Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS- P1

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Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS- P1 Real World Camera Rawwith Adobe Photoshop CS Industrial-Strength Production Techniques Bruce Fraser 0 ma Peachpit Press Adobe To all those who love photons and who make the decision to capture afrozen instant in t m . ieReal World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CSBruce FraserCopyright 02005 by Bruce FraserPeachpit Press1249 Eighth StreetBerkeley, CA 947105101524-2178Fax: 5101524-2221Find us on the World Wide Web at www.peachpit.com.Peachpit Press is a division of Pearson Education.Realworld CameraRaw withAdobePhotoshop CSis published in association withAdobe Press.Interior design by Stephen F. Rothiopen HouseCover Design: Aren HowellCover Illustration: Ben Fishman, Artifish, Inc.Image credits and permissions, page 219Notice of RightsAU rights reserved. No part ofthisbookmay bereproducedortransmiitedinanyformby anymeans, elemonic, mechanical,photocopying,recording, or othemise,withoutthe prior written permission of the publisher. For information on getringpermissionfor reprints and excerpts, contact permissions@peachpit.com.DisclaimerThe information in this book is distributed on an As Is basis, without warranty.While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of the book, neitherthe authors nor Peachpit Press shall have any liability to any person or entitywithrespect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectlyby the instructions contained in this book or by the computer software and hard-ware products described in it.ISBN 0-321-27878-X987654321Printed and bound in the United States of America Overview The Big PicturePREFACB Real World Raw xiii ONB Digital Camera Raw 1 WI IC How Camera Raw Works 15 THREE Using Camera Raw 37 FWUR The File Browser 109 ply^ its All About the Workflow 137 SIX Understanding Metadata 171 Exploiting Automation 195T his page left blank Contents Whats Inside Preface Real World Raw ...... . . . . . . . . . . ~iii Teach a Man t FIsh o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiv You Are the Lab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . w Drowning in Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . w Making Images Smarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . w Starting Out Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi Understandingand Hubris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi How the Book Is Organized. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii AWord to Wmdm Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii Thankyoul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviiiChapter 1 Digital Camera Raw. ......................... 1 What Is a Digital Raw He?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 The Camera Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Raw Files Are Grayscale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The Foueon X3 Di@rme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Erposureand Linear Gamma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Why Shoot I h d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Using AU the Bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 White Balance Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ColorimetricInterpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Exposure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Detail and Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11viii Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS Raw Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 ProcessingTime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 FieSue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Longevity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Adobe Camera Raw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Universal Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Industrial-Strength Features ................... 13 Integration with Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 The Digital Negative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Chapter 2 How Camera Raw Works . .................... 15 Digital Image Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Pixels and Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Bit Depth. Dynamic Range. and Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 High-Bit Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Gamma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Image Editing and Image Degradation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Losing Data and ...