356 Developing the perfect sunset in Camera Raw

- Hey, gang, this is Deke McClelland.…Welcome to Deke's Techniques!…Today, I'm going to show you how to develop…the perfect sunset, by which I mean,…we're going to take this…exceedingly unimpressive shot right here.…Can you even see the sunset?…It's actually there, but we just need to…bring it forth in order to create this…fully-developed photograph.…Now, we're going to be doing so in Camera Raw.…But this technique is 100 percent applicable…to Lightroom.…Here, let me show you exactly how it works.…

All right; just so you have a chance…to see things on screen,…here's the original photograph…and here's the enhanced sunset,…courtesy of Camera Raw.…The first step here inside of Photoshop…is to go up to the File menu and choose…Open As Smart Object.…And then, if you're working along with me,…find this file, Bluebell Road.dng,…and click on the Open button.…Now, because this is a raw photograph,…it opens automatically inside of Camera Raw.…If you want to modify that dng file on disk,…then just go ahead and set in adjusting the settings,…