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Quick Edit |
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Overview Rotate and Crop as Necessary Clone Dust and Scratches Adjust Shadows and Highlights Adjust Exposure Adjust Contrast Adjust Color Balance Adjust Hue/Saturation Make Selective Adjustments Masking Dodge/Burn Layer Archive Master Image Target for Output |
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Important Shortcut Keys |
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F |
Full screen mode |
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Ctrl-0 |
Zoom to fit screen.f |
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Ctrl-Alt-0 |
Zoom to 100% |
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Space Bar |
Hand tool to move about image |
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[ ] |
Increase or decrease brush size as needed |
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1,2,3,… |
Change brush opacity |
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Steps in Detail |
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Ctrl-R |
rulers visible |
Level Horizon |
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Rotate |
Shift I |
ruler tool under eyedropper tool |
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Drag line across the horizon (line you want to straighten) |
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Image, Rotate Canvas, Arbitrary, OK |
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Drag guide to quickly see if any given line is straight |
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Crop |
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Crop |
C |
Use crop tool w/90% opacity to compose desired crop |
Correct Dust / Scratches |
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New C layer |
Add new content layer above background layer, name it
cloning, and make it active. |
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S |
clone stamp tool (pattern stamp tool?) Check “Use All Layers” in clone stamp tool info. Use soft brush (Harness = 0) for most cloning. Areas can be toned down by reducing opacity of clone
tool |
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[ ] |
Increase or decrease brush size as needed |
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Resample |
Resample often enough to avoid “repeaters” especially
for larger areas |
Adjust Shadow/Highlight Points |
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Open Levels Adjustment Layer |
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Set highlight pt./shadow pt. with sliders or
eyedroppers. |
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Overall Exposure Corrections |
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Use the middle slider in the layers adjustment layer to
increase or decrease overall exposure. |
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Adjust Overall Contrast |
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Decide what you want to create contrast between (add separation / depth to the image) |
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Open New Curve Adj. Layer with Normal Blending Mode |
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Ctrl-Click 2 Points on Image You Want to Create Separation Between |
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This creates 2 anchor points on the curve. |
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Shift the Anchor Points to Adjust Contrast |
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Generally a “S” curve.
Lock down other points of the curve as needed to obtain desired effect
and maintain a gentle sloping curve. |
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Increasing the slope of the curve increases contrast. |
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Best to go “too far” and then back off. |
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Adjusting Color Balance |
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Open Color Balance Adj. Layer |
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Select Shadows, Midtones, or Highlights |
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Emphasizes those areas (though entire tonal range does
change.) Usually start with Midtones. |
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Move Sliders and Eyeball w/ Preview |
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Hue/Saturation |
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Open Hue/Saturation Adj. Layer |
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Hue/Sat. dialogue box useful as it’s the only way to
adjust saturation. |
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Increase Saturation 10-15 |
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This is usually the amount needed to compensate (lost
in scanning etc.) |
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Move Hue Slider |
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Hue slider can be used to change colors. Small adjustments make a big difference. |
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Burning and Dodging |
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New C Layer |
Must be and remain TOP LAYER on stack. |
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Change the Layer Blending Mode to Soft Light |
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Edit, Fill, Contents = 50% Gray |
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To Burn |
Black Foreground Color, Paint on New Layer, ~10-20% Opacity Soft Brush |
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Often a good idea to darken the corners slightly. |
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To Dodge |
White Foreground Color, Paint on New Layer, ~10-20% Opacity Soft Brush |
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Sharpen the Image |
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Edit, Sharpen, Unsharp Mask |
Amount = 150, Threshold = 5, Adjust the Radius to
achieve desired sharpness. |
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