, and Straighten
Introducing the Crop tool
Cropping to a specific aspect ratio
Cropping to a custom ratio or size
Using the crop overlay
Rotating and cropping an image with the Crop tool
Straightening your photograph
The art of cropping
6. Improving Color with White Balance
Improving color balance
Using the White Balance tool and controls
Precise color correcting with white balance cards
Making creative color adjustments
Enhancing color with Temperature and Tint
7. Using the Main Basic Adjustments
Deconstructing the basic adjustments
Correcting exposure
Automatically correcting exposure
Making exposure enhancements
Recovering highlight and shadow detail
Basic adjustments speed tip
Making changes with the interactive histogram (CC 2014.1)
8. Improving Clarity and Vibrance and Saturation
Demystifying Clarity
Increasing Clarity
Understanding Vibrance and Saturation
Improving color with Vibrance
Making creative color adjustments
9. Making Strong Black-and-White Images
Introducing the best way to convert to black and white
Creating a dramatic black-and-white landscape
Converting a portrait to black and white
10. Reducing Noise and Sharpening
Reducing unwanted noise
Sharpening your photographs
Sharpening and noise reduction workflow
Sharpening and reducing noise on a portrait
Basic and Detail panel workflow
Better noise reduction with Color Smoothing (CC 2014.1)

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