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Airmantharp wrote:I appreciate that. I should try it and I will. But I hope to gord I'm not impressed cuz the last thing I need is something else I want to buy.I didn't say buy it; I said download the free beta, to get an idea of what it (and programs like it) can do for you; but more importantly, to get an idea of what's in your photos that you can't see .
flip-mode wrote:Yeah. That easily looks better than what I did. Much better colors. At 30 seconds you must have just hit the "autofix" button. Anyway, I just downloaded Corel Aftershot Pro trial. If it can handle what I need to do then I'll grab it for $25 rather than waste time learning Lightroom when its very unlikely I'll buy it.
flip-mode wrote:Yeah. That easily looks better than what I did. Much better colors. At 30 seconds you must have just hit the "autofix" button. Anyway, I just downloaded Corel Aftershot Pro trial. If it can handle what I need to do then I'll grab it for $25 rather than waste time learning Lightroom when its very unlikely I'll buy it.
Captain Ned wrote:WKRP in Cincinnati (oooohhh).
Booger!!!!
flip-mode wrote:I've been practicing my processing skills. I've discovered that Photoshop's Camera RAW packs the same fundamental tool set as Lightroom Below is a straight conversion of RAW to jpg, and then a conversion of a processed RAW to jpg. You guys were absolutely correct: there's an amazing amount of hidden detail that requires processing for proper exposure.
flip-mode wrote:LOL
PenGun wrote:flip-mode wrote:I've been practicing my processing skills. I've discovered that Photoshop's Camera RAW packs the same fundamental tool set as Lightroom Below is a straight conversion of RAW to jpg, and then a conversion of a processed RAW to jpg. You guys were absolutely correct: there's an amazing amount of hidden detail that requires processing for proper exposure.
You will find, if you look on the tech support flickr page, some links to Tony Kuyper's Luminosity Masks. The ability to change the tones in the photo to your liking is a very powerful tool. This goes quite some way beyond your normal adjustments you can do in the various photo tool programs. For instance dark masking with perhaps the Dark Darks or the Super Dark set will bring out the bottom of that fountain without doing much at all to the rest of the image. The best part of this method is all selection is automatic and seamless at the pixel level. Everything is done with tone values.
Captain Ned wrote:Jennifer or Bailey?
flip-mode wrote:You guys were absolutely correct: there's an amazing amount of hidden detail that requires processing for proper exposure.
TheEmrys wrote:I never shoot RAW+JPEG. Anyone here do this? I have never seen the need as RAW->jpeg conversion is so easy.
TheEmrys wrote:I never shoot RAW+JPEG. Anyone here do this? I have never seen the need as RAW->jpeg conversion is so easy.
flip-mode wrote:TheEmrys wrote:I never shoot RAW+JPEG. Anyone here do this? I have never seen the need as RAW->jpeg conversion is so easy.
One reason I can think of is experimental: to see how much detail can be pulled out of RAW that cannot be pulled out of jpg. I still don't have a sense of that.
flip-mode wrote:My mind is blown after playing around with the luminosity masks for a bit.
Captain Ned wrote:Bailey!Jennifer or Bailey?
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