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Technique MASTERCLASS

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NewProfileDialog

Alt-clickingtheNewPreseticonin CameraRawopenstheNewProfiledialog.

Hereyoucancreateyourowncustomprofilesandloadin ColorLookupTables.Youcan

alsoseta maximumandminimumstrengthforyourcustom profile, which dictates the

range of intensity when using the Profile strength slider.

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CreateColorLUTs

forProfiles

ColorLookupTables(LUTs)arelikemaps

forcolours;theycanbeincorporatedinto

yourcustomprofiles.Tomakea LUT,

openanimageintoPhotoshopandmake

tonalchangesusingAdjustmentLayers,

thengotoFile>Export>ColorLookup

Table.Givethetablea nameandsaveit.

YoucanloadtheLUTintoa custom

profile using the New Profile dialog.

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Making

your

ownProfiles

CustomProfilescan

bemadein Adobe

CameraRaw.Open

animage,choose

anexistingprofile

thengoontomake

anyotherchanges

youlike,orsimply

useanexisting

preset.Nextgoto

thePresetPanel

andAlt-clickthe

NewPreseticonto

openthe‘New

Profile’dialog,

whereyoucansave

thetreatmentasa

newProfile.It will

appearin Lightroom

thenexttime you

open it.

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Chooseyourfavourites

TheProfilesdropdownlistgives

youaccesstoyourfavouriteProfileswithout

theneedtoentertheProfileBrowser.By

defaultyou’llseetheAdobeRawsetaswell

asyourcurrentlyselectedProfile.Youcan

addorremoveProfilesfromthisdropdown

listbyclickingthethumbnailstarof each

within the Profile Browser view.

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ProfilesvsPresets
ProfilesoutperformPresetsin every
way.They’reslicker,theydon’tmesswith
existingsettings,andtheyhavea Strength
slider.What’smore,withtheinclusionof Color
LookupTables,therangeof possibletonal
treatmentsgoesbeyondwhatcanbeachieved
withDeveloptoolsalone.If you’rea Preset-
loverthenstartconvertingyour favourites to
Profiles;youwon’tregretit.

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SetProfilesasdefault
A Profilecanbesetasthedefaultfor
allyourimages.Simplychoosea Profile(and
leaveallothersettingsuntouched);thenhold
Altandthe‘Reset’buttonat thebottomright
willchangeto‘SetDefault’.Clickthis,andthe
chosenProfilewillbeapplied as standard to
every image you edit.