During my last webinar I was asked what i used for processing raw files from Photographers.

The easy answer would be to say whatever software I am feeling is a favorite at the moment. BUt of course that would be a bit arbitrary and not always the best choice.

I currently have several applications that I use. ACR and Lightroom are two of them. Even though Lightroom is based upon ACR and ACR is pretty easy and straightforward to use, I tend to lean more towards Lightroom....

I have added in the missing RGB channels to the action.

And corrected a misnamed channel.

Chris

Hello Folks!

I'm glad that so many of you are getting something from my webinars. Always happy to hear that "open thinking" is occurring.

In the future, I have plans for additional Calculations chows, Apply IMage shows, Gradient Map shows, and eventually.......the custom filter...

Of course I am going to continue to do Beauty Retouches for all as long as they are needed.

But, please feel free to give me ideas for what you want...

Hello Everyone

Here is the action mentioned in the show to create the separate document with all of the masking channels included.

Please don't forget to install the HSB/HSL filter from your original Adobe Photoshop instal dvd.
Without that plug-in, you will not get some of the masking channels available to you!

I will post at a later time a better explanation of the blend modes to better understand starting points using calculations.
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Hello All

I have a new tutorial posted in the usual place...
(here is the link for those who have not yet been there.... http://www.pmai.org/content.aspx?id=9970)

As usual it is another technique that uses a tool for something other than what it is meant for.

And its intuitive..... go figure.

This is another tutorial on masking, and even though it has the same name as my last tutorial, it is using a different tool altogether....