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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Mockingbird, Then and Now
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 19:51:10 -0500
Thanks.  Hardly TMI... that's my wife's lament, never mine.  But it will 
take me a while to digest this and translate to ACR/PS

Chuck Norcutt

On 1/7/2014 11:47 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> I don't use ACR anymore, but I do use LR5, which is the same thing in
> a different package. The tools in LR are arranged in what Adobe
> thinks is the preferred order for post processing, but I differ with
> them enough so that I'm hopping up and down the left side of the
> screen throughout the process. Step one is easy enough: more or less
> correct exposure, black and white points. Then all the way to the
> bottom for camera profiles. Adobe Standard is the default, and for a
> lot of cameras, including my Fuji X-100s, the only choice. I have a
> variety of choices for the Nikon, and I almost always use Nikon's
> Camera Standard for the D800, with an occasional nod to Camera
> Landscape or Camera Portrait. Each makes subtle adjustments that can
> make the difference in the image.
>
> Then I do the lens profile corrections, which sometimes mess with
> overall exposure, which is why I don't try to nail down exposure in
> step one. After profile corrections, I go back to the top panel and
> start moving sliders. I rarely use LCE in Photoshop anymore because
> LR5's Clarity slider nails it pretty good. If I don't want it over
> the whole image, I just use the LR brush and mask what I want to
> clarify and let it rip. My usual technique is to slide too far and
> heat the image up, then back it down to what looks right.
>
> Toward the end of the process I sharpen the image, and then do noise
> reduction. Sometimes it's a back and forth thing, with a little
> sharpen, some NR, more sharpening, more NR, etc. The other sliders
> come into play, too. Detail, masking, etc., all have their roles to
> play. Okay, sometimes I do NR before I sharpen. Have not yet
> determined which is most effective, though I tend to prefer
> sharpening then NR.
>
> Finally, and especially if the image is to be printed on matte paper,
> I will soft proof. Since LR added the soft proof feature, I usually
> make do with that. Sometimes I'll go do it in Photoshop as the curves
> control is so much more precise. Soft proofing is still a Kentucky
> windage thing, however, because if you check the paper emulation box,
> the result is far too aggressive. If you don't check the box, you
> don't get a true representation of what the image will look like on
> paper. If I had a gauge, I'd guesstimate the correct effect lies
> about a third of the way between not checking the paper emulation box
> and checking it.
>
> Finally, soft proofing will show you out of gamut colors, or try to,
> which can be important when printing to matte paper, which doesn't
> have the DR of luster or glossy papers. But like the paper emulation,
> the out of gamut is too aggressive, so the end effect is that you
> have to putter around enough to more or less know where to set the
> controls. (I don't always soft proof for luster or glossy papers
> because what comes out of the printer is so close to what's on the
> monitor.)
>
> Sorry if that's TMI. Sometimes I get carried away.
>
> --Bob Whitmire Certified Neanderthal
>
> On Jan 7, 2014, at 10:56 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> I've always assumed that ACR NR was the first processing step.  On
>> reflection that may not be right since I think the tools are
>> typically arranged in the tabs according to order of usage
>> (ignoring iterative back and forth).  Maybe I have to adjust my
>> total workflow to use NR after exposure adjustments.
>
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