You may find that evaluating the histogram for a particular photographic …image can be very helpful both in understanding the exposure for the photo …and making decisions about the adjustments you may want to apply. …I'll go ahead and Open an image in the in Adobe Camera Raw. …You'll notice initially I'll get a warning symbol in the top right corner of …the Preview. A triangle with an exclamation point on …it, it quickly disappears. That warning sign indicates that the …current preview does not reflect all adjustments. …It's based on cached data, once that warning sign disappears the image has …been updated, but that also means that the histogram is temporarily not …completely accurate. In most cases that won't cause any real …issue as far as evaluating the histogram. But it's good to be aware of this issue, nevertheless.…
The histogram display shows us the distribution of tonal values within the …photo, so that you can evaluate exposure, for example, and determine if anything is clipped. …
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7/12/2012- Opening RAW captures
- Setting Camera Raw preferences
- Evaluating with Preview
- Resetting adjustments
- Processing multiple images
- Basic adjustments
- Image transformation
- Camera calibration
- Focused adjustments
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 11s
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1. Getting Started
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Adobe Camera Raw overview1m 50s
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Opening RAW captures1m 56s
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Checking for updates1m 35s
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Zooming and panning3m 1s
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Histogram evaluation3m 44s
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Evaluating with previews1m 46s
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Snapshots3m 6s
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Presets3m 16s
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Resetting adjustments1m 33s
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Workflow options4m 42s
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Cancel, Save, Done, or Open5m 28s
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Processing multiple images4m 37s
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2. Basic Adjustments
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Image rotation1m 38s
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Cropping and straightening2m 42s
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White balance adjustments4m 16s
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Basic tonal adjustments4m 53s
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Presence adjustments3m 17s
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Tone curve adjustments4m 4s
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Image sharpening5m 30s
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Noise reduction4m 5s
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3. Advanced Adjustments
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HSL adjustments2m 21s
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Grayscale conversion2m 7s
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Split toning2m 52s
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Image transformation3m 56s
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Adding a film-grain effect2m 42s
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Vignetting4m 1s
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Camera calibration5m 21s
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4. Focused Adjustments
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On-image adjustments3m 55s
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Spot removal4m 58s
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Red-eye removal2m 22s
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The Adjustment Brush6m 15s
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The Graduated filter4m 6s
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