Lynda : Photoshop and Bridge CS5 for Photographers New Features [HF]

Video Training | HF | 289Mb

In Photoshop and Bridge CS5 for Photographers New Features, author Chris Orwig explores the enhancements in Photoshop CS5 and Bridge CS5 from a photographer's perspective. This course introduces the Mini Bridge, a brand new panel to browse and open images without leaving Photoshop, expanded layer functionality, improved sharpening and noise reduction in Adobe Camera Raw, cleaning up and enhancing photographs with the new Bristle Brush and content-aware tools, and working with the new High Dynamic Range (HDR) toning controls. Exercise files are included with the course.

Topics include:

Browsing and opening files from Mini Bridge

Adding custom watermarks to photos

Performing content-aware healing

Sharpening, reducing noise, and adding film grain in Adobe Camera Raw

Editing styles and effects on multiple layers at once

Selecting with a smart radius

Applying the HDR Toning adjustment

Making lens corrections to adjust for distortion

Auto straightening a photograph

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