dbraid Posted September 30, 2010 Share #1 Posted September 30, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have recently been experimenting with Lightroom 3 and find it useful for processing photos quickly. I do wonder whether it is possible to use LR to do fine tuning of color, however. In the past I have used Photoshop (and ACR) to process fine art images. As one step in this process (after adjusting overall WB as best as I am able) I use Levels to precisely set the black point in the image to a neutral black and the white point to a neutral white (I do this using color samplers and fine tuning the levels sliders in the color channels). I find that this process yields a richness and subtlety of color in the shadow areas of the image. It is also the case that once this is done, the overall image looks well adjusted to my eyes (without setting some neutral grey in the middle of the range) Having said this, I have two questions: 1) I am not an expert on color and wonder if this process makes sense. For example, while I get the subtlety of color does this also eliminate color "casts" that may be desirable when photographing in early or late light? 2) Is there a way to do anything similar in Lightroom? It seems that I can only set the overall WB (as I would in ACR) and then export to Photoshop for any more subtle control. Any comments or insight would be welcome. Donald Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MA-Sweden Posted September 30, 2010 Share #2 Posted September 30, 2010 Hi Donald, There is a tool called Color Checker Passport from X-Rite that can be a great help for you (WB, color profile). You can read more at www,xritephoto.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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