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Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS (Real World) | 
 enlarge | Author: Bruce Fraser
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 307917
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Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 032127878X
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.686
UPC: 785342278781
EAN: 9780321278784
ASIN: 032127878X
Publication Date: July 18, 2004
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Product Description
Call it a control thing, but until recently--or, more specifically, until the availability of digital raw camera formats--you simply weren't ready to make the move to digital photography. Raw formats, however, changed all of that by allowing you to retrieve images before any in-camera processing has been performed. Photoshop's Adobe Camera Raw plug-in makes that process even easier by providing a standardized way of accessing and working with these uncompressed digital negatives in your favorite image-manipulation software. In the first volume devoted exclusively to the topic, best-selling author Bruce Fraser shows you how to take advantage of Adobe Camera Raw to set white balance, optimize contrast and saturation, handle noise, correct tint, and recover lost detail in images before converting them to another format. After learning about the raw formats themselves, you'll discover hands-on techniques for exposing and shooting for digital raw, using the File Browser to preview images and automate tasks, and building a workflow around the digital raw process.
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 Good book - I just wish the underlying software was better July 15, 2007
The book does a good job explaining how to use Camera Raw. That said, most of what it covers, you can pick up on your own once you learn how to run Camera Raw for the first time (much like HDR, Photoshop does a great job of hiding it). If you are a pro or very serious about your photography, you will find suggestions on how to calibrate and speed up your workflow.
All that said, I find PS + Camera Raw slow and underpowered even compared to Canon's own Digital Photo Pro that comes bundled with each SLR. No wonder Adobe developed Lightroom as a separate product.
Last but not least, do not order this book used from indie sellers with cheap shipping -- it took almost a month to deliver mine from East to West coast!!! I wish I had bought it slightly more expensive from Amazon directly and saved time.
 Time Saver August 10, 2005
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book enabled me to learn the benefits of shooting in raw. The Photoshop raw image plug-in and all of its controls were described in just the right amount of detail. Since I read this book, I've been able to squeeze every last bit of color and tonal range out of my photos with a better understanding of what I'm actually doing. This book has just the right amount of tech-talk. This is the perfect book for advanced-photo-hobby people that want to get straightforward instruction on how to make the best of using the raw image format.
Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS August 9, 2005
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
I am not a professional photographer, rather an interested hobbyist. I just finished studying Camera Raw by Bruce Fraser. I use the term study, because it is a very "readable", but very technical manual which does a great job of explaining the basics of Camera Raw theory and implementation. I took this book with me on a vacation (it is not for vacation reading)and it honestly took me full week to read, re-read and re-read a third time to begin to fully grasp the beauty of a small book which goes from general theory, narrows the focus down to the working detail and then steps back and ties it all together at the end of each chapter and at the end of the book. Bruce Fraser is clearly a very talented writer and teacher. In addition to covering Camera Raw he also explains the use of the File Browser, Metadata, Workflow and Automation better than any other author I have read. If you are "baffled" by the Adobe Photoshop "Help" files explanation of the above, then just give this book a chance and you will come away feeling very much more in control of your Photoshop CS, your camera and your own "style" of using the above mentioned tools. The "clinical" examples are explained step-by-step with visuals of the actual photos and the computer displays to go along with each step in the production workflow. It is just filled with clinical "pearls" of information which all got highlighted with my yellow magic marker. In fact, when I finished, the whole book was one big yellow page, because it is all there with no wasted verbage.
My only critique is one of the printing format. To explain, I have to tell you that if you use bifocals (like I do) it is very difficult to actually see the small print in some of the displays of the actual Adobe menu boxes that are used as examples on at least every other page. So maybe, if this book is updated and re-published, Mr. Fraser could use larger type size in the examples. The type size of the narrative is perfect.
William E. Weddle, MD
A gifted author? August 1, 2005
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
The reviewer that gave this book only 3 stars described Bruce Fraser as a gifted author. The description is good. Fraser is always a pleasure to read.
The book deserves the highest rating, even though you might find something to quibble about.
Camera Raw, a very inforamtove photography book July 22, 2005
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
It reveals lots of mysteries about using RAW format in digital photography. This book is easy to read, I enjoy it tremendously.
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