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Bruce Fraser is a noted author having co-authored the penultimate Photoshop resourcebook Real World Photoshop from Peachpit Press. He is also a contributing editor forMac World plus a regular contributor for CreativePro where he wrote his “Outof Gamut” articles. Fraser is also a co-author of Real World Color Managementfrom Peachpit Press. He has also made a study of human vision and how it relates toreproducible color in photography and photomechanical reproduction. Bruce is aregular speaker and presenter at notable trade shows and conferences as well asSeybold and Thunder Lizard’s Photoshop Conferences. He has also consulted foran extensive series of major photographic and digital imaging companies.
Adobe Photoshop CS is the new version (Version 8) of Adobe Photoshop. It is a partof the newly announced Adobe Creative Suite which combines new versions of AdobePhotoshop CS with ImageReady CS, Adobe illustrator CS, Adobe InDesign CS, AdobeGoLive CS, Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional, and the new "Version Cue" file versionmanager, which lets you track integrations quickly and locate files easily.
Camera RAW part of Photoshop 7 Adobe Photoshop Camera RAW & JPEG 2000 Plug-in Bundleis now an integrated part of Photoshop CS. This has added substantial power toPhotoshop CS. JPEG 2000 delivers superior quality for the same compression ratios.Conversely, since no camera support JPEG 2000, support is available through aseparate plug-in that ships with the software.
Depending on the camera brand, Raw may come in different flavors. Adobe Photoshop CScovers most RAW formats available today. However, RAW data may not be always readaccurately. For example, the white balance of Nikon Coolpix 5000 images may haveunnatural result which is not a case with Nikon Capture 3.5. To fix the whitebalance, click in a non-specular white area followed by a minor tint adjustment.Supplementary adjustments can be made through the advanced “Calibration”tab. The “Adjust” tab controls exposure, shadow, brightness and contrastsliders. Albeit Photoshop CS features now a new Histogram Palette, the RAW dialogbox also features live histograms.
Noise reduction is not a problem with Photoshop CS. It has the color noise reductionand luminance smoothing sliders which allow you to reduce colors and luminancenoise. Luminance noise should be use with caution because it can lead to anartificial “water paint” effect. The noise reduction performs very welland preserves the image detail and sharpness.
To remove chromatic aberrations, apply a local desaturation in the correspondingcolor channels. The Lens tab of the Raw dialog box provides effective ways ofeliminating these aberrations.
To have additional knowledge of Camera raw with Adobe Photoshop CS, purchase a copyof this book. It will sure enlighten the dark areas of the subject matter.
