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RAW processing advice sought
I am shooting exculsively RAW with my Canon 350D, importing with ACR
into Elements 3, and would like the advice of more experienced photographers as to what settings to experiment with. What processing do you do in the RAW processing application and what do you undertake after import in your editing software? As a newcomer to RAW processing I'm confused by the plethora of options and am having trouble finding a consistent workflow. Thanks in advance. Al -- [This space intentionally left blank] |
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In article , Alan Bremner
wrote: I am shooting exculsively RAW with my Canon 350D, importing with ACR into Elements 3, and would like the advice of more experienced photographers as to what settings to experiment with. What processing do you do in the RAW processing application and what do you undertake after import in your editing software? As a newcomer to RAW processing I'm confused by the plethora of options and am having trouble finding a consistent workflow. Most often, all I have to do is bring up the shadow level a bit and that's it. Sometimes I might tweak the exposure just a little. |
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On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:40:56 -0700, Randall Ainsworth
wrote: Most often, all I have to do is bring up the shadow level a bit and that's it. Sometimes I might tweak the exposure just a little. Thanks, Randall. Do you apply any sharpening or noise reduction at the RAW import stage? Al -- [This space intentionally left blank] |
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In article , Alan Bremner
wrote: Thanks, Randall. Do you apply any sharpening or noise reduction at the RAW import stage? I'm on a Mac (not that that makes any difference), but after bringing up the shadows to 15-30 (depends on the scene), I might clean up any dust boogers or little things like that. Then I use the Unsharp Mask, save as a TIFF, then send it to the lab. I used to do photography for a living so I can usually crop in the camera and get exposure pretty close. No noise reduction...nothing fancy. I use a professional lab in Seattle. The supply Java-based software - corrected and uncorrected. Print prices are less for uncorrected, of course. I use uncorrected since my monitor is calibrated well enough (no perfect, just close enough). After you've cropped your images and selected services like mounting and spraying, it ZIPs the files and FTPs them to the lab along with your account information. Pretty simple. |
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Alan Bremner scwibbled: I am shooting exculsively RAW with my Canon 350D, importing with ACR into Elements 3, and would like the advice of more experienced photographers as to what settings to experiment with. What processing do you do in the RAW processing application and what do you undertake after import in your editing software? As a newcomer to RAW processing I'm confused by the plethora of options and am having trouble finding a consistent workflow. Thanks in advance. Al Perhaps a bit of a read here will help. These are some short white papers and workflows written in easy to follow english by a digital colour science guru, Bruce Fraser. Fist look at the 4 page overview of RAW photography, called 'Understanding Digital Raw Capture' (a PDF file). Then get the 6 page tutorial on his 'Digital Photo Workflow' (also a PDF file), which although is based on the use of Photoshop CS, the concept still applies to Elements etc. http://www.adobe.com/digitalimag/ps_pro.html hth -- Nigel_H |
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On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:29:00 -0700, Randall Ainsworth
wrote: Do you apply any sharpening or noise reduction at the RAW import stage? I'm on a Mac (not that that makes any difference), but after bringing up the shadows to 15-30 (depends on the scene), I might clean up any dust boogers or little things like that. Then I use the Unsharp Mask, save as a TIFF, then send it to the lab. Nice and simple. I like that approach. :-) I used to do photography for a living so I can usually crop in the camera and get exposure pretty close. No noise reduction...nothing fancy. I try to get it right first time too. Cropping 35mm transparancies wasn't an option and old habits die hard. I use uncorrected since my monitor is calibrated well enough (no perfect, just close enough). I was shocked at the improvement when I calibrated my monitor. It made a huge difference to how I preceived my images. Al -- [This space intentionally left blank] |
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On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 23:41:48 GMT, "Siggy"
wrote: Perhaps a bit of a read here will help. Excellent! Thanks very much. Al -- [This space intentionally left blank] |
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Alan Bremner wrote:
I am shooting exculsively RAW with my Canon 350D, importing with ACR into Elements 3, and would like the advice of more experienced photographers as to what settings to experiment with. What processing do you do in the RAW processing application and what do you undertake after import in your editing software? As a newcomer to RAW processing I'm confused by the plethora of options and am having trouble finding a consistent workflow. I've found that with Camera Raw 3.1, I can do pretty much everything I need to right in Camera Raw, and Photoshop proper is reduced to a dust- removal tool and preparation for print (sharpening, etc). The addition of Curves to Camera Raw was the clincher; that's got to win some kind of award for Best Thing To Happen To Photography Lately. It certainly makes upgrading to CS2 well worth it, as it turns out. So at this point, for the usual case, I'm doing all tonal adjustment and color correction in Camera Raw, then just hitting "save" in Photoshop unless I have to remove some sensor dust or something. In terms of post-processing, Photoshop proper is now the Big Hammer that gets pulled out when something needs it, not the tool to use every time. It's funny how Photoshop is pretty much now a plugin for Camera Raw rather than the other way around. -- Jeremy | |
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On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:19:45 -0000, Jeremy Nixon
wrote: I've found that with Camera Raw 3.1, I can do pretty much everything I need to right in Camera Raw, and Photoshop proper is reduced to a dust- removal tool and preparation for print (sharpening, etc). That's where I risk becoming confused, as I appear able to do most of what I've previously done with Elements in Camera Raw now. So at this point, for the usual case, I'm doing all tonal adjustment and color correction in Camera Raw, then just hitting "save" in Photoshop unless I have to remove some sensor dust or something. Time for me to go back to the RAW version of a few images that I'm happy with and investigate how to achieve the same results in Camera Raw, then. The only path to enlightenment is experience.... :-) Thanks for your input, Jeremy. It's a great help to find out how those with more experience go about the process. Al -- [This space intentionally left blank] |
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