CS3 RAW adjustments

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Alan Beynon
Feb 9, 2008
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Anybody using CS3? In the RAW palette, at the bottom I have two sliders -"Vibrance" and "Saturation". I’m working through a project from Scott Kelby’s book – 7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop CS3. He has a third slider at the bottom called "Clarity".
Does anybody have any suggestions why the "Clarity" slider isn’t showing in my palette?

Cheers.

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mesa
Feb 9, 2008
Alan Beynon wrote:

Anybody using CS3? In the RAW palette, at the bottom I have two sliders -"Vibrance" and "Saturation". I’m working through a project from Scott Kelby’s book – 7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop CS3. He has a third slider at the bottom called "Clarity".
Does anybody have any suggestions why the "Clarity" slider isn’t showing in my palette?

Cheers.

Make sure your CS3 is current update as they keep adding things.

I open through Bridge.
MR
Mike Russell
Feb 9, 2008
"Alan Beynon" wrote:
Anybody using CS3? In the RAW palette, at the bottom I
have two sliders -"Vibrance" and "Saturation". I’m working through a project from Scott Kelby’s book – 7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop CS3. He has a third slider at the bottom called "Clarity".

Does anybody have any suggestions why the "Clarity" slider isn’t showing in my palette?

Rob had the answer – the clarity slider is in the newer version of Camera Raw. http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/cameraraw.html


Mike Russell – www.curvemeister.com
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Alan Beynon
Feb 9, 2008
Well done Rob. I simply updated RAW. many thanks
"Alan Beynon" wrote in message Anybody using CS3? In the RAW palette, at the bottom I have two sliders -"Vibrance" and "Saturation". I’m working through a project from Scott Kelby’s book – 7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop CS3. He has a third slider at the bottom called "Clarity".
Does anybody have any suggestions why the "Clarity" slider isn’t showing in my palette?

Cheers.
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GordonP
Feb 10, 2008
I’m using Photoshop Elements 6 and have recently downloaded the latest Raw update. The Clarity slider does show up when I open a Raw file, above the Vibrance slider. I haven’t experimented with the Clarity slider yet. What is it intended to do?

GordonP
"Alan Beynon" wrote in message Anybody using CS3? In the RAW palette, at the bottom I have two sliders -"Vibrance" and "Saturation". I’m working through a project from Scott Kelby’s book – 7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop CS3. He has a third slider at the bottom called "Clarity".
Does anybody have any suggestions why the "Clarity" slider isn’t showing in my palette?

Cheers.
M
mesa
Feb 10, 2008
GordonP wrote:
I’m using Photoshop Elements 6 and have recently downloaded the latest Raw update. The Clarity slider does show up when I open a Raw file, above the Vibrance slider. I haven’t experimented with the Clarity slider yet. What is it intended to do?

There are some good explanations and how to use the new features in processing in raw.

If you haven looked yet but the sharpening also has some new sliders.

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/cs3-photoshop-10.h tml

http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html

these are just a couple.
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http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/10.0/

Clarity, Saturation, and Vibrance controls in Camera Raw

You can change the color saturation (vividness or color purity) of all colors by adjusting the Clarity, Vibrance, and Saturation controls on the Basic tab. (To adjust saturation for a specific range of colors, use the controls on the HSL / Grayscale tab.)

Clarity
Adds depth to an image by increasing local contrast. This setting is similar to a large-radius unsharp mask. When using this setting, it is best to zoom in to 100% or greater. To maximize the effect, increase the setting until you see halos near the edge details of the image and then reduce the setting slightly.

Vibrance
Adjusts the saturation so that clipping is minimized as colors approach full saturation, changing the saturation of all lower-saturated colors with less effect on the higher-saturated colors. Vibrance also prevents skin tones from becoming oversaturated.

Saturation
Adjusts the saturation of all image colors equally from ‑100 (monochrome) to +100 (double the saturation).

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Adjust sharpening in Camera Raw

The sharpening controls on the Detail tab adjust edge definition in the image. Camera Raw provides four adjustments to help you fine-tune image sharpness.

Use the Apply Sharpening To preference in the Camera Raw preferences to specify whether sharpening is applied to all images or just to previews.

