Stop missing the mark on professional quality photos.
Harness the power of Adobe® Lightroom® and Photoshop®. From exposure to curves to adjustment layers, cut down the amount of time you spend on post-processing. Don’t spend any more time not working at your full potential or your optimal workflow. You can sharpen your skills and let go of the fear of learning EVERYTHING that’s holding you back from making progress.
In this guide you will learn:
Photography terms and the effect each adjustment has on the image
How to make basic photo edits and keep image quality
How to use advanced editing tools like adjustment layers to make non-destructive edits
How to access the best Photoshop and Lightroom tools for photographers
Opening Photoshop® for the first time is like cracking open a fantasy novel that opens up an entirely new world of strange creatures, opposite natural laws and a completely new language. That new fantasy world is bursting with exciting possibilities, yet bogged down by so many unknowns.
Photography post processing opens up big potential for transforming an image, whether that's to make it just as vivid as you remember or something that even defies the laws of gravity. Digging up tutorials on specific photo edits is great, but building an understanding of photography post processing techniques allows even rookies to learn concepts that can be applied to any image. These fundamental photography post processing techniques, from exposure to composting, give photographers the tools to hone their craft in Photoshop®, Lightroom® and other photo editing programs.
1-How to Adjust Exposure in Photoshop and Lightroom:Adjusting exposure lightens or darkens an image. 2-Apply Curves with Photoshop: Adjusting curves creates (or reduces) contrast by controlling each tone range individually. 3-Color Adjustments- Adjusting Saturation and Vibrance: Fine-tuning color creates contrast and grabs the eye. 4-Sharpen Image Tools: Sharpening tools make sharp photos sharper. 5-The healing brush and clone stamps: These tools help remove unwanted elements in an image, whether that’s a zit or a distracting telephone pole in the background. 6-Dodge and Burn: Dodge and burn allows you to lighten or darken specific areas of an image. 7-Adjustment Layers and Adjustment Brushes: Adjustment layers apply effects that normally affect the entire image to only a specific area in Photoshop, while adjustment brushes handle similar tasks in Lightroom. 8-Frequency separation: Separating texture and color into different layers makes many edits easier. 9-Gradients: Gradients allow you to slow fade effects out — and they’re particularly useful on skies. 10-Composites: Combining multiple photographs opens up infinite possibilities, including the popular HDR and focus stacking techniques.