The digital darkroom : the definitive guide to photo editing

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Contents
How to use this ebook
Preface
1 Introduction
	The purist debate
	Photo editing accessories
	Mac vs PC
2 Software interfaces
	Adobe Photoshop & Affinity Photo
	The Photoshop interface
	Customize Photoshop
	Photoshop shortcuts
	The Affinity Photo interface
	Affinity Photo Personas
	Customize Affinity Photo
	Affinity Photo shortcuts
3 Tools
	Essential editing tools
4 Layers, blending & filters
	Non-destructive editing
	Layers explained
	Adjustment & fill layers
	Blending modes
	Filters
5 Raw processing
	Why you should shoot in Raw
	An introduction to Adobe Bridge
	Understanding the histogram
	Adobe Camera Raw interface
	Raw processing in ACR
	Affinity Photo Develop Persona
	Raw processing in Affinity Photo
	How to set white balance
6 Editing basics
	Opening & saving files
	Understanding colour spaces
	Editing image metadata
	Optimizing images for web use
	Creating contact sheets
	Rotate, flip & transform
	How to soft proof
7 Essential techniques
	Exposure & contrast
	Hue & saturation the smart way
	Crop for better compositions
	Apply film-style grain
	Recover shadows & highlights
	How to add borders
	Straighten your images
	Take control of image size
8 Advanced essential techniques
	Cloning & healing
	Quick & easy selections
	Colour correction
	Dodge & burn with a grey layer
	Using the Dodge, Burn & Sponge Tools
	Getting started with layer masks
	Sharpen easily & effectively
	Advanced masking & blending
9 Black & white
	Amazing B&W in an instant
	Hand colour B&W images
	Advanced black & white
	Developer splatter effect
	Toning B&W images
	Apply a solarization effect
10 Colour effects
	Make sky colours pop
	Refined desaturation
	Simulate a bleach bypass effect
	Cross-processing
	Control colour luminosity
	Apply a colour grading effect
	Vintage film look
11 Special effects
	Create a dreamy Orton effect
	Pseudo colour infrared
	Pseudo mono infrared
	Create surreal motion blur
	Generate light leaks
	Wet plate collodion portraits
12 Multiple exposure techniques
	Edit HDR images
	Focus stack for sharper shots
	Noise stack for cleaner images
	Create panoramic images
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