So you can see that we also remember the editing part, today I bring you a book of a great reference in our country. This is José María Mellado, who we have already recommended High Quality Photography. This time he brings us his best techniques and photographic advice, oriented mainly to the editing part.
IDEAL FOR…
It is an ideal book for you if you more or less have notions of Photoshop and Lightroom but you need a little help, shortcuts, chops, tricks and how to make the most of these tools. It is not for you if you are of the thought the photo is taken on the camera and there is no more. Nor if you have zero notions of Photoshop, Ligthtroom or Camera Raw .HIGH QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHY MY BEST TECHNIQUES AND TIPS
It is a book divided into 7 parts designed to solve very specific problems with very defined solutions. Let's say he tells you what the manuals don't tell you;). Here are the parts of which it is composed:1. TEAM
Brief review of basic concepts and doubts raised by your students, from using the tripod, setting the camera or adjusting the color in Photoshop.2. CONFIGURATION
Here it focuses on helping you configure Photoshop to achieve greater performance and make your job easier. Keyboard shortcuts (for both Mac and PC), customize the toolbar or how to use actions, are some of the examples.3. REVEALED
Tell your tricks to reveal a photograph, from a quick development to how to crop, add or remove bullets, enhance colors, straighten an image, correct temperature or exposure, among others.4. TREATMENT
Once the image is revealed, if it requires a deeper treatment, here you will find the techniques that Mellado uses, its tricks to fill gaps, create blurring, retouch the skin, work with the curves, match the color between two images, etc. .5. BLACK AND WHITE
In this fifth section, it shows you how to convert to black and white or achieve images in two or three tones.6. SPECIAL EFFECTS
Cinema effects, aged images, merge elements of different captures or modify the color, are some of the tricks he shares here.7. EXIT
It ends by helping you prepare an image for its output, either to see it on the screen, to print, or to add a watermark, for example.DETAILS
- Paperback: 312 pages
- Publisher: Anaya Multimedia (Photoclub Collection)
- Dimensions: 25 × 19.5 cm approx
- Price: € 47.40
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
José María Mellado (Ávila 1966) is a photographer, teacher and writer , author of numerous publications on digital photography, as well as president of the Royal Photographic Society for 5 years. He has received numerous awards throughout his professional career and some of his works appear in important collections and museums around the world. He is probably the most successful photography author in the Spanish language .THE BEST
It's like a chop. Huge but a chop. If you have a specific question, go to the page that indicates the index and solve it. Nothing to wander or fill text or search through a lot of information. Problem-solution That is the key. The tricks and tips are explained step by step with high quality images as an example and with screenshots that guide you through the steps. There is a website dedicated to the book where you can download some files used in these tips and some actions used in the examples.WORST
It is not a book to learn Photoshop, but to improve your skills with it. In fact, in some tricks, you are referred to the book The Fundamentals of Photography. High Quality Photography: Adobe CC 2017 , the one that has given way to this one that I am reviewing (if you want us to review it you can say it in the comments). This we are talking about is a complement to that or for those who already have more or less knowledge, as I told you at the beginning.OTHER PUBLICATIONS OF THE AUTHOR
- High Quality Photography : you have it reviewed here.
- Cuba. On the other side of the mirror
- High Quality Panoramic Photography
- Smart photography with Lightroom 5
- Closer
- The basics of photography. High Quality Photography: Adobe CC 2017
CONCLUSIONS
It is a book that will give you concrete answers to specific problems. That will help you optimize your work in Photoshop with its tricks and shortcuts. The professionalism of Mellado is indisputable and having at hand the techniques and tricks he uses is a good luck. It's almost as if he were your colleague and you could ask him, Hey, José María, how do you do this? Did you find it useful? If so, please ask you to share it. And if you have any comments, do not hesitate to share it below. Thanks and see you soon!My best techniques and advice. High Quality Photography (Photoclub) * - Paperback (312 pages)
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