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Photoshop for Photographers Anonymous
Just got my S3IS, and knowing that is a prosummer or to put it blantly, a point and shoot, I wanted to learn how to make the pictures look a little better by post processing... I managed to do some stuff already, just simple levels or curves adjustments, but I wanted to learn the theory..

What's /p/ advice for e-books about post processing, and for digital photography as well?

Picture is from my window... I messed up with the custom color setting, and it made the lights blue haha
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>> Anonymous
adjustment layers.
selective colors.
curves.

thats all i use right now.
>> Anonymous
In before DSLR, though most likely.

Anyway I would like to hear /p/'s opinion on this subject as well.

Actually I like the shot, only resize it maybe.
>> Anonymous
>>47621
in this picture, I didn't make anything but, I usually go for one sharpen, just one, any further would fuck up, I try to keep ISOs as low as possible... in this picture, even if the setting was ISO 80, it came a little bit noisy...
I usually resize in 50% of the size, with bicubic sharpen interpolation, some levels, curves, sharpen and resize...
I'm quite sure there is some good books around there for making a little better than that...
>> Anonymous
>>47624
Yeah, I wanted to hear it as well...

I'm not playing dumb like "oh I bought a cheap ass camera, and I want my pictures to look just like SLRs"...
I know what I bought, and I bought it cause I couldn't afford DSLR atm, I wanted to know about digital post processing, it is useful even if you have a DSLR...

I know lots of /p/dudes are like purists, but having a bit of post processing around, as long it doesn't fucking kill the origins and ideas of the shot is acceptable and very welcome...
To put it simply, it's just a matter of taste, using it well, it would only enhance the shot...

Waiting for the book tips (:
>> Anonymous
>>47628
seconded

though
>>it is useful if you have a DSLR
fixed
>> Anonymous
Adjust white balance, bump highlights, bump shadows, resize, sharpen, done. I don't particularly enjoy post processing and want to be done with it AFAP.
>> Anonymous
Unsharp mask gives you more control over the sharpening than sharpen, but my favourite way to sharpen is:
-duplicate layer
-filter->other->high pass
-fiddle with the slider (someting <3 will do, depending on image size etc.)
-set blend mode to overlay or soft light
>> Flashinsect
I recommend books by Scott Kelby. Good info and a pretty funny guy too. Try this link, might work for some books.
http://www.ebookshare.net/