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This video is the first in the collection of tutorials, called Making Every Pixel Count, by Adam Block.

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Learn the foundation for creating spectacular astronomical images in Photoshop! This video is the first in a series of tutorials that will lead the novice imager on a informative journey through the tips and techniques of manipulating CCD images. Volume 1 starts from scratch with a tour of Photoshop and its multitude of tools. The presentation stresses those aspects that are most commonly used in the course of producing dazzling astro-images. Clear, concise and immeadiately useful examples of Photoshop's unbounded potential will inspire you to revisit images you may have worked on in the past or perhaps motivate you to attempt more challenging image manipulations with future data.

Over 3.5 hours of material are presented in 11 main sections. Each section is followed by a 2 minute review that encapsulates the most important points. These are high quality recordings that can even be displayed full screen (native 800x600) with little loss of clarity. The DVD is menu driven so that you can visit each section at your own pace. There is even bonus material included at the end of the presentation!

DVD Contents (Sections):

Introduction (Yours Truly) 2:45

  1. The Tour of the Desktop (The Tools Pallet) 34:22
  2. The Tour of the Desktop Continued (Navigator, Color, History and Layers Pallets) 13:48
  3. The Main Menus 10:22
  4. Image Adjustments (The Histogram) 13:13
  5. Levels and Permanent Stretches 7;04
  6. Curves- Introducing Non-linear Stretches 16:12
  7. Selections and Their Options 13:04
  8. Color Range Selection: Problem Solving Tool (SEE BELOW!) 8:01
  9. Mananging Layers 11:02
  10. Blending Layers 14:58
  11. Putting It All Together 33:32
  12. Bonus: LRGB (Cleaning) Example 20:00
  13. Bonus: Creating the Cover Art 46:47
Music by RAY LYNCH
From the albums: Deep Breakfast, No Blue Thing & Ray Lynch Best Of
c p 1984, 1989 & 1998 Ray Lynch Productions/BMI
Courtesy Ray Lynch Productions
All Rights Reserved

Music by ALEXANDER
From the album: Moonlight on Water

Also included are the images used in the video.

This is a data DVD meant for display on a computer using a media player or web browser. Macintosh computers now supported! Photoshop CS or later is reccomended. DVDs will not play on television DVD players.

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