The best way to demystify the various adjustments and settings is to play with
them. There's no downside to it … LR never changes the original file, you can
always click the "Reset" button to return an image to its original, as-imported
state and start over again.
I would play with the presets after poking about with the various adjustments
yourself. All LR presets are basically combinations of the settings you can
make. I only rarely use the provided presets … I've made many of my own. You
can always find out what a particular preset has done in terms of the controls
by opening the preset ".lrtemplate" file with a text editor.
For example, I have a preset that adds a standard amount of vignetting. Opened
with a text editor, the preset reads like this:
s = {
id = "D7E1B9DA-CAA9-409F-B807-D814DAED09F2",
internalName = "cosmicar Sq vignetting",
title = "cosmicar Sq vignetting",
type = "Develop",
value = {
settings = {
EnableEffects = true,
GrainAmount = 0,
GrainFrequency = 50,
GrainSize = 25,
PostCropVignetteAmount = -25,
PostCropVignetteFeather = 76,
PostCropVignetteHighlightContrast = 0,
PostCropVignetteMidpoint = 25,
PostCropVignetteRoundness = -81,
PostCropVignetteStyle = 2,
ProcessVersion = "6.7",
},
uuid = "CCCE1274-F89E-4AC7-9D69-3AF1CB32668A",
},
version = 0,
}
So you can see that the Effects panel has been enabled, and various adjustments
have been set. If you apply those settings using the LR UI, , or just import
and apply the preset, you'll see what the preset is doing very clearly.
Don't be afraid to experiment. You can't break any of your photos.
G
> On Sep 19, 2015, at 1:45 PM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Thanks very much, Godfrey. Very generous. Definitely see now what was Bob
> meant by “flat.” Maybe what you’ve done and what you’ve given me will get me
> started working with some of the factors/variables/adjustments that mystify
> me, that I’ve therefore avoid.
>
> I’ll take a closer look at what you’ve done and most likely will come back
> with questions and/or to double-check my understanding.
>
> I want to understand and to be able to make my own adjustments, but perhaps
> after after I’ve understood a little better I should begin
> exploring/experimenting with the presets built into LR?
>
> As I said to Bob, grazie ancora,
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