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Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS Industrial-Strength Production Techniques Bruce Fraser 0 ma Peachpit Press Adobe To all those who love photons and who make the decision to capture afrozen instant in time. Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS Bruce Fraser Copyright 02005 by Bruce Fraser Peachpit Press 1249 Eighth Street Berkeley, CA 94710 5101524-2178 Fax: 5101524-2221 Find us on the World Wide Web at www.peachpit.com. Peachpit Press is a division of Pearson Education. Realworld CameraRaw withAdobePhotoshop CSis published in association with Adobe Press. Interior design by Stephen F. Rothiopen House Cover Design: Aren Howell Cover Illustration: Ben Fishman, Artifish, Inc. Image credits and permissions, page 219 Notice of Rights AU rights reserved. No part ofthisbookmay bereproducedortransmiitedinanyform by anymeans, elemonic, mechanical,photocopying,recording, or othemise,without the prior written permission of the publisher. 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ISBN 0-321-27878-X 987654321 Printed and bound in the United States of America Overview The Big Picture PREFACB ONB W I CI THREE FWUR ply^ SIX Real World Raw xiii Digital Camera Raw 1 How Camera Raw Works 15 Using Camera Raw 37 The File Browser 109 it's All About the Workflow 137 Understanding Metadata 171 Exploiting Automation 195 T his page left blank Contents What's Inside Preface Real World Raw . . . . . . . . . . ~iii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiv ...... Teach a Man to FIsh You Are the Lab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . w Drowning in Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . w Making Images Smarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . w Starting Out Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi Understandingand Hubris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi How the Book Is Organized. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii AWord to Wmdm Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii Thankyoul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii Chapter 1 Digital Camera Raw. ......................... What Is a Digital Raw He?. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 The Camera Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Raw Files Are Grayscale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The Foueon X3 Di@rme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Erposureand Linear Gamma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Why Shoot I h d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Using AU the Bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 White Balance Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 ColorimetricInterpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Exposure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Detail and Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 viii Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS Raw Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ProcessingTime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FieSue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Longevity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adobe Camera Raw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Universal Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Industrial-Strength Features Integration with Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Digital Negative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................... Chapter 2 How Camera Raw Works . .................... Digital Image Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pixels and Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bit Depth. Dynamic Range. and Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . High-Bit Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gamma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Image Editing and Image Degradation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Losing Data and Limiting Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Color Space Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Camera Raw Advantage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prom Raw to Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Demosaicing and Colorimetric Interpretation . . . . . . . . . White Balance and Calibrate Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . Camera Raw and Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How Much HighlightDetail Can IRecover? . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shadows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brightness and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sharpening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Luminance and Color Noise Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . Watch the Histogram! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... Chapter 3 Using Camera Raw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 11 12 12 13 13 13 14 14 15 16 16 17 19 20 21 23 27 27 28 28 29 29 30 32 32 33 33 33 34 35 35 37 Camera Raw Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Camera Raw Static Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 The Tool Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 The Preview Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 The Main Control Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 The Histogram and RGB Readout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Contents ix The Settings Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 The Camera Raw Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Camera RawWorktlowControls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Camera Raw Image Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 The Adjust Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 The Detail Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 The Lens Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 The Calibrate Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Hands-onCamera Raw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Camera Raw Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 The High-BitAdvantage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 EvaluatingImages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 When to Resample 73 Editing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Saving Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Camera Raw Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Sidecar XMP Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Save Settings Subset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Beyond Camera Raw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 .......................... Chapter 4 The File Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Opening the Fie Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Anatomy of the File Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Fie Browser Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 AllAboutMetadata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Fie Browser Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 File Browser Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 The Folders Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 The Preview Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 The Metadata Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 The Keywords Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Configuring the Pile Bmwser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Fie Browser Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Worklng in the File Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Selecting and Sorting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Applying Camera Raw Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 It's Smart to Be Lazy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Chapter 5 It's All About the Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 The File Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . Storing and lkansferringRaw Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 x Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS Camera Media and Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . Formatting Camera Media . . . . . . . . . . . . Camera Card Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . Acquiring Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Archiving Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loading Images in the File Browser . . . . . . . . . . Key Preference Settings. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . Feeding the Cache Verifymg Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interrupting the Cache . . . . . . . . . . Caching Multiple Folders. . . . . . . . . . . Working with the Images. . . . . . . . . . . Selecting and Editing. . . . . . . . . . . Sorting and Renaming . . . . . . . . . . Applying Keywords and Metadata . . . . Processing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Automated conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Fie Browser Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understanding the Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with the Cache . . . . . . . . . Make the Work How . . . . . . . . . Chapter 6 Understanding Metadata. .. : .Jr+,n . . :. . . . . . What Is XMP, andWhyShould I Care? . . . . . . . . . . Growing Pains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XMP Is Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XMP Uncovered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sidecar .xrnp Decoded . . . . . . . . . . . ::. MeddlingWith Metadata . . . . . . . Cleaning Up Metadata Templates . . . . Custom Fie Info Palettes . . . . . . . . . . HijackingUselessFileInfoF 1s. . . . . . Embed Private Metadata . . . . . . . . . Making Images Smarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 7 Exploiting Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Batch Processing Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Rules for Opening Files in a Batch Operation . . . . . . . . . . 198 Rules for Saving Files in a Batch Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Rules for Running a Batch Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Playing by the Rules . . I A . Contents xi Recording Batch Actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Simple Action-Save as JPEG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Complex Action-Save for Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Running Batch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Source Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 ...... . . . . . 208 Destinationsettings . . . . . PDF Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . .209 Contact Sheet I1 . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . 212 Picture Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Web Photo Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215 Advanced Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217 ~ Image Credits and Permissions. Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~