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Thursday, 18 October 2007

Excited by ACR 4.2

Well I was for a few minutes. I recently upgraded to Photoshop CS3 and ACR 4.2. I was processing the high contrast shot above - taken with the A100 and kit lens. Using previous versions I would have done a 'poor man's HDR' using two RAW conversions to give an acceptable image.
With the new sliders in ACR 4.2 I didn't need to. I increased the Fill Light to brighten the stone of the war memorial and used the Recovery slider in conjunction with the exposure slider to darken the sky. Great!
Until I looked more closely. I had enhanced the fringing (which I could not remove) and there were halos around several edges. Back to square one. I did the poor man's HDR and I had no problems with fringing or halos.

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WrightPhotos - The Blog Thursday, 18 October 2007 Excited by ACR 4.2 Well I was for a few minutes. I recently upgraded to Photoshop CS3 and ACR 4.2. I was processing the high contrast shot above - taken with the A100 and kit lens. Using previous versions I would have done a 'poor man's HDR' using two RAW conversions to give an acceptable image. With the new sliders in ACR 4.2 I didn't need to. I increased the Fill Light to brighten the stone of the war memorial and used the Recovery slider in conjunction with the exposure slider to darken the sky. Great! Until I looked more closely. I had enhanced the fringing (which I could not remove) and there were halos around several edges. Back to square one. I did the poor man's HDR and I had no problems with fringing or halos. Copyright © Greg Wright 2005-8 Photography from Frome - All rights reserved ¶ 21:17 Comments: Post a Comment << Home	Photography with a Personal Flavour You have arrived at WrightPhotos which is dedicated to the work of photographer, Greg Wright who is based in Frome in Somerset. The Galleries contain selections of images based around themes such as Elegant Decay, Food and Waste. You can also find out more about Greg and the Services that WrightPhotos has to offer. Unfortunately we can only show a limited number of Greg's photographs on this site. A larger selection of Greg's images can be viewed on Alamy and licensed for stock use. This website is updated regularly, so don't forget to visit often to see the updates. Archives July 2007 / August 2007 / September 2007 / October 2007 / November 2007 / December 2007 / January 2008 / February 2008 / March 2008 / April 2008 / May 2008 / June 2008 / July 2008 / August 2008 / Subscribe to Posts [Atom] Copyright © Greg Wright 2005-8 Photography from Frome - All rights reserved