Vibrance slider in ps/lr :

This has to be my favorite tool in ps/lr. I love how it adds pop to the picture. My second favorite would be the highlight recovery tool. To me these 2 features really set these programs apart.

Funny ... they're my two least-used.

Over-rated Stuff: The Recovery Slider

Damo77 wrote in post #10306330
Funny ... they're my two least-used.

Over-rated Stuff: The Recovery Slider

I agree Damo, except for the last sentence of the blog. If the image is well and truly clipped, the Exposure slider won't help either. It will just turn the white patches into grey patches. Where it does help is when the cilipping is not caused by overexposure in the camera but rather by the white balancing. The Recovery slider is only good when the clipping is "soft" - not all three channels (which is the case in WB caused clipping) but there is a price, loss of highlight detail, and should be used sparingly.

OTOH, I always go to Vibrance rather than Saturation, especially in portraiture.

Of course you're right - when I referred to "blowouts" I was referring to "jpeg blowouts" if you know what I mean - detail that exists outside the jpeg tonal range, but potentially still exists in the raw range.

And I don't use either Vibrance or Saturation in raw, to be honest, because there's always more to be done to the image in Photoshop, so I prefer to wait until my other adjustments are made (Levels, Curves etc) before boosting colour by way of saturation or vibrance.

I agree on the Recovery slider, but I do sometimes use the Vibrance one. I'd prefer to do all those sorts of edits at RAW conversion, rather than in Photoshop.

elitejp wrote in post #10305196
...To me these 2 features really set these programs apart.

I'm more of a Clarity kind of guy, myself... But to each his own, and everything in moderation.

Hey, I use 'em all, depending on the shot, although vibrance is my least used. When it comes to recovery, I don't use it for an overexposed shot but for highlights that just go somewhat out of the "jpeg" range. Sometimes I also need it to balance out Fill or, if I need it, Brightness. Each of us has our own approach, of course...

Using Lightroom 2 now for a few weeks and have Scott Kelby's book to go with it. He speaks of using a good bit of clarity and vibrancy on most all images he shoots. I agree with that and use these two sliders more than any others in Lightroom 2. And I am always amazed with the way fill light saves certain images.

Damo77 wrote in post #10306330
Over-rated Stuff: The Recovery Slider

Shoot some performing arts stuff, with beams of light through smoke and we'll talk again.

"Recovery" has impact on saturation of those area's as well. I don't think it should, but it does.