Graphics Programs Reference
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Step One:
Before you create your pano, you need to choose whether you want to edit it (stuff like
exposure, highlights, and such) now, in Camera Raw, while the individual images are still
in 16-bit RAW format, or once it's a single 8-bit pano. It's your call, but I recommend
tweaking them now in Camera Raw before you make your pano, so you get the advant-
ages of working with RAW-quality images (if they're JPEG images, it doesn't matter when
you edit them—I'd just wait until they're a pano). So, if you shot in RAW, go ahead and
Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) to select all the pano images in Bridge (as seen here).
SCOTT KELBY
Step Two:
Now, press
Command-R (PC: Ctrl-R)
to open your selected images in Camera Raw (as
seen here). Click the Select All button at the top of the filmstrip on the left to select all
the images you just opened, so any changes you make are automatically applied to all the
pano frames. Let's increase the Exposure (to +0.15) and Contrast (to +67), pull back the
Highlights to -64 to bring back some dimension and detail in the sky, and bump the Shad-
ows up to +63 to see more detail inside the archways. Set the white and black points by
