Start an adjustment with the whites and blacks?

Martin Evening in CS6 for photographers recommend to adjust an image with exposure, contrast, and then fine tune with the shadows and highlights. Explains the use of whites and blacks only if necessary. Julieanne Kost has a pithy video on cab in which she begins by setting the white and black (which dates back to the advice of Bruce Fraser / Real World Photoshop using levels in Photoshop). http://TV.Adobe.com/watch/Photoshop-CS6-featuretour/Adobe-camera-raw-70-in-Photoshop-CS6/

I know that I can see what works best for an image, etc.. Ask yourself what is the recommended procedure.

I could write reams about it. Have already done.

I will however keep this short (for me) and let someone else take a better stab.

It is wrong to think of controls PV2012 as being something like those of other publishers.

The bottom line: give the picture adaptations she needs, whatever you start with.

So perhaps a better question is: How do we know what adjustments needs a photo in PV2012?

(I warned people against trying to arrive at a single procedure that will work for all photos)

That's all for now.

OK, maybe a quicky:

No matter what start you with, try to keep clear 0 or negative, shadows 0 or positive and shadows value exactly equal to the value of highlights. Once you have the photo in the ballpark in this way, no matter how you juggled exhibition & white..., then and only then, consider asymmetric values of lights and shadows.

WARNING: this "formula" works on 90% of the photos, not 100 percent. Or it could be 0% (or 100%) depending on what you're shooting...

Okay, I can't resist:

Most of the pictures can be edited in this way:

* Most critical exposure setting

* Use - highlights for container of the upper extremity

* Use + shadows to normalize the lower end

* The difference in taste.

* - black & + white to make full use of the available tonal range.

But at the other extreme, there are these:

* Exhibition but still critical,

* puts in light and shadows of the sliders do not hit the sweet spots: leave at zero.

* Use - white & + blacks for recovery & fill, respectively.

* You may very well push contrast, although it is an image too contrasted initially. Or not...

And then there's a whole series of photos which sit somewhere between the two...

Confusing? Yes. PV2012 is great, but delicate and requires a completely different way of thinking and a flexible 'procedure'...

Note: Highlights slider going positive, and cursor shadows going negative also, independently of the highlights slider for a reason. But their use in this way should be reserved for unusual cases of raw or refine already cooked jpegs, or you really know what you are doing and why you...

One last point is critical: exhibition in PV2012 sets mainly mid-level tones, that is why it is the most critical: highlights, contrast, shadows, all hinges on a suitable exposure setting.

Black & White adjustment are probably the biggest keys for optimal fit in PV2012, but they are more difficult to nail down, because their adaptation depends strongly on the photo, but maybe a golden rule to be broken:

* - black & white if possible, for punchy complete histogram photos +...

* + Black & - White tones tend to gang to the extreme endpoints of the gases, such as highlights & shadows adjustment do not understand... (or you prefer the softer look that can come, or else...).

WARNING: This is a personal thing, and probably different people different things that work best for them...

PS - Don't forget the curve of tone & inhabitants after basic setting (can be done over too, but it is not recommended until you have acquired sufficient experience).

Lr4/PV2012,

Rob

Tags: Adobe Camera Raw

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