I have a K5, a K30 and a newly-acquired K5 II. It's really an option of least resort, but maybe I have to work more with it. While I also appreciate having that tool, the fact that it produces only a JPG is not ideal for me. Speaking of which, I have used the in-camera HDR for some of these, with some success (and some failures). I'm not big into greatly transforming an image in post-processing, but I've certainly come to appreciate the latitude of shooting RAW. Not only do I try to bring out the light and "drama" of the original scene, but I also try to add a little contrast / saturation to give them a little 'pop. Sometimes I can muddle my way through with the adjustment brushes, but they're tough on treetops and other typical landscape elements. I have real challenges processing these images. These are low light shots that I'm generally careful to not lose much detail on either extreme (see attachment for an example). As a result of my interest in these landscape images, I tend to have a fair number that have a "split histogram", with two lobes-one clustered in the shadows and one clustered in mid-/high-lights.
I'm still learning a lot about the program but I enjoy the process (so to speak). I've been using ACDSee Pro 6 for about a year, with OK results.
ACDSEE PRO 10 MOVE TO NEW COMPUTER HOW TO
ĪCDSee Pro will now apply your preset to the selected images.Īnd bam! Now you know how to process huge batches of photos in a snap.I attempt a lot of landscape photos-trying to hit the light right to make some of those images special. Right-click and select Process | Apply Preset |. To apply your preset to one or more images, select the images in Manage mode. This preset will be available for you to apply to multiple images at once in Manage mode, for maximum time-saving awesomeness. (This gives you complete freedom to add as much or as little of the settings to other photos or batches of photos.) Then enter a name for your preset and click OK. On the Save Develop Settings Preset dialog, select which settings you would like to include and exclude from the preset you are saving. Once you have made all of the changes you would like to make on all of the Develop tabs, click the Develop Settings button and select Save Preset. The presets that you save under this button include the changes you’ve made under the Tune, Detail, Geometry, and Repair tab. Lastly, for global develop presets, access the Develop Settings button at the top of the Develop Tools panel. In other words, if you are on the Tune tab and say, you make some changes to the White Balance group, the Soft Focus group, and the Lighting group, you can use the Develop Settings button at the pane level to save all of those changes as one preset.Īccess the saved preset using the same Develop Settings button at the top of the pane. You can now find your saved preset on the Develop Settings menu in that group.This is the only place you can find and access this saved preset.Īt the top of the pane, there is an additional Develop Settings button which allows you to save and access presets relevant to all of the changes on that pane. Selecting Save Preset will save all of the settings that you have made in that group alone.Įnter a name for your preset and press OK. Under the Develop Settings button, there is a menu item called Save Preset. In each of the groups in Develop mode, (Lighting, Soft Focus, Crop, etc), there is a Develop Settings button. Each time you add a preset, the settings are applied on top of the previous settings. You can apply as many presets as you want to an image. You can create a preset with one or multiple develop settings. Presets allow you to quickly apply changes to an image without having to repeat the steps each time you want to apply the same change. You can save your develop settings as a preset and then apply the same adjustments to additional images. Besides, if there’s a scenario where you need to add precisely the same settings to several photos, you could be wasting your energy writing these settings down and applying them to each photo individually. It’s not your fault.) You don’t have time for that.
If you’re spending a lot of time adding the same develop settings to more than one image, that’s kind of lame.