Thanks, Godfrey. What you suggest was my intuition and I’ve started. Yesterday I started experimenting with settings on the Fuji XQ1 to see if I can avoid getting “flat” photos in the first place. Eric
> On Sep 20, 2015, at 10:02 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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, > > > -- > 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] "Our world is a human world." - Hilary Putnam -- 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.
