PhotoShop_Camera

=Photoshop In-Service with Rick Williams=

Typical camera adjustments after a shoot
What makes a picture blurry? Speed and lighting.

380ZX - Canon model (flash) is a good one to look at...

Buy a clear UV filter for your camera. This will protect your lens! Check the size of your lens...get one at Walmart ($15.00) or so...

So, what to do after you shoot?

.crw is the RAW shot .xmp is the metadata

1. Is it sharp enough? 2. Crop? 3. Scott Kelby's recommendation

File>Open (and then go to your picture) If you shot "RAW" you'll see some options in Photoshop.

Use the Temperature slider or Tint slider to adjust your colors.

The nice thing about using a flash, it gives you a "white light" not a fluorescent light.

Exposure is used a lot! To lighten a picture, move the slider to the right.

Recovery is for "black" - it will make the darks "lighter" and leaves the brights alone.

Contrast makes the lights "lighter" and the darks "darker."

Clarity helps sharpen up your pictures.

Saturation - Reds become "redder," Green becomes "greener" - decreasing the saturation will turn it into Black and White.

Viewing: View>Screen Mode is where you'd go to change the view. It's the same picture, just a different view.

Crop tool: Use your width and height at the top of the page, then when you crop, Photoshop will keep those settings. For instance: 4X6

History: This is the window you would use to Photoshop>Preferences>General>File Handling>Prefer Adobe Camera Raw for Supported Raw files (if you shoot JPEG and want to edit like RAW).

__**HUGE HUGE HUGE!!!!! DO THIS!!!!**__ Photoshop>Preferences>General>Performance>Scratch Disks (let Photoshop use this Hard Drive to "speed up" the processing) This could be an external drive or a server, etc. You'd then "check" the external HD or server, etc. ALSO: History & Cache - CHANGE THIS IF YOU WANT IT TO REMEMBER MORE STEPS. If you do a lot of "undos" change this number to be higher!

Tip: When cropping, you can hold down the spacebar to adjust the area...as you're cropping.

Tip: bottom magnifying glass...fit to screen.

__Shadow Highlights__ Use when a picture is dark. The camera is reading the greatest amount of light. To adjust for lighting issues. -- Image > Adjustents -- Shadow/Highlights ad release. -- A window will appear and can adjust the Amount of Shadows or Highlights to bring the image as desired. Click OK to accept

Can also use Levels -- Image > Adjustments > Levels -- A histogram window will appear. A perfect histogram is like a mountain. -- If there is white space on either side, bring the slider to the beginning of the mountain or foothills. -- Then can adjust the middle slider to change the lighter and darkness level. HUGE LIGHT IS RIGHT -- When done click OK

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