Graphics Programs Reference
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Step Two:
To have Camera Raw automatically apply this calibration each time a photo from that par-
ticular camera is opened in Camera Raw, go to Camera Raw's flyout menu (in the top right
of the panel), and choose
Save New Camera Raw Defaults
(as shown here). Now, when
you open a photo from that camera (Camera Raw reads the EXIF data so it knows which
camera each shot comes from), it will apply that calibration.
Note:
You can adjust your
blues and greens in the same way.
Reducing Noise in Noisy Photos
This is, hands down, not only one of the most-requested features by photographers, but one
of the best since the upgrade in CS5. Now, if you're thinking, “But Scott, didn't Photoshop
and Camera Raw both have built-in noise reduction before CS5?” Yes, yes they did. And
did it stink? Yes, yes it did. But, does the current noise reduction rock? Oh yeah! What
makes it so amazing is that it removes the noise without greatly reducing the sharpness,
detail, and color saturation. Plus, it applies the noise reduction to the RAW image itself
(unlike most noise plug-ins).
Step One:
Open your noisy image in Camera Raw (the Noise Reduction feature works best on RAW
images, but you can also use it on JPEGs and TIFFs, as well). The image shown here was
shot at a high ISO using a Nikon D3S, which didn't do a very good job in this low-light
situation, so you can see a lot of color noise (those red, green, and blue spots) and lumin-
ance noise (the grainy looking gray spots).
