Lesson 2 - Objectives 9-12 (Wednesday)
B02-09 Skill: A basic Camera Raw workflow.
Objective:
As was mentioned earlier, Camera Raw features an intuitive and easy workflow. Start your adjustments with the Basics panel. Next, finesse the adjustments with the Tone Curve panel. Then, move to the next panel, the Detail Panel, where you can reduce noise and sharpen the image. Then on to the next panel - the HSL panel where you can adjust hue, saturation, and luminance for each color range. We'll cover the other panels later on. Watch the video, My Basic Camera Raw CC Workflow for Beginning Students, to see an example of this.
- Understand a basic camera raw workflow and use the first four panels to fix an underexposed image.
As was mentioned earlier, Camera Raw features an intuitive and easy workflow. Start your adjustments with the Basics panel. Next, finesse the adjustments with the Tone Curve panel. Then, move to the next panel, the Detail Panel, where you can reduce noise and sharpen the image. Then on to the next panel - the HSL panel where you can adjust hue, saturation, and luminance for each color range. We'll cover the other panels later on. Watch the video, My Basic Camera Raw CC Workflow for Beginning Students, to see an example of this.
Video: My Basic Camera Raw CC Workflow for Beginning Students (3:49)
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In the June 2020 release of camera raw, you'll find all these settings in the panels on the right side.
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Apply: Exercise B02-09
Download B02-09_Exercise and try it for yourself! This is a RAW image file in .DNG format (Digital Negative). After you've adjusted the image, save the file as a jpg image as shown in the video above, and name it B02-09_Your_Name. |
Camera Raw saves the adjustments you've made as a list of instructions within the file if it is a .DNG, .JPG, or .TIFF file. (If your file is a proprietary camera raw file, these settings will be saved in a separate .XML file on your drive, with the same name as your photo.)
In Bridge, you can change, copy, or clear the Camera Raw settings (see the images below). If you've taken lots of pictures with the same camera settings, you can fix one of them in Camera Raw, then copy the develop settings for that one. Then you can select all the others in Bridge and right-mouse button click on any of the selected image. In the "Develop Settings" you'll be able to "Paste Settings..." All the camera raw settings you made in the first image will be applied to the entire batch! How cool is that?
In Bridge, you can change, copy, or clear the Camera Raw settings (see the images below). If you've taken lots of pictures with the same camera settings, you can fix one of them in Camera Raw, then copy the develop settings for that one. Then you can select all the others in Bridge and right-mouse button click on any of the selected image. In the "Develop Settings" you'll be able to "Paste Settings..." All the camera raw settings you made in the first image will be applied to the entire batch! How cool is that?
1) What this file looks like in Bridge before working on it in Camera Raw.
2) What this file looks like in Bridge after working on it in Camera Raw. Notice the new settings icon in the upper right corner!
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3) If you right-mouse-button click on the settings icon, a drop-down menu will appear with "Develop Settings." Here you can change, copy, or clear the settings you've made in Camera Raw. Here I am copying the settings I made on this photo.
4) Then I can select other photos I've taken, right-mouse-button click on any of them and choose to paste the camera raw settings I made in the first image.
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B02-10 Skill: Reduce image noise in Camera Raw
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Objective:
Camera Raw excels at removing noise from your digital images. There are two kinds of noise that camera sensors introduce: Color and luminance noise. Although Photoshop has noise removal filters, I have found that Camera Raw does an even better job at noise removal. Watch the video "Photoshop: Noise Reduction in Adobe Camera Raw" to see how this is done. |
Luminance noise (viewed at 800%). Luminance noise is variations in value (light and dark)
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Color noise (viewed at 800%). Color noise is the red, green, and blue (RGB) sensor noise.
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Apply: Exercise B02-10
Download this image, B02-10-12.jpg, and try reducing color and luminance noise, while sharpening the details, and getting rid of color noise. When finished, save your finished exercise file as B02-10_Your_Name.psd. |
HINTS: You'll want to zoom to 100% to work with reducing noise in an image. The quickest way to zoom to 100% is by double-clicking the zoom tool (magnifying glass at the top). Try also holding down the OPTION key as you adjust the sliders in the DETAIL panel (ALT key on PC). This will help you visualize what each slider does.
Video: Photoshop: Noise Reduction in Adobe Camera Raw (3:52)
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In the June 2020 release of camera raw, you'll find these settings in the Detail panel.
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B02-11 Skill: Sharpen images in Camera Raw
Objective:
Camera Raw has an excellent panel - the Detail panel - that allows you to sharpen an image or remove noise from an image (or both!)
It doesn't really bring an image into better focus, but it tricks the eye into thinking an image is in crisp focus by highlighting one side of every edge with light, and the other side with dark. Watch the video "Sharpening an Image in Camera Raw CC" to learn how this is done. Please try it out yourself on an image, but you won't need to submit it with the lesson 2 assignment.
- Learn how to use Camera Raw to sharpen an image.
Camera Raw has an excellent panel - the Detail panel - that allows you to sharpen an image or remove noise from an image (or both!)
It doesn't really bring an image into better focus, but it tricks the eye into thinking an image is in crisp focus by highlighting one side of every edge with light, and the other side with dark. Watch the video "Sharpening an Image in Camera Raw CC" to learn how this is done. Please try it out yourself on an image, but you won't need to submit it with the lesson 2 assignment.
Video: Sharpening an Image in Camera Raw CC (3:47)
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In the June 2020 release of camera raw, you'll find these settings in the Detail panel.
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HINT: You'll want to zoom in at 100% to work with sharpening in an image. The quickest way to zoom to 100% is by double-clicking the zoom tool (magnifying glass at the top). Try also holding down the OPTION key as you adjust the sliders in the DETAIL panel (ALT key on PC). This will help you visualize what each slider does.
B02-12 Skill: Remove or reduce color fringing in Camera Raw
Objective:
Color fringing is a lens aberration that adds green or purple edges to objects in an image. This video, Camera Raw - How to Remove Color Fringing, will demonstrate how to remove those in Camera Raw. Watch how it's done! Practice on either of the two images below. Remember, you'll need to zoom in close to see it better. This doesn't need to be submitted in the lesson 2 assignment.
- Learn how to reduce color fringing in images using Camera Raw. Then apply what you've learned to fix a photo.
Color fringing is a lens aberration that adds green or purple edges to objects in an image. This video, Camera Raw - How to Remove Color Fringing, will demonstrate how to remove those in Camera Raw. Watch how it's done! Practice on either of the two images below. Remember, you'll need to zoom in close to see it better. This doesn't need to be submitted in the lesson 2 assignment.
Video: Camera Raw - How to Remove Color Fringing. (2:42)
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In the June 2020 release of camera raw, you'll use the "Remove chromatic aberration" checkbox.
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Would you like to see how camera raw is used within Photoshop? Watch this if you're curious... (this one is optional)
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