Blending adjusts the transitional smoothing between the shadows, midtones, and highlights. Balance adjusts what you lean more towards; e.g. left towards the shadow hsl, right towards the highlight hsl
Between Photoshop (Ps) and Lightroom Classic (LrC), it is always Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) that does the "raw processing" (AKA raw conversion). Ps uses ACR noticeably as plug-in with ACR in its own basic ACR UI (look and feel). LrC camouflages its use of ACR as plug-in, but in fact the Develop tab is 100% ACR (100% in two directions). In LrC, I always use side-car files, a.o. as additional backup to a catalogue and the ability to use the exact same parameter settings applied in ACR when I generate another - similar or different - catalogue in LrC. These LrC sidecar files are treated as LrC property. Aside, catalogues are by far not as important today as they used to be - the price of GB RAM or storage is too low to make it important. If you also have installed Adobe Bridge (Br), then you can run ACR stand-alone. In Br, go to your image you want to edit, right click select and in the pop up menu choose to process in ACR. This way you can e.g. see that the optional denoise function is ACR, not LrC. ACR saves your "edits" in a sidecar file that Lightroom will ignore AFAIK - it has an ACR-specific file type property. (If someone knows of a way to import the ACR sidecars, say as virtual copy, then please let me know.) ACR processes towards 16 bits per channel in ProPhoto colour space - it hands the resulting image into memory to LrC or Ps. When LrC displays that, it compresses gradation (nuances, bit depth) for your monitor that may barely do 8 bits per channel (the cheap ones mimic 8 bits using 7). In Ps you can upsample the 16 bits per channel to become 32 bits per channel and even on a lousy monitor your image may look better (presuming a trained eye). Ps implies it can upsample the image to 16 bits, but should not have to do anything about that. When we generate JPEGs, 8 bits per channel, however all sorts of compression need to take place and some image processing too, in order to prevent adding digital artefacts. Our PCs need more time than our specialised digital cameras (that still have analogue sensors in the sensor) but that relative slowness may just be caused by Adobe's programmers.
Great video Aaron...But i would like to see some landscape photos or maybe some ocean waves or storm photos. But overall i guess you just have to try different photos to see if it workds or not. Plus do u recommend using a smart filter on ALL the photos?
Hey there! If you're interested in landscape photo editing we have some amazing PRO tutorials: phlearn.com/tutorial/edit-travel-landscape-photos/ phlearn.com/tutorial/the-beginners-guide-to-travel-photo-editing/ Also, if you're looking for specific techniques or tools let me know and we can suggest some other free tutorials.
We totally understand why you'd want Camera RAW panels as adjustment layers in Photoshop! Non-destructive editing is a fantastic way to work, and having those tools directly in Photoshop would be a great addition. While Camera RAW doesn't currently offer that functionality, we've found a workaround for this tutorial. By converting the file to a Smart Object, you can always go back and undo any changes you make, giving you the flexibility of non-destructive editing. 🤗
why in the world does it take camera raw to correct for e.g. Skin Colors.. and not as a working part of PS.. one of the most impoartant part of editing pictures..??
Hey there! Both Camera Raw and Photoshop offer tools for skin tone correction. Ultimately, the best method depends on your workflow and personal preferences.☺
A lot of thanks for making and sharing your video!!
I like a lot of other people's color grading but have rarely ever liked it on any of my own images. Good video.
@@davebryer6133 we're so glad to hear that. Thanks for watching!
Aaron a very good Tutorial as always, Thanks from Puerto Rico.
Thanks for phlearning with us!
Blending adjusts the transitional smoothing between the shadows, midtones, and highlights. Balance adjusts what you lean more towards; e.g. left towards the shadow hsl, right towards the highlight hsl
Great stuff…thanks again.
That was well good 👍
Great to clarify this like this, thank you very much.
Great one! Thank you and now I now I understand.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you!
Very edudative.
Between Photoshop (Ps) and Lightroom Classic (LrC), it is always Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) that does the "raw processing" (AKA raw conversion). Ps uses ACR noticeably as plug-in with ACR in its own basic ACR UI (look and feel). LrC camouflages its use of ACR as plug-in, but in fact the Develop tab is 100% ACR (100% in two directions). In LrC, I always use side-car files, a.o. as additional backup to a catalogue and the ability to use the exact same parameter settings applied in ACR when I generate another - similar or different - catalogue in LrC. These LrC sidecar files are treated as LrC property. Aside, catalogues are by far not as important today as they used to be - the price of GB RAM or storage is too low to make it important.
If you also have installed Adobe Bridge (Br), then you can run ACR stand-alone. In Br, go to your image you want to edit, right click select and in the pop up menu choose to process in ACR. This way you can e.g. see that the optional denoise function is ACR, not LrC.
ACR saves your "edits" in a sidecar file that Lightroom will ignore AFAIK - it has an ACR-specific file type property.
(If someone knows of a way to import the ACR sidecars, say as virtual copy, then please let me know.)
ACR processes towards 16 bits per channel in ProPhoto colour space - it hands the resulting image into memory to LrC or Ps. When LrC displays that, it compresses gradation (nuances, bit depth) for your monitor that may barely do 8 bits per channel (the cheap ones mimic 8 bits using 7).
In Ps you can upsample the 16 bits per channel to become 32 bits per channel and even on a lousy monitor your image may look better (presuming a trained eye).
Ps implies it can upsample the image to 16 bits, but should not have to do anything about that. When we generate JPEGs, 8 bits per channel, however all sorts of compression need to take place and some image processing too, in order to prevent adding digital artefacts. Our PCs need more time than our specialised digital cameras (that still have analogue sensors in the sensor) but that relative slowness may just be caused by Adobe's programmers.
Great video Aaron...But i would like to see some landscape photos or maybe some ocean waves or storm photos. But overall i guess you just have to try different photos to see if it workds or not. Plus do u recommend using a smart filter on ALL the photos?
Hey there! If you're interested in landscape photo editing we have some amazing PRO tutorials:
phlearn.com/tutorial/edit-travel-landscape-photos/
phlearn.com/tutorial/the-beginners-guide-to-travel-photo-editing/
Also, if you're looking for specific techniques or tools let me know and we can suggest some other free tutorials.
sad to leave photoshop gonna miss your videos
why you leaving though'
Can we do the same color grading in LR?
Absolutely! The same features are present in LR.
thanks
I wish Adobe would provide panels from Camera RAW as adjustment layers in Photoshop.
We totally understand why you'd want Camera RAW panels as adjustment layers in Photoshop! Non-destructive editing is a fantastic way to work, and having those tools directly in Photoshop would be a great addition.
While Camera RAW doesn't currently offer that functionality, we've found a workaround for this tutorial. By converting the file to a Smart Object, you can always go back and undo any changes you make, giving you the flexibility of non-destructive editing. 🤗
why in the world does it take camera raw to correct for e.g. Skin Colors.. and not as a working part of PS.. one of the most impoartant part of editing pictures..??
Hey there! Both Camera Raw and Photoshop offer tools for skin tone correction. Ultimately, the best method depends on your workflow and personal preferences.☺
It can be done in PS but it is much easier soing it through Camera Raw.
Photoshop Color Warper Tool Need Like 3D Luts Creator
Thank you!