Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:50 PM -0500 2/2/05, B. D. Colen wrote:
>There are definitely times when PS offers the best, if not the only
>option for color correction. But keep in mind that making changes in
>Photoshop is rarely 'cost free,' in terms of the digital file. So if you
>can make the adjustments in camera if shooting digital, or with filters
>if shooting film, you're probably better off than routinely depending
>upon Photoshop.
>
It's 'cost free' if you shoot RAW, or rather, it doesn't matter what
the camera is set at. When you convert it, import it, whatever, the
software will show the file as it was 'tagged' by the camera
software, but the info is the same no matter what parameters you set.
Note that using filters with a digital camera doesn't really gain you
as much as you might think, as you filter out some information that
you don't want, and therefore relatively boost some other info.
Photoshop, or rather Camera Raw, does similar things but you are not
penalized as much w.r.t. shooting sensitivity.
If you shoot jpegs, you lose info when not shooting at the correct
colour balance, so do your adjusting before you fire.
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