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Inside the Digital Darkroom
Version 4.1

Paul D. Parisi
May 1, 2006
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Keeping it (mostly) Simple!
  • Basic Color Settings
  • Color Space
  • Exposure Correction
  • Resizing Photos
  • Perfecting Skin
  • RAW Images and Bridge
  • Preparing for Competition
  • Selection Tricks
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Basic Color Settings
  • Set Color-Space to Adobe RGB (1998)
  • Configure the Eyedropper Tool
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Color Space
  • ProPhoto RGB (Superman)
  • Adobe RGB (Photoman)
  • sRGB (Everyman)
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Simple Exposure Correction
  • Underexposure
    • Duplicate Layer
    • Change to Screen
    • Adjust the Opacity
  • Overexposure
    • Duplicate Layer
    • Change to Multiply
    • Adjust the Opacity
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Resizing Photos
  • You can resize in several ways…
    • Crop and Resize at the same time
    • Resize and then Crop in two steps
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Perfecting Skin
  • The ultimate skin care formula
    • Adjust the image to your liking
    • Skin Blemish Smoothing
      • Soft Brush – 200 diameter or 45-65 diamater
      • Opacity and Flow to 25
    • Brighten +5 or till it pops…
    • Filter Distort, Diffused Glow, Grain=0, Glow=2, Clear =18
    • Pop the contrast (+8)



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RAW (Uncooked) Images
  • Using Adobe Bridge and Camera RAW
    • Organization
    • Color Correction
    • Best Image Possible
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We are the Champions
  • Preparing images for competition
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Selection Tricks
  • Letting the image help you select…
  • Extract!
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Restoring Thumbnails
  • Photoshop CS and later removed the Explorer thumbnail support… here is how you put it back.
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Fauxtographs – Gene Nocon
  • Watercolor
    • Flat Image
    • Define Image as Pattern
    • Save Selection for each Color Range for Shadow, Midrange, Highlight
    • New White Layer on Top
    • New Layer with Shadow Selection
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Fauxtographs – Gene Nocon
  • Watercolor, continued
    • Pattern Stamp Tool (Aligned / Impressionistic)
    • Create a Brush (Wet Edges)
    • Be the Brush for Each Layer
    • Copy the Background, set colors to black and white
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Questions & Answers
  • Visit www.paulparisi.com