Creative Photography Ideas Using Adobe Photoshop

Tony Worobiec is author of several photography titles. He has won numerous awards and his work is held in collections throughout the world. He is regular contributor to photography magazines and has taught photoshop for the prestigious Royal Photographic Society. Tony lives in Dorset.

Introduction




Chapter 1: Making Simple Tonal and Colour Changes

1. Manipulating Contrast Using Curves

2. Boosting Contrast Using Levels

3. Increasing and Decreasing Saturation

4. Dealing With Colour Casts in Photoshop

5. Dealing With Colour Casts in ACR

6. Using Gradient and Quick Mask

7. Adding a Graduated Colour Filter

8. Creating a High Dynamic Range (HDR) Image

9. HDR Using Tone Mapping in Photomatix Pro

10. Creating an HDR File Manually

11. Creating an HDR Image From a Single Raw File

12. Making Local Colour and Tonal Changes Using Selections

13. Making Selections Using Color Range

14. Dodging and Burning Using a Gray Fill Layer

15. Making Tonal Adjustments Using the Shadows/Highlights Command

16. Producing High-Key Images

17. Adding a Soft Filter Effect



Chapter 2: Mono Effects

18. Converting a File to Monochrome

19. Sepia Toning

20. Blue Toning

21. Copper Toning

22. Dual Toning Using Duotone

23. Creating an Infrared Effect

24. Creating a Lith Effect

25. Creating a Digital Cyanotype

26. Adding Grain for a Film Noir Effect

27. Going for Gold

28. Selective Colouring



Chapter 3: Creative Use of Filters

29. Improving a Portrait Using Blur Filters

30. A Digital Model Makeover Using Surface Blur

31. Differential Focusing Using Lens Blur

32. Creating the ‘Big Stopper’ Effect

33. Bas-Relief Effect Using the Find Edges Filter

34. Simulating a Speeding Car Using Motion Blur

35. Noise and How To Overcome It

36. Reflected Water Using Motion Blur and Ripple

37. Creating a Ghostly Effect Using Radial Blur

38. Creating a Retro Comic-Book Effect

39. Achieving the Pop Art Look



Chapter 4: Further Image Manipulation

40. Cropping

41. Removing Intrusive Elements Using Contents Aware

42. Removing Intrusive Elements Manually

43. Removing Intrusive Elements Using the Clone Tool

44. Correcting Sloping Horizons

45. Correcting Converging Verticals Using Transform

46. Sharpening the Image

47. Constructing Panoramas

48. Making Adjustments Using Adobe Camera Raw



Chapter 5: Retro Photography

49. Creating a Pinhole Camera Digitally

50. Creating the Lomo Effect

51. Mimicking the Cross-Processing Effect Digitally

52. Distressing the Image

53. Adding a Polaroid Border

54. Adding Further Borders and Edges




Chapter 6: Composites and Further Special Effects

55. Dropping in a Sky

56. Blending in a Sky

57. Producing Sunbeams

58. Constructing a Narrative

59. Producing Droplets of Water

60. Creating a Composite by Making Simple Selections

61. Creating a Composite Using Blending Mode

62. Creating a Composite Using Refine Edge

63. Making Selections Using Channels

64. Creating a Composite With Multiple Layers

65. Generating a Reflection

66. Creating a Shadow on a Hard Surface

67. Creating a Shadow on a Soft Surface

68. Creating a Rainbow Using the Gradient Tool

69. Producing the Illusion of Lightning

70. Presenting Images in Sequences

71. Making a Constructed Image

72. Celebrating Texture Using the Blending Mode

73. Creating a ‘Joiner’ or ‘Still Movie’

74. Creating a Mirror Image

75. Joining Two Landscapes



Index