PHOTO & DIGITAL IMAGING

KNOW-HOW

Clive R. Haynes FRPS

In teaching and running courses in Photography and Photoshop I produce many notes for students.
These are available for anyone who may find the information useful.


In the contents list below
some links have yet to be completed - it won't be long!
Note: the links that are underlined are active - the others, not just yet.

The How-To techniques are predominately digital,
where a purely traditional photographic reference occurs, (Trad Photo) will appear for clarification

The DI techniques apply to most recent versions of Adobe Photoshop
however, where appropriate a specific version is referred to separately

NB. With the introduction of Photoshop CS2 some techniques and links have yet to be revised/updated

A - Z
TOPIC
A

Adding a Sky (and preserving detail)

Adding Colour as 'Texture'

Adjustment Layers

Adjustment Layers - Transferring Between

'Alternative Processes'

Anaglyphs (Making them)

B

Bevel & Emboss (V6, 7 & CS)

Border - making around an image

Bit Depth

Bit 8bit / 16 bit - Usage in 'RAW' Images

Black Clipping in 'Camera RAW'

Blemishes - Removing

Books & Journals

Bruce RGB (Colour Space Setting)

C

Camera RAW (See also 'RAW Files')

Camera R AW Files - Applying Same 'Changes' to other 'RAW' Images

Camera RAW - Problem - Can't Open the Image

Canvas Size & Image Size

Cache (brief description re 'Preferences')

CD (Photo CD) - Opening Correctly

Channels - using with a monochrome image

Channel Mixer

Channel Mixer - Skipping the Introduction

Chromatic Aberration - Adjusting in 'Camera RAW'

Clipping Groups V5 & 5.5

Clipping Groups

Cloning from layer-to-Layer

Colorize (Hue & Saturation option for Toning)

Colour Cast - Correcting (using 'Levels' or 'Curves')

Colour Correction in 'Camera RAW'

Colour Diffusion Technique

Colour Space (Bruce RGB)

Colour as 'Texture' - Adding

Colour Theory - Basics

Colour - the Psychology of

Combining Images on same page (see also 'Compositing')

Composition - a Guide

Compositing - The Gentle Art Of

Compositing - Importing an Image

Compressing files

Computer System (typical) for Photoshop

Converging Verticals - How to Correct

Courses

'Crashes' -Troubleshooting

Curves

D

Display & Cursors (Setting 'Preferences' for)

Dodging & Burning-in

Drop Shadows

Duotones, (including Tritones & Quadtones)

Dust & Scratches - Fixing them

E

Emboss ('Bevel & Emboss' via Layer Style V6 & V7)

Exposure control in 'Camera RAW'

F

File Size & Resolution

File Extensions & File Formats - Tracing a particular type

Filter - Applying Gently with 'Quick Mask'

'f Stops' - what are they exactly?

G

Glossary of Frequently Used DI Terms

The 'Golden Mean' (see also 'Thirds')

Gradient Mask

'Gradients' - using for 'Dodging' & 'Burning-in'

Gradient Map (use in toning)

Graduated Filter Effect - using 'Quick Mask'

H

Hot Keys - ('Quick Keys')

Handtinting in Photoshop V5 & 5.5 - A Guide to

Handtinting in Photoshop V6 - A Guide to

Highlight Clipping in 'Camera RAW'

Histogram ('RAW')

I

Image for the Web

Image Size & Canvas Size

Importing an Image to Correct Scale

Incorrect Exposure - Correcting in 'Camera RAW'

Infra-Red (Pseudo IR) effect

J

JPEG Files

JPEG Image for the Web

K
Kaleidoscopic Pattern Pictures - How to make
L

Layers - Adjustment Layers

Layers - Adjustment Layer - Transferring from Image to Image

Layers - Clipping Groups

Layers - Getting to Grips With Pre Version CS

Layers - Getting to Grips With - Version CS2

Layers - Delving Deeper into (V5 /V5.5)

Layers - Delving deeper into (V6, 7 & CS)

Layers - Linking (Version CS2)

Layer Styles & Effects (V6, V7 & CS)

Layer-to-Layer Cloning

Layer Mask

Leaning Picture - How to Correct

Levels

Levels - Viewing & Setting the 'Threshold' of

Lightning - How to Make and Add to an Image

Linking Layers (VersionCS2)

M

Monitor - 'Scrambled Picture'

Monochrome - Working with 'Channels'

Monochrome via Quick Mask

Monochrome IR Effect

Manipulation - Basic Techniques

Multi-exposure / Multi Image techniques

N
'Noise' - Noise Reduction in 'Camera RAW'
O
Optimising Photoshop - see 'Preferences' below
P

Pattern Pictures (Kaleidoscopic / Geometric)

Pen & Ink Technique

Photo CD - Opening correctly

Photoshop Courses

Photoshop V5 crashes after installing P'shop V6

Photoshop CS - An overview

Preferences - Setting - Version 6

Preferences - Setting - Version 7 & CS(1)

Preferences - Setting - Version CS2

Preferences - Locking V5, V5.5 & V6

Preparing an Image for the Web

Print Quality

Printing What You See

'Print Screen' - How to capture an image directly from the monitor screen ('Screen Grab')

Pseudo IR Effect

Q

Quick Keys - Shortcuts

Quick Mask - Application with a 'Filter'

R

RAW (RAW Files )

RAW Files - Applying Same 'Changes' to other 'RAW' Images

Resampling in 'RAW'

Resolution & File Size

S

Saving Your Images

'Scrambled Picture' on Moitor screen

Scanning - a Guide to Scanning-in

Scanning an Image to Correct Scale

Screen Grab - How to capture an image directly from the monitor screen ('Print Screen' facility)

Selections: Add / Subtract / Modify shape / Transform

Semiotics

Shadow Clipping in 'Camera RAW'

Shadows - A Method of Softening & Revealing Detail

Shadows - Creating and Modifying

Sharpening - General info (Including using Unsharp Mask and via 'Lab' Mode)

Sharpening - 'Sharpening Edges Gently'

Sharpening with 'Emboss'

Sharpening with 'Hi Pass'

Sharpening with 'Luminosity'

Sharpening - 'Selective Sharpening'

Sharpening with 'Unsharp Mask'

Sharpening in 'RAW'

Sky - Adding to an Image

Sloping Picture - How to Correct

Snowstorm Effect

Softening Shadows & Revealing Detail

Soft-Focus Effect

Stereo Photography (3D)

Still Life

Sun Prints - how to make (Trad Photo)

System Requirements - A Guide

T

Test Strip - How to Make

'Thirds' (also the 'Golden Mean')

Three D (3D) Pictures

Toning - An Introduction

Toning with 'Colorize'

Toning with 'Curves'

Toning with 'Duotones'

Toning with 'Gradient Map'

Toning with 'Variations'

Transparency & Gamut (setting 'Preferences' for)

Troubleshooting - 'Crashes' - Photoshop V5 crashes after installing P'shop V6

Two or More Images Combined on the Same Page

Type & Text V 5 & 5.5

Type & Text V6, 7 & CS

U

Units & Rulers (setting 'Preferences' for)

Unsharp Mask

V

Vignette - how to make

Vignetting - Controlling in 'Camera RAW'

W

Web - Preparing Images for

White Balance in 'Camera RAW'

White Point - Adjusting in 'Camera RAW'

White Clipping in 'Camera RAW'

Workspace

X Y Z
The Zone System
Extras
Other Useful 'Know-How' Links
 Dr Roger Moore ARPS
 Martin Addison FRPS
 Sid Pearce FRPS EFIAP