A question about the Exposure and Shadows controls in PS RAW

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adykes
Apr 16, 2008
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From film and paper photography, I understand the need to get some absolute black and absolute white in a good picture.

In Photoshop RAW, when I hold down the key and slide the Exposure control from the left, do I slide it until one of the channels appears? If any further, how much?


Al Dykes
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John Passaneau
Apr 16, 2008
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From film and paper photography, I understand the need to get some absolute black and absolute white in a good picture.

In Photoshop RAW, when I hold down the key and slide the Exposure control from the left, do I slide it until one of the channels appears? If any further, how much?

Hi adykes:

There has been a mountain of very good photographs made with out an absolute black or absolute white. The so called requirement for that is a photo myth.
Anyway adjusting sliders the until one of the clipping indicators show up is one way to get absolute back or white and if that makes your pictures better is up to you.
They are NO rules that are not made to be ignored, learn to trust your own judgment of what makes a good photograph.

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Fred
Jul 16, 2008
From film and paper photography, I understand the need to get some absolute black and absolute white in a good picture.

In Photoshop RAW, when I hold down the key and slide the Exposure control from the left, do I slide it until one of the channels appears? If any further, how much?


Al Dykes
News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising.
– Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail

It all depends on the photo.
It would be silly to make something pure black when there is no black in the photo.
When it has to be black, slide till you start to see the clipping in the channels and then slide till the clipcolor is really black. If then the photo looks too dark, slide back.
Same with white.
Evaluate and trust your eyes/feeling. There are no rules.

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