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"This critically acclaimed interactive training program from Adobe Press combines exceptional quality high-definition video and a printed reference to teach the fundamentals of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC. Including more than 10 hours of video tutorials, the course comes complete with lesson files. Experienced instructor Mikkel Aaland presents a comprehensive introduction to Lightroom, including best practices as well as fundamental photography and image editing concepts. Beginning with an overview of the Lightroom interface, Mikkel goes on to cover Lighrooms 's powerful tools including Smart Previews, the new Upright tool and noise reduction enhancements, how to work within the Creative Cloud, and much more."--Resource description page.

"This innovative product uses interactive video to teach digital photographers how to use the Adobe Camera Raw plugin in Adobe Photoshop CS5. Users will learn the ins and outs of the Adobe Camera Raw workspace and how to use preview and analysis tools to determine how to adjust an image. The video demonstrates how to automatically and manually optimize image tones and how to get the correct white balance, as well as how to optimize a batch of images. Viewers will learn how to get localized control over an image with the adjustment brush and how to make a dramatic sky with the graduated filter. Sharpening is an important part of image processing, and this video covers the essentials of this complex subject. Award-winning photographer Mikkel Aaland presents three hours of exceptional quality video tutorials, complete with lesson files, assessment quizzes, and review materials. The video is wrapped in a unique interface that allows the viewer to jump to any topic and also bookmark individual sections for later review. The unique Watch-and-Work mode shrinks the video into a small window to allow the student to work alongside in Photoshop. Project files used in the lessons are included on the disc so viewers can practice what they've learned, and interactive review questions help reinforce freshly gained knowledge."--Resource description page.

"As part of its Creative Cloud subscription offering, Adobe has introduced the Photoshop Photography Program. Designed exclusively for photographers, it provides easy and affordable access to both Photoshop CC and Lightroom 5. This video training program, presented by award-winning photographer and experienced instructor Mikkel Aaland, is for photographers who now have access to both of these powerful, industry-standard photography tools. Specifically geared to photographers who have a solid grounding in Photoshop Lightroom, but who would now also like to take advantage of the powerful features in Photoshop, this course includes 2 hours of high-definition video tutorials, complete with lesson files, assessment quizzes, and a printed reference guide. In addition to describing the most common workflow tasks between Lightroom and Photoshop, Mikkel will dive into the most common image-editing tasks in Photoshop CC such as photo retouching, creating panoramas, enhancing slideshows, and more. The video is wrapped in a unique interface that allows you to jump to any topic and also bookmark individual sections for later review. The unique 'Watch and Work' mode shrinks the video into a small window to allow you to work alongside in Lightroom and Photoshop. Project files used in the lessons are included on the disc so you can practice what you've learned, and interactive review questions help reinforce freshly gained knowledge."--Resource description page.

"This critically-acclaimed interactive training program from Peachpit and Adobe Press offers exceptional quality high-definition video to teach the workflow fundamentals of Adobe Photoshop CC and Adobe Lightroom CC, specifically with the photographer in mind. Experienced instructor and photographer Mikkel Aaland presents the basics of moving Lightroom files to Photoshop and back. You'll learn to perform photo retouching, how to add dynamic type to your images, and fix camera shake. You'll discover how Photoshop can bring your portraits and slideshows to a new level. You'll also learn how new panorama and HDR features give Lightroom a boost. With this video you'll discover how the two programs, Photoshop and Lightroom, work in tandem so you know when to use what tool."--Resource description page.

The RAW file format is the uncompressed data file captured by a digital camera's electronic sensor. When your camera saves an image in RAW format, settings like white balance, sharpening, contrast and saturation are not applied to the image but are saved instead in a separate header. Because RAW files remain virtually untouched by in-camera processing, they are essentially the digital equivalent to exposed but undeveloped film. This makes RAW an increasingly popular format with amateur and professional digital photographers, because it affords greater flexibility and control during the editing process-if you know how to work with RAW files. Most digital camera manufacturers supply their own software for converting RAW data, as do some third party vendors. Increasingly, however, the RAW converter of choice is a plug-in included in the latest version of Adobe Photoshop, the most popular and widely-used digital image editing tool in the world. Adobe Photoshop CS2 is emerging as the best place to edit RAW images, and the best way to master this new format is with "Photoshop RAW". An important book dedicated to working with RAW in Photoshop, this comprehensive guide features a unique design that helps readers grasp the subject through visual instruction and prompts. The entire RAW process is explored, from shooting to using the Adobe plug-in converter and new Bridge navigation software. The primary focus of "Photoshop RAW" is, as the title suggests, Photoshop editing technique: automating RAW workflow, correcting exposures, extending exposure range, manipulating grayscale and working with the new DNG (Digital Negative) open standard that Adobe supports. Presented by photographer Mikkel Aaland, a pioneer of digital photography and author of eight books, including "O'Reilly's Photoshop for the Web" and the award-winning "Shooting Digital", "Photoshop RAW" investigates and instructs in an accessible visual style. This is required reading for professionals and dedicated photo hobbyists alike.
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• Ch. 1. Shooting RAW
• Ch. 2. Using Adobe's Photo Downloader
• Ch. 3. Photo Editing RAW in Bridge
• Ch. 4. Getting Started with Camera Raw
• Ch. 5. Photo Editing with Camera Raw
• Ch. 6. Using Camera Raw Basic Tab Controls
• Ch. 7. Advanced Tonal Control
• Ch. 8. Sharpening RAW
• Ch. 9. Reducing Noise, Correcting Chromatic Aberrations, and Controlling Vignetting
• Ch. 10. Converting RAW to Black and White, Toning, and Special Effects
• Ch. 11. Archiving and Working with DNG
• Ch. 12. Converting and Delivering RAW.

