Re: Photoshop CS 2

[Herschel Mair <herschelmair@xxxxxxxxx>]

The auto setting is merely a starting point. You have to start somewhere right.

 

If you have a better starting point than the auto settings, you can turn the auto off and save your own settings as default in the same menu.

The procedure is:

1. click the settings triangle then

2. uncheck auto settings then

3.click save new camera raw defaults (Or words to that effect)

 

When you say that PS is not smarter than the photographer, ... well it depends which photographer.

PS isn't smart at all, It just does what you tell it to, but the guys at Adobe who design those auto settings certainly know a helluva lot more than I do so I must at least take notice of what they think of my image before I go and change everything. I start off with the auto on and make adjustment from there. It's a point of departure.

 

If the auto settings consistently give you bad results, you need to take a look at other steps in your workflow, like exposure and white balance settings.

 

Of course if you are, as you say, way smarter that the guys at Adobe who put the RAW interface together, and you have a plan or a system then you can follow the above instructions and kill the auto settings and replace them with your own settings. Many poeple do.

 

I am a little biased as I am on the Adobe ASN support network and have worked rather intensively, both practically and academically in the software for over 10 years.

 

I also use Phase One with the old Hasselblad back tethered.  It  also good software but not nearly as versatile.

 

herschel

Mair's Photography <terry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Herschel

Thanks!

I am wondering is there a way to permanently shut down the auto settings? I did as you suggested but notice that each time I open a new raw file it defaults back to auto, PS is still not smarter then the photographer, I wish Adobe would get that! I also noticed the program still does not know what white is.

One more question is there a way to make it stop generating the .xmp file?

Thanks again

Terry L. Mair
Mair's Photography
158 South 580 East
Midway, Ut. 84049
(435)654-3607
www.mairsphotography.com

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From: Herschel Mair

To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students

Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 10:28 PM

Subject: Re: Photoshop CS 2

Hi Terry,

I see nobody has answered this It's actually really simpleIn the CAMERA RAW interface, on the right, just below the histogram is the little window for the settings drop-down menu. To the right of that is a small triangle in a circle. Click it and a menu appears. About half way down is the option for auto settings. Uncheck it.  It will stay unchecked.

 

The only advice I can give regarding the second part is that the tool box has 3 icons in a row near the bottom and they change the screen mode with one click. The "Hand" tool can be double-clicked to get to full screen size or the keuboard shortcut is Ctrl-0 (Zero)

 

 

herschel

 

 

 

 

I know some one mentioned that you could shut down the automatic settings, how is this done?

Also I would like to know if there is a way to do this: In PS CS I can open say 10 photos from a wedding once I maximize the first photo to work on it they are all maximized, so once I save and close the photo on top the next one in line is already maximized and ready to work on, is there a way to make CS2 do this?

 

Thanks for you help

Terry L. Mair
Mair's Photography
158 South 580 East
Midway, Ut. 84049
(435)654-3607
www.mairsphotography.com

Herschel Mair
Head of the Department of Photography,

Higher College of Technology
Muscat
Sultanate of Oman

Adobe Certified instructor

 

+ (986) 99899 673

 

www.herschelmair.com

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Herschel Mair
Head of the Department of Photography,

Higher College of Technology
Muscat
Sultanate of Oman

Adobe Certified instructor

 

+ (986) 99899 673

 

www.herschelmair.com

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