Thanks, Tim. So increasing the contrast in-camera (record mode) wouldn't help with midtone clarity then? Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Øsleby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 8:20 PM Subject: Re: Lightroom: Question about Clarity > Clarity adds contrast in the midtones. Nothing magic about that. So > you don't need to worry about in camera settings and exposure. It > simply makes the picture pop a bit more. Some times I use it as a semi > sharpening tool. > > MaritimTim > > 2008/4/12, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Hi Everyone: >> >> I have lack-of-clarity about Lightroom's Clarity function. This is from >> Help: Clarity: "Adds depth to an image by increasing local contrast." >> I >> don't have an understanding of "local" contrast. What does "local >> contrast" >> mean? What is added depth? >> >> Also, I seem to like the photo better when greatly increasing the clarity >> slider. Fine. But what's NOT happening in-camera (for example, do I >> need >> to be making smarter exposure decisions etc) that requires me to add >> depth >> by way of increased local contrast during processing? >> >> Cheers, Christine >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
