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Lightroom Magazine JoeBrady1
Lightroom Magazine JoeBrady1
between
Lightroom 4 &
Photoshop CS6
JOE BRADY
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LIGHTROOM 4
COLOR
SETTINGS
NOW, LIGHTROOM 4 AND PHOTOSHOP CS6 SHARE THE
SAME COLOR ENGINE AND IMAGES CAN BE SENT BACK
AND FORTH WITHOUT FEAR. TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY
EDITS YOU DO IN PHOTOSHOP DONT CAUSE ANY COLOR OR TONAL SURPRISES, ITS IMPORTANT TO HAVE
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PHOTOSHOP CS6
COLOR SETTINGS
Before you bring your images into Photoshop, its important
to make sure that the color settings in Photoshop are set to
make transferring from Lightroom as accurate as possible. You
can access these choices under Edit>Color Settings. The most
important selection is the first onethe RGB Working Spaces.
You want to make sure that ProPhoto RGB is chosen. The three
choices below dont concern most photographers, so leave
them at their default settings.
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B E F O R E YO U D O A N Y
E D I T S , C A L I B R AT E
YO U R M O N I T O R
Its always important to mention that any editing you do
in Photoshop or Lightroom assumes that your monitor is
calibrated. Youre making edits to your images based on
how it looks on your screen, so you need to know that the
image you see on the monitor is accurate.
The single biggest complaint from most users is that they
get prints back from their lab or off their printer that are
too dark. An overly bright monitor (as most are) is the
greatest cause of dark prints because youre judging your
images based on your bright display. A monitor calibration
system is a must for anyone doing their own image editing. You need your monitor to show your image as accurately as possible and you cant do this by eye. A device like
the ColorMunki Display from X-Rite (http://kel.by/VFub0l)
is an easy-to-use tool that will get your monitor calibrated
without any need to know about color management. If
you dont get your monitor under control, then your edits
are just guesses!
N O W YO U C A N M A K E
YO U R I M A G E E D I T S I N
PHOTOSHOP CS6
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