Downloadable book on creative photography and digital imaging with Photoshop

For all those lovers of photography and the digital retouch I bring you a free book-manual-course where you can learn new techniques and tricks and make your photos and photomontages attract much more attention.

The book has 13 topics divided into the following categories that you can read below (the download link is at the end of the list of topics):

Topic 1: Digital image - General considerations

1.1- The digital image.

1.2- The digital laboratory. Hardware and software. Digital photography.

1.3- Vectors vs. pixels. Bitmap.

Topic 2: Color theory

2.1- Color - Generalities - Color Studies.

2.2- Color properties: Hue, saturation, brightness.

2.3- Color models, Different chromatic circles. Color picker in Photoshop.

2.4- Chromatic circle. Relationships between the colors of the circle. Color classification.

Topic 3: Introduction to Photoshop. Presentation of the basic tools

3.1- Interface. Options bar. Floating panels. Document window.

3.2- Tool panel. Classification of tools.

3.3- Painting tools - Degradés.

Topic 4: Color theory

4.1- Perceptual experiences.

4.2- Harmonies.

4.3- Practice of digital shooting in the studio.

4.4- Visit to a digital advertising photography studio.

(In the numbering of the book's topics, 5 has been skipped, I didn't want to correct it here so that no one has problems when comparing this list and the book)

Topic 6: Color theory: Color and space: From the representation of space to Virtual Reality

6.1- Spatial representation and the illusion of three-dimensionality.

6.2- Color and space.

6.3- Colors that advance and recede.

Topic 7: Digital color - Resolution and color depth.

7.1- Concept of resolution. Relation to the type of output or printing. Different printing systems.

Printers inkjet, postcript, plotted, copies on photographic paper, transparencies. etc.

7.2- Bits per pixel. Color depth. File size.

7.3- File formats: gif, jpg tif, eps, psd, etc. Save for the web.

7.4- Mono, duo tri and quadritones.

7.5- Visit to a digital photography printing service company.

Topic 8: Photoshop - Tools

8.1- Painting tools: continued. Blur and Sharpen.

8.2- Exposure and saturation tools.

8.3- History. History brush.

Topic 9: Photo retouching. Concept. Ways of working

9.1- Concept of photographic retouching. Correct printing / publishing of a photograph. Color calibration.

Respect for the shot or issues external to it. Scope of our course: Know the tools.

9.2- Calibration or color adjustment tools. Introduction and presentation of the most important ones.

9.4- Monitor calibration. Calibration vs measurement. Printer profiles.

Topic 10: Color in Photoshop

10.1- Color Adjustment Tools for Beginners: Brightness and Contrast - Variations

10.2- Curves. Application on a black & white photo.

10.3- Possible values ​​for black and white. Use of droppers.

Topic 11: Color in Photoshop

11.1- RGB vs CMYK. When to use each mode according to the printing or output system.

11.2- Control values. White, Black, Neutrals, Skin tones, Specific tones.

11.3- Curves for color photos. Use of color swatches.

11.4- Concept of global retouching.

Topic 12: Scanning

12.1- Introduction. Preference settings.

12.2- Scanning modes: Line, Grayscale, RGB Color, CMYK Color.

12.3- Capture calibration: White, Black, Density, Shadows and Highlights, Exposure, Histogram

12.4- Preview. Descreening and sharpness.

Topic 13: Selective retouch. By color and by area

13.1- Global and selective retouching. Selective color. Color range.

13.2- Selection in Photoshop. Direct selection tools.

13.3- Advanced selection by means of masks. Quick mask. Permanent masks

13.4- Use of channels to generate selection masks.

13.5- Layers and their uses: Adjustment layers.

As you can see, the book is very complete, so don't hesitate to download it to take a look at it and learn new things that never hurt.

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