ACR 6.7 PS -- RED BLOW OUT -- finally have this working but bad news

[orchidblooms]

I finally have PS and ACR working -- had to load the DNG update as well...

now - for the love of god...

the only way i can use ACR / PS

is with profile 2012 and defult

if i change anything

BLAMMO

I am seeing RED

what in the world is going on here?

 

[larry55279]

It's the overexposure warning. You can turn it off near the top of the screen.

 

[RicAllan]

It's the overexposure warning. You can turn it off near the top of the screen.

Explanation is accurate but... I wouldn't turn it off. I'd adjust the exposure down until it disappeared (that's what the red is telling you to do). but of course, that's assuming you don't want the sky blown out or don't take other post processing measures to get what you want.

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Ric

 

[Ronald Hoppus]

The Black and White triangles in the histogram window indicates shadow and or highlight clipping. Use to dial in exposure
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Ron

 

[michaeladawson]

Serious advice here, I don't mean to sound flippant. You need to go out and find some source of documentation on how to use Photoshop and ACR. This is not the place to place to learn photoshop.

In answer to your alarming post.... the red areas are where your photo is overexposed clipping. Blue indicates underexposed clipping.

Go back to the first tab and decrease your exposure or recover highlights. Or just let those areas stay blown out.
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Mike Dawson

 

[hoggy]

I don't see any red.

I see orange. Sorry for messing with you. Just trying to be funny.
Let us know what happens.

 

[Robin Casady]

1. Use Process 2010 (Current) because 2012 is not fully supported in ACR 6.7. It is only there for use with Lightroom 4. Process 2012 will be fully supported in ACR 7 with CS6.

2. Camera Vivid is not the best choice for this situation because contrast is too high. Try Camera Landscape , or Camera Neutral .
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Robin Casady
http://www.robincasady.com/Photo/index.html

 

[orchidblooms]

ok... so there is hope!



huge thanks

dpreview community - hug -

anyone know of any good e-books or online toots for helpin a lad learn acr and the finer aspects of ps?

.... btw ordered a z pro cokin filter holder and a few singh-ray filters tohelp with these bright skys...

 

[Samos151]

Check out "The Photoshop CS5 book for digital photographers by Scott Kelby, Scott is the Photoshop guru.

 

[Robin Casady]

anyone know of any good e-books or online toots for helpin a lad learn acr and the finer aspects of ps?

http://www.lynda.com/ has some good tutorials. Here is one for ACR that is free:

http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs5/gs08-making-a-hohum-raw-image-great-/

More from Adobe TV: http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-photoshop-cs5/

http://www.adobe.com/support/photoshop/gettingstarted/index.html

.... btw ordered a z pro cokin filter holder and a few singh-ray filters tohelp with these bright skys...

Bracketing and HDR processing, or masking is another way of dealing with bright skies.
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Robin Casady
http://www.robincasady.com/Photo/index.html

 

[orchidblooms]

masking??? i am familar with bracketing and hdr... what is masking??

gonna be googling...

 

[Robin Casady]

masking??? i am familar with bracketing and hdr... what is masking??

gonna be googling...

Open the exposure for the ground in Photoshop with the proper adjustments for everything except the sky.

Open a bracketed exposure that is better for the sky and get it right in ACR.

Duplicate Layer for the sky image and make the ground image the destination. That will put the sky image in the ground file as the top layer.

Select the sky through one of various means—Magic Wand, Select Color Range, Brush, etc. Add feathering if necessary.

Click the Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the Layers pallet to add a layer mask.

That is only one way to do it. There are many ways to skin a cat in Photoshop.
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Robin Casady
http://www.robincasady.com/Photo/index.html

 

[Luke Lim]

I thought it is global warming. lol

It's the overexposure warning. You can turn it off near the top of the screen.