How do the new profiles relate to the color rendering adjustments already available inside of Camera Raw and Lightroom (e.g., HSL adjustments)?
The best way to think about the new AS and CM camera profiles is that they provide great out-of-the-box results. However, they are only default starting points for further image adjustments and are not (and will never be) substitutes for a photographer’s creative vision. Therefore, treat the new profiles as starting points but use the color and tone rendering controls provided by CR / LR (e.g., HSL sliders, Fill Light, Parametric Curves, etc.) to make your desired image-specific adjustments.
Related Questions
- Given that Camera Raw and Lightroom already offer color rendering controls (e.g., HSL adjustments), isn the DNG Profile Editor redundant? What advantages does it have?
- How do the new profiles relate to the color rendering adjustments already available inside of Camera Raw and Lightroom (e.g., HSL adjustments)?
- Will Lightroom 3 recognize adjustments to photos made in earlier versions of the Camera Raw plug-in?
