Sunday, August 11th, 2013
How to prepare your image for sharpening so you can make a good adjustment
To sharpen an image, first make sure that the main image is visible at a 1:1 ratio in size so you can see the resulting sharpening effect more clearly.
To control what appears in the Preview window, click the indicator in the top left of the Detail panel and click an area of the image to preview. Choose a good position on the image as a preview – something that needs to be good and sharp.
You can also click on the image in the Preview – click once to see the preview filled with the image and again to zoom into the image.
Drag the image in the Preview window to see different parts of it.
Helen Bradley
Labels: 1:1, Detail Panel, Develop, Develop Module, effect, Lightroom, Photoshop, preview, Sharpen, sharpening in lightroom, tip, trick, Tutorial
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posted by Helen Bradley @ 6:21 amNo Comments links to this post
Monday, May 6th, 2013
How to choose the correct Preview option for your Lightroom images
In the Import dialog’s File Handling panel, you have options for rending previews for your images as you import them. These previews are used later on when you move to the Develop module to edit your images.
Minimal preview size makes for quick importing of your images but later on, when you’re actually working on your files you will have to wait as larger size previews are created. So the time you save on rendering previews on import has to be spent later on in rendering previews when you want to work on the images.
Selecting Standard previews is a good choice – these previews can be used when editing your images so they don’t have to be created later on – so you can get to editing the image more quickly although the import process will take a little longer.
1:1 preview size is typically not a good choice as the previews are unnecessarily large and it takes time to render them. It might sound like they are the best but it’s a poor trade off in time and size – if you have time to spare when importing, then Standard previews are an ideal choice.
Helen Bradley
Labels: 1:1, 1:1 preview, Embedded & Sidecar, Embedded & Sidecar Preview, file handling, file handling panel, import dialog, Lightroom, minimal, Minimal Preview, preview, Standard, standard preview
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posted by Helen Bradley @ 7:54 amNo Comments links to this post
Sunday, April 14th, 2013
Area Picker – Viewing a Preview Image when sharpening
The Detail panel of the Develop module in Lightroom contains the features you need to sharpen an image. In this panel is a small square icon with lines radiating from it. Click this once and now hover over an area in the larger image. As you do this you will see that area of the image appears in the preview panel at 100% magnification. Use this tool to click on an area of interest in the image that you can view in the preview area so you can see how the sharpening is being applied.
If minor adjustment is required, drag the preview image in the preview area with your mouse to fine tune its placement.
Helen Bradley
Labels: 1:1, 100%, area, area picker, detail, Detail Panel, Develop Module, Lightroom, picker, preview, preview image, Sharpening, tip
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posted by Helen Bradley @ 10:34 amNo Comments links to this post
