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In Photoshop CS4: Color Correction, digital imaging expert Taz Tally explains how to quickly evaluate whether an image needs a color correction or adjustment. He explains the fundamentals of color images and demonstrates how to set color workflow preferences. Designers, production staff, and photographers will discover quick and accurate evaluation and correction techniques to speed up their workflow in the fast-paced production environment. Exercise files accompany the course.

Course Photoshop CS4: Color Correction Author Taz Tally SKU ISBN Release Date 2009-08-05 Duration 6.58 hrs / 72 tutorials Work files Yes Price $ 29.95 Retail price $ 59.95 Language Tags Photoshop CS4, CS4 Required software Adobe Photoshop CS4

1. Setting Up Photoshop for Color Correction Setting color workflow preferences 06:39 Managing your memory for optimization 06:39 Assigning color settings 05:57 Understanding color tools 08:03 Accessing color correction tools with the keyboard 06:33 Customizing the color workspace 06:21 Mastering rules of engagement and keyboard shortcuts 06:02 Navigating around images 07:43 Saving time with keyboard shortcuts 04:33 2. Managing Images with Bridge Understanding the Bridge interface 06:19 Using batch rename 03:46 Adding copyrights and other metadata 04:40 Adding shortcuts to Bridge favorites 02:27 Customizing Bridge preferences 03:37 Navigating files and accessing metadata 04:01 Sorting and labeling images 03:54 3. Color Image Fundamentals Understanding pixel brick building blocks 06:43 No such thing as color 05:02 Building block channels 03:24 Understanding bit depth and grayscale 09:30 Understanding bit depth and color 06:47 Measuring RGB 07:29 Measuring CMYK 06:10 Exploring LAB 02:14 RGB vs. CMYK corrections 05:26 Understanding the Histogram's display of color 07:10 Understanding neutralization 08:54 4. The Evaluation Process: Physical, Visual, Graphics, Numeric Making visual evaluations and judgments 10:01 Understanding histograms 07:23 Going into details with histograms 04:47 Using numeric evaluation for highlights and neutrals 07:35 Using numeric evaluation for skin tones and complex images 06:39 5. Evaluating and Fixing Physical Characteristics Adjusting dimensions, resolution, and modes 09:22 Straightening your image 03:04 Cropping your image 03:40 Finding and evaluating patterns: noise, posterization, and screens 05:29 6. Evaluating and Correcting "Color"

Using master channel histograms 07:18 Using individual channel histograms 05:09 Highlights with info and color sampler 07:16 Identifying and correcting shadows 03:53 Finding and using neutrals 08:42 Evaluating and correcting skin tones 09:01 Controlling brightness, contrast, and saturation 07:38 7. Special Topics Presetting white balance 01:11 Customizing white balance 03:45 Target-based correction 04:23 Sharpening in RGB 12:37 Sharpening in LAB 05:04 Understanding white balance 06:19 8. Putting It All Together Working through color correction 13:28 9. Target-Based Corrections Introducing target-based corrections 03:01 Applying two-step target-based corrections 05:46 Applying multi-step target-based corrections 07:50 Saving Curves settings 03:38 10. Sample Color Correction Projects Adding keyboard shortcuts 02:38 Histogram correction 03:51 Channel adjustments 03:18 Skin tones: Black-and-white clipping points 04:23 Skin tones: Cast shadows 04:19 Skin tones: Babies 04:45 Neutrals and potential neutrals 04:54 Clouds, snow, ice, and land 07:38 Flat images 09:10 Underwater images 04:23 Sacrifices 08:43 Image within image: Snow and sky 09:01 Image within image: Sunrise and mountains 02:54 Weird color casts 05:36 Review 11:08 Conclusion Goodbye 00:26