Evaluating with previews

I'm sure any photographer can appreciate the importance of perspective in a …photographic image, but there's also an important element of perspective related …to working with your images in Adobe Camera Raw. …And specifically what I'm referring to is getting some perspective on how good the …adjustments are that you're applying at any given moment. …And I think the best way to get some perspective on the adjustments you're …applying is by turning off the preview check box from time to time. …For example I'll apply some arbitrary adjustments here and let's just assume …for the sake of argument that the adjustments I'm applying are adjustments …that I'm happy with. I'll go ahead and apply some changes here …warming up the image just a little bit, well okay a lot, and adding some …contrast, some clarity, some saturation and vibrance.…

Now of course in this case the adjustment is obviously not a good adjustment. …I've applied very, very strong adjustments and they're just not working …that well for the image. But, sometimes you'll apply adjustments …