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Photoshop CS3 Sharpening Images Training DVD

Learn how to take your skills to the next level. This Photoshop CS3 Sharpening Images training DVD is the ultimate in comprehensive learning for the discerning professional.

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1. How Sharpening Works

Why every image needs sharpening Demo
Understanding the effects of sharpening Demo
Understanding the mechanics of sharpening Demo
Understanding sharpening and gradual transitions Demo
Understanding sharpening and noise reduction Demo
Understanding amount and radius Demo
Measuring your screen resolution Demo
Using reliable zoom ratios Demo
Calculating the actual print size Demo
Gauging the ideal sharpening settings Demo

2. When to Sharpen

Everyone knows you sharpen last (and everyone is wrong) Demo
Understanding the conventional sharpening workflow Demo
Flattening and saving to TIFF Demo
Downsampling (and why you shouldn't upsample)
Understanding last-step sharpening
Recognizing problems with the conventional workflow
Erasing sharpening with the history brush
Using alternative sharpening workflows
Sharpening a scanned photograph shot on film
Sharpening a digital photograph
Sharpening specific details
Finding broad workflow conclusions
Learning that technique trumps timing

3. The Sharpening Filters

Comparing and contrasting neighboring pixels
Using the Gaussian Blur filter
Using Gaussian luminance distribution
Using the Unsharp Mask filter
Understanding the history of Unsharp Mask
Building your own USM with Gaussian Blur
Using the Smart Sharpen filter
Compensating for camera shake
Building your own Smart Sharpen with Lens Blur
Using directional sharpening with Emboss
Using Smart Sharpen extras
Using Convolution Kernels for more accuracy
Using the High Pass filter
Using Luminance Sharpening

4. The Sharpening Support Staff

Smoothing filters, smart objects, and masks
Using the Median filter and Dust and Scratches
Using Smart Blur and Surface Blur
Using the Despeckle filter
Softening flesh tones selectively
Using the Reduce Noise filter
Combining smoothing and sharpening
Making an image into a smart object
Applying editable smart filters
Combining two smart filters
Assigning a filter mask
Nesting one smart object inside another
Employing a static High Pass layer
Matching static pixel-level edits
Avoiding clipping with luminance blending
Sharpening and smoothing
Making an edge mask
Making a non-edge mask

5. Sharpening for Source

Sharpening with Adobe Camera Raw
Introducing Camera Raw (4.1 or later)
Understanding why to sharpen for source
Using Camera Raw’s sharpening control
Previewing limitations and tricks
Why downsampling doesn’t work
Reducing chromatic aberration
Using the Defringe option
Understanding high frequency, low radius
Raising the Detail value
Using on-the-fly edge masking
Sharpening a low-frequency portrait
Eliminating color noise
Reducing luminance noise
Correcting “false sharpening”
Reducing shadow noise
Approximating ACR sharpening in Photoshop

6. Sharpening for Detail

Gauging and exploiting luminance frequency
Using low-frequency source sharpening
Using High Pass for portraits
Actioning a low-frequency edge mask
Modifying the source sharpening
Using high-frequency source sharpening
Using Smart Sharpen for cityscapes
Actioning a high-frequency edge mask
Downplaying color artifacts and clipping
Sharpening a medium-frequency image
Sharpening a layered composition
Sharpening for multiple frequencies

7. Sharpening for Effect

Who needs dull when you have sharp?
Focusing in on a person’s eyes
Blurring the area outside the eyes
Sharpening eyes and other details
Darkening the lashes and eyebrows
Sharpening dark-haired people
Edge mask and emphasize
Nesting a Smart Sharpen effect
Density mask sharpening
Adding depth of field
Sharpening a background
Masking background from foreground
Eliminating halos around a person
Deepening and warming a background

8. Sharpening for Output

Reverting back to convention
Understanding the use-neutral composition
Restoring much-needed antialiasing
Reducing noise in a high-frequency image
Making a third-level smart object
Preparing an image for print
Using ideal settings for commercial reproduction
Calculating very large-format settings
Using ideal settings for inkjet output
Sharpening for commercial reproduction
Sharpening for inkjet output
Revealing high-frequency multipass sharpening
Using Gaussian Blur to sharpen hair
Flatten, Save As, Resample, and Sharpen
Revealing low-frequency multipass sharpening
Sharpening an image for web or screen

9. Conclusion

Goodbye

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Sharpening Images Info

Title Information.

Real focus happens inside the camera's lens element. The sharpening features in Photoshop CS3 exaggerate the contrast along edges in a photograph to transform a well-focused image into an outstanding image. In Photoshop CS3 Sharpening Images, Deke McClelland teaches a host of sharpening and noise reduction techniques, including using filters such as Unsharp Mask, Smart Sharpen, High Pass, and Reduce Noise. The training teaches the essentials of sharpening, including what it does, why it's important, and how the filters function. Plus, the training covers Deke's recommended best practices, including the four distinct varieties of sharpening, which can be used independently or in combination with each other. Photoshop CS3 Sharpening Images is about how to transform images from looking good to looking their absolute best. Exercise files accompany the course. . Close »

Instructor : Deke McClelland

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10.5 hours - 119 lessons

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PC or Mac

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$99.95

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