CS5: Camera Raw and Bridge, Using

What are the image settings you can specify in the Workflow Options dialog in Camera Raw?

-Space: the color space profile -Depth: the bit depth -Size: a preset image dimension -Resolution: the image resolution -Sharpening: preset sharpening for screen or print *You can also elect to open all images as Smart Objects by default (instead of individually). These settings apply only to the processed image.

What two components does white balance comprise?

-The first is temperature, which is measured in kelvins and determines the "coolness" or "warmness" of an image. -The second is tint, which compensates for magenta or green color casts in the image.

In Camera Raw how do you use the Targeted Adjustment tool?

Click ont he tool icon and hold down the mouse button, and then select an option from the popup menu. Click in the image on a target area and then drag left or down to decrease values underneath the pointer, or up or right to increase values.

How do you partially erase an adjustment applied with the Adjustment Brush tool in Camera Raw?

Make sure the appropriate pin is selected, select Erase in the Adjustment Brush tool options, or hold down Alt/Opt, and then paint over the unwanted adjustment.

Camera Raw can open an edit a camera raw file, but can it save an image in the camera raw format?

No.

When you edit a raw file in Camera Raw is the raw file modified? What does this mean?

No. Therefore, it can be opened in another raw processor without fear of rejection, and modifications applied in Camera Raw saved without fear of corruption.

In Bridge how do you have parent keywords apply automatically when you click a sub keyword?

Select Automatically Apply Parent Keywords in Keywords preferences.

In Bridge, in the Keywords panel, how do you automatically add the parent keywords when adding a sub keyword?

Shift-click sub keyword.

How do you find all files rated three stars and higher in the current folder in Bridge?

Shift-click three stars under the Ratings criteria in the Filter panel, or press Ctrl+Alt+3/Cmd+Opt+3

What does the Photo Downloader command in Bridge let you apply?

Shot date, today's date, rename files, convert to DNG, delete original files, save copies, and apply metadata using a basic or custom template.

When you use the Create Metadata Template command in Bridge to create a new metadata template, what happens if you check a property in the dialog and leave the text box blank?

When you apply the template it will clear the corresponding property.

When using Camera Raw, if the items in the Basic tab in the White Balance pop-up menu do not provide satisfactory results, what can you do?

You can use the Temperature slider to make the image cooler or warmer. If the image exhibits a green or magenta tint after being white-balanced, you can use the Tint slider to compensate for any bias.

In Camera Raw, what does the Targeted Adjustment tool do?

You can use this tool to adjust tonal and color values intuitively by clicking on an area of the image and then dragging the pointer. To access the tool, click the fifth icon from the left in the toolbar. It looks like a bullseye with a crosshair above it.

How do you import files directly into Bridge from a camera or a card reader?

You connect the device to your computer and then choose File > Get Photos from Camera, or click the Get Photos from Camera icon in the toolbar, choose options and then click Get Photos.

If you want to process your raw images extensively in Photoshop, what can you do to avoid degrading the image unnecessarily in Camera Raw? How do you do this?

turn off sharpening in Camera Raw. You can do this in the Camera Raw preferences by electing to apply sharpening to preview images only. You can then use the sharpening filters in Photoshop as the last step in your editing workflow.

What is a graduated neutral density filter in photography?

A graduated neutral density filter, also known as a graduated ND filter, split neutral density filter, or just a graduated filter, is an optical filter that has a variable light transmission. Typically half of the filter is of neutral density which transitions, either abruptly or gradually, into the other half which is clear. It is used to bring an overly-bright part of a scene into the dynamic range of film or sensor. For example, it can be used to darken a bright sky so that both the sky and subject can be properly exposed.

How do you inverse media selection criteria in Bridge?

Alt-click/Opt-click the criteria under File Type in the Filter panel. For example, if you have selected "JPEG file" and would like to see all other file types and hide all JPEGs at the same time, Alt-click/Opt-click "JPEG file."

How do you set an accurate white balance with the white balance tool in Camera Raw?

By clicking on a color that should be white or gray.

In Camera Raw, after working on one image how can you apply the healing/cloning to other selected images?

By pressing the Synchronize button.

Other than the white balance tool how else can you adjust WB in Camera Raw?

By selecting one of the WB presets from the drop down menu in the Basics panel.

How do you access healing/cloning in Camera Raw?

By selecting the spot removal tool/retouching tool (paintbrush with dots around it)

Once you have created a metadata template in Bridge, how can you replace the existing metadata or append it?

By using the Append Metadata or Replace Metadata commands from the Tools menu, or from the Metadata panel menu.

