Clarity is more like sharpening for the mid-tones only, it increases edge contrast rather than overall contrast (And Vibrancy does much the same for midtone saturation).
-Adam On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
