Re: Shot RAW but out of latitude

2004-05-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
You can definitely pull down a highlight in the PS CS RAW converter. It offers far more flexibility that Photo Lab. On May 24, 2004, at 5:43 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 24 May 2004 at 10:23, Jan van Wijk wrote: Dod you adjust exposure in the Photoshop-CS RAW converter, or did you use another one

Re: Shot RAW but out of latitude

2004-05-24 Thread Steve Desjardins
How about some auto bracketing and combining the two shots in photoshop? This is a way to extend the latitude of the shot as long as there is minimal movement. I did this once with a landscape just to see if I could, and it worked fine, although I just used exposure comp for the second shot.

Re: Shot RAW but out of latitude

2004-05-24 Thread Rob Studdert
On 24 May 2004 at 8:46, Steve Desjardins wrote: How about some auto bracketing and combining the two shots in photoshop? This is a way to extend the latitude of the shot as long as there is minimal movement. I did this once with a landscape just to see if I could, and it worked fine,

Re: Shot RAW but out of latitude

2004-05-24 Thread Rob Studdert
On 24 May 2004 at 6:40, Paul Stenquist wrote: I would just clone some of the other fur to cover the highlight. It appears to be a bald spot or some other abnormality. Isn't it close to pure white and lacking in detail to the naked eye? It was literally where the sun was reflecting directly

Re: Shot RAW but out of latitude

2004-05-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Rob, Which version of PS are you using. The latest version, CS, has a neat tool that might be helpful. It's the Shadows/Highlights tool. Check put Katrin's site for openers: http://www.digitalretouch.org/ Shel Belinkoff I have been using a dedicated application HDRShop to perform this

Re: Shot RAW but out of latitude

2004-05-24 Thread Rob Studdert
On 24 May 2004 at 6:41, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Rob, Which version of PS are you using. The latest version, CS, has a neat tool that might be helpful. It's the Shadows/Highlights tool. Hi Shel, I'm still using PS7, CS is a little far off on the horizon for me at the moment. Isn't

Re: Shot RAW but out of latitude

2004-05-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
On May 24, 2004, at 9:50 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: I'm still using PS7, CS is a little far off on the horizon for me at the moment. Isn't Shadows/Highlights tool functionally equivalent to applying an s- shaped curve? Mark Cassino and I were discussing the Shadows/Highlights tool vs Curves just

Re: Shot RAW but out of latitude

2004-05-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
No, it's not at all like curves, or even related to curves, nor is it a functional equivalent. Believe it or not, it's more closely related to the healing brush, at least wrt the math behind it. Shel Belinkoff [Original Message] From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rob, Which

Re: Shot RAW but out of latitude

2004-05-24 Thread Steve Desjardins
Nope. I just cut and pasted, feathered and flattened. Of course, on my landscape I was fixing the blown out sky, which was an easy paste. Still, you could just paste in the parts with the blown out details. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA