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n this technique, we’ll show you how to do some clever

Raw image editing by using double digital graduated

filters in Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom – all by

simply enhancing a single Raw image! In this example,

we’ve opted to use a sunset photograph. To get the best

out of digital grads, ideally you’ll want landscape images

that have straight horizons.

Take one Raw standard exposure, making sure you

capture some detail in the highlights in the sky, and

shadows on the land. It’s important to use a tripod and a

narrow aperture for good depth of field, also use a low ISO

of 100 for the best quality when it comes to processing

and pushing your Raw image’s tones to their limits.

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Improve your Raw-editing by using multiple digital

grads to selectively improve areas in scenic shots

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We’re working in Adobe Camera Raw, but you could use

Lightroom to replicate this technique. First we carry out some

basic improvements to our Raw; we reduce Exposure, Contrast

and Highlights, and increase Shadows and Whites.

Apply improvements to the sky

Now we click on the Graduated filter icon, and use a digital grad

filter to darken sky by reducing the Exposure, we also reduced

Temperature to make it cooler. We also changed the colour of the

filter at the bottom to blue – all to boost the blues in the sky.