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vealing it for the first time ever. So, here's what I do: First, I choose which word I want to
search for (so, for a chapter on color correction, I can search for either color or correction),
then I type my first choice into Apple's iTunes Store, because it shows movies, TV shows,
and music. For the word “color,” you get about a bazillion matches (especially songs), but
depending on the word you choose, it might not return any results at all, in which case, I
go to IMDb (Internet Movie Database;
www.imdb.com
)
and type in the word there. So, for
this chapter, I figured I'd type in the word “work” and I'd get lots of results (like “Workin'
for a Livin'” by Huey Lewis & The News, for example), but on a lark, I typed in “work-
Ricky Ambilotti. In the world of psychotic chapter intro writers, this is as good as it gets.
Now, you're probably thinking, “Wow, that's a surprisingly easy process,” and to some ex-
tent it is,butthere issomething Ididn'ttell youthat makes this process much, much harder.
I never learned to read. I know that sounds kind of weird coming from someone who writes
topics for a living, but sadly, it's true. When I was in grade school, I skipped the reading
class, because back then I was much more interested in hacking into the WOPR using my
300-baud dial-up modem and playing chess with Dr. Falken.
My Photoshop CC Photography Workflow
I've been asked many times, “What is your Photoshop photography workflow?” (What
should I do first? What comes next? Etc.) So, I thought I would add this chapter here in the
back of the topic to bring it all together. This chapter isn't about learning new techniques
(you've already learned all the things you'll need for your workflow), it's about seeing the
whole process, from start to finish, in order. Every photographer has a different workflow
that works for them, and I hope that sharing mine helps you build a workflow that works
for you and your style of work.
Step One:
For the past few years, most of the new photography features Adobe has added to Pho-
toshop have actually been added in Camera Raw (after all, it's a part of Photoshop that is
dedicated strictly to photography), and like most photographers today, most of my work-
flow takes place right within Camera Raw (even if I didn't shoot in RAW format). Here,
I'm going to take you through my start-to-finish workflow on a landscape photo of a wa-
terfall (taken out in Portland, Oregon). I'm opening it here from Bridge in Camera Raw
by just Right-clicking on it and choosing
Open in Camera Raw
. (You can download this
same image and follow right along—the web address for the topic's companion webpage
is in the topic's introduction up front.)
