Optimal Output with Photoshop CS6

In this advanced workshop Tim Grey delves into some of the finer points of creating top-quality output of your digital images. You will get an introduction to color management, which is absolutely crucial to maintaining consistent colors throughout your workflow. Tim takes an in-depth look at the topic of sharpening  when and how to do it, as well as when covers some advanced sharpening techniques. He also offers tips for printing your photos, exploring both the relevant settings in Photoshop and those you are likely to find in your printer driver. Finally, he discusses troubleshooting suboptimal output  i.e., when something goes wrong, figuring out what happened and how to fix it. If you spend a lot of time optimizing your images, this workshop will help you make sure all that effort is reflected in the quality of your output.

Table of content

Getting Started with Color Management

• Consistent, Predictable, and Hopefully Accurate Color
• Monitor Calibration
• Color Settings
• Designating Color Space in RAW Conversion
• Assigning a Profile
• Converting to a Profile
• Dealing with Profile Mismatches
• Gamut Considerations
• Printer Profiles

Early-Workflow Sharpening

• In-Camera Sharpening
• Sharpening in Adobe Camera Raw
• Output Sharpening in Adobe Camera Raw

Output Preparation

• Saving the Master Image
• Basic Output Workflow
• Sharpening with Smart Sharpen
• Sharpening with Unsharp Mask
• When Not to Sharpen
• Local Contrast Enhancement
• Saving the Image for Digital Sharing
• Soft Proofing for Print
• CMYK Conversions
• Saving the Final Print Image

Advanced Sharpening Techniques

• Sharpening with Smart Filters
• Creative Sharpening
• Sharpening Just the Edges
• Targeted Sharpening
• Avoiding Color Shifts

Printing a Photo

• Printing from Photoshop
• Addressing a Print Mismatch

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