The Editor

According to Lynn
SVSU-OLLI
11/20/2013
Editors

1he LdlLor
Ask yourself why you are here
?ou should have xed mosL everyLhlng prlor
Lo edlLor
LdlLors should noL be used Lo x plloL error
1hlnk before you cllck


Editors

1he LdlLors
MAC Cnly
AperLure
lhoLo
C and MAC
LlemenLs
LlghLroom
hoLoshop CC
Many oLher slmple edlLors


Editors

WhaL common Lools can l use Lo x mosL aws
8AW 1emperaLure, Lxposure, Sharpenlng,
SaLurauon, Crop
Levels
Crop
SpoL Peallng 8rush
Clone
llnal Sharpenlng
All good edlLors have some verslon of Lhese
Lools


Editors

1he followlng slldes cover Lhe how Lo"
on my go Lo" Lools
uo noL expecL a book on how Lo do
every opuon for a glven Lool
lf you learn Lhe followlng Lools, Lhen you
can add exLra Lools as Lhe need arlses
Editors

8AW
Sensor daLa and meLadaLa - consldered un-
developed"
MosL ln-camera conLrols do noL apply
Cver-exposlng a llule ls a good Lhlng
!C
8x8 plxel squares are color averaged
1hlngs LhaL don'L L are deleLed
More dlmculL Lo make exposure changes because
plcLure has been developed"
uon'L keep savlng !C's - danger
Tools

8AW Lxposure
1emperaLure - non-sLandard llghung
Lxposure - SeL for background
ConLrasL - SeL mlnor conLrasL - danger
8lack olnL - SeL for maxlmum wldLh
WhlLe olnL - SeL for maxlmum wldLh
mlnus maklng sub[ecL sLand ouL


Tools

8AW Sharpenlng
8low up plcLure Lo 200-400
use +10 - +13 or noL aL all - 8AW Lurns o
ln-camera sharpenlng
My nlkon u7100 does noL have a Molre
lLer so l Lend Lo use less or zero
My nlkon u800 has a Molre lLer buL ls very
sharp so l add a llule

Tools

8AW SaLurauon
vlbrance - SmarL saLurauon by saLuraung
Lhe muLed areas of your phoLograph
SaLurauon - uumb saLurauon ralses Lhe
saLurauon for enure phoLograph
Lxample:
127,0,0 ls mlddle red
233,0,0 ls brlghL red
127,127,127 ls mlddle gray

Tools

Levels
valuable buL posslbly desLrucuve Lool
l use Lhls Lool as Lhe rsL Lool ln hoLoshop
l wanL Lo furLher Lweak Lhe mlddle polnL Lo
darken background
l may sllde black polnL Lo cllp some dark value
Lo LoLal black
l may sllde whlLe polnL Lo cllp whlLe Lo furLher
enhance separauon


Tools

Crop
l seL crop values ln Lhe opuon eld wlLh
denslLy
l wlll do mosL of my crop ln 8AW buL l mlghL
Lweak Lhe crop for composluon


Tools

SpoL Peallng 8rush
Slmple conLrol of brush slze by [ - smaller
or ] - larger
uL brush on oendlng spoL and cllck -
smarL conLrol LhaL wlll blend surroundlng
area
May move brush for larger area
uon'L geL near edges or Loo large a spoL


Tools

Clone
uL uncle Penry head on AunL Mabel
use opuon/alL Lo selecL from area
Move brush Lo LargeL and hold down brush
!usL palnL
1hls Lakes a loL of pracuce
?ou can use sharp, fuzzy or funny shaped brush


Complicated Tool

llnal Sharpenlng
Muluple ways Lo do Lhls
un-Sharp Mask ls mosL common
l llke Plgh ass meLhod
lllLer>CLher>Plgh ass
Leave radlus aL 10 plxels
LdlL>lade Plgh ass
SelecL Mode of Cverlay
l seL sllder from 1 Lo 20 - more usually looks fake


Complicated Tool

8rown mud on whlLe swan head
Works wlLh a whlLe blrd
SelecL Lhe poruon of swan head and neck
wlLh Culck Selecuon 1ool
SelecL 8lack and WhlLe ad[usLmenL layer
SelecL lLer such as neuLral
SelecL red sllder Lo ne Lune
SelecL auen lmage
Complicated Tool

uarken an lmage uslng blend mode
SelecL Levels ad[usLmenL layer
Change blend mode Lo muluply
Complicated Tool

AC8 SmarL Cb[ecL
AC8 ls Adobe Camera 8AW
Cpen lmage buuon Lo go Lo hoLoshop
AlLernaLe - shl plus Cpen lmage buuon
lcon wlll appear ln rlghL panel of hoLoshop
1o reLurn Lo AC8 - cllck on smarL ob[ecL lcon
Summary

WhaL dld we learn
hoLoshop CC ls a greaL program buL Lakes
some work
LlghLroom ls a greaL program buL does noL do
Lhe Lhlngs LhaL l wanL - buL l do use lL
uld we have fun