Gene_mtl
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Okay, a real newbie question. But first some background.
Everything I've been reading on the web tells me that the develop module controls are completely different from anything in earlier versions. Also read you should start from the top down to best achieve the best results.
Prior to upgrading to LR4, I used LR2.7. I shoot with only one camera (Canon EOS-5D). Typically applying presets Auto-tone, Punch & Sharpening - Landscape would give me a near perfect result. I'd need to play with exposure occasionally with images having tricky lighting, but for the most part, an occasional tweak of fill light, tweaks to recovery and/or blacks, or possibly a bit of Tone curve (usually to darken background) and Bob's your uncle - an image I was happy with.
In LR4 I've yet to like any image to which I applied Auto-tone. They just seem to come out too dark. (Read that complaint alot on the web too) So most recommendations have been to first play with exposure.
I can see clearly which section of the histogram each control controls. What I am not 100% comfortable about is what to look for to determine if I've adjusted the exposure control to obtain the best first-cut setting. (I suspect that after tweaking other controls , one might need to do a finer adjustment on exposure later?)
So back to the question . . .
In LR4 to obtain the best exposure what should one look for in the image/ in the histogram?
Links to articles /tutorials, etc. addressing this issue greatly appreciated as well. (Though due to the newness of LR4 there isn't much out there that I can find so far.)
Thanks in advance for any help.
Everything I've been reading on the web tells me that the develop module controls are completely different from anything in earlier versions. Also read you should start from the top down to best achieve the best results.
Prior to upgrading to LR4, I used LR2.7. I shoot with only one camera (Canon EOS-5D). Typically applying presets Auto-tone, Punch & Sharpening - Landscape would give me a near perfect result. I'd need to play with exposure occasionally with images having tricky lighting, but for the most part, an occasional tweak of fill light, tweaks to recovery and/or blacks, or possibly a bit of Tone curve (usually to darken background) and Bob's your uncle - an image I was happy with.
In LR4 I've yet to like any image to which I applied Auto-tone. They just seem to come out too dark. (Read that complaint alot on the web too) So most recommendations have been to first play with exposure.
I can see clearly which section of the histogram each control controls. What I am not 100% comfortable about is what to look for to determine if I've adjusted the exposure control to obtain the best first-cut setting. (I suspect that after tweaking other controls , one might need to do a finer adjustment on exposure later?)
So back to the question . . .
In LR4 to obtain the best exposure what should one look for in the image/ in the histogram?
Links to articles /tutorials, etc. addressing this issue greatly appreciated as well. (Though due to the newness of LR4 there isn't much out there that I can find so far.)
Thanks in advance for any help.