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Z6/Z6ii/Z6iii
The wonder of the tone curve
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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 801570" data-attributes="member: 48483"><p>[USER=47518]@blackstar[/USER] I took the liberty to just use one of your silhouetted bird shots and try to adjust in RawTherapee. Keep in mind, I'm using your low-res exported JPG file.</p><p></p><p>I applied the D750 color profile, but to no immediate visible difference. I think it would have changed for the better with a Raw file.</p><p>I adjusted the white balance to "Sunny" and the sky changed to a blue. I enhanced this a bit by decreasing the color temperature a little more manually. </p><p>With a JPG file, this next step is very limited in results. I activated the Shadows/Highlights tool and brought the shadows nearly all the way up, decreased the highlights, also by a very large amount. It would not be so extreme an adjustment with a Raw file.</p><p>Moved the Lightness slider, Exposure, Black Level up a small amount.</p><p>Just to see how far I could pump that JPG, I also activated Noise Reduction and limited that to just a little bit of correction.</p><p></p><p>Again, only RawTherapee was used and I exported again as a JPG. GIMP does not make these adjustments as well similar to how Photoshop is not as good as Lightroom for those types of adjustments. At least that is what I have read online. I've never interfaced with either of those programs, way out of my price league. I use free and open-source software as much as I can. You really don't loose that much on features, and save so much cash.[ATTACH=full]387305[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 801570, member: 48483"] [USER=47518]@blackstar[/USER] I took the liberty to just use one of your silhouetted bird shots and try to adjust in RawTherapee. Keep in mind, I'm using your low-res exported JPG file. I applied the D750 color profile, but to no immediate visible difference. I think it would have changed for the better with a Raw file. I adjusted the white balance to "Sunny" and the sky changed to a blue. I enhanced this a bit by decreasing the color temperature a little more manually. With a JPG file, this next step is very limited in results. I activated the Shadows/Highlights tool and brought the shadows nearly all the way up, decreased the highlights, also by a very large amount. It would not be so extreme an adjustment with a Raw file. Moved the Lightness slider, Exposure, Black Level up a small amount. Just to see how far I could pump that JPG, I also activated Noise Reduction and limited that to just a little bit of correction. Again, only RawTherapee was used and I exported again as a JPG. GIMP does not make these adjustments as well similar to how Photoshop is not as good as Lightroom for those types of adjustments. At least that is what I have read online. I've never interfaced with either of those programs, way out of my price league. I use free and open-source software as much as I can. You really don't loose that much on features, and save so much cash.[ATTACH type="full"]387305[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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