Processing in CS & C1 LE

[Anonymous]

As a fairly new owner of a 10D, I am curious as to exactly how much processing users do in C1 (and I find it a joy to use) Do you just carry out a few basics or go the whole hog? Or do you leave most of it to be done in CS? The choices are bewildering (and the pssibilities amazing)

[chris.bailey]

As a fairly new owner of a 10D, I am curious as to exactly how much processing users do in C1 (and I find it a joy to use) Do you just carry out a few basics or go the whole hog? Or do you leave most of it to be done in CS? The choices are bewildering (and the pssibilities amazing)

I do as much as possible in C1 or CS Raw converter other than adding further sharpening which I only ever do just before printing. I do always find though that whatever converter I use I end up doing some levels and curves work on the converted image.

[dtrayers]

I've found that the more I shoot and learn my camera the less I have to do after conversion. I can usually get the exposure, color and saturation right during conversion, so all that's left in CS is cropping (and straightening :wink: ), sharpening and sometimes adding a frame. I do very little levels and curves work in PS now.

Sometimes, if a scene has a lot of range, I use the Highlight/Shadow adjustment to bring out the shadows.

[Anonymous]

I've found that the more I shoot and learn my camera the less I have to do after conversion. I can usually get the exposure, color and saturation right during conversion, so all that's left in CS is cropping (and straightening :wink: ), sharpening and sometimes adding a frame. I do very little levels and curves work in PS now.

Sometimes, if a scene has a lot of range, I use the Highlight/Shadow adjustment to bring out the shadows.

That really is something to aim for I guess. But having come to a Canon 10D after a Coolpix5000, I am finding shooting raw quite a learning curve. I have just discovered the Highlight/Shadow adjustment and am amazed at the latitude that gives you.

[Gabriel_907]

Ideally you should use all the tools of C1 to get the image right:
- proper exposure
- levels and correct dynamic range
- White balance
- saturation
- noise reduction
- slight USM.

If you save the image as TIFF 16 bit then you can still fine tune all of these above in CS. But if you save as TIFF 8 bit then try to avoid too tweaking the image too much.
I think CS is really usefull for things you cannot do in C1:
local image adjustments, contrast blending, resampling for different purposes and final USM! Read the thread with "Usefull links" (I hope this is the name of the thread... :roll: ).

So bottom line, with C1 you create the master and with CS the copy for the intended destination....WEB, print...