Because RAW files remain virtually untouched by in-camera processing, working with them has given digital photographers greater flexibility and control during the editing process - for those who are familiar enough with the format. Camera Raw, the plug in for Adobe Photoshop CS3, has emerged as one of the best and most familiar tools for editing RAW images, and the best way to master this workflow is with Photoshop CS3 RAW. Award-winning author Mikkel Aaland explores the entire RAW process, from the practical reasons to shoot RAW, to managing the images with the new features of Bridge 2.0 navigation software, to processing your images with the new power of Adobe Camera Raw 4 and Photoshop CS3.With a unique four-color design helps you grasp the subject through visual instruction and prompts, "Photoshop CS3 RAW" focuses on Photoshop editing techniques, such as: automating RAW workflow; correcting exposures; extending exposure range; manipulating grayscale; and, working with the DNG open standard. Aaland helps you establish the best tool for each phase of your workflow, from managing shoots to perfecting photos. A digital photography pioneer and author of eight books, including O'Reilly's groundbreaking tutorial "Photoshop Lightroom Adventure", Aaland's trademark ability to teach complicated topics on digital imaging with straightforward, easy-to-follow text makes this book a valuable learning tool for anyone serious about digital photography. It is required reading for professionals and dedicated photo hobbyists alike.
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• Ch. 1. The lightroom workspace revealed
• Ch. 2. Importing images into lightroom
• Ch. 3. Using the library module
• Ch. 4. The develop module
• Ch. 5. Develop great-looking photos
• Ch. 6. Color-tuned photos
• Ch. 7. Black and white and special effects
• Ch. 8. Develop recipes from Iceland
• Ch. 9. Exporting files
• Ch. 10. Lightroom slideshows
• Ch. 11. Power printing
• Ch. 12. Creating a Web gallery.

Adobe created Photoshop Lightroom expressly for photographers, so twelve top-notch professionals took it for an intense, hands-on test run in the real world: a 10-day photographic adventure in Iceland. Now they are sharing that experience with you. In this PDF, Mikkel Aaland and Derrick Story have collected what they and their colleagues learned first hand when they used Lightroom to process the images they shot in one of the most beautiful, yet challenging photographic locations in the world. You can benefit directly from the pros' experience, as they reveal their best discoveries for processing and sharing images using Adobe's new image processing tool. This version covers Beta 4 which you can download for free from Adobe Labs and try yourself. You can learn more about the Adventure (and see amazing, Lightroom-created web galleries) at "Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop Adventure 2006".
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• Chapter 1: Before You Shoot.
• Bridging the Film/Digital Gap.
• The Right Digital Camera.
• Knowing Your Digital Camera.
• Software Solutions.
• Accessories That Make a Difference.
• Finding Up--to--Date Information and Support.
• Chapter 2: Shooting RAW.
• When to Shoot RAW.
• Critical--and Less Critical--Digital Camera Settings.
• Getting the Correct Exposure for RAW.
• RAW Data Revealed.
• Optimizing a Raw Image with Software.
• Preparing RAW to Share.
• Chapter 3: Shooting Great Portraits.
• The Digital Photographer and the Subject.
• Preparing for Your Shoot.
• Working with Your Subject During the Shoot.
• Making Head and Shoulders Shots.
• Environmental Portraits.
• Group Portraits.
• Chapter 4: Photographing Children, Pets, and Social Events.
• Beating the Odds.
• Overcoming Camera Lag.
• Photographing Children.
• Photographing Pets.
• Photographing Social Events.
• Chapter 5: Shooting Action.
• The Zen of Shooting Action.
• Optimal Digital Camera Settings for Speed.
• An Ideal Digital Camera for Action Shots.
• Panning for Action.
• Composition and Motion.
• Capturing the Decisive Moment.
• Focus on Reaction.
• Chapter 6: Shooting Digital on the Road.
• Packing Digital for the Road.
• Storage and Archiving on the Road.
• Shooting Digital Candids.
• A Digital Road Trip.
• Shooting in the Cold.
• Shooting in Heat and Humidity.
• Using the Movie Mode.
• Chapter 7: Shooting Interiors and Exteriors.
• A Different Approach.
• Choosing Light and Location.
• Maximizing Image Quality.
• Playing with Scale.
• Adding Motion.
• Considering Keystoning.
• Composing the Shot.
• Interior and Exterior Light.
• Mixing Interior and Exterior Light.
• Attention to Detail.
• Chapter 8: Shooting Beautiful Landscapes.
• What Makes a Good Landscape?
• Maximizing Image Quality.
• Composition and Content.
• Chapter 9: Shooting Black and White.
• Black--and--White Shooting Considerations.
• When to Convert: Camera or Computer?
• Using Photoshop's Channel Mixer.
• Advanced Localized Black--and--White Control with RAW.
• Chapter 10: Shooting Your Stuff.
• Using Indirect Natural Light.
• Shooting Loose with Software in Mind.
• A Basic Digital Photography Studio.
• A Digital Studio in a Box.
• Studio Lighting Techniques.
• The Art of Composition.
• Pushing the Envelope.
• Shooting Flat Objects with Lights.
• Chapter 11: Shooting Past the Boundaries.
• Shooting Beyond Visible Light.
• Shooting Digital Underwater.
• Shooting Digital from the Sky.
• Night Shots.
• Digital Grid Photos.
• Shooting Digital Minimovies.
• Shooting Simple Panoramas.
• Chapter 12: Organizing and Sharing Digital Photos.
• Direct to Print.
• Digital Camera to Computer.
• Organizing and Managing Digital Photos.
• Sharing Digital Photos.
• Appendix: An In--Depth Look at Digital Technologies and Procedures.
• Reading the Histogram.
• Fine--Tuning White Balance.
• Sensors Expanded.
• Extending Exposure Latitude with Software.
• Index.
• Contributors.
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A unique, full--color guide to the art of taking amazing photos with a digital camera Aimed at photographers of all levels and ranges of interest, this new edition of Aalanda s popular guide takes readers beyond the technology of the latest cameras and equipment to teach them the unique aesthetics of the digital image. Helpful examples explain how to take full advantage of RAW file formats, JPEG 2000, panorama automation, and more. Mikkel Aaland (San Francisco, CA) is an award--winning photographer and author whose photography has been published in magazines and exhibited around the world.
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"Learn the most essential features of Lightroom 3, as well as the most important pro-level techniques, in this innovative video training workshop."--Resource description page.

