Photoshop CS3 RAW

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CHAPTER TEN

ADVANCED LOCALIZED CONTROL

The methods I’ve shown you so far apply a global eect over

the entire image. For some images this is ne, but for others, it’s

helpful to paint the eects into specic areas. This takes time,

and requires more advanced Photoshop skills. But the tradeo

in time is more than made up for in the control you gain.

Advanced Localized

Control

Here is a fairly straightforward way to use

Photoshop, Bridge, and Camera Raw to

create a black and white image and apply

localized control. (You can also use the

method to fine-tune split toning effects.)

Improving a Portrait Shot

I’ll use the portrait in Figure 10-35—shot

by Popular Science photographer John

Carnett—of Burt Rutan, the aerospace

designer, as an example. When I adjusted

Camera Raw’s Grayscale Mix red slider to

bring out the logo on the shirt, the rest

of the image looked like it was shot with

infrared film. I needed to apply the red

adjustment locally.

Starting in 1. Bridge, open the RAW

file into Camera Raw (File→Open in

Camera Raw). Make sure Bridge is host.

In Camera Raw, use the HSL/Grayscale

Mix tab to convert your file to black

and white. I suggest for this version

you use Auto.

Open the Workflow preferences by 2.

clicking on the link at the bottom

of the window (Figure 10-36). In the

Workflow dialog box, select Open in

Photoshop as Smart Objects.

Select Open Object from the bottom ...