Highlight and Shadow Detail question please

eleanorbrown

• 20. Juli 2007 22:35

I am unable to maintain both highlight and shadow detail using Capture One with my P45+ files. If I set my white point so highlights aren't blown out, my shadows go pitch black. My files have enormous dynamic range yet I can't take advantage of this. I have tried everything that I know of. Does anyone have any tips I may not have thought of besides making multiple files, processing for shadows and highlights then blending in Photoshop.? These are outdoor landscape shots, not studio shots with controlled lighting.

Thanks, Eleanor Brown

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  Kay1

  • 21. Juli 2007 09:12

  I did try the same with C1 - and failed like you.
  
  I did try the "museum picture" with C1 and ACR 4.1.
  http://www.fotocommunity.de/forum/read. ... 40&t=84140
  
  No way to get a good result with C1 alone - only way - > use the HDR way you did in the past.
  
  With ACR 4.1 - no problem, the new options in ACR allow to get the full dynamic range without any HDR approch.
  
  I am waiting for C1 4.0 to see if C1 has improved, as I like the C1 converter.
  
  Regards, Kay

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  Robert4

  • 21. Juli 2007 10:05

  BTW, lovely photos. The black and whites are especially nice - they
  have a tonality that reminds me of great Ansel Adams prints.
  
  I'm sure you've already tried this, but I have found that using the curves
  control does a pretty good job in "lifting" the shadows, when the file has
  a big range and you are adjusting exposure for the high-values.
  
  Rob

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  eleanorbrown

  • 26. Juli 2007 17:41

  Thanks Kay and Rob, for your ideas. Think I'm just going to have to wait until C1 4.0 is released (no telling when that will be) or for the next upgrade to ACR and/or Lightroom which should support the plus files. I really need software that allows me to set both black and white prints in high dynamic range files taken outdoors, while keeping detail in the deepest shadows and highest highlights. For now I'm left with no choice but to blend in Photoshop, a less than ideal method for sure. Eleanor

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  dbritch

  • 14. September 2007 11:36

  Eleanor,
  
  Adobe just released ACR 4.2, which now officially supports the Pxx+ backs.
  
  David

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