1. Zoom the preview image to at least 100%.
2. In the Detail tab, adjust any of these controls:

Amount
Adjusts edge definition. Increase the Amount value to
increase sharpening. A value of zero (0) turns off sharpening. In general, set Amount to a lower value for cleaner images. The adjustment is a variation of Unsharp Mask, which locates pixels that differ from surrounding pixels based on the threshold you specify and increases the pixels’ contrast by the amount you specify. When opening a camera raw image file, the Camera Raw plug‑in calculates the threshold to use based on camera model, ISO, and exposure compensation.

Radius
Adjusts the size of the details that sharpening is applied to. Photos with very fine details may need a lower setting. Photos with larger details may be able to use a larger radius. Using too large a radius generally results in unnatural-looking results.

Detail
Adjusts how much high-frequency information is sharpened in the image and how much the sharpening process emphasizes edges. Lower settings primarily sharpen edges to remove blurring. Higher values are useful for making the textures in the image more pronounced.

Masking
Controls an edge mask. With a setting of zero (0), everything in the image receives the same amount of sharpening. With a setting of 100, sharpening is mostly restricted to those areas near the strongest edges. Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) while dragging this slider to see the areas to be sharpened (white) versus the areas masked out (black).
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krash
Feb 12, 2008
another wonderful place is www.radiantvista.com they have tutorials, and mark has just released a new PS companion book, from what I have seen of it, it is very good http://www.msjphotography.com/bookstore.html kk

"Rob." wrote in message
GordonP wrote:
I’m using Photoshop Elements 6 and have recently downloaded the latest Raw update. The Clarity slider does show up when I open a Raw file, above the Vibrance slider. I haven’t experimented with the Clarity slider yet. What is it intended to do?

There are some good explanations and how to use the new features in processing in raw.

If you haven looked yet but the sharpening also has some new sliders.
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/cs3-photoshop-10.h tml
http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html

these are just a couple.
…………………………………………………… …………
http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/10.0/

Clarity, Saturation, and Vibrance controls in Camera Raw
You can change the color saturation (vividness or color purity) of all colors by adjusting the Clarity, Vibrance, and Saturation controls on the Basic tab. (To adjust saturation for a specific range of colors, use the controls on the HSL / Grayscale tab.)

Clarity
Adds depth to an image by increasing local contrast. This setting is similar to a large-radius unsharp mask. When using this setting, it is best to zoom in to 100% or greater. To maximize the effect, increase the setting until you see halos near the edge details of the image and then reduce the setting slightly.

Vibrance
Adjusts the saturation so that clipping is minimized as colors approach full saturation, changing the saturation of all lower-saturated colors with less effect on the higher-saturated colors. Vibrance also prevents skin tones from becoming oversaturated.

Saturation
Adjusts the saturation of all image colors equally from -100 (monochrome) to +100 (double the saturation).

…………………………………………………… …………….
Adjust sharpening in Camera Raw

The sharpening controls on the Detail tab adjust edge definition in the image. Camera Raw provides four adjustments to help you fine-tune image sharpness.

Use the Apply Sharpening To preference in the Camera Raw preferences to specify whether sharpening is applied to all images or just to previews.
1. Zoom the preview image to at least 100%.
2. In the Detail tab, adjust any of these controls:

Amount
Adjusts edge definition. Increase the Amount value to increase sharpening. A value of zero (0) turns off sharpening. In general, set Amount to a lower value for cleaner images. The adjustment is a variation of Unsharp Mask, which locates pixels that differ from surrounding pixels based on the threshold you specify and increases the pixels’ contrast by the amount you specify. When opening a camera raw image file, the Camera Raw plug-in calculates the threshold to use based on camera model, ISO, and exposure compensation.

Radius
Adjusts the size of the details that sharpening is applied to. Photos with very fine details may need a lower setting. Photos with larger details may be able to use a larger radius. Using too large a radius generally results in unnatural-looking results.

Detail
Adjusts how much high-frequency information is sharpened in the image and how much the sharpening process emphasizes edges. Lower settings primarily sharpen edges to remove blurring. Higher values are useful for making the textures in the image more pronounced.

Masking
Controls an edge mask. With a setting of zero (0), everything in the image receives the same amount of sharpening. With a setting of 100, sharpening is mostly restricted to those areas near the strongest edges. Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) while dragging this slider to see the areas to be sharpened (white) versus the areas masked out (black).

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