By the way, I almost always convert to the maximum size that the
converter will produce -- a 144 megabyte 16-bit file. Adobe has said
that upsizing (interpolating) in the RAW converter is superior to doing
it after the fact in PhotoShop. I do any post processing, such as the
sharpening at 16-bit. I sometimes add a little fine tuning of midrange
contrast with curves or some adjustment of highlight and shadow with
the highlight/shadow tool. I then change the mode to 8-bit and save as
a 72 megabyte tiff. I usually downsize the image for the web as well
(13 inches on the long side, 72 ppi) with bicubic sharper and do a
"save for web" to produce the jpeg.
On Oct 19, 2005, at 6:42 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I haven't changed many of the default settings, but I rarely leave
them as they are in processing. They're only meant to provide a
baseline. I did change sharpness to 15, because I do most of the
sharpening with unsharp mask after conversion. The other settings are
okay as a baseline. Generally I start by setting exposure as high as
necessary without getting into clipped highlights. If I need more
midrange brightness, I increase the brightness slider setting. I set
the shadow slider to eliminate any clipping of shadow information or
incrrease the density of the blacks as needed. At that point I set
temperature and tint to achieve the color balance I want. Sometimes
after setting temperature and tint, I'll go back and readjust
brightness a bit, until I'm pleased with the rendering. On high ISO
shots, such as those at 800 or 1600, I'll sometimes set color noise
and luminosity as needed.
Paul
On Oct 19, 2005, at 6:29 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote:
I finally upgraded one of my PCs to where I can run PS CS2. I'll now
be shooting RAW & was wondering if any of the PS guru's here have any
comments on the *istD camera profile in ACR 3.0 or 2.4.
Do you use the default settings in PS or what?
Kenneth Waller
