InPhotoshop CS3 Creative Photographic Techniques, professional photographer Chris Orwig goes beyond the basics, exploring the use of Photoshop to create beautiful and inspiring images. From first viewing a scene to preparing photos for expert output, Chris takes photographers through the whole process of creating great pictures. He also covers understanding color, making color corrections, working with special effects and filters, and much more. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Topics Include:

Creating compelling images

Enhancing and correcting color

Applying cross-processing effects

Exploring focus, infrared, and solarizing

Adding light

Actualizing vision with motion, color, and tone

Seeing photographically

Adding authenticity with film grain

Adding borders and edge effects

Blending layers to create visual impact

Adding shadows and tints

Combining multiple exposures

Correcting perspective

Recording custom actions and batch processing

Printing considerations and expert tips