Workflow
1. Preserve the Original
2. Fix the biggest problem first (tonality? color?)
3. Global then local (levels / curves may solve smaller problems)
4. Retouching
5. Perform spotting (dust / scratches / glitches)
6. Scale and Sharpen for specific output.
Sharpen after it has been scaled to the size it will be output.

Camera Raw
• Lest damage to original image
• Exposure – hold down option key while you adjust slider – white areas are where you are losing highlight detail.
• Shadows – hold down option key while you adjust slider – areas that show up as color are losing all detail.
• Sharpness – default of 25 … some prefer to set to zero and sharpen at the end of the workflow.
• Luminance Smoothing – Use sparingly
• Color Noise Reduction – ISO related – 3-5 (25 is the default
• Dimensions in inches – Divide the pixel dimensions by the resolution you set.
• 16 bit for editingCorrections

Corrections
• Hot Spots – Clone Tool – Mode Darken – Opacity 50%
• Face too red – Foreground color BAA89E – Brush 50 – Mode: Hue – opacity 5 – You can also select area, feather 3, Hue/Sat Control, select ‘reds’ – slide sat to left.
• DODGE & BURN – NEW LAYER - Overlay – 50% Grey – Normal Mode 30% opacity. (Doesn’t bruise the pixels.) Dodge White / Burn Black
• White Teeth Neutralize – White / White – Brush 10 soft – Mode – Color -Opacity 25%
• White Teeth Brighten – White / White – Brush 10 soft – Mode – Soft Light -Opacity 15%
• Auto Color – The most powerful of the ‘auto’ tools – Make it more effective by changing the defaults – Under option for levels / curves - Check the boxes – Find Dark and Light Colors and also Snap Neutral Midtones – Save as Default.

Sharpening – LAB mode (Avoids Color Halos) – Lightness Channel

Panorama
Open all images at once – select, then double click any of them.
Make adjustment to one (curves) – drag the curve layer to another open image … instantly applied.

Extraction
Transition region: Green Highlight / Use thin brush that have crisp edges / turn on smart Highlighting checkbox. Do sharp areas first.
Fill with paint bucket.
Preview Extraction – Choose “Other” in display to see on different background
Zoom 100% - Cleanup “Tool” paint over remnants of background / Edge for translucent areas that should be opaque.

Blend Modes – Allow you to control how the information on one layer interacts with the content of the underlying layers.
Basic Modes: Normal / Dissolve
Darken Modes: Darken / Multiply / Color Burn / Linear burn
Lighten Modes: Lighten / Screen / Color / Color Dodge / Linear Dodge
Contrast Modes: Overlay / Soft Light / Hard Light / Vivid Light / Linear Light / Pin Light / Hard Mix
Comparative Modes: Difference / Exclusion
Color Modes: Hue / Saturation / Color / Luminosity