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Stage 3 Creating Complex Selections ....................................................... 60
Make a Feathered Selection ......................................................... 60
The Lasso Tools .................................................................. 61
Select a Color Range and Create a Layer Mask .......................................... 62
More on Selecting a Color Range .................................................... 65
Make and Refine a Quick Selection ................................................... 69
Arrange Layer Position and Stacking Order ............................................. 71
Filtering Layers .................................................................. 73
Common File Formats ............................................................ 74
Stage 4 Saving Photoshop Files ........................................................... 74
Save a Layered TIFF File ........................................................... 74
Save a Flattened TIFF File .......................................................... 76
Project Review .................................................................. 78
Portfolio Builder Project .......................................................... 79

Project 2 Menu IMage CorreCtIon 81
Stage 1 Retouching Damaged Images ...................................................... 83
Remove Grain with Blur and Sharpen Techniques ........................................ 83
The Noise Filters ................................................................. 84
The Blur Filters .................................................................. 85
The Smart Sharpen Filter ........................................................... 86
Heal Severe Scratches ............................................................. 87
Aligning the Healing Source ........................................................ 88
Clone out Major Damage .......................................................... 89
The Clone Source Panel in Depth .................................................... 93
Stage 2 Correcting Lighting Problems ...................................................... 94
Correct Problems with Brightness/Contrast ............................................. 94
Correct Contrast and Tonal Range with Levels .......................................... 95
Histogram Statistics ............................................................... 96
Identifying Shadows and Highlights .................................................. 97
The Gradient Map Adjustment ...................................................... 99
Correct Lighting Problems with the Exposure Adjustment ................................ 100
Stage 3 Correcting Color Problems ....................................................... 102
Understanding Color Terms ....................................................... 103
Correct Color Cast with the Color Balance Adjustment .................................. 105
Correct Gray Balance with Curves ................................................... 107
Adjusting Curves On-Screen ....................................................... 110
Correct Contrast with Curves ...................................................... 110
Curve Display Options ........................................................... 111
Stage 4 Working with HDR Images ....................................................... 114
Use Merge to HDR Pro ........................................................... 115
Project Review ................................................................. 119
Portfolio Builder Project ......................................................... 120

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