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Basic Photo Editing with Adobe (Lightroom and PS CS3)

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Differences between Lightroom and Photoshop

Lightroom for photographers, tools specific to photo correction

Photoshop for both photo and graphic design , tools geared toward graphic design

Lightroom Basics

meant for photographers who shoot large quantities of predominantly RAW format photographic images, and wish to import, sort, edit and output those images in one smooth seamless series of non-destructive actions.

Quicker editing and cataloging

Non-destructive

More powerful / easier to access color correction, cropping and special effects

Quick integrated uploading with plug-ins

Photoshop Basics

Bridge is the cataloging arm of Photoshop

More powerful for fine tuning of an image or document down to the pixel

More used for graphic design (brochure, flier, logos)

More time consuming with specific menu commands for the beginner.

Still has most of the same photo editing tools, just harder to find under menus.

Lightroom Menu Items

Library Catalog, folders, batch processes

Develop main core, all photo editing tools

Slideshow export to web, jpg. Or .pdf

Print Templates, printer output fine tune

Web quick template webpage creation w/ Flash or HTML, integrated FTP upload

Editing Basics

Temperature / ColorControls white balance or artistic colorizingWarming, cooling, crazy colors

Editing Basics

Exposure

Brightness

Contrast

Black levels

Editing Basics

Presence:

Clarity

Vibrance

Saturation

Editing Basics

CurveTone

Highlights

Lights

Darks

Shadows

Editing Basic

HSL (Hue, Saturation, Luminance)

Fine tune all basic colors

Enhance one specific color

Editing Basics

Split toning easy in Lightroom

Noise Reduction

Sharpening better in PS

Vingettes easy in Lightroom

Editing Basics

Special tools:Crop tool more friendly in LightroomSpot correction / cloning more accurate in PSGraduated Filter (LR) great for skies

Editing Basics

Photoshop specialties:

Layers most powerful feature, like a tansparent sheet

Selection tools:

Marquee Tool

Magic Wand

Add / Subtract from selection

Saving for Size and Compression

In PS use: Save For Web

Try to keep web pictures under 300k

When designing or printing out use highest resolution possible or artifacts will be seen

JPG artifacts when resolution is too low or image is magnified.

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