Starting out in ACR

[Aussie Nan]

I am only just starting to play with ACR. Here is the original and then the enhanced. I did finish off with a bit more tweaking in 'normal' photoshop.

I took the shot in jpg, and as you can see it was horribly overexposed. Any further suggestions for improving the editing in ACR would be gratefully accepted as I really want to master this program.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1QRFNTgNfdPFvQolOMXoEh3MnMQDF1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1QRFNTgNfdPFvQolOMXoEh3MnMQDF1)

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1GHpsDjqPQD2gNHynLYefqZCq0E0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1GHpsDjqPQD2gNHynLYefqZCq0E0)

[Chesney]

Toni - what a huge difference - I need to start playing around with acr. I didn't know it would work on jpg as well. Beautiful image!

[Derry]

Toni, nice work,, you were lucky that the over exposed shot did not have the highlights blown and were able to render a very nice photo,,

love the software available today and what all we can do,, was a film man for over 40 years and remember the work needed to try and save a photo (if at all possible) when processing or printing,,

Derry

[mljrbg]

Toni, it is superb!! What a difference ACR makes.

[sosdog]

Great job Toni! All of my pictures start off in ACR an all I shoot is jpeg.

[nu2scene]

I'll play....I'll play!!! I had fun with this one. Great scene Toni.


http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1N4jscsOlCsSrujQvwSNL3PDxVdOG_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1N4jscsOlCsSrujQvwSNL3PDxVdOG)

[nu2scene]

I'll play....I'll play!!! I had fun with this one. Great scene Toni.

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[frank abramonte]

Here's my version.
A little more neutral and detail in the swan.
By the way, what does ACR stand for, is it Acrobat Distiller?

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/16TOcFhj3dPgxp3gknDjmfP7M5o4n0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=16TOcFhj3dPgxp3gknDjmfP7M5o4n0)

[Aussie Nan]

Frank, I agree that your take on it makes the swan stand out more. The whole image is more true to what my eye saw at the time.

I think I must have upped the vibrant and clarity sliders too much. It's hard to know when to stop sometimes.......