“Study” Video: Photoshop 101 – Class 4: Master File Creation & Workflow (May 8, 2020).Photoshop vs Lightroom? Wrong Question! – – Part 2 (May 27, 2020).Video – Photoshop 101, Class 2: Control your Contrast & Color – 05/27/20 (June 1, 2020).Video – Photoshop 101, Class 5: Color Management 101 PLUS Editing for Success (June 7, 2020).Video – Photoshop 101, Class 3: RAW Fundamentals (June 16, 2020).Camera RAW 12.3 – RADICAL changes to the User Interface … with VIDEO (June 22, 2020).Lightroom to Photoshop Migration (& safely back) … (July 6, 2020).“Study” Video – Photoshop 101, Class 1: The Foundation (July 26, 2020).“Study” Video – Photoshop 101, Class 2: Control your Contrast & Color (July 29, 2020).How (& why) I use Adobe Bridge – NOT Lightroom (September 2, 2020).How to Accurately Crop in Photoshop CC – with VIDEO (October 5, 2020).New to Photoshop? Need a “Lesson Plan”? Read this Post! (October 27, 2020).File Backup Strategies for Photographers (March 27, 2021). Using “Zones” in Photoshop (May 11, 2021).Color Management 101 for Photographers (June 22, 2021).Photoshop Workflow for Photographers (August 10, 2021).How to remove that ugly blue “Share” button in Photoshop CC (July 21, 2022).VIDEO: Photoshop – Master File Creation & Workflow in Action (August 22, 2022).John Watts Judging at the 2022 San Diego County Fair Photo Contest (September 29, 2022) Questions? Please contact me – also, feel free to comment and forward this to your photography friends! By the way, this is all based on my Photoshop book designed for photographers, “Not just another Photoshop Book”, available exclusively on Amazon:.Sign up for my free monthly newsletter here … More Photoshop videos at my YouTube Channel:.AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE – for more on my free live & online Photoshop Meetups, click here:.PS – By the way: if you want a genuine, bonafide, certified “pro” (me!) to create a Master File for your best images (AND make it a “teachable moment”), that is a service I provide – more here: So, bottom line, Matt: I’d strongly suggest you NOT save your final important images as a JPG, and consider the concept of a Master File for your important images, saved instead as a TIFF or PSD – and thanks for the great question! Sharpening is applied according to your print size: Let’s say that your Master File is created from a RAW file – It might be around 13″x20” at 300 ppi – If you sharpen for this size and reduce the file to prep for a 4×6 print, it will be over-sharpened.non-destructively (loss of digital information). It’s easily correctable: for color, contrast, cropping, enhancements, etc.and you’ll stay consistent between those files. It’s Multi-purpose: Use it to create separate files for a specific print size or printer, for the Web, for magazine output, etc.Technically – It’s a 16-Bit, un-flattened, un-sharpened, un-cropped, un-resized file, designated as such in its file name, and saved as a TIFF or PSD.Here’s where you pour your artistic “blood, sweat and tears” into your image (for awesome results, use the methods shown in my book, “Not Just Another Photoshop Book”, available exclusively on Amazon) ….It’s exclusively for those images that are your best – – those images that you need & want to spend time with, doing all that’s necessary to make your image “pretty”.If a picture is truly worth a thousand words, then the chart above is an overall “visual” representation of a proper Photoshop workflow for your important images – notice that everything is centered around the Master File (as an aside, you can download a free step-by-step “linear” Workflow Chart that matches the chart above here ).Ĭreating a Master File is NOT for every image:.John will show you the 3 steps to successful Color Management and how to implement these into your post-processing workflow, in a style that even the most die-hard "non-techie" can enjoy and understand. Part 2: We will take about 3 to 4 RAW files from some of my clients, and build Master Files from start to finish - including working with Layer Masks, and much more.Ģ) “Color Management 101” - Proper Color Management allows you to accurately reproduce what you see on your monitor in printed form.Part 1: Learn the fundamentals of properly working with RAW files, as well as the basics of controlling contrast & color.Ĭonsider these the "Cliff Notes" of my free live & online "Photoshop 101" Meetups, Class 1 though 4 - more here: ġ) “Photoshop: Master File Creation & Workflow” – Discover the creative & procedural importance of a Master File for photographers, and its relationship to an effective Workflow, using the incredible power of Photoshop. The videos linked below were recorded live & in-person at the 2022 San Diego County Fair Exhibition of Photography.
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