Part-3 - Master Adobe Camera Raw for Professional Raw Image Retouching in Photoshop for Beginn

1. Intro Part 3 Master Camer Raw 1 f: Welcome to the course. Master Adobe Camera Raw in Adobe Photoshop for professional raw image retouching. This is part third of the course. And in this part we are going to focus on the detail and the Sharpening panel in Adobe Camera Raw. We'll take a deep dive into this panel and we will learn how we can professionally sharpen our images with full control. And we will also learn how we can remove the color noise or the overall noise from an image using the noise reduction slider in this sharpening or detail panel within the Adobe Camera Raw. If this sounds interesting to you, then go ahead and enroll in this course. And I will see you inside the course. 2. 1 How to use Deatails or Sharpening Panel in Adobe Camera Raw Master Adobe Camera Raw comp f: Welcome to this lecture. In this lecture we'll be learning all about the Sharpening panel or the Detail panel in the Adobe Camera Raw. Let's get started. Once we are in the Basic panel now we can come over here on the Detail panel by clicking this mountain like icon. Once we are here, as you can see, the first option we have is off the sharpening and second one is off the noise reduction. So first of all, we'll take the Sharpening panel. You can see over here we have the slider for the amount. It determines how much detail you want. But before we go any further, I would like you to come over here and see an option over here. It will click this. It's written as Adobe RGB bit and 16 mega pixel is the and 240 ppi resolution. And this differs from image to image. This is my native resolution of the DSLR camera. And this is the default size, 4928 by 3264, okay? And it might be different for you if you are using some other camera. If I'll just click it and you can see this dialog box will open. And from here we can decide whether we want to walk on the Adobe RGB color mode or different as RGB or pro photo Arusha RGB. But basically if you are using the Adobe Photoshop and always ought or Adobe RGB as that gives us the best result, best result. And next is the depth. And here, from here we can choose whether we want to work on eight bit or 16 bit. 16 bit is actually a very large file. So avoid it, always work on it. And from here we have the option to choose our resolution. So suppose if you want your image for the printing purpose, always leave it as default, which is the higher resolution as for your camera or he or native resolution of the DSLR camera. But if you opt to publish this image only on the web was no branding purpose, then you can come down all here. You can select to find eight megapixels on, In three megapixels. Alright? And I will suggest that you always keep it at the native resolution, that is, whichever is the resolution of your camera. Because in future you may need this file for, even for the printing purpose, all for multiple purposes. And if you have the highest resolution file, then you can always come down and always convert to that file to the web resolution. But if you have the leveraged solution, it's really hard to bring in the pixels and make it outfile for the printing purpose, which requires this resolution or here of 240 or 300 pixels per inch. But for the lab resolution, it's always the 72 megapixels or 72 resolution pixels per inch. Alright? So you can choose that and you can decide if we have also option over here to decide whether we want to sharp on it for the screen glossy paper or matter vapor. So it's all for the re-orienting purpose. Alright, so leave it as it is. And thereafter you want have one more option that has to choose whether you want to open in Adobe Photoshop as Smart Objects. So that means once we are done with this, I'm editing when will open this image in Adobe Photoshop that would be up on as a smart object. Alright? So leave it as it is if you want and press Okay, so this was basically for your purpose and let's dive in and told the sharpening options. 3. 2 how To Use Sharpening Panel In Adobe Camera Raw master Adobe Camera Raw 3 f: So first option, as the name itself suggests, is the amount of sharpening, that how much sharpening you want. Before we go any, before we go into the shaft nu or before we apply any sharpening, it is always recommended that you assume your images into 100%. Alright, so that way we would be easily see what sharpening is doing to our image. As you can see, this amines is really grainy and very noises since I showed this image with 400 ISO, because there was a low light and I don't want to use the flesh too harsh. So this image was shot with 400 ISO. And if you want to keep the highest quality and maintain the highest quality, always opt for 100 ISO. And if your camera allows, like in the ethics cameras, which are high-end cameras, they also allow you to call even low as, as 50 ISO, alright, so always aim for the lowest possible ISO, any or MAs unless the situation demands. So in this case, since it was very dark, room on light was not enough. I have to go down to four. I have to increase my ISO to 400. Alright, That's the result. So we'll take a look at that also. Alright, so first of all, as you can see, let me move this amount of sharpening slider up to 150%. As you can see, it has sharpened. I amaze a lot, but it has also sharp and lots of noise and these grains, so it had, it has made it more intense. So all never go for 150%, always keep it around 50 to 70%. Alright? And this, this also defends on image to