The idea behind using the RAW converter's brightness slider to bring up
the midrange is that it doesn't affect the highlights. On the other
hand, the exposure slider will bring down the highlights."Brightness"
and "contrast" in the RAW converter are not the same as the tools with
the same name in PhotoShop. PSCS2 apparently offers even more control.
I haven't made the switch yet. There's a book that's specific to RAW
conversion in PSCS that is a tremendous aid. It explains the
relationship between exposure, shadow, brightness, and contrast sliders
quite lucidly, along with many other topics. It's called Real World
Camera RAW with PhotoShop CS. I think there's a new version for CS2 as
well. The CS version is still available at Amazon.:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/032127878X/
qid=1101241239/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-2405061-7286468?v=glance&s=books
On Sep 8, 2005, at 11:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 9/8/2005 8:49:16 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'd just like to say how much I appreciate Paul's recounting of his
techniques in Photoshop: the workflow below and his comment about
turning up
the brightness and then adjusting the exposure in another email just
allowed
me to rescue a shot I would otherwise have discarded.
Paul, you da man!
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
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Ditto. Well, I haven't rescued a shot, but the idea of turning of the
brightness never occurred to me. Duh. I will have to try it sometime
on a dark shot.
Which leads me to a question, Paul, is there any particular book on
photoshopping (as a verb) that you like/recommend?
I am starting an Elements 3 class. Finally getting down to learning
more of
this stuff. After that I will tackle Photoshop. But probably do that
on my own.
Marnie the born again Pentaxian