How can you adjust individual colors in Camera Raw?

By using the HSL/Grayscale tab. The controls in the HSL tabs (Hue, Saturation, and Luminance) provide targeted control.

How can you fine-tune the color of an image in Camera Raw?

By using the Hue, Saturation and Luminance controls, nested under the HSL/Grayscale tab in Camera Raw (looks like a wide zipper). For example you can use the Reds and Oranges sliders in combination with Saturation to modify a portrait taken outdoors without affecting the sky or foliage that may be present in the background.

How can you correct an image with unwanted dark corners (a byproduct of lens distortion) in Camera Raw?

By using the Lens Vignetting controls in the Lens Corrections tab in Camera Raw.

What does Camera Raw overlay the preview with when you turn shadow clippings or highlight clippings on with the buttons located above the histogram?

CR overlays the preview with a blue color to indicate shadow clipping and a red color to indicate highlight clipping when you turn the corresponding options on with the buttons located above the histogram.

What is Chromatic Abberation? How can the effect be minimized in Camera Raw?

Chromatic Abberation results when the camera lens fails to focus different wavelengths of light onto the exact same focal plane. The end result is the image is made up of slightly different sizes in each channel, causing visible fringing. This complementary color fringing can be minimized using the controls found under the Lens Corrections tab in the Camera Raw dialog.

Where can the Photo Downloader dialog be found?

File > Get Photos from Camera

For the best results with Camera Raw, plan your workflow to move how?

From left to right and top to bottom.

How do "heal" and "clone" work in Camera Raw?

Heal Matches the texture, lighting, and shading of the sampled area to the selected area. Clone Applies the sampled area of the image to the selected area.

While adjusting the Exposure, Recovery or Black slider in Camera Raw dialog what can you do to view only the clipped pixels, sans preview? What do the various colors in the modified preview correspond to?

Hold down Alt/Opt. BIack indicates all three RGB channels are clipped in the shadows, while white indicates all three RGB color channels are clipped in the highlights. Clipping in one or two channels is indicated either by the primary colors or a mixture of primary and secondary colors.

In Camera Raw, what adjustments does the Targeted Adjustment tool support?

Hue, saturation, luminance, parametric curve, and grayscale mix.

What is the first modification you should make in Camera Raw?

If you want to adjust the white balance of an image, make that the first thing you do in Camera Raw.

What does the Clarity control in Camera Raw do?

It adds depth to an image by increasing local contrast, weighted more heavily in the midtones. It gives the image an added punch but should be used sparingly as too high a setting can introduce undesirable halos. To view the effect, magnify the preview by 100% or greater.

What does the Adjustment Brush tool in Camera Raw allow you to do?

It allows you to apply non-destructive localized corrections to exposure, brightness, contrast, saturation, clarity, sharpness and color.

What is the Synchronize command in Camera Raw?

It allows you to select which settings you wish to apply to multiple selected files in the filmstrip. Alternatively multiple files can be selected before settings are applied.

What does the Masking control in the Detail tab in Camera Raw do?

It applies an edge mask. When the Masking value is set to zero, sharpening is applied to all areas of the image (no masking). As the value is increased, the sharpening is restricted more and more to the areas near the strongest edges (increased masking).

What is the Fill Light control in the Basic tab of Camera Raw for?

It can be used to recover detail in the shadows without unduly affecting the highlights or causing posterization.

Unlike proprietary raw processors, Camera Raw can what?

It can process raw files from a variety of camera vendors.

What does the Done button in CR do?

It closes the CR dialog and stores the current settings in the CR database file or in a sidecar XMP file, or in a DNG file, depending on how CR preferences are setup and whether or not the open file(s) reside on a read only disk.

What does the Lens Corrections tab in the Camera Raw dialog look like?

It kind of looks like a camera lens.

What does the Vibrance control in Camera Raw do?

It lets you increase saturation without clipping colors that approach full saturation. It does this by applying a non-linear increase in saturation, so that the less saturated colors are affected more than the highly saturated colors. It also prevents skin tones from becoming over-saturated.

What does the Adjustment Brush tool look in Camera Raw look like?

It looks like a regular paint brush.

What does the white balance tool in Camera Raw look like and where is it located?

It looks like an eyedropper and is located at the top of the Camera Raw dialog.

What may it mean if you notice clipping while working on files in the Camera Raw dialog?

It may mean that the gamut of the color space you are working in is too small to contain all the colors. Choose a larger color space than the current one, do your adjustments in it and then convert to a smaller color space in Photoshop if required. Note: If ProPhoto RGB is chosen, the 16-Bits/Channel should also be chosen to avoid possible posterization.

