Outline of the Image Editing Workflow
Capture the Image
- Capture good, well-exposed images
Organize the Images
- Use folders for
Open Image Files (Process RAW Files)
- Open and process image files as necessary
Image Clean-Up
- Straighten and crop
- Spot
- Reduce noise
Perform Global Adjustments
- Black and white points
- Brightness
- Contrast
- Shadows/highlights
- Color balance
- Color edits
Perform Local Adjustments: For each Local Adjustment
- Determine the local adjustment
- Make a basic selection
- Edit the selection
- Create an adjustment layer
- Perform the adjustment
- Edit the resulting mask
Photographic Edits
- Various options for applying some different effects
Print Preparation
- Flatten the image
- Crop and resize
- Sharpen the image
- Use the printer driver ...
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