Creative Adobe Suite 5 Manual

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When you click Auto at the top of the tone controls section of the Basic tab, Camera Raw analyzes the camera raw 
image and makes automatic adjustments to the tone controls (Exposure, Recovery, Fill Light, Blacks, Brightness, and 
Contrast). 
You can also apply automatic settings separately for individual tone controls. To apply an automatic adjustment to an 
individual tone control, such as Exposure or Recovery, press Shift and double-click the...

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Contrast Increases or decreases image contrast, mainly affecting midtones. When you increase contrast, the middle-
to-dark image areas become darker, and the middle-to-light image areas become lighter. Generally, you use the 
Contrast property to adjust the contrast of the midtones after setting the Exposure, Blacks, and Brightness values.
Fine-tune tone curves
Use the controls in the Tone Curve tab to fine-tune images after you’ve made tone...

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HSL / Grayscale controls
You can use the controls in the HSL / Grayscale tab to adjust individual color ranges. For example, if a red object looks 
too vivid and distracting, you can decrease the Reds values in the nested Saturation tab.
The following nested tabs contain controls for adjusting a color component for a specific color range:
Hue Changes the color. For example, you can change a blue sky (and all other blue objects) from cyan to purple....

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Adjust color rendering for your camera in Camera Raw
For each camera model it supports, Camera Raw uses color profiles to process raw images. These profiles are produced 
by photographing color targets under standardized lighting conditions and are not ICC color profiles.
ACR version These profiles are compatible with older versions of Camera Raw and Lightroom. The version 
corresponds to the version of Camera Raw in which the profile first appeared....

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Create a camera profile preset
If you find yourself often applying the same profile, you can work more efficiently by creating and applying a preset.
1Choose a profile from the Camera Profile pop-up menu in the Camera Calibration tab of the Camera Raw dialog box.
2Click the Camera Raw Settings menu button  and choose Save Settings from the menu.
3In the Save Settings dialog box, choose Subset > Camera Calibration, and then click OK.
4Name your preset...

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To constrain the initial crop area to a specific aspect ratio, hold the mouse button down as you select the Crop tool  
and choose an option from the menu. To apply a constraint to a previously applied crop, Ctrl-click (Mac OS) or right-
click (Windows) on the crop.
2Drag in the preview image to draw the crop area box.
3To move, scale, or rotate the crop area, drag the crop area or its handles.
Note: To cancel the crop operation, press Esc with the...

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To adjust the size of the circles, move the pointer over the edge of either circle until it changes to a double-pointing 
arrow, and then drag to make both circles larger or smaller.
To cancel the operation, press Backspace (Windows) or Delete (Mac OS).
Repeat this procedure for each area of the image that needs retouching. To remove all sample areas and start over, click 
the Clear All button in the tool options.
Make local adjustments in Camera Raw...

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Saturation Changes the vividness or purity of the color. Drag the slider to the right to increase the saturation; drag the 
slider to the left to decrease the saturation.
Clarity Adds depth to an image by increasing local contrast. Drag the slider to the right to increase the contrast; drag 
the slider to the left to decrease the contrast.
Sharpness Enhances edge definition to bring out details, using the Radius, Detail, and Masking amounts specified...

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7(Optional) Click New to apply an additional Adjustment Brush tool adjustment, and refine it as desired using the 
techniques in step 6.
Note: When working with multiple Adjustment Brush adjustments, make sure you’re in Add mode to switch between 
them. Click a pin icon to select that adjustment and refine it.
Apply local adjustments with the Graduated Filter tool in Camera Raw
1Select the Graduated Filter tool  from the toolbar (or press G).
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Click Clear All at the bottom of the tool options to remove all Graduated Filter tool effects and set the mask mode 
to New.
5(Optional) Click New to apply an additional Graduated Filter tool effect, and refine it as desired using the 
techniques in step 4.
Note: When working with multiple Graduated Filter effects, click an overlay to select that effect and refine it.
Save and apply local adjustment presets
You can save local adjustments as presets so...