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Dynamic range

This is the brightness range the camera can capture before starting to lose detail in bright areas (like the sky) and dense, dark shadows. Generally, the larger the camera’s sensor, the better its dynamic range. RAW files capture a slightly wider dynamic range than JPEGs.

How I use merged HDR stacks as ’super-negatives’

April 26, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Lightroom and Capture One offer HDR tools with a difference. They don’t create wild and exaggerated HDR effects. Instead, they create what I would call DNG ‘super-negatives’ with extended dynamic range that you can then exploit however you like.

Filed Under: Capture One, Featured, Lightroom, TutorialsTagged With: Bits and bit depth, Bracketing, DNG, Dynamic range, HDR

10 myths about RAW files – and why they’re wrong

March 31, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Almost any photographic expert will tell you that you should shoot RAW files not JPEGs, and that RAW files are innately superior. The trouble with this kind of wisdom is that it’s repeated and passed on without question.

Filed Under: General, Listicles, WorkflowTagged With: 14-bit RAW, 16-bit image, 8-bit images, Artefact/artifact, Bayer sensor, Bits and bit depth, Compression, Dynamic range, JPEG, JPEG vs RAW, Lens corrections, Lossy/lossless compression, Noise reduction, RAW file, RAW processing, RAW+JPEG, TIFF, White balance

DxO PhotoLab vs Lightroom vs Capture One – which is best for RAW files?

August 2, 2020 by Rod Lawton

Which is best for processing RAW files, DxO PhotoLab, Lightroom or Capture One? Here’s a set of eight image comparisons that aims to find out.

Filed Under: Capture One, Featured, Lightroom, PhotoLab, ReviewsTagged With: Artefact/artifact, Capture One, Cloud storage, DeepPRIME (DxO), Dynamic range, Highlight recovery, Lens corrections, Lightroom (Adobe), Lightroom Classic (Adobe), Local adjustments, Perspective correction, PhotoLab (DxO), RAW processing, Shadow recovery, Sharpening, White balance

Dynamic range and exposure

June 1, 2020 by Life after Photoshop

Dynamic range is the camera sensor’s ability to capture detail in very bright and very dark parts of a scene. Cameras (or sensors) with a low dynamic range record dark shadows as a solid black or bright highlights as a featureless white.

Filed Under: Editing A-Z, Featured, GeneralTagged With: Dynamic range, HDR, Histogram, JPEG vs RAW, RAW file

Bits and bit depth explained

May 19, 2020 by Life after Photoshop

Bits and bit depth

Bit depth is an important concept in digital imaging if you want the best possible image quality and if you intend to manipulate images heavily.

Filed Under: Editing A-Z, Featured, GeneralTagged With: 14-bit RAW, 16-bit image, 24-bit/48-bit image, 8-bit images, Artefact/artifact, Bits and bit depth, Dynamic range, HDR, JPEG vs RAW, RAW processing

Shadow and Highlight recovery in Lightroom

December 7, 2016 by Rod Lawton

Shadow and highlight recovery in Lightroom

It’s very easy to lose extreme shadow or highlight detail when you’re shooting high-contrast scenes, and that’s one of the reasons for shooting raw files – they contain additional highlight detail, especially, that you may be able to bring out during processing. Shadow and highlight recovery is not always possible, but I usually reckon that […]

Filed Under: Featured, Lightroom, TutorialsTagged With: Dynamic range, Highlight recovery, Shadow recovery

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