Color Correcting an Image - Adobe Photoshop CC - page 132

K. Effects : Applies filters and offers the ability to create post-cropping vignetting.
L. Camera Calibration : With the Camera Calibration tab, you can shoot a Macbeth color reference chart
(available from camera suppliers). Then you can set Color Samplers on the reference chart, and use the
sliders to balance the RGB values shown in the Info section. Settings can be saved by selecting the Presets
tab and clicking the New Preset button in the lower-right corner, or by choosing Save Settings from the
panel menu.
M. Presets : Stores settings for future use in the Presets tab.
N. Snapshots : Offers ability to save multiple versions of an image.
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 pressing and holding the Alt (Win-
dows) or Option (Mac OS) key and clicking Reset, located at the bottom-right corner. The Cancel but-
ton becomes Reset when you press and hold the Alt or Option key.
2 The first 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 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 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 the Exposure slider and drag to the right until you reach the +.80 mark, or type .80 in the Expos-
ure text field.
4 Click the Contrast slider in the Basic tab and drag to the right to about the +60 mark, or type 60 into the
Contrast text field.
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 Highlights text field.