The Photoshop Darkroom 2: Creative Digital Transformations,Used

Awardwinning photography/design team Harold and Phyllis Davis are back with a brandnew volume in their new Photoshop Darkroom series. Picking up where their bestselling first book left off, The Photoshop Darkroom 2: Advanced Digital PostProcessing will show you everything you need to know to take your digital imaging skills to the next level.Great photographers know that the best images begin well before the shutter clicks, and certainly well before Photoshop boots up. Harold takes a step back, and shares his helpful tips for capturing the most compelling images possible by keeping in mind what type of postprocessing you'll do before you start shooting. You'll also find complete coverage of important topics such as compositing, working with layers, and HDR. Packed with tons of eyepopping images which have won Harold national acclaim, this is a fantastic resource for photographers who want to think outside the box and create truly stunning artwork. Compatible with any version of Photoshop Useful case studies break information down into condensed, realworld examples which are easy to follow and put into practice immediately Images and supplemental material are available for free on Focal Press's websiteAmazon Exclusive: Selected Techniques from The Photoshop Darkroom 2: Creative Digital TransformationsThese images show some of the techniques explained in The Photoshop Darkroom 2: I used multiRAW processing to build up this striking portrait with a dark background. Photoshops retouching features smoothed the skin and helped enhance the eyes. This macro photo of water drop reflections and refractions was enhanced using partial desaturation and the soft light blending mode. This image of sea palms (kelp) in the surf is a stacked composite view with photos taken over a period of time combined in Photoshop. This photo composite started with a shot of an empty eggshell, and an entirely separate shot of a wasp. In Photoshop, I used an LAB color adjustment to turn the wasp wings green, then composited the wasp into the eggshell.Amazon Exclusive: A Letter from Harold and Phyllis Davis on The Photoshop Darkroom 2: Creative Digital TransformationsDear Amazon Readers,How would you like a Photoshop book that is one part inspiration, one part nutsandbolts techniques, and 100% as visually gorgeous as a 21stcentury Photoshop book should be? Thats our idea behind The Photoshop Darkroom 2: to inspire you so you can create your best imagery with the tools you need.Theres really no secret sauce here. Our earlier book, The Photoshop Darkroom: Creative Digital PostProcessing has been hailed as the best Photoshop book ever, easy to use, and fun! Weve used the same approach in The Photoshop Darkroom 2: Creative Digital Transformations. We dont try to cover everything: we explain Photoshop from the perspective of what we really do every day in the course of our professional lives. We are not interested in bells and whistles for the sake of bells and whistles; we are interested in getting things done. We believe that having fun and being inspired is part of the point of Photoshop, and weve tried to make every page in our book both fun and inspiring.We often get asked two questions about The Photoshop Darkroom 2: First, how does this book relate to the first Photoshop Darkroom? And then, do I need the latest and greatest version of Photoshop to get the most out of your book?These are good questions.The Photoshop Darkroom 2 and the original Photoshop Darkroom are companion volumes. Each one is meant to be read on its own. Since we didnt want to repeat ourselves too much, in some places in The Photoshop Darkroom 2 we refer you to the first book for more indepth information about certain topics. But you certainly dont need to read them in order.As the subtitle, Creative Digital Transformations, suggests, The Photoshop Darkroom 2 emphasizes the portions of Photoshop that involve changing the nature of what is shown: re