Introduction to Camera Raw
A course by Núria AguadéPhotographer
A course by Núria Aguadé, Photographer
Learn to develop RAW files like a professional from scratch and discover the secrets to using this essential tool
In every RAW file, there’s an entire world of possibilities waiting to be uncovered. With over 15 years of experience in the field, photographer Núria Aguadé has discovered all the tricks and secrets in the world of digital photography.
In this five-course Domestika Basics, Núria gives you an extensive run-through of Camera Raw, an Adobe Suite program that allows you to enhance your images with a striking amount of detail. Explore the many tools you can use to get the most out of your RAW files and elevate your photos with professional editing techniques.
Start by familiarizing yourself with the types of RAW files available and what kinds of adjustments they allow you to make. Next, take a tour of Camera Raw's interface, menus, and main tools. Learn to adjust the exposure, contrast, and color using the histogram and apply these modifications efficiently by batch-processing a set of images.
Then venture out into the world of image-enhancement tools and panels, exploring perspective correction, spot removal, crop tools, curves, lens correction, and more. Practice using noise reduction features and focus masks, two essential tools for achieving a clean, sharp finish.
Núria later explains how to use selective adjustment tools, both brushes and gradients, to individually work on light and dark areas, tailoring your touch-ups to each part of the image.
Discover how to apply final corrections in color as well as black and white, how to add vignettes or textures, how to create presets, and how to export your photos in different formats. To wrap up, learn the differences between retouching an image to be posted online as a JPG and one to be further processed in Adobe Photoshop so that you can create professional-looking images for a variety of uses.
Technical Requirements
⦁ A computer with Windows 10 or macOS 10.12 Sierra (or later) ⦁ Adobe Photoshop, Bridge, and Camera Raw (You can buy them or download the seven-day trial version off the Adobe website.) ⦁ A camera capable of shooting in RAW mode ⦁ A graphics tablet (recommended but not essential)
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Reviews
- 1 year ago
Un curso totalmente recomendado
- 1 year ago
muito bom
- 1 year ago
Muy bien explicado y de forma práctica. He echado en falta profundizar más en la nueva interfaz de Camera Raw.
- 2 years ago
Muy buena explicando y recomendable el curso
- 2 years ago
muy dinámica la secuencia de clases. Muy bien tratados los contenidos...Lo recomiendo
A decade ago he discovered jazz and dance and naturally took his camera and began to take a picture of them. As a result, he has taken photos at various dance festivals, concerts, album covers and studio portraits for musicians, dancers and actors.
Nowadays, he combines show photography with studio commercials and training in various schools in Barcelona.
Content
- U1
Welcome
- Welcome
- U1
Welcome
- Welcome
- U2
The digital negative
- The digital negative
- U2
To start color balance. Basics that are everything
- To start color balance. Basics that are everything
- U3
The Camera RAW interface
- The Camera RAW interface
- U3
Clarity, clear fog, intensity and saturation
- Clarity, clear fog, intensity and saturation
- U4
Histogram
- Histogram
- U5
Open, Cancel and Done buttons
- Open, Cancel and Done buttons
- U6
News and changes in the program interface
- News and changes in the program interface
- U7
Practical Lesson
- Practical Lesson
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FAQs
You’ll learn how to process RAW files, correct exposure and color using histograms and curves, perform localized retouching, reduce noise, and export images in JPG and TIFF formats.
This course is designed for people with intermediate digital photography skills who want to enhance their RAW image editing abilities.
You need basic digital photography knowledge and access to Adobe Camera Raw. Having RAW images to practice with is recommended.
A histogram is a graph showing the tonal distribution of an image, used to spot and fix exposure and contrast issues.
White balance in Camera Raw adjusts color tones to create neutral lighting and realistic colors in your photos.
Camera Raw includes cropping and perspective correction tools that make it easy to fix framing and optical distortions.
Localized retouching lets you adjust specific parts of an image using tools like the adjustment brush and graduated filter, enhancing details without affecting the whole photo.