If you've ever been in the emergency room at a hospital, there's a process called triage …where they sort out the patients. In this case, they tackle the life-threatening emergencies, …followed by the serious injuries, and then the not so serious. Well, the same general …approach can be applied to photos as well, and it's important that you look at your image …and decide what's actually wrong. …In the case of this photo here, what you're seeing is a complication of problems. …First off, there's an easy issue here, and that's composition. I've flagged it with a sticky …note, and what you're seeing is that this image isn't properly composed. I'm going to …apply the Rule of Thirds to it in a moment.…
I also look for distracting elements here and in this case the background is just a …little bit taking away from the photo itself. There were some flowers behind the head of …the eagle, and the color here is just pulling my eye up from my subject into the background. …So I'm going to go ahead and remove some of those distracting elements, both through cropping …
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5/24/2012- Performing an image-correction triage
- Cloning to an empty layer
- Using adjustment layers
- Opening a raw file as a smart object
- Making selective adjustments
- Recovering the detail in skies
- Fixing exposure
- Saving time with Auto Tone and Auto Contrast
- Adjusting hue and saturation
- Controlling adjustment layers with masks
- Adjusting shadows and highlights
- Converting an image to black and white
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Course overview1m 24s
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1. How to Approach Color Correction in Photoshop
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Setting the environment2m 37s
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Performing triage4m 51s
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Getting a fresh opinion1m 52s
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2. Nondestructive Workflows in Photoshop
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Cloning to an empty layer2m 33s
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Using adjustment layers1m 29s
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3. Working with Raw Files Nondestructively
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Recovering skies3m 12s
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Re-editing a raw file2m 6s
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4. Performing Primary Image Adjustments
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Reading the Histogram panel2m 38s
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Adjusting hue and saturation2m 31s
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Using adjustment presets1m 50s
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5. Controlling Adjustment Layers
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Clipping adjustment layers1m 21s
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Blending adjustment layers3m 21s
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6. Using the Shadow/Highlights Command
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7. Special Case Adjustments
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Blending Smart Filters1m 43s
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8. The Black-and-White Adjustments
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Hand-tinting a photo2m 1s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye44s
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