What is the Graduated Filter tool in Camera Raw?

It mimics traditional graduated neutral density and graduated color filter effects, or combinations of the two. You can use it, for example, to decrease/increase exposure gradually in one region of the image without seeming to affect other regions.

What does the Open Image(s) button in the Camera Raw dialog do?

It saves the current settings of single, or multiple-selected files to a database or a sidecar XMP file (depending on how preferences are set) and opens the image(s) in Photoshop for further editing.

What will the Keywords panel in Bridge allow you to do?

It will let you add new keywords, new sub-keywords, edit existing keywords, make temporary keywords (Other Keywords) persistent, and organize existing keywords into sets by dragging and dropping.

What happens when files are locked in Bridge?

Keywords and metadata cannot be added or removed.

How do you export an image from CR to Photoshop without modifying the saved settings?

Press Alt/Opt and then click the Open Copy button, which it turns into.

How do you toggle the visibility of a mask overlay for the Adjustment Brush tool in Camera Raw?

Press Y or position pointer over a pin, or deselect/select the Show Mask checkbox.

How can you quickly resize the Adjustment Brush tool in Camera Raw?

Right-click (Windows, Hold down Ctrl (Mac OS) and then drag pointer left to decrease and right to increase; add Shift to alter the feather size: Shift-right-click (Windows); Ctrl+Shift (Mac).

How do you unlock a file in Bridge?

Right-click/Ctrl-cick on its thumbnail in the Contents panel and then choose Unlock Item from the context menu.

How do you completely remove an adjustment made by the Adjustment Brush tool in Camera Raw?

Select a pin and then press Delete.

How do you apply the Graduated Filter tool in Camera Raw?

Select the tool from the toolbar. It looks like a grey rectangle overlapping a grey circle. Set options in the Graduated Filter tool options, click-drag in the image (hold down Shift to constrain effect). Once applied you can either refine it or apply a new filter effect.

If you would like to work in a color space other than the four available in Workflow Options in Camera Raw what is the recommended workflow?

The recommended workflow in this case is to export in ProPhoto RGB and 16-Bits/Channel. It has the widest color gamut out of all the available color spaces and, therefore, can accommodate the colors without clipping. Once in Photoshop, you can convert to the working color space of your choice.

Where are the Default Image settings set in Camera Raw, and what can they be applied to?

The settings are set in the Default Image Settings area of the Camera Raw preferences. They can apply to a specific camera model, a specific camera serial number, or a specific ISO setting.

Once you have saved the current image settings as a preset in Camera Raw, where do they appear?

They appear as an item in the Presets tab in CR (looks like three sliders) and in the Develop Settings submenus in the Edit and the context menus in Bridge.

What are camera raw files, and what is the advantage of using them?

They are grayscale images containing unprocessed "raw" data captured by the camera sensor. The advantage is they let the photographer -- rather than the camera -- interpret the image data and make adjustments and conversions. Because the camera doesn't do any image processing when you shoot a camera raw photo, you can do it yourself using Adobe Camera Raw.

In Camera Raw what are the Amount and Midpoint controls used for (found under Lens Vignetting int he Lens Correction tab)?

They are used to compensate for the dark outer edges that can appear with some lenses and focal length combinations. The Amount slider lightens the outer edges when it is increased and darkens them when decreased. The Midpoint control applies the adjustment to a larger region when it is decreased and confines it to the outer edges when increased.

After converting an image to Grayscale in Camera Raw, what can you use the Split Toning feature for?

To apply a color throughout the image, or a hue to the highlights and/or the shadows. You can also use Split Toning to create special effects, such as a cross-processed look obtained by deliberately processing photographic film in a chemical solution intended for a different type of film. Note: if you apply Split Toning after converting to Grayscale, the image remains in RGB.

What can you use the Retouch tool in Camera Raw for?

To heal or to clone non-destructively.

How can you use the Keywords panel to assign keywords from a commercial keyword catalog (AKA a hierarchy)?

To import a keyword catalog, choose Import from the Keywords panel menu.

How do you toggle the visibility of the pin icon for the Adjustment Brush tool in Camera Raw?

To toggle the visibility of the pin icon for the Adjustment Brush tool in Camera Raw, press V.

What does the detail tab in Camera Raw look like?

Two overlapping triangles.

Where can you find Split Toning controls in Camera Raw?

Under the Split Toning panel which looks like a white rectangle over a black rectangle.

Where can Parametric Curve and Point Curve in Camera Raw be found?

