Presence adjustments

The last three sliders in the basic adjustments of Adobe Camera Raw are …Clarity, Vibrance and Saturation. Combined these three controls are often …referred to as the Presence adjustments. Because they influence the overall …presence of the subject in your photo. All three of them can be very helpful in …their own right. In some ways the clarity adjustment can …be thought of as sharpening. It's not exactly the same as sharpening, …but it's a very similar concept. I usually think of it more as a haze reducer. …It helps to bring out the details that's already there with an effect, that's …again, quite similar to sharpening. if you increase the value for clarity …you'll see a little bit more contrast, more detail will be readily apparent.…

Things just generally have a little bit more snap, and if we reduce the value for …clarity, then things will start to look a little more hazy. …A little painterly almost, and the effect can be quite nice for things such as …flower photographs or portraits. In this case, I'd like to bring out a …