Learning Photoshop Color Correction

Introduction

• Welcome
• Understanding the scope of this course
• Using the exercise files

1. Understanding Color Correction

• What is color correction?
• Color correction vs. creative image adjustment
• Understanding when to correct photos
• Comparing RGB and CMYK color modes
• Assigning color profile spaces
• Using grayscales and neutrals for color correction
• Working with skin tones
• Understanding file format options

2. Color Correction Workflow

• Using Photoshop, Camera Raw, Bridge, and Lightroom in the color workflow
• Working with Bridge for image management
• Identifying the Photoshop color workflow for this course

3. Color Image Fundamentals

• Understanding pixels as the building blocks of an image
• No such thing as color images
• Understanding bit depth and grayscale
• Understanding the histogram's display of "color"
• Neutralizing an image

4. Getting to Know the Photoshop Color Correction Tools

• Arranging the Photoshop workspace
• Choosing nondestructive editing tools
• Introducing color tools
• Navigating in an image

5. Evaluating and Fixing Physical Characteristics

• Adjusting dimensions, resolution, and modes
• Straightening an image
• Cropping an image
• Finding and evaluating patterns: Noise, posterization, and screens

6. Evaluating and Correcting Color

• Using histograms
• Identifying and removing color casts
• Evaluating and correcting highlights in a landscape
• Adding saturated postcard-style color enhancements
• Finding and correcting neutrals
• Evaluating skin tones and making basic corrections
• Identifying neutrals and color casts

7. Finishing an Image

• Retouching an image
• Sharpening an image
• Understanding color spaces, profiles, and gamuts for output
• Exporting an image for print
• Exporting an image for use on the web and for presentations

8. Sample Project: Putting It All Together

• Cropping and straightening
• Evaluating the image
• Performing curves adjustments
• Retouching and sharpening
• Preparing for print and web use

9. Correcting Color in Camera Raw

• Getting started in the Camera Raw interface
• Evaluating the image in Camera Raw
• Making temperature adjustments in Camera Raw
• Performing curve corrections in Camera Raw
• Retouching and sharpening in Camera Raw
• Exporting

Conclusion

• Next steps