- #26 Understanding Photoshop Camera Raw
- #27 Learning the Camera Raw Interface
- #28 Setting the White Balance
- #29 Adjusting Exposure and Tone Automatically
- #30 Adjusting Custom Exposure and Tone
- #31 Enhancing Color with Vibrance and Saturation
- #32 Using the Tone Curve
- #33 Adjusting Hue, Saturation, and Luminance
- #34 Creating Black-and-White Images
- #35 Using Split Toning
- #36 Using Lens Corrections
- #37 Using the Spot Removal and Red Eye Removal Tools
- #38 Making Localized Adjustments
- #39 Using the Graduated Filter Tool
- #40 Cropping, Rotating, and Straightening
- #41 Sharpening and Reducing Noise
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
#27 Learning the Camera Raw Interface
Open an image in Camera Raw from within Photoshop or Bridge. Notice that the interface looks different than Photoshop or Bridge because the plug-in works like a stand-alone application. To get the most out of Camera Raw, you need to become familiar with the main aspects of its interface.
Tools
At the top of the Camera Raw dialog box is a row of tools. These tools give you the ability perform various important functions—everything from zooming to rotating (Figure 27a).
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Figure 27a Camera Raw tools and the respective shortcut keys.
Image adjustment tabs
The bulk of the power and functionality of Camera Raw can be found in the controls collected into eight image adjustment tabs. Click a tab to access the controls it contains. Each tab uses a somewhat cryptic icon as a label—here’s the secret decoder ring (Figure 27b):
- Basic. Adjust white balance, exposure, contrast, saturation.
- Tone Curve. Fine-tune tonality.
- Detail. Adjust sharpening and reduce noise.
- HSL/Grayscale. Convert to color or black and white.
- Split Toning. Add color to the highlights and shadows.
- Lens Corrections. Fix lens vignetting and chromatic aberration.
- Camera Calibration. Customize settings for a specific camera.
- Presets. Save and access presets.
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Figure 27b The Camera Raw image adjustment tabs and their functions.
Save, Open, Cancel, and Done
When you are finished adjusting your image, click one of the four buttons along the bottom of the Camera Raw window (Figure 27c):
- Save Image. Save the raw file in a different file format (PSD, TIFF, DNG, JPEG).
- Open Image. Open the image in Photoshop.
- Cancel. Cancel adjustments and return to Bridge.
- Done. Apply adjustments and return to Bridge.
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Figure 27c When your work in Camera Raw is done, click one of the four buttons.