Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Using Camera Raw controls
In this section, you'll use a few of the controls you just reviewed.
1
Make sure that the Camera image is back to its original settings by holding down the
Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) key and clicking on Reset, located at the bottom-
right corner. The Cancel button becomes Reset when you hold down the Alt or
Option key.
2
The i rst thing you are going to do with this image is balance the color. You can
do this with the White Balance controls. In this instance, you'll keep it simple by
selecting the White Balance tool ( ) from the Control panel.
A good neutral to balance from is the light gray section of the name tag. With the
White Balance tool selected, click on the white part of the name tag. The image is
balanced, using that section of the image as a reference.
With the White Balance tool selected,
click on the name tag.
You'll now adjust some of the other settings available in the Basic tab, to make the
image more colorful while still maintaining good color balance.
The image looks a bit underexposed; the girl's face is somewhat dark. You'll bring out
more detail in the girl's face by increasing the exposure and then bringing down the
highlights to recover some of the image detail.
3
Click on the Exposure slider and drag to the left until you reach the +80 mark, or
type
80
in the Exposure text i eld.
4
Click on the Contrast slider in the Basic tab and drag to the right to about the +32
mark, or type
32
into the Contrast text i eld.
5
Recover some of the lost highlights by clicking and dragging the Highlight slider left,
to the -85 mark, or by typing
-85
in the Recovery text i eld.
