Adobe Camera Raw: Color Correction

Learn the tools and best practices for measuring and correcting color in Adobe Camera Raw.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course
• Using the exercise files

1. Camera Raw Workflow and Tools

• Choosing workflow tools: Bridge, Camera Raw, Photoshop, and Lightroom
• Opening images in Camera Raw via Bridge and Photoshop
• Working between Camera Raw and Photoshop
• Working between Camera Raw and Lightroom
• Understanding Camera Raw's non-destructive tools
• RGB versus CMYK color adjustments

2. Evaluating Color in Camera Raw

• Evaluating overall tone and color
• Evaluating overall brightness and contrast
• Identifying color casts by the numbers
• Finding and evaluating neutral areas
• Evaluating skin tones
• Challenge: Evaluating color cast as well as brightness and contrast
• Solution

3. Correcting Color in Camera Raw

• Correcting highlight and shadow areas
• Fine-tuning brightness and contrast
• Warming and cooling
• Making white balance adjustments
• Adjusting color using tone curves
• Adjusting skin tones
• Shooting and correcting product photography
• Quick and easy target-based color adjustments
• Target-based adjustments by the numbers
• Adjusting poor exposure
• Working with difficult images
• Adjusting tricky images
• Applying creative adjustments
• Adjusting multiple images
• Challenge: Identifying and correcting a color cast
• Solution

Conclusion

• Next steps