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Step Three:
If you're shooting landscapes (and you want
that Fuji Velvia film look), or you just have
a subject where you really want vivid colors,
try the Camera Vivid profile, which mimics
the Vivid color preset you could have chosen
in your camera. I love this one for landscapes,
but I'll also try the Camera Landscape pro-
file and compare the two, to see which
one looks best for the particular photo I'm
looking at, because I've learned that it really
depends on the photo as to which profile
looks best. That's why I recommend trying
a few different profiles to find the one that's
right for the photo you're working with.
Note: Don't forget, you only get a choice
of these camera profiles if you shot in RAW.
If you shot in JPEG mode, you'll only see
one profile: Embedded.
TIP: Create Your Own Profiles
You can create your own custom prof iles
using Adobe's free DNG Profile Editor,
available from Adobe at http://labs.adobe
.com/wiki/index.php/DNG_Profiles.
Step Four:
Here's a Before/After, where the only thing
I did was choose the Camera Vivid profile.
By the way, Adobe doesn't claim that these
profiles will give you the look of a JPEG
image, but in my opinion these surely can
get you fairly close. I use these profiles any-
time I want my starting point to be closer
to the JPEG-like image I saw on the back
of my camera.
TIP: Apply Profiles Automatically
If you find that you like a particular profile,
and you always want it applied to your
images, you can go to the Develop module,
choose the profile (don't do anything else in
the Develop module), and create a Develop
preset with that name. Now, you can apply
that look automatically to every photo you
import by choosing that preset from the
Develop Settings pop-up menu in Light-
room's Import window. (For more on
creating presets, see page 158.)
 
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