Under the Tone Curve Panel, which looks like a graph with a line through it.

When adding keywords using a text box in the Metadata panel or the File Info dialog, how can you separate keywords and phrases?

Use a semi-colon or a comma to separate them.

Once you have applied custom settings to a raw file in CR how do you apply the same settings to other similar files without opening them in CR?

Use copy and paste commands located in the Edit > Develop Settings submenu (also available from the context menu) in Bridge, or use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+Alt+C/Cmd+Opt+C to copy and then Ctrl+Alt+V/Cmd+Opt+V to paste. When the Paste Camera Raw Settings dialog opens, choose the setting(s) you want to apply and then click OK.

What does the Save Image button in CR do?

Use it to save images without opening them in Photoshop. In the Save Image dialog, you can batch rename files and choose between the JPEG, Photoshop, TIFF and DNG (Digital Negative) file formats. You can also Alt-click, Opt-click the Save Image button to bypass the Save Options dialog. If you do, Camera Raw defaults to the last remembered settings.

What is white balance?

White balance reflects the lighting conditions under which it was captured. A digital camera records the white balance at the time of exposure; this is the value that initially appears in the Camera Raw dialog box image preview.

How do you filter files by rating in the current folder in Bridge?

Window > Path, click the star icon and choose Show 5 Stars from the pop-up menu. You can also press Ctrl+Alt+5/Cmd+Opt+5, or open the Rations criteria in the Filter panel and then click on the five star icon.

When importing camera files via the Photo Downloader dialog in CR, what can you do with metadata?

You can add basic metadata (Creator and Copyright only), or apply a custom metadata template that you created before you launched Photo Downloader and include all the IPTC Core values. Note: the apply metadata options are only available once you click the Advanced Dialog button.

What can you base a new metadata template in Bridge on?

You can base it either on the metadata contained in the selected file, or append/replace the existing metadata by selecting a metadata template from the dialog menu and then modify the metadata before saving the template. Alternatively, to start with a blank metadata template, deselect all files before you open the Create Metadata Template dialog.

How do you open images in Camera Raw?

You can open Camera Raw from either Photoshop or Bridge. Select images then go to File > Open in Camera Raw

What can use Camera Raw for?

You can use Camera Raw to process the file with greater control over white balance, exposure, contrast, color saturation, sharpening and noise reduction. The same control cannot be had if the file has been output from the digital camera as a JPEG. Additionally, you can output the processed image in 16-bits/channel. Because the original raw file is not modified, you can also create multiple unique copies of the processed image by using the Open Copy command (press Alt/Opt to change Open Image to Open Copy).

Once you have used the controls under the Basic tab in Camera Raw to adjust an image, how can you fine-tune the tonal range?

You can use either the Parametric curve or the Point curve to fine-tune the tonal range. The sliders located under the graph in the Parametric tab determine the range of the Highlights, Lights, Darks and Shadows sliders.

What can you use the Detail control in the Detail tab in Camera Raw for?

You can use the Detail control to either suppress or express the halos around edge detail. Use a low value to reduce halos (apply high halo suppression), or a high value to accentuate halos (apply low halo suppression).

In Bridge how do you add keywords to single or multiple selected files?

You can use the Keywords panel, the Metadata panel, or the File Info dialog to add keywords to single or multiple selected files. In the Keywords panel, use a hierarchy (keyword catalog) to apply keywords. In the Metadata panel, open the IPTC Core category, click in the Keywords text box and type. In the File Info dialog, type or paste in the Keywords text box in the IPTC or Description tab and click OK.

If one or two channels in your image are clipped in Camera Raw, how can you reconstruct the details?

You can use the Recovery control in the Basic tab. Hold down Alt/Opt as you drag the Recovery slider to see where highlights are clipped.

How do you find all files marked as Reject in the current folder and subfolders in Bridge and hide all others at the same time?

a) 1) View > Show Items from Subfolders 2) View > Show Reject Files 3) Window > Path Bar 4) click the star icon in the Path Bar 5) Choose Show Rejected Items Only from the pop-up menu or b) 1) View > Show Items from Subfolders 2) View > Show Reject Files 3) Open the Ratings criteria in the Folders panel 4. Select Reject

a) How do you expand/contract the "dumbbells" for the heal/clone tool in Camera Raw? b) How can you reposition the pointers?

a) By hovering over the outlines with the Retouch tool and dragging when the pointer turns into a double-headed arrow. b) By hovering inside the dumbbells and dragging to a new position.

In Camera Raw, what does the workflow options link below the preview window display?

the image's color space, bit depth, size and resolution.