Your sequence

[riz]

<p>Hello all,</p>

<p>Just to know are you using any specific sequence in Photoshop for adjusting the photo. Steps I use are:</p>

<p>1) Set Exposure</p>

<p>2) Set Hue/Saturation</p>

<p>3) Brightness/Contrast</p>

<p>And if I want to do B&W , I use Channel Mixer right after settling exposure.</p>

<p>Majorly I use these above mentioned Image/Adjustments tools in Photoshop.</p>

<p>Looking forward.</p>

[steve_t.1]

<p>R. Mac Holbert of Nash Editions suggests this workflow sequence, as explained in a seminar that he and John Paul Caponigro have put on in various cities, one of the main sponsors being Epson printers. Follow the link <a href="http://rmacholbert.com/page19/page19.html">http://rmacholbert.com/page19/page19.html</a>, on the right side click on choice #4, "Moab2010..." to see the pdf of his suggested workflow. Quite involved the first few times, but it is all about fine art printing. Go through the other links there as well.</p>

<p>Related links-<br>

<a href="http://www.acmeeducational.com/holbert/index.html">http://www.acmeeducational.com/holbert/index.html</a><br>

<a href="http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/">http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/</a><br>

<a href="http://www.nasheditions.com/">http://www.nasheditions.com/</a><br>

This was the seminar I attended, very good, glad I did. Hopefully they'll do more. <a href="http://www.thefineartofdigitalprinting.com/">http://www.thefineartofdigitalprinting.com/</a> I'm brand new to CS5, moved up from Elements 6, so I'm excitied about getting going with this. (There's a brand new Epson 3880 collecting dust in my computer room...)</p>

[KenPapai]

<p>In Raw processing, using PS's ACR, it is rather straightforward (they order the controls for you in logical sequence on the opening edit panel).</p>

<p>I've never seen where one "sets the exposure 'value'" within Photoshop itself.</p>

[acedigital]

<p>The Nash Editions workflow was very interesting. In my mind, this makes a good case to consider Adobe Lightroom, you can do much of this with sliders, no layers and non-destructively.<br>

Photoshop has gotten so complicated, and there are 27 different ways to do things ( as well as opinions, LOL). I realize there are some things you can only do in PS, but I prefer the "simplicity" of making adjustments (and ability to change similar files at once) in LR.<br>

I didn't see where he "flattened" the layers at the end of the workflow, another thing you don't do in LR.<br>

Maybe some of the PS+LR experts can chime in here with some other ideas.............not trying to start WWIII, just trying to help clarify the need/depth of post processing options to produce a good file for print.</p>

 

[steve_t.1]

<p>Mark- your impression of Lightroom is very much in line with the two gentlemen who spoke at the seminar. They feel Lightroom is getting very, very close to being completely stand-alone, where Photoshop would be used only for heavy duty image manipulation. They said close... Adobe has an office in my town and there were several design engineers in the audience (more than 6 if I recall) who are on the project teams of Photoshop, Lightroom, and other products. The two speakers were on several occasions speaking right to the Adobe folks- "Give us this function/ability!" They would grin, nodding their heads that they heard the message, loud and clear. (Of course, from Adobe's perspective, if they met all the needs and wants of the customer base and were able to market the "perfect" product from the get-go, where would there ever be room for improvement, and new product development, and future sales, and...? Planned obsolecense is a wonderful thing, for some people.)</p>

<p>This is a problem for hacks like me, though, with the present day situation. I moved up to CS5 recently from Elements using a sweetheart deal from Adobe. I'd really rather not dump several hundred more dollars into the purchase of Lightroom. My money tree is suffering from a drought for the last few years, and hasn't been growing a plentiful harvest of fruit. But maybe future generations of Lightroom would really be all I need. I am confident that CS5 has a LOT more capability than I'll ever use.</p>

<p>Sorry to get off topic, Rizwan.</p>