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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 380964" data-attributes="member: 13090">I would agree with all of this... Times vary, sure, based on what you're looking at but in general if you've done your part and there's nothing &quot;extreme&quot; going on, basic edits should not take much time at all. But again, we're discussing basic edits, or corrections, really, I would call them. Artistic (ha! (if I have any)) endeavor can take much longer because, typically, there's a lot of experimentation going on to try and find something, or several &quot;somethings&quot; that work for me.&nbsp; I have Adobe Camera RAW set up with customized defaults that serve as a launching point and this saves a ton of time since so often these presets dial in the bulk of the corrections that need to be done (the whole reason they're presets to begin with, obviously)...........&nbsp;I do, but adjusting WB, even a little, can really transform a photo. Sometimes a tad warmer looks better than a little cooler does, or vice versa. I don't always want technically perfect &quot;daylight&quot; 5500K white balance; sometimes it needs to be 5800K, or 4550K, to give me what I'm looking for. It doesn't hurt the tools in Camera RAW also make it super-duper easy-peasy to play with WB. It's also my opinion that Nikon color tends to run a little on the cool side, generally speaking. I almost always fine I need reduce the Blue color channel (via a Levels adjustment) by about 10% or so to achieve accurate skin tones......</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 380964, member: 13090"] I would agree with all of this... Times vary, sure, based on what you're looking at but in general if you've done your part and there's nothing "extreme" going on, basic edits should not take much time at all. But again, we're discussing basic edits, or corrections, really, I would call them. Artistic (ha! (if I have any)) endeavor can take much longer because, typically, there's a lot of experimentation going on to try and find something, or several "somethings" that work for me. I have Adobe Camera RAW set up with customized defaults that serve as a launching point and this saves a ton of time since so often these presets dial in the bulk of the corrections that need to be done (the whole reason they're presets to begin with, obviously). [COLOR=#ffffff].....[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff].....[/COLOR] I do, but adjusting WB, even a little, can really transform a photo. Sometimes a tad warmer looks better than a little cooler does, or vice versa. I don't always want technically perfect "daylight" 5500K white balance; sometimes it needs to be 5800K, or 4550K, to give me what I'm looking for. It doesn't hurt the tools in Camera RAW also make it super-duper easy-peasy to play with WB. It's also my opinion that Nikon color tends to run a little on the cool side, generally speaking. I almost always fine I need reduce the Blue color channel (via a Levels adjustment) by about 10% or so to achieve accurate skin tones. [COLOR=#ffffff].....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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