- Switch to the Luminance subpanel. To appreciate the amazing
powers of the final set of options in the HSL/Grayscale panel,
we need a great big sky. So click the Big sky.dng thumbnail in
the left-hand filmstrip. Then click the Luminance tab to call
up eight more sliders, which vary from one brightness extreme
to the other. - Darken the sky. The photograph has a stark elegance, but
the texture is a bit flat. To heighten the drama, I suggest we
deepen the sky by moving the Blues slider down to –80. The
before and after versions of the image in Figure 9-26 show the
dramatic difference this one simple change makes. You can see
it for yourself by toggling the Preview check box off and on. - Click Done, because, well... on so many levels, we are done.
Figure 9-26.Unaltered skyLuminance, Blue: –80PeaRl Of WISDOm
Note that Camera Raw works with TIFF and JPEG
files as well, and while you wouldn’t have the range
of information that you would with a raw file, such
a workflow has its advantages for these types of
files. Camera Raw is logical and capable, and you
can apply lots of modifications from one dialog
box. Additionally, unlike Photoshop, Camera Raw
lets you modify multiple images in one fell swoop.
And of course, every modification you apply in
Camera Raw is nondestructive, so there’s no need
to commit to permanent pixel modifications.HSL and Grayscale 321