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Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements

You're reading from   Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements Excel in digital photography and image editing for print and web using Photoshop Elements 2019

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2019
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ISBN-13 9781789808155
Length 502 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Robin Nichols Robin Nichols
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Preface 1. Photoshop Elements Features Overview FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting Up Photoshop Elements from Scratch 3. The Basics of Image Editing 4. Image Makeover 5. Easy Creative Projects 6. Advanced Editing Techniques 7. Advanced Drawing and Painting Techniques 8. Exporting the Finished Work 9. Best Practices A. Common Feature Other Books You May Enjoy Index

The editing workflow and best practices

Nearly all digital camera images need some form of adjustment to make them appear as the scene did when the image was captured. What many might not immediately appreciate is that there will always be a visual difference between a RAW file and a JPEG file once they are downloaded to the computer.

This is because the former is neither compressed nor processed in-camera, while JPEG files are compressed and processed in-camera. However, they are also 8-bit files, which contain considerably less picture information than a 14-bit RAW file.

The following photos are from Puebla, Mexico. This is a good example of how in-camera JPEG processing initially produces a significantly better-looking version of the same shot compared to the 14-bit RAW file on the left. That said, because this was shot inside a poorly lit church, there's some underexposure, but worse, a lot of overexposure in the highlights, most of which could be recovered from the RAW file in...

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