Photoshop CS6 for Photographers New Features

Addresses the newest version of Photoshop from a photographer's perspective—helping users of previous versions of Photoshop make upgrade decisions and get up to speed with CS6.This course explores the newest version of Photoshop from a photographer's perspective—helping users of previous versions of Photoshop make upgrade decisions and get up to speed with CS6. Author Chris Orwig covers the improvements to Camera Raw, including the improved exposure controls, Adjustment Brush tool, and Lens Correction filter. He then addresses the enhancements in Photoshop, such as the new Layer panel behavior, which makes renaming and organizing layers almost effortless, and image-editing features like content-aware retouching, photorealistic blur effects, and redefined nondestructive cropping; plus the brand-new ability to edit video in Photoshop. The final chapter addresses the new Creative Cloud subscription option, detailing features of interest to photographers: the enhanced Blur Gallery and Liquify filters, conditional actions, and improvements to the Crop tool. Topics include: Getting familiar with the new interface Exploring improvements to Bridge and Mini Bridge Recovering highlights and improving exposure with Camera Raw Making precise raw adjustments with the Point Tone Curve Grouping, filtering, and finding layers Correcting distortion with Adaptive Wide Angle controls Working with the new Content-Aware tools Making better selections Performing perspective cropping Getting started with video in Photoshop Making picture-perfect prints with the Print dialog