Once you have mastered the fundamentals, this easy-to-follow, advanced guide takes you to new levels of expertise. This work helps you: advance your skills and artistry far beyond the basics with expert guidance from the top industry insider to achieve professional-level results; find innovative ways to exploit the new features of Elements 5.0 to achieve outstanding digital images; learn how to stretch your digital photos and Elements to their limits and master all the insider tricks, tips, and techniques that guarantee outstanding results; everything you need to know about raw files, workflow, storage, toning, speed tweaks for no cost, how to fix scanning problems, make the most of dodging and burning-in techniques, adjust images for changes in color balance, set up a color managed workflow; and, more. From this completely updated edition for Elements 5.0.: learn how to use new features like the Adjust Color Curves and Sharpness options, the Convert to Black and White feature, 5 click web photo galleries and the Correct Camera Distortion filter. New chapters walk you through professional retouching, a complete raw workflow for Elements users, and the new free-form layout feature - Photo Layouts, including the Artworks and Effects palette. Superbly illustrated with hundreds of color photographs, written in Philip's trademark no-nonsense style, this must-have guide will help ensure that your digital photography stands out from the crowd as you learn how to: take control of advanced image changes and apply amazing graphics capabilities; use scanner and camera capture techniques like the pros; extend your web capabilities; and, produce professional results quickly from your raw files with a complete workflow solution based around Elements. This work also helps you: explore the creative potential of the new Photo Layout feature; produce darkroom effects digitally; integrate all the power of Elements 5.0 to fit together for prize-winning results; transform your photographs with step-by-step, illustrated color tutorials into results that will amaze you (and your friends, family, colleagues, and customers); increase your productivity with timesaving tips, workarounds, and advice to create an efficient, smooth workflow; master professional retouching techniques; create awesome panoramas; and, much, much more. It helps you learn how to get the most from Philip Andrews, best-selling author, renowned photographer, Adobe Photoshop Elements Ambassador, professional photographer, accomplished teacher, best-selling international author, and alpha tester for Adobe. The companion website provides even more tools to hone your skills with. Features include: images for you to manipulate as you follow step-by-step book projects; video tutorials and printable lesson plans; links for examples, updates, and further learning; raw and 16-bits/Channel files to examine and put to the test; and, more! Praise for previous editions of this title: 'Philip's friendly style makes learning Photoshop Elements a breeze. This book gives you everything you need to feel like a digital pro in no time at all' - Richard Coencas, Photoshop Elements Quality Engineer Lead, Adobe Systems. 