The Author of the book that Molokai recommended is the President of the National Association Of Photoshop Professionals. He does have a fun personality and the organization is all about teaching Photoshop techniques. They publish lots of instructional materials including:
Layers magazine
Photoshop User Magazine
Numerous DVD videos (One full of wedding photo techniques, and one specifically about automating the workflow) http://shop.photoshopvideos.com
Photoshop TV (a video podcast) www.photoshoptv.com
there is lots of info on their website: www.photoshopuser.com
Russell Brown's website (www.russellbrown.com) includes a podcast of tips. Workflow automation addressed in:
Image Processor Secrets
CS2 Bridge Workflow
Dr. Brown's Image Processor 2.3
I don't work for these guys, I just enjoy their work.
Well first thing I noticed was the rings were off center, so cropped the picture. Next I made a duplicate of the image, the original I made into B&W. The copied pictured I just isolated the rings. I copied those rings to a layer on the B&W, and added a bit of diffusion to the image as a finishing touch. That’s about it. Now get this, I’ve only used Photoshop CS2 for about a 2 months. Before I used Elements 4.0, since February, and that’s about it.
Here is the after of my friend's wedding dress.
I used Scott Kelby's "Photoshop CS Down and Dirty Tricks" to remove my friend from the picture and add the background and text.
sino, i don't think you have to shoot on raw to get that, you can just auto level or play with color balancing to achieve that effect with image shot in any format.
There's a thread today about heavy clients. This bride is only a little heavy, but here are some examples of PP help:
In this one check out the shape of the face and chin
Some creative cropping (yes I sacrificed the hands) and use of the liquefy tool saved this, otherwise I would have thrown it out as not flattering to the bride.
Speedfile: sino, i don't think you have to shoot on raw to get that, you can just auto level or play with color balancing to achieve that effect with image shot in any format.
While it is true that you can color correct any JPEG, it is also true that RAW is prefferable because:
RAW manipulation is non-destructive and not "bruising pixels" as some would call it.
RAW gives you more lattitude because you have a higher bit depth at your disposal than with JPEG
