Anyone have any suggestions for photoshop tips for digital photos?

[michaels]

I am a ps noob and would like to know some basics that you guys use when making your photos look their best.

 

[Ika]

learn how to use histograms correctly. levels, brightness, and contrast are also very important.

 

[ScottMac]

Shoot your picture (at least the ones you intend to seriously tweak) in raw format and using the Adobe color space (if possible).

This should give you a broder gamut of colors (versus sRGB) to work with, and can be read by Photoshop as a 16it depth instead of JPEG's 8 bit depth.

Good Luck

Scott

 

[NaOH]

learn how to use mask layers

 

[michaels]

My camera doesn't shoot in RAW.

 

[HN]

when in doubt, shoot with a lower exposure than a higher one. much easier to correct underexposed shots vs. blown out ones.

 

[Jawo]

I frequently use the auto balance to adjust white balance, saturation, contrast and the like

 

[nakedfrog]

Ask OdiN.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: ScottMac
...and can be read by Photoshop as a 16it depth instead of JPEG's 8 bit depth...

Which does you absolutely no good at all as your monitor can only display 8 bits per channel.

 

[pontifex]

i sometimes use auto color, auto levels, etc. but sometimes it makes the pic look worse.

 

[Feldenak]

Get this book.