Standard settings Camera Raw 5DMK3?

Yes, I know I'm WAY after, but have just started using RAW 100% of the times.

So I would love som "tips and tricks" for Camera Raw (Using Photoshop CC/Camera Raw).
Like is there a "standard" setting I could use for all images, like sharpening a certain amount etc?

How do I make Camera Raw use this setting?


Other "newbie tips" for Camera Raw + 5DMK3?


/Jocce

It really all depends on the image you are working on and on your "taste" as a photographer and a "digital darkroom" developer.

I myself tend to open images using the Lightroom defaults, then for a set of images I'll eyeball and adjust one "master" image to taste. If all the shots in the set are a lot alike in terms of lighting, exposure, etc, then I might set the Lightroom Develop panel to "Auto Sync" so that when I adjust the first shot the other selected shots will get the same. Otherwise, I can either synchronize a group or not.

But that being said, I'm not much for using Presets, or even for messing around with the Camera Calibration profiles, but those things are there and a lot of people get use out of them.

So, my suggestion is that you take your time, keep "current" with what others are doing, check out the many resources for Camera Raw, and in time you'll develop your own preferences! In time you may find settings that you want to either apply to all your images when you import them, of maybe settings that are specific to a particular type of photo. You can develop your own Presets in that case that you can apply at any time in the process.

One very valuable book to check out is "The Digital Negative" by Jeff Schewe.

Jocce wrote in post #16745465
So I would love som "tips and tricks" for Camera Raw (Using Photoshop CC/Camera Raw).
Like is there a "standard" setting I could use for all images, like sharpening a certain amount etc?

That would rather defeat the purpose of shooting RAW, which is to allow you to get the best from each image by giving you greater control to edit the images individually.

As Tony pointed out each image is different and thus requires different settings. The closest you will get is if you apply a preset to a group of similar images. Even then you will almost certainly need to make additional adjustments to individual images.

The nice thing about presets is that you can edit them to your own liking or create and save new ones from scratch. You can also have them applied to a batch of images on import (via the Import Dialogue). They can also be very simple of very complex. You can have one that only adjusts the saturation and exposure or one that makes dozens of changes.

I pretty much turn everything off and then just work on the images during PP. I don't like the camera controlling too many things.

I was under the impression that a .cr2 file ignore all those extra sharpening, contrast, etc.. options - and that those were applied to the jpg file... and possibly could be carried to the .cr2 if also editing with the Canon-supplied software...

They are for Adobe, etc but I use DPP from time to time.