The art of raw conversion : how to produce art-quality photos with Adobe Photoshop CS2 and leading raw converters

Cover......Page 1
	Preface......Page 9
1.1	Introduction to RAW files or digital negatives......Page 11
1.2	How to use this book, how this book is organized......Page 12
1.4	Computer configuration......Page 13
1.5	What are RAW files?......Page 14
	What are the RAW file advantages?......Page 15
	Color aliasing / moirés......Page 21
1.6	The digital negative/slide......Page 22
1.7	Some strategic reasoning......Page 23
	Which RAW converter to use......Page 24
2	Basic Color Management......Page 27
2.1	Understanding the different color modes......Page 28
	LAB color model......Page 29
	CMYK color model......Page 30
	Color spaces......Page 31
	Why you need to understand color management......Page 32
	ICC-profiles......Page 33
	What is a color management system?......Page 34
	Color working spaces......Page 36
	Visualization of color spaces......Page 37
	Color space mapping......Page 40
	Creating device profiles......Page 41
	Camera profiles......Page 42
2.3	Profiling your monitor......Page 43
	Calibration settings......Page 44
	Calibrating and profiling using Eye-One Display 2......Page 45
2.4	Photoshop color and monitor profile settings......Page 49
3	Basic RAW workflow......Page 51
	Exposure, Exposure, Exposure......Page 52
	Optimize exposure using your camera’s histogram......Page 53
	“Expose to the right” rule......Page 54
	Color channel clipping......Page 55
	Correct white balance (WB) for optimal color quality......Page 57
	Adjust your camera’s sensitivity: selecting the right ISO......Page 58
	Computer transfer and organizing your photos......Page 59
	Renaming......Page 61
3.3	Setting up your digital darkroom......Page 62
3.4	Browse and evaluate your RAW files......Page 63
	White balance (WB)......Page 64
	Tonality......Page 67
	Exposure, Contrast & Brightness......Page 68
	Adaptive tonality controls......Page 69
3.6	Advanced image corrections......Page 74
3.7	Extra workflow support......Page 75
4 Adobe Camera Raw......Page 77
4.1	Quick ACR real life workflow......Page 79
4.2	Browse and evaluate your RAW images with “Bridge”......Page 91
4.3	Adobe Camera Raw 3.x user interface overview......Page 94
	Workflow options......Page 97
	Camera Raw’s main image correction controls......Page 98
	How to process the images finally......Page 110
	Saving and reusing settings......Page 112
	Batch conversion......Page 113
	Advanced image corrections......Page 114
4.4	Extra workflow support......Page 115
	Creating a Smart Object layer that contains a RAW file......Page 118
	Exporting RAW files from a Smart Object......Page 122
5	Pixmantec RawShooter (RS)......Page 123
	Browse your RAW files using the RS RAW file browser......Page 124
	Tune tonality......Page 129
5.2	Getting started (setup RawShooter)......Page 136
5.3	Inspect and browse your files with RawShooter......Page 137
	Deletion workflow......Page 141
5.4	Image corrections......Page 142
	Setting white balance (WB)......Page 143
	Exposure and tonality......Page 144
	Sharpness and Detail......Page 149
	Noise reduction......Page 151
	Slide show......Page 152
5.6	Extra workflow support......Page 154
6	More RAW Converters......Page 157
6.1	Phase One’s Capture One DSLR (Capture One)......Page 158
	Capture One Setup......Page 159
	Capture One RAW file browser......Page 161
	Image Processing......Page 162
	Gray/White Balance (WB)......Page 163
	Exposure......Page 164
	Develop tab......Page 165
	What’s More?......Page 166
6.2	Bibble version 4 (B4)......Page 167
	Bibble Setup......Page 168
	Main features of Bibble 4.x......Page 169
	Picture Options......Page 171
	Workflow with Bibble 4......Page 173
	Setup......Page 175
	DPP – main features......Page 177
	Saving converted files......Page 182
6.4	Nikon Capture......Page 184
	Setup......Page 185
	Advanced RAW......Page 186
	White Balance (WB)......Page 188
	Save and load settings......Page 189
7.1	Do you really need to bother with this?......Page 191
7.2	The art of sharpening......Page 193
	How Photoshop “Unsharp Mask” works......Page 194
	Photoshop CS2: Smarter Sharpen......Page 198
7.3	Noise reduction......Page 199
	Other Useful noise removal filters......Page 202
	Heal chromatic aberration (CA)......Page 203
	Heal purple fringing......Page 205
	Profile based corrections......Page 209
	Photoshop CS2: Lens Correction......Page 212
7.6	Vignetting......Page 213
	Perspective corrections......Page 214
7.8	Removing dust spots......Page 216
	Patch tool......Page 218
	Using Selection with the Healing Brush......Page 219
8	Batch Processing techniques for RAW files......Page 221
8.1	Basic batch processing pattern......Page 222
8.2	Batch Processing with Adobe Camera Raw......Page 225
8.4	Batch Processing with Capture One Pro......Page 233
8.4	Batch Processing with RawShooter......Page 236
9.1	DNG – its potentials......Page 237
9.2	Usage of the Adobe DNG Converter......Page 241
9.3	Advantages and disadvantages of converting to DNG......Page 244
10.1	Metadata for Photographs......Page 245
10.2	Metadata usage in Adobe Camera Raw and Bridge......Page 249
10.3	Retrieving files by searching for metadata......Page 253
11.1	The problem with camera profiles......Page 255
11.2	Camera profiling using Eye-One Photo and ProfileMaker......Page 257
11.3	Camera profiling using InCamera.......Page 262
11.4	Shooting for a neutral gray......Page 264
11.5	Calibrating Adobe Camera Raw......Page 265
12.1	Turn color images into Black & White......Page 269
	Color conversion techniques......Page 271
	B & W with ACR......Page 272
	B & W with Capture One DSLR......Page 275
	Working in color and Black&White......Page 278
	B & W with Raw Shooter......Page 280
Glossary/Abbreviations......Page 281
B.1	Recommended Books......Page 289
B.2	Useful resources in the Internet......Page 290
Index......Page 293