about the author |
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credits |
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foreword |
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acknowledgments |
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introduction |
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What are Raw Files Really About? |
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3 | (14) |
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4 | (1) |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (1) |
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7 | (1) |
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What is 16-Bit all About? |
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10 | (2) |
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12 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (3) |
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16 | (1) |
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Shoot Raw Right from the Start |
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17 | (26) |
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19 | (1) |
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19 | (2) |
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21 | (1) |
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Exposure - More than Getting Brightness Correct |
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21 | (3) |
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Reading the Histogram without Being an Engineer |
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24 | (2) |
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Interpreting the Histogram |
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26 | (1) |
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Looking at Histograms: Examples of Good and Bad Exposures |
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27 | (6) |
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Perfect exposure with ideal histogram |
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27 | (1) |
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Nice range of tones from left to right |
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28 | (1) |
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Histogram has visual relationship to scene |
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28 | (1) |
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Light tones kept in range |
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29 | (1) |
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Black-and-white challenge |
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30 | (1) |
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Restricted tonal range still needs good exposure |
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30 | (1) |
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Poor exposure causes color problems |
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31 | (1) |
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Bad light causes exposure problems |
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31 | (1) |
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Poor exposure causes background problems |
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32 | (1) |
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Exposure for shadows washes out highlights |
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33 | (1) |
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Filters are Still Necessary |
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33 | (2) |
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Noise Raises its Ugly Head |
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35 | (4) |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (2) |
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43 | (12) |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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Color Space for the Purpose Needed |
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47 | (1) |
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White Balance: A Raw Workflow Issue |
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48 | (6) |
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White balance in the camera |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (2) |
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54 | (1) |
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What's New in Adobe Camera Raw? |
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55 | (14) |
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Making Raw Processing More Photographic |
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56 | (2) |
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Some Changes to the Interface |
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58 | (8) |
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First tab changes - tonal adjustments |
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60 | (1) |
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First tab changes - color adjustments |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (1) |
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Changes to the Detail tab |
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62 | (1) |
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The new HSL and Grayscale tab |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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64 | (2) |
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How Lightroom Affects Camera Raw |
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66 | (2) |
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68 | (1) |
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Part II Camera Raw Workflow |
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A Quick Look at Camera Raw Tools and Workflow |
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71 | (32) |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (7) |
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81 | (2) |
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The Importance of Reset and Undo |
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83 | (2) |
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Camera Raw in Six-Part Harmony |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (4) |
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90 | (2) |
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92 | (4) |
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96 | (2) |
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How to Approach Camera Raw |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (2) |
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101 | (2) |
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103 | (34) |
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What is Your Photo About? |
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105 | (1) |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (4) |
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110 | (11) |
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121 | (4) |
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Detail Adjustments - Sharpening |
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125 | (5) |
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Detail Adjustments - Noise Reduction |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (2) |
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Setting Up Camera Raw for Your Camera |
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133 | (3) |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (20) |
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138 | (2) |
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First Adjustments - Blacks and Highlights |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (3) |
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Back to Basic and Clarity |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (3) |
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149 | (2) |
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Sharpening with the Detail Tab |
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151 | (4) |
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Evaluate, and then Open or Save |
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155 | (1) |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (28) |
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A Neutral Subject is Rarely Neutral |
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160 | (5) |
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Wave tonalities interpreted and more |
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161 | (3) |
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Cloud, water, and rocks color |
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164 | (1) |
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165 | (8) |
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165 | (5) |
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170 | (3) |
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173 | (7) |
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180 | (4) |
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180 | (1) |
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181 | (1) |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (1) |
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184 | (1) |
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The Noise Problems No One Talks About |
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185 | (14) |
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When Noise Becomes a Problem |
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187 | (1) |
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188 | (1) |
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Reducing Noise in Camera Raw |
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189 | (2) |
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Working to Control the Noise |
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191 | (6) |
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195 | (2) |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (1) |
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Special Features of Camera Raw |
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199 | (24) |
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Special Tabs of Camera Raw |
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200 | (2) |
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202 | (5) |
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203 | (2) |
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205 | (2) |
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207 | (2) |
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Using the Red Eye Removal Tool |
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209 | (1) |
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Influencing Color Changes |
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209 | (2) |
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211 | (8) |
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212 | (3) |
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215 | (4) |
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Duplicating Processing: Saving Settings and Presets |
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219 | (3) |
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222 | (1) |
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Part III Making Camera Raw Work Harder for You |
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223 | (114) |
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225 | (28) |
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226 | (9) |
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227 | (2) |
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Adjusting with soft in mind |
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229 | (3) |
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232 | (1) |
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232 | (3) |
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235 | (5) |
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236 | (4) |
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240 | (3) |
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243 | (9) |
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Color or tonalities first? |
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243 | (3) |
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Night tone interpretation |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (1) |
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248 | (1) |
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249 | (2) |
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251 | (1) |
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252 | (1) |
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Black-and-White Processing |
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253 | (18) |
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Camera Raw or Photoshop for Black-and-White |
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254 | (2) |
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Camera Raw does Black-and-White Right |
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256 | (3) |
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How to Think Black-and-White |
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259 | (2) |
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Shooting for Black-and-White |
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261 | (1) |
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262 | (4) |
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Optimum use of Color Sliders |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (3) |
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270 | (1) |
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Double Processing for Exposure |
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271 | (46) |
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273 | (2) |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (1) |
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Processing the Bright Areas |
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275 | (5) |
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Processing the Dark Areas |
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280 | (6) |
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286 | (7) |
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Putting two images into one |
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287 | (5) |
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292 | (1) |
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Process for the Main Photo |
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293 | (8) |
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296 | (2) |
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298 | (3) |
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Double Processing for Color and Tonal Range Techniques |
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301 | (1) |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (7) |
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310 | (6) |
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316 | (1) |
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Post Camera Raw Processing |
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317 | (20) |
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Ansel Adams and Image Processing |
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319 | (3) |
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What's a good image, anyway? |
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320 | (1) |
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320 | (2) |
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322 | (10) |
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332 | (4) |
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336 | (1) |
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appendix A Alternatives to Camera Raw |
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337 | (8) |
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338 | (1) |
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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom or Apple Aperture versus Camera Raw |
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339 | (1) |
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339 | (1) |
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339 | (1) |
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Camera-Specific Raw Converters |
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340 | (2) |
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Canon ZoomBrowser EX and Digital Photo Professional |
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340 | (1) |
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340 | (1) |
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341 | (1) |
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Pentax Photo Browser/Laboratory |
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341 | (1) |
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341 | (1) |
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342 | (1) |
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Independent Raw Converters |
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342 | (3) |
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342 | (1) |
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342 | (1) |
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343 | (1) |
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343 | (2) |
Pro Glossary |
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345 | (6) |
Index |
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