Exposure compensation in Photoshop?

Derekasaurus Rex wrote:

The way I usually perform exposure adjustments in Photoshop is to
duplicate the layer in "Screen" blend mode and set the opacity to
33% for +1/3 EV, 50% for +1/2, 66% for +2/3, etc. For negative
adjustments I use "Multiply"mode.

I was wondering what techniques others had for adjusting exposure
in Photoshop?

A problem with my method is that it won't work with 16-bit images
because it requires layers, so I'm interested in methods that work
with 16-bit images.

Greg M wrote:

I'd sugest shooting in RAW and doing your exposure adjustment when
you convert the image to a 16 bit tif file. It would be better and
probably just as quick as what you are doing. Then you would have
all of the advantages of shooting in RAW.

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Derekasaurus Rex wrote:
I shoot exclusively RAW and use BreeseBrowser to perform exposure
compensation. However, BB uses a small and fuzzy preview to adjust
WB and exposure, so I figured if there it a slick way to do it in
PS it might be better. My way is easy (especially with PS actions),
but it doesn't work for 16-bit images.

Greg M wrote:
Give Yarc Plus a try. The preview can be set to high quality and
it makes it easy to make your adjustments.

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Derekasaurus Rex wrote:

The way I usually perform exposure adjustments in Photoshop is to
duplicate the layer in "Screen" blend mode and set the opacity to
33% for +1/3 EV, 50% for +1/2, 66% for +2/3, etc. For negative
adjustments I use "Multiply"mode.

I was wondering what techniques others had for adjusting exposure
in Photoshop?

A problem with my method is that it won't work with 16-bit images
because it requires layers, so I'm interested in methods that work
with 16-bit images.

Leo Reinhard wrote:

Why not download the trial version of C1LE to see if it suits you.
You can do a lot of adjustments in 16 bit and output it Tif or jpg.
Croppiing is also available. I find their exposure adjustments ( EV
+ -), contrast, WB, curves, levels and color saturation to be so
good that I rarely have to do anything in PS.

Derekasaurus Rex wrote:

The way I usually perform exposure adjustments in Photoshop is to
duplicate the layer in "Screen" blend mode and set the opacity to
33% for +1/3 EV, 50% for +1/2, 66% for +2/3, etc. For negative
adjustments I use "Multiply"mode.

I was wondering what techniques others had for adjusting exposure
in Photoshop?

A problem with my method is that it won't work with 16-bit images
because it requires layers, so I'm interested in methods that work
with 16-bit images.

Nill Toulme wrote:
... on a selection only?

Nill
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Derekasaurus Rex wrote:
You can create a layer mask (Layer-> Add Layer Mask-> Hide All) to
the Screen layer. Then you can paint (or fill) the parts of the
layer mask white where you want the image's exposure modified. The
rest will be untouched.

Derekasaurus Rex wrote:

The way I usually perform exposure adjustments in Photoshop is to
duplicate the layer in "Screen" blend mode and set the opacity to
33% for +1/3 EV, 50% for +1/2, 66% for +2/3, etc. For negative
adjustments I use "Multiply"mode.

I was wondering what techniques others had for adjusting exposure
in Photoshop?

A problem with my method is that it won't work with 16-bit images
because it requires layers, so I'm interested in methods that work
with 16-bit images.

Derekasaurus Rex wrote:
I already have the evaluation version of C1LE and it is very good.
However, I find Photoshop's adjustment layers invaluable, which is
why I prefer to work in PS. Over the past few months I have created
all sorts of adjustment layer actions for changing tone,
saturation, exposure compensation, etc. This way I can process my
entire image without actually altering it and save the PSD. Later
if I decide I shouldn't have applied that warming filter, I can
just toggle the layer off and be done with it.

David Martin wrote:

They are so massive I've given up using them, instead I do my
adjustments and save as a TIFF.
Are you burning on to DVD or something?

Derekasaurus Rex wrote:

I have large external hard drives (USB2 and FireWire) and I archive
to CD. Nothing special.

The files can double in size when I add the Screen layer, which is
why I'm going to switching to Curves for exposure compensation
(adjustment layers add almost nothing to PSD file size). This puts
them just over 30mb a piece. For this reason I sometimes only
archive the RAW original to CD and leave the PSD files on external
drives. Multiple copies are pretty safe and I can always reproduce
them if necessary.

Now that I've discovered the equivalence between my Screen method
and applying a Curve, my files sizes should go down to the point
where they are very comparable to uncompressed TIFFs.

If that is similar to curves?

Milind Rao wrote:

After reading this excellent article,
http://www.gurusnetwork.com/tutorials/photoshop/curves1.html

I use curves for exposure compensation.

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Regards
Milind

Milind Rao wrote:

After reading this excellent article,
http://www.gurusnetwork.com/tutorials/photoshop/curves1.html

I use curves for exposure compensation.

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Regards
Milind

hounwai wrote: