Basics of Workflows and Balancing Dark and Light
Welcome to the first workflow-based chapter in this book. Up until this point, we have been working on fundamental techniques that you needed to understand to get here (things such as masking and selection). Now, we will turn our attention to the idea of workflows – the quickest way to teach a technique is in the context of workflows. So, in this and other chapters dedicated to workflows, we have divided them into three topics:
- Concepts related to workflows: In this chapter, we will cover the three pillars of atmospheric perspective
- Doing an edit using a workflow: In this chapter, we will be doing a flower edit
- Expanding on tools you could use in the edit: In this chapter, we will cover multiple ways to adjust the lights and darks of your image
By structuring in this manner, you will learn repeatable proven workflows that get you moving quickly while increasing your tool knowledge by having an actual context...