Thank you Robin for another excellent tutorial! This method has been my go-to technique for some years now. I often find the scene in front of me containing complex color-combinations that are often lost with the white-balance treatment of the raw data in the camera. I used to do it in a similar way in Photoshop, as you have described it. Since the latest developments of Capture One I have adopted a similar technique on my raw files using the excellent layer system combined with the Luma Range feature in C1 instead. That gives me the advantage of being able to experiment more freely with a file before “committing” it to further treatment in other softwares. And as you said, this method doesn’t apply to colour only, it can be used for combining different contrast treatments locally, such as enhancing softness and haze in the distance and increased contrast and sharpness in the foreground, for example. The key is to have access to a system of layers and ability to do refined masking. I can see that this is still a problem for Lightroom users and your work-around using Smart objects is a very cleaver way for them Robin! On a side-note, it is also possible to copy much of that workflow over to Affinity Photo, effectively by-passing Photoshop and Lightroom all together. But for those who are still committed to Adobe this is an excellent way.
Thank you. That was very helpful. I find Photoshop, though maybe not the easiest to use, to be so powerful once once you know what to do, and this is yet another useful technique.
Unfortunately you can't do double RAW processing in the same way with Affinity Photo because the Develop Person is a destructive editing tool. That said, you might find this video on exposure blending in Affinity useful because it's a similar technique ua-cam.com/video/c5_hFtgw6QM/v-deo.html
This technique isn't just about adding colour. You can use double RAW processing for all sorts of things that aren't possible in a regular RAW converter.
basically & correctly said, it's "double Camera Raw" editing and not "double Raw" !!! and as far as I know, lightroom and camera raw are the same engines.
Very interesting technique. Thank you Robin.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you Robin for another excellent tutorial! This method has been my go-to technique for some years now. I often find the scene in front of me containing complex color-combinations that are often lost with the white-balance treatment of the raw data in the camera. I used to do it in a similar way in Photoshop, as you have described it. Since the latest developments of Capture One I have adopted a similar technique on my raw files using the excellent layer system combined with the Luma Range feature in C1 instead. That gives me the advantage of being able to experiment more freely with a file before “committing” it to further treatment in other softwares. And as you said, this method doesn’t apply to colour only, it can be used for combining different contrast treatments locally, such as enhancing softness and haze in the distance and increased contrast and sharpness in the foreground, for example. The key is to have access to a system of layers and ability to do refined masking. I can see that this is still a problem for Lightroom users and your work-around using Smart objects is a very cleaver way for them Robin! On a side-note, it is also possible to copy much of that workflow over to Affinity Photo, effectively by-passing Photoshop and Lightroom all together. But for those who are still committed to Adobe this is an excellent way.
Thank you and don't give too much away. I was planning followup videos with other tools.
Clear, concise and interesting. I prefer Capture One, tbh, RAW with layers and Luma with masking. Thanks!
Thank you. It's worth keeping this technique in the back of your mind. It can be used for lots of different things.
Thank you. That was very helpful. I find Photoshop, though maybe not the easiest to use, to be so powerful once once you know what to do, and this is yet another useful technique.
Thank you. And once you understand the general technique you can apply it to all kinds of edits.
Interesting technique.
Thanks. I try to keep things interesting.
Thanks for the video, as usual very informative and helpful.
You're welcome. I'm pleased you found it helpful.
Nice and easy. Thank you!
You're welcome!
Intriguing! Thank you.
My pleasure!
Is it possible to do similar in Affinity? -many thanks for your great videos and publications
Not really as you can't embed the RAW files as a Smart Object in Affinity.
Looks really cool! Can you do something like this on the Photoshop Express? I have subscribed to the channel also!
Thank you. Unfortunately you can't do this using PS Express - at least I dont think you can.
Hi Robin. Is there a link to where you have provided instructions for the same process in Affinity Photo please?
Unfortunately you can't do double RAW processing in the same way with Affinity Photo because the Develop Person is a destructive editing tool. That said, you might find this video on exposure blending in Affinity useful because it's a similar technique ua-cam.com/video/c5_hFtgw6QM/v-deo.html
You get the same effect by using local adjustments in Dxo in just two clicks.
This technique isn't just about adding colour. You can use double RAW processing for all sorts of things that aren't possible in a regular RAW converter.
basically & correctly said, it's "double Camera Raw" editing and not "double Raw" !!!
and as far as I know, lightroom and camera raw are the same engines.
That's true but the technique is called "Double RAW Processing". I'm using the name people will commonly use.