image. Alright? Since it has all his next option is the radius. So radius is actually determined the area on which you want to sharpen. If I increase it to l2, L3. And you can see it has introduced the halo effect to my image are light and this does not look good. So it is always recommended that you keep the radius as low as possible for the people. Alright, but if you are applying the sharpening on our surface, like the stone texture or our photo offer landscape, then you can increase it to up to, I think one or maybe 1.5, but not beyond that. And that also demands on the mainstream means for the people who wanted to keep it as low as possible. So I will go for 0.6 or this. Here we have also option to see the preview. What we have done. It will show us what is default waters before and after we have applied the sharpening. So if I turn it off, you can see and turn it on. If you are watching in full acid and you might be able to see the differences where the slightest difference, alright. 4. 3 how To Use Sharpening Panel In Adobe Camera Raw master Adobe Camera Raw 5 f: Next is our Detail slider. Here. If we want, we can increase the details too much, but that is not recommended. So always keep it around or below. Alright, that way that works better. Next as a masking option. Let me show you what is masking light now this sharpening is applied to everywhere. This masking is the GTO present, alright, so there is no masking at all. Anders sharpening is applied to the entire image. But actually, if you want to sharpen your limits professionally, then you need to apply the masking on your image. So as you can see over here, if I press Alt or Option, if you're using the Mac, and I click and slide this slider, you can see it will start showing me the mask, the actual mask which it is going to create it. The more I'll take it towards the right side. That is 100%. It is going to contract the selection. That means it is going to contract the area from where the sharpening would be applied. So basically we need to sharp on the assets and that way our MAs would look good and that would not introduce the noise or the grain to the image. I always suggest that you see and decide what area you want to sharpen all which details you want to keep in the image. I basically how wide the skin, as you can see, this area of the skin now has the black color. That means sharpening would not be applied to wherever there is a black color. But sharpening would be applied whenever there is a white color. So this is how the mask works. Alright, it's simple. And once I do that, let me zoom into 100% and let me now show you the result. If I drag this masking back. As you can see, all other skin, there's lots of grain and noise. And moment I take it to us, this site, you can see now the sharpening has been reduced only on the edges and that's what we want. And that is the professional way of doing the sharpening. Alright? So this is how we sharpen the image and we can check the preview by turning it on and off. All right. If you feel that you need more sharpening, then you can increase it even further. Alright? So this is how we do the sharpening, alright? 5. 4 how To Use Sharpening Panel In Adobe Camera Raw f: And now next, let's come to the noise reduction. Alright, let me zoom in this image 100%, and now we have the luminance options. So if I increase this slider, you will see it would start taking away those grains or noise from the image. So it is most more visible on the skin. And sometimes it is also visible over here. As you can see, these grains, these are visible on the lighter part of the image. Using this slider, we can In reduce that noise by take it to 100%. As you can see, how smooth the skin has become mud. This is not what we want to always keep it under 15 or light, but it also depends on the Ministry maize. But basically I never go beyond the 30 or eight or beyond 50. So I think this one is good and let me see the preview. You can see. Next is a luminance detail that how much detail you want to keep. Next is illuminance contrast that if you want to remove the noise from the contrast available in the image, then you can also increase it. And next option is off the color. If you want to reduce some color noise, you can do that as well. As you can see. If I drag it back, you can see slightest of color grains are available or here. And if I increase it, since this amaze is not that bad. But if you have taken an image with the high ISO, which is maybe around 1200 or something, then there would be a colourful grains are colorful noise. And this color noise reduction slider is very helpful for that purpose. And it is also the colored details. How much detail do you want to pursue on to preserve the more details, then you can take it up to 100%. But if we'll take it to 100 person than it is not going to do anything since you are keeping the details as it is. So always keep it around 50%. All right, and this is how you can do the noise reduction in the Adobe Camera Raw. Alright, so let me just zoom out. And this is the before and after. As you can see, skin has also become smoother. And this is also one of the way where you can make the skin smaller. Alright? So this is how the Details panel in the Adobe Camera Raw box. So thank you so much. 6. Outrow Part 3 master camer raw f: Congratulation, and thank you for coming so far in the course. In part fourth, we are going to take a look at the Edison oblique Grayscale panel within the Adobe gabbro. So see you in the Part four of the scores.