Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
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Straighten, Red Eye Removal,
Preferences, Rotate, and
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Basic, Detail, Camera
Calibration tabs
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Shadow
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Preview
Full screen
view
Fu
ll scree
clip
g
Select
all
images
Highlight clipping
Histogram
Capture details
Settings selections
Color temperature
controls
Exposure control
Contrast control
Queued
raw files
Highlights control
Shadows control
Whites control
Blacks control
Clarity control
Vibrance control
Saturation control
Help
Save
image
Preview of
conversion
Apply changes
and close
Cancel
changes
Apply changes and
open in Elements
Color
depth
Zoom level
controls
Adobe Camera Raw is the utility that Elements uses to
convert raw files to an editable format. It has its own
workspace and set of tools and controls.
The Adobe Camera Raw utility
MAC = WINDOWS
The Adobe Camera
Raw utility looks and
works the same on
both platforms.
When you open a raw file into the Editor workspace of Elements you are presented with
the Adobe Camera Raw editing dialog (above). This window contains a full color preview
together with a variety of menu options, dialogs and image tools that you can use to inter-
actively adjust image data factors such as exposure, contrast and color saturation. Many of
these changes can be made with familiar slider-controlled editing tools normally found in
features like Levels and the Shadows/Highlights control. The results of your editing can be
reviewed immediately via the live preview image and the associated histogram graph.
After these general image-editing steps have taken place you can apply some enhancement
changes such as filtering for red-eye removal, straightening, cropping, sharpness, removing
color noise and applying some smoothing. The final phase of the process involves selecting
the color depth and image orientation. Clicking the Open Image button sets the conversion
utility into action applying your changes to the raw file, whilst at the same time interpolat-
ing the Bayer data to create a full color image, and then opening the enhanced and convert-
ed file into the full Elements workspace.
 
 
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