Ben Rubinstein
pro member
Hi,
Been working with CS6 which of course includes ACR7 raw engine which is the same as the new one in LR4. One of the biggest features of the new engine is its highlight control. It really is incredible. However the problem I'm having is that they seem to have killed the facial tones as a result. Highlights on the face now lose colour, go desaturated/greyish compared to the old 2010 version of the ACR engine.
I've prepared a couple of RAW's where this is apparent. You will need ACR 6.7 RC (in CS5) or ACR 7 in CS6 beta to view these properly. I don't think you can view snapshots in LR4.
In both versions I've prepared two snapshots (last tab on the right), the first is how I processed the picture originally using the previous engine. The second snapshot is using the new Process engine, 2012. Have a look at the faces at 100%, specifically the highlights.
Can you see what I mean about the colour disappearing in the highlights with the new version? Some people don't seem to be able to see it but you people are perfectionists and purists, to me the difference is very very apparent, the facial highlights look awful in the new version. My wife agrees and she's no photographer.
http://www.timelessjewishart.com/013.dng (left side of face and neck)
http://timelessjewishart.com/0129.dng (highlight above right eyebrow)
This third shows the problem worst of all, it's not mine, it's a RAW sample from the 5DIII off Imaging Resource, I'm posting it up as an example only as IR don't have anything that I can see on their website saying that I cannot do this. If what I'm doing is wrong please let me know! http://www.timelessjewishart.com/5D3_IR.dng
If you can spare me the time to have a look I'd appreciate it!
Ben
Been working with CS6 which of course includes ACR7 raw engine which is the same as the new one in LR4. One of the biggest features of the new engine is its highlight control. It really is incredible. However the problem I'm having is that they seem to have killed the facial tones as a result. Highlights on the face now lose colour, go desaturated/greyish compared to the old 2010 version of the ACR engine.
I've prepared a couple of RAW's where this is apparent. You will need ACR 6.7 RC (in CS5) or ACR 7 in CS6 beta to view these properly. I don't think you can view snapshots in LR4.
In both versions I've prepared two snapshots (last tab on the right), the first is how I processed the picture originally using the previous engine. The second snapshot is using the new Process engine, 2012. Have a look at the faces at 100%, specifically the highlights.
Can you see what I mean about the colour disappearing in the highlights with the new version? Some people don't seem to be able to see it but you people are perfectionists and purists, to me the difference is very very apparent, the facial highlights look awful in the new version. My wife agrees and she's no photographer.
http://www.timelessjewishart.com/013.dng (left side of face and neck)
http://timelessjewishart.com/0129.dng (highlight above right eyebrow)
This third shows the problem worst of all, it's not mine, it's a RAW sample from the 5DIII off Imaging Resource, I'm posting it up as an example only as IR don't have anything that I can see on their website saying that I cannot do this. If what I'm doing is wrong please let me know! http://www.timelessjewishart.com/5D3_IR.dng
If you can spare me the time to have a look I'd appreciate it!
Ben