'With Philip as your guide, you'll be using Elements like a pro and making great images in no time' - Nigel Atherton, Chief Editor, "What Digital Camera" and "Better Digital Photography". Features include: go beyond the basics of Elements with this guide for serious Elements users; achieve professional results by following step-by-step colorfully illustrated tutorials; loads of new information in this version, from Macintosh users to raw workflow; and, contains hot new information that you want on raw workflow, storage, toning, protecting your assets, and loads more. This work features brand new chapters on retouching and the Creations and Content Browser. It is the only book out there written 'for' serious Elements users 'by' a serious elements user.
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这本书的阅读体验是极其专注且富有挑战性的,它很少提供那种立竿见影的“捷径”方案,而是更侧重于构建深厚的“底层理解”。比如,在讨论数码照片的“降噪”技术时,它没有简单地推荐某个特定插件的最佳设置,而是深入剖析了噪点产生的物理根源——光子散粒噪声与传感器热噪的区别,并据此指导读者如何根据照片的ISO值和曝光时间,选择最适合的降噪算法和降噪强度。这种对技术细节的钻研精神,使得读者在面对软件更新或使用新设备时,能够迅速理解新功能背后的原理,从而举一反三地进行高效调整。我特别欣赏书中对于“黑白摄影后期”的独特见解。作者将黑白转换视为一种全新的曝光和构图练习,而不是简单的去色操作。书中详尽地展示了如何利用通道分离技术来模拟传统黑白胶片在不同滤镜下的对比度效果,这远比传统杂志上教的“黑白滤镜”要深刻和精妙得多。阅读此书,我感觉自己不再是被软件牵着鼻子走的“操作员”,而是一个能完全掌控光影和色彩的“视觉建筑师”。这本书绝对是为那些不甘平庸,渴望在数码后期领域实现质的飞跃的摄影师准备的宝典。
评分我对那些堆砌了大量空洞理论的书籍向来不抱好感,摄影后期处理归根结底是门手艺活,需要的是“怎么做”而不是“是什么”。这本书在这方面做得非常出色,它没有沉湎于介绍Elements 5.0相较于前一个版本的微小功能迭代,而是直奔主题,专注于那些能真正让照片“活”起来的高级技巧。比如,书中对“选择工具”的深度挖掘,已经超出了我原先的想象。我原以为“魔棒”和“套索”就是全部,但作者竟然用了一个章节专门来剖析如何利用路径和通道进行像素级的精准抠图,尤其是在处理复杂发丝或半透明物体时,那种精细度简直令人叹服。更让我感到惊喜的是,它对于“照片修复”这一块的讲解,并非仅仅是教你如何使用“仿制图章”工具来擦除瑕疵,而是深入探讨了光影重建和纹理匹配的原理。当你面对一张年代久远的珍贵老照片需要修复时,这本书提供的思路不再是简单的“涂抹”,而是如何恢复其原始的年代感和胶片质感,这涉及到对历史光照条件的逆向工程,无疑是迈向大师级修图师的一步。整体阅读下来,感觉就像是得到了一套高级定制的“暗房操作守则”,充满了实战的温度和技术上的深度。
评分这本书的封面设计得相当有品味,那种深邃的蓝色调配上清晰的字体,一下子就抓住了我的眼球,尤其对于我这种刚从胶片时代摸爬滚打过来的老家伙来说,数码后期处理的技术革新总是让人既兴奋又有些不知所措。《Advanced Photoshop Elements 5.0 for Digital Photographers》这个标题本身就带着一种明确的指向性:它不是给那些只想做些简单裁剪和亮度调整的新手准备的,而是瞄准了那些已经掌握了基础操作,渴望将自己的数码照片提升到艺术品境界的摄影爱好者。我原以为它会花大量的篇幅来解释软件界面的布局,或者重复讲解图层蒙版的那些基础概念,但出乎意料的是,它几乎是直接将我带入了实战环节。书中对于色彩管理和工作流程的梳理,其严谨程度简直可以媲美专业印刷厂的操作手册,从色彩空间的选择到打印输出的校准,每一个环节的细节都讲解得丝丝入扣,这对我解决“屏幕上看起来很棒,打印出来却完全是另一回事”的世纪难题,提供了实质性的帮助。我尤其欣赏作者在介绍高动态范围(HDR)处理技巧时所采用的循序渐进的方式,没有那种高高在上的技术术语堆砌,而是用大量的实例图例来佐证每一步操作的逻辑性,让我仿佛置身于一个经验丰富的前辈身边,手把手地教学。这本书的价值,正在于它精准地填补了初级教程和专业软件文档之间的那块巨大的知识鸿沟。
评分我发现,这本书的选材和编排,明显是为那些对“高品质输出”有着执念的摄影师量身定制的。很多数码后期书籍在谈到“批量处理”时,通常只是轻描淡写地提一下“动作”的应用,但这本书却是将“批处理”视为一个系统工程来对待。它花了相当大的篇幅来介绍如何建立一套高效、可重复的后期流程,这对于我这种需要处理大量活动或商业摄影素材的人来说,简直是雪中送炭。作者没有仅仅停留在录制一个简单的“曲线调整动作”上,而是探讨了如何将多个调整步骤——包括色彩校正、局部曝光优化和降噪处理——整合到一个健壮的脚本流程中,并且强调了在不同设备间保持流程一致性的重要性。更为关键的是,它对“人像磨皮”的处理理念也进行了颠覆性的刷新。它没有推崇那种塑料娃娃般的过度平滑效果,而是专注于“频率分离”技术,用极其细腻的笔触来指导读者如何分离和处理皮肤的纹理(高频信息)与色调(低频信息)。这种尊重自然、追求质感的态度,让我深感这本书的作者是一位真正懂得摄影艺术价值的实践者,而不是一个单纯的软件工程师。
评分阅读这本书的过程,与其说是学习软件功能,不如说是一次对个人视觉审美和技术理解的全面梳理。它没有像市面上很多教程那样,简单地罗列菜单命令,然后告诉你“点这里,你会得到一个不错的效果”。不,这本书更像是一位严厉的艺术导师,它始终在拷问你:“你为什么要这么做?”。作者在讲解“锐化”技巧时,并没有停留在“滤镜-锐化”的基础操作上,而是详细分析了不同锐化方法(如高反差锐化、USM锐化)在处理不同题材——比如风景中的岩石纹理与人像皮肤细节——时的细微差别和最终视觉结果的倾向性。这种对“意图”的强调,迫使我必须在每次操作前,先在脑海中构建一个清晰的最终画面蓝图。另外,关于图层混合模式的运用,这本书超越了教科书式的讲解,它将不同的混合模式与光学的基本原理联系起来,例如,解释了“柔光”和“叠加”模式在模拟不同介质光源渗透效果时的物理基础,这使得那些原本抽象的模式选择变得逻辑清晰、易于理解。这本书的行文风格是那种老派学者的严谨中带着对创造力的无限推崇,读起来既充实又充满启发性,让人忍不住想要立刻打开电脑去实践那些复杂的叠加与调整。
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