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Is it a good idea or a bad idea to do the following in Camera Raw. I have always avoided doing the processes in Raw feeling that I will address these steps in the processing anyway and don't know of any advantage to do these in Raw.
1) Cropping and straightening
2) Sharpening
3) Noise reduction
When I have the RAW file in front of me to post process, I do one global sharpening step. Cropping and straightening and noise reduction is after I have Save As, my RAW, to 16-bit tiff.
Depends on how you feel about starting over from raw if your crop is wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott Frye
I think some sharpening in RAW processing is a good idea. Some folks disagree. It is not all the sharpening you will do... sharpen in raw processing, post-process, sharpen in post-processing (sharpening is last step for target output).Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott Frye
I don't think noise reduction in RAW processing is a good idea because often you only want to do noise reduction on a portion of an image.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott Frye
Cheers,
-Michael-
Scott
Each new version of ACR has allowed more and more processing of your image - so why not use it if you intend to create a new master file.
Fully agree with Michael's comments but would add:
-if you open as a smart object, then very easy to go back and make changes/corrections
ACR processing becomes even more useful if you can batch process "similar" files
I try not to crop when downloading raw files. I prefer to use Lightroom and I'll crop, straighten, etc. and then save as a tif in case I change my mind later.
Scott,
If your raw output is a 16-bit tif, then I would leave your 3 steps to post processing. If 8-bit output, I would do as much as I could in the raw converter. What does need to be done in the raw converter:
chromatic aberration correction.
black point set not to clip.
white point set not to clip
highlight recovery if needed.
Roger
