I reread all of those adobe docs. There's some very good information in them. "A Color Managed Raw Workflow" provides a good plan for setting up a printing output workflow. "Highlight Recovery in Adobe Camera Raw" illustrates an interesting technique for combining two different Raw conversions to deal with extreme circumstances, and "Digital Workflow for Raw Processing" provides a nice overview of the Raw Conversion process. But none of them provide a clear example of how to work with the various Raw Converter adjustments to optimize a given file. The article does exactly that. The inter-relationship of shadow, contrast, brightness and exposure is clearly illustrated in the magazine piece. It's also nicely explained in Bruce's book. But it's not covered in depth in the Adobe papers. Paul
> I think some of those papers you mention weren't there last time I checked > the > adobe materials. I don't remember reading anything on the web site that > really > explained how the four key elements of the adjustment panel -- brightness, > contrast, exposure, and shadows -- interrelate. I'll go back for another look. > > > > Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > > > The article is a nice condensation of some of the main points found in > > > other places, and it includes some good demos. From what I recall of the > > > Adobe white papers, it goes well beyond the information found there. The > > > most important and complete Camera Raw resource is probably Bruce Fraser's > > > book. > > > > > > Having now looked at the article in the bookstore, I don't think it adds > > much > > if anything to these materials I've already collected from the Adobe site: > > > > Digital Workflow for Raw Processing by Jeff Schewe (four-part) > > A Color Managed Raw Workflow by Jeff Schewe and Bruce Fraser > > and > > Highlight Recovery in Adobe Camera Raw by Jeff Schewe > > > > all listed on and accessible from this page > > http://www.adobe.com/digitalimag/ps_pro_primers.html > > > > So I didn't buy the magazine ... > > But the main reason I'm going into detail about the whereabouts of these > > tutorials is Albano's question about online versions of the information. I > > think he may find these resources useful, and IMO he won't really be > > missing > > anything by not having access to the magazine article. > > > > ERNR > > >
