Advanced_Photoshop_Issue_139_-_2015_UK_

TECHNIQUES PRO POSTPRODUCTION

QUICK TIP: THE POWER OF CAMERA RAW

Before you start adjusting the layers in your file, you should try to

get the most out of your Camera Raw Smart Filter. It’s an incredibly

powerful image editor, and because it’s designed for photographs,

it enhances the realism of post-production on a 3D render.

03

ADJUST THE WHITE BALANCE

Raw renders or photographs usually

come with an unbalanced white balance. This is an

easy task for Camera Raw. By clicking the White

Balance tool on the top left of the window, you can

click and drag to set an average white balance

area. This automatically adjusts the White Balance

accordingly to the area you clicked. Avoid

blown-out white areas and try to get the

highlights. Although let your eyes be the judge –

they do a better job than the software!

FROM THE RAW RENDER

TOTHEFINISHEDIMAGE

WORK IN

PROGRESS

Progress 1: Raw render

Progress 2: Camera Raw

Progress 3: Final image

PREPARE THE BASE

IMPORT THE RENDER PASSES AND CUT OUT THE PLANES

01