Exposure Adjustment tool in CS2 - DPChallenge Forums

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

03/27/2008 08:08:13 AM · #1

Hi,

I assume the Exposure Adjustment tool in CS2 is legal in both basic and advanced editing (subject to to no selections in basic and O new shapes or features are created in the process)

thanks
Robert

Hipychik

Sony Alpha a6000

03/27/2008 09:43:28 AM · #2

I hope so!

Jutilda

Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon

03/27/2008 10:28:32 AM · #3

Yeah, I think it's fine. It's similar to what you can do in RAW but it just does it in jpeg format.

dwterry

Canon EOS-1D Mark III

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

03/27/2008 10:51:34 AM · #4

Originally posted by Jutilda:

Yeah, I think it's fine. It's similar to what you can do in RAW but it just does it in jpeg format.

This is probably obvious to most raw shooters, but those shooting jpegs may not realize it so I thought I'd point it out:

Although you can adjust the exposure in Photoshop, by that point in time, there is no extra data to recover. So if you are trying to reduce the exposure to recover highlights ... it won't happen. The highlights will just get dimmer and start to go gray. Or if you're trying to increase the exposure to get detail in the shadows ... again, it won't happen. The shadows will get brighter, yes, but the detail that wasn't there before ... still isn't.

Raw is a different animal.

Most raw files are 12-bit (some are now 16-bit). Which means you have a couple of bits of latitude on the top and bottom of the exposure that allows you to recover detail in highlight or shadow areas of the image by adjusting the exposure. And once you've gotten used to that capability... you'll never go back. :-)

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

03/27/2008 11:47:38 AM · #5

Cheers for your replies ... I keep meaning to play with RAW files but CS2 has no plugin for the 40d.

It was just to darken some of the shadows to "flatten" a black background as there was a little bit of light through the sheet I used and that seemed to be the easiest way, especially since you can't burn in basic

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

03/27/2008 11:49:26 AM · #6

Originally posted by bobonacus:

... the 40D came with DPP, the Canon RAW converter, which, according to some, works quite well.

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

03/27/2008 12:07:13 PM · #7

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

... the 40D came with DPP, the Canon RAW converter, which, according to some, works quite well.

I'm too lazy to post process with two programs, I want to do all my post processing work within a few minutes :) I really should give it a go though!!

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

03/27/2008 12:10:54 PM · #8

Originally posted by bobonacus:

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

... the 40D came with DPP, the Canon RAW converter, which, according to some, works quite well.

I'm too lazy to post process with two programs, I want to do all my post processing work within a few minutes :) I really should give it a go though!!

It's actually not that bad. BTW, when you use PS to do RAW conversion you are actually using two programs, ACR and PS.

With DPP, just configure it to open the image in PS once you're done with the RAW adjustments (if you need to continue processing at all).

I use Lightroom and a lot of the time don't open PS at all, just export/print from there.