Photoshop: Chapter 12

Chapter 12: Working with Camera Raw

Camera Raw is a plug in that runs inside Photoshop. Camera Raw is specifically designed to enhance photographic images. Camera Raw is mostly about making global modifications to entire images at a time. Camera Raw even lets you modify multiple photos at once, which something Photoshop can’t do, and it offers better controls for color balancing images, breathing life into overly dark shadows, and dimming down overly bright highlights.

Goals for this Lesson

• Open a proprietary camera raw image in Adobe Camera Raw.
• Adjust tone and color in a raw image.
• Sharpen an image in Camera Raw.
• Synchronize settings for multiple images.
• Open a Camera Raw image as a Smart Object in Photoshop.
• Apply Camera Raw as a filter in Photoshop.

Objective

You will be taking RAW image files and color correcting them to enhance them.

• Process a proprietary camera raw image and save your adjustments.
• Make typical corrections to a digital photograph.
• Sync all settings in RAW

Grading (5 Points)

• You met the minimum requirements of the project assignment, as outlined in the instructions and submission requirements.
• You used good judgment while using the RAW setting
• Your SYNC your files correctly
• Did you save the file appropriately?
• Is the exercise submitted on time?

Instructions

1. Download the files here. (Unzip them)
2. Open the car.jpg file in Camera Raw.
3. Use the White Balance tool to help fix the coloring.  Be sure to pick a neural white color to do this.
4. Change the other settings like exposure, highlights, shadows, etc.. in order to enhance the photo.
5. When satisfied, open the file in Photoshop.  Choose File > Save As…, and rename your document Ch12Ex1_(YourInitials).jpg  BE SURE TO SAVE IT AS A .JPG!
6. Open the Mission Folder and shift-click to select all of the images—Mission01.crw, Mission02.crw, and Mission03.crw—and then choose File > Open In Camera Raw.
7. Click each thumbnail in the filmstrip to preview all the images before you begin.  When you’ve seen all three, select the Mission01.crw image again.
8. Select the White Balance tool at the top of the Camera Raw dialog box and use it to set an accurate white balance. (Select an object that should be white or gray like the clouds).
9. Then change the sliders as follows:
   • Exposure: +0.20
   • Contrast: +18
   • Highlights: +8
   • Shadows: +63
   • Whites: +12
   • Blacks: -14
   • Clarity: +3
   • Vibrance: +4
   • Saturation: +1
10. Go into the Detail Option and change the Sharpening to:
    • Move the Amount slider to 100.
    • Move the Radius slider to 0.9.
    • Move the Detail slider to 25
    • Move the Masking slider to 61
11. Select all the images in Camera Raw and Synchronize the settings so all the images have the same settings.
12. Open all the Photos in Photoshop. Save each photo as  Ch12Ex2_(YourInitials).jpg, Ch12Ex3_(YourInitials).jpg, and Ch12Ex4_(YourInitials).jpg. BE SURE TO SAVE IT AS A .JPG!
13. Submit all the files in the network drive in a folder named Chapter12_(YourInitials).