Before we start to work with Camera RAW, I want to take a look at, here, how we can access the Camera Raw Preferences by way of Adobe Bridge or Adobe Photoshop. So let's start off in Bridge. Here, you can navigate to the Adobe Bridge pulldown menu and then choose Camera Raw Preferences. Here, you can see you have different preferences for Camera Raw, and we can customize those here. Yet before we actually do that, let's also take a look at how we can access these in Photoshop. So to go to Photoshop--we'll click on the Boomerang icon--and in Photoshop, if you go to your pulldown menu and choose Preferences and then File Handling, you'll notice in this area of the Preferences, about halfway down the page, there is a button for Camera Raw Preferences.
Click on this, and it will open up that same exact dialog. So again, it's just two different ways to access the same settings. Let's take a look at our Preferences. Now for the most part these Default Preferences are good to go, straight out of the box. So there's not a lot that we're going to change here, if really anything. Yet I do want to walk through these different preferences so that you have a working understanding of some of the more important preferences. One of the first ones is this: Save image settings in Sidecar XMP files. This is critical.
In this way, as you modify an image with Camera Raw, all those XMP settings will be saved right next door to that image. So that if you were to copy it to another hard drive, those settings would go with it. The other option is to Save these settings in the Camera Raw database. Well, this isn't a good idea because if you were to copy the file to another hard drive, well, you would lose all of those Camera Raw Settings. So again, I recommend you leave that default setting turned on. The next thing I want to highlight are some Default Image Settings.
The one that you want to leave checked on, again, is the default setting of auto apply the grayscale mix. This will give you a good starting point when converting your images to black and white. Finally, I want to jump down to JPEG and TIFF Handling. You know that you can process all sorts of different file types with Adobe Camera Raw. Two file types are JPEG and TIFF. Here, you can define how you want Photoshop to open up these files. Do you want it to Automatically open these files in Camera Raw, if they have already been modified by Camera Raw? Or on the other hand, you could disable this JPEG support so that if you have JPEGs, they will just go straight to Photoshop, regardless of whether they have been modified with Camera Raw or not.
Or on the other side of the spectrum, you could choose to Automatically open all supported JPEGs. Therefore, if you simply open up a JPEG, it will first go to Camera Raw before Photoshop. In My Opinion, the best preference, again, is the default option to automatically open these with settings. That is, to open the files which you have already previously worked on inside of Adobe Camera Raw. The same thing goes for TIFFs. I just want to highlight these different options so that you can choose the appropriate preference here which matches your workflow in the way that you want to work with Adobe Camera Raw.
Now that we've taken a look at these preferences, let's go ahead and dig into how we can work with Camera Raw. And let's do that in the next movie.
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4/26/2012The course details the features and techniques behind enhancing and retouching photos, preparing them for print and online publishing, and much more. Chris demonstrates how to make basic edits in Camera Raw, develop and save color profiles, work with layers and selections, tone and sharpen, and retouch images while retaining their natural character.
Chris also shares some creative tips and project ideas, such as converting a photo to black-and-white and enhancing a portrait with hand-painted masks. The course also covers workflow details, such as organizing images in Bridge and Mini Bridge, optimizing Photoshop preferences, and calibrating your monitor.
- Getting started with Bridge and Mini Bridge
- Setting up color and performance preferences
- Calibrating your monitor
- Improving images with the basic controls in Camera Raw
- Creating, aligning, and organizing layers
- Using masks for removing or blending images and for sharpening
- Working with vibrancy, hue, and saturation controls
- Enhancing color and tone with Levels
- Using Curves and masks to enhance brightness, color, and tone
- Mastering the art of blending modes
- Correcting and replacing color
- Burning and dodging
- Converting to black and white
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome55s
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1. Strategies for Learning
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2. Getting Started with Bridge and Mini Bridge
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Adding metadata and keywords4m 47s
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Renaming images1m 45s
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Working with Mini Bridge4m 36s
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3. Color Settings and Preferences
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Modifying zoom preferences4m 20s
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Changing HUD brush options3m 41s
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Opening up documents in tabs4m 11s
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Choosing cursor preferences5m 14s
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4. Foundations of Color Management
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Introducing color profiles5m 17s
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Setting up your studio1m 59s
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5. Getting Started with Photoshop
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Introducing the Tools panel4m 53s
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6. Understanding Digital Images
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Introducing image resizing3m 42s
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Resizing images effectively3m 48s
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7. Working in Camera Raw
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What is Camera Raw?2m 47s
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8. Utilizing Layers
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Introducing layers2m 22s
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Working with layer opacity3m 29s
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Aligning layers1m 32s
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Creating new layers4m 53s
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Organizing layers2m 31s
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Adding layer style effects5m 28s
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Creating a clipping mask6m 50s
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Targeting and moving layers2m 13s
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9. Making Selections
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Using the three lasso tools4m 56s
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10. Using the Masking Panel
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Introducing masking1m 14s
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11. Adding Custom Borders
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Using prebuilt borders4m 13s
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12. Improving Your Images with Adjustments
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13. Using Levels to Correct and Enhance
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Working with auto levels3m 36s
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Creative tip: checking in2m 38s
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14. Making Color and Tone Adjustments with Curves
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15. The Art of Blending Modes
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Using blending shortcuts2m 4s
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16. Correcting Color
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17. Enhancing Colors
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Creative tip: shoot more1m 37s
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18. Burning and Dodging
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19. Converting to Black and White
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The power of black and white4m 14s
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20. Working with Filters
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Introducing Smart Filters3m 36s
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Applying Smart Filters6m 20s
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Working with Tilt-Shift Blur3m 52s
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21. Removing Noise
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22. Basic Image Cleanup
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Basic portrait retouching3m 15s
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Brightening the eyes2m 30s
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Retouching selected areas5m 27s
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23. Correcting Distortion and Perspective
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24. Combining Multiple Images
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25. Sharpening Your Images
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Working with Smart Sharpen6m 17s
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Using Unsharpen Mask4m 49s
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26. Getting Your Images Online
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Sharpening for the web3m 5s
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Creating a web gallery5m 49s
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27. Desktop Printing
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Adjusting printer settings3m 43s
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28. Working with Video
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Exporting a project2m 15s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye35s
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