PH Learn – How to Master Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) in Photoshop

Create Manual HDR Images

We’ll show you how to manually create HDR images using the basic adjustment tools in Adobe Camera RAW and the magic of photoshop to combine multiple exposures. Maximize every bit of color and detail in your shadows, midtones, and highlights.

Camera RAW Workflow

Think of Adobe Camera RAW as a photo processing lab and Photoshop as a tool for in-depth coloring, retouching, and compositing. Both are incredibly important to the process of creating a stunning final image. We’ll show you the best way to help them work together. k!

Photoshop, Lightroom & Bridge

Adobe Camera RAW is a free plug-in that comes with Photoshop, Lightroom, and Bridge. While we focus on how it interacts with Photoshop in this tutorial, the features and capabilities are exactly the same no matter what software you find yourself using.

White Balance

RAW images give you complete control over adjusting white balance in your images as if you were back taking the picture for the first time. Warm up skin tones or cool down an environment without losing any image quality.

Highlights & Shadows

Aside from White Balance, the most common adjustments you’ll find yourself making in Adobe Camera RAW will be to the highlights and shadows in your images. Bring out the detail in the shadows of a subject’s face or rescue details lost in the highlights of a bright sky.

Fix Exposure

Unless you’re shooting in a controlled studio environment, chances are your camera can’t capture an image the same way you saw it with your eye. Learn to use Adobe Camera RAW to fix exposure, white balance, color, and more!

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