"This complete training program from Adobe Press and video2brain combines over 10 hours of exceptional video training to teach you the fundamentals of Adobe Lightroom 4 as well as the basic principles of image processing and management. Award-winning photographer and teacher Mikkel Aaland walks you through the main features of the program, showing you how to import images, apply keywords, and create collections; then moving on to the develop module, where you use sophisticated controls to bring out the best in each image. Mikkel also shows you how to export your photos to print, the web, or to other media. The course includes extensive coverage of what's new in Lightroom 4 such as the map and book modules, and vastly improved image processing engine."--Resource description page.

Like its predecessors, "Once Upon a Time" and "A Place in the Sun", "Poolside with Slim Aarons" offers images of jet-setters and the wealthy, of beautiful, glittering people living the glamorous life. Yet this new collection of stunning photographs of the rich and well-connected 'doing attractive things' in their favourite playgrounds has a new twist.The main character is pools and everything that goes with them - magnificent, suntanned bodies, well-oiled skin, bikini-clad women, yachts, summer cocktails, sumptuous buffets, spectacular locations and most of all fun. "Poolside with Slim Aarons" is not so much a Who's Who of society, aristocracy and celebrity - although C. Z. Guest, Lily Pulitzer, Cheryl Tiegs, Peter Beard and many who have appeared in the previous books are here - as it is about leisure time and how the rich make use of it. This is a more intimate peek into very private lives, to which Slim Aarons was given unprecedented access in the fifties, sixties, seventies and eighties. From the Caribbean to Italy and Mexico to Monaco, "Poolside with Slim Aarons" whisks the reader away to an exclusive club where taste, style, luxury and grandeur prevail.
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Slim Aarons made a career, in his words, "photographing attractive people who were doing attractive things in attractive places." His subjects were the beautiful and the celebrated, the rich and the powerful, the talented and the privileged, high society and aristocracy. Slim Aarons captured their image for the picture magazines of the 1940s - '90s, and, in so doing so, defined the image of the Beautiful People - the post-war international Jet Set. Aarons always shows his subjects in their natural setting, in a circumstance synonymous with their station in life, and in so doing, he gained their trust and a most precious thing - access. And so he was welcomed into the exclusive precincts of the world's elite, in essence attaining the status of court photographer. The images included here are the fruit of that access.
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Slim Aarons: Women explores the central subject of Slim Aarons's career--the extraordinary women from the upper echelons of high society, the arts, fashion and Hollywood. The book presents the women who most influenced Slim's life and work--and the other remarkable personalities he photographed along the way, including Audrey Hepburn, Jackie Kennedy, Diana Vreeland and Marilyn Monroe, all featured in unforgettable photographs. The collection contains more than 200 images, the majority of which have not appeared in previous books, along with detailed captions written by one of Slim's closest colleagues. Showcasing beautiful women at their most glamorous in some of the most dazzling locations across the globe, Slim Aarons: Women is a fresh look at the acclaimed photographer through the muses who inspired his most incredible photographs.
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