Photoshop CS2 for Digital Photographers Only

Ken Milburn has been consulting on and writing about personal-computer-based graphics, design, and multimedia since 1981. He is also an on-line instructor at Sessions, Inc. where he teaches Digital Photography 2.0, Basic Retouching, and is currently writing the course on Photoshop CS2 Camera Raw. He has been a professional photographer and digital artist for decades and primarily uses Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter, and numerous third-party Photoshop-compatible plug-ins as his software tools. You can see representative samples of Ken's photography at www.kenmilburn.com. Doug Sahlin is a photographer and videographer living in Lakeland, Florida. He has written 16 books on computer graphics and office applications and co-authored two books on Photoshop, and one book on digital video. Recent titles include Digital Photography QuickSteps and How To Do Everything with Adobe Acrobat 7.0. Many of his books have been bestsellers at Amazon.com. Sahlin's books have been translated into five foreign languages. Sahlin has been an avid photographer since childhood. He began his exploration of shadow and light with a box camera. He honed his craft with 35mm film cameras before graduating to professional digital SLRs. While writing his books, Doug has produced commercial photographs of automobile races, fashion models, actors, authors, products, landscapes, architecture, and food for his clients. His work has taken him from coast to coast, North to South, and has been seen in print and on the Web.

About the Authors. Credits. Preface. Acknowledgments. Part I: Shooting and Improving Photos. Chapter 1: Photoshop CS2 and the Digital Photographer. Chapter 2: Organizing, Viewing, and Preparing Images. Chapter 3: Getting Initial Client/Colleague Feedback. Chapter 4: Fine-Tuning "Keeper" Images with Camera Raw. Part II: Non-Destructive Editing. Chapter 5: Creating Selections for Localized Editing. Chapter 6: Using Adjustment Layers. Part III: Final Stages of the Image Editing Workflow. Chapter 7: Compensating for Camera Deficiencies. Chapter 8: Retouching Photos. Chapter 9: Compositing Photos. Chapter 10: Adding Special Effects. Part IV: Prepare Images for Final Output. Chapter 11: Outputting to the Web. Chapter 12: Fine-Art Printing and Mounting. Chapter 13: Preparing Your Work for Offset Printing. Part V: Automating Workflow. Chapter 14: Creating Actions to Streamline Workflow. Chapter 15: Streamlining Your Workflow with Scripts. Appendix A: Pro Shortcuts. Appendix B: Checking Your Equipment. Glossary: Pro Glossary. Index.