Overview
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Take your RAW skills to the next level and learn how to master Camera Raw tools such as curves, HSL controls, presets and profiles, masks, and more.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Want to master Adobe Camera Raw?
- What you should know before watching this course
- Using the exercise files
- What is a raw file and why must they be processed?
- What are DNG files?
- Converting raw files to DNG with Super Resolution
- One technology, many ways to access
- Using Adobe Camera Raw in Photoshop
- Using Adobe Camera Raw in Adobe Bridge
- Using Adobe Camera Raw in Lightroom Classic
- Using Adobe Camera Raw in Lightroom
- Using Adobe Camera Raw in After Effects
- Opening a raw file and how edits are stored
- Working with the toolbar
- Working with slider controls
- Using the before and after views
- Customizing the Edit panels
- Customizing the Filmstrip view
- Adjusting essential Camera Raw preferences
- Starting with a raw profile
- Setting proper white balance
- Adjusting tone
- Adjusting depth and color
- Using the histogram to adjust images
- Using parametric curves and the targeted adjustment tool
- Using point curves and color channels
- Saving curves presets
- Sharpening your photo
- Cleaning up an image with noise reduction
- Revisiting the texture and clarity controls
- Adjusting hue
- Adjusting saturation
- Adjusting luminance
- Working with grayscale images
- What is color grading?
- Creating an effective color grade
- Using built-in lens profiles
- Refining lens corrections
- Removing chromatic aberrations
- Adding grain
- Adding custom vignettes
- Alternative vignettes with the Radial Brush
- The role of the Camera Calibration tab
- Setting a custom calibration
- Working with premium presets
- Creating your own presets
- Creating advanced Adobe profiles
- Adding a LUT to a profile
- Refining Adobe profiles
- Adding snapshots to store different versions
- Cropping and straightening
- Using crop overlays for additional control
- Fixing perspective issues
- Geometric transformations
- Removing spots
- The Enhance Details command
- Working with the Upright adjustment
- Cloning an area
- Making local adjustments
- Working with object-based masks
- Working with brushes and gradients
- Using depth mattes
- Merging panoramic images
- Correcting distortion in panoramic images
- Developing panoramic images, part 1
- Developing panoramic images, part 2
- Merging HDR images
- Correcting ghosting in HDR images
- Developing HDR images
- The Workflow Options connection to photos
- Working with raw files as Photoshop Smart Objects
- Converting to DNG files
- Converting to other file formats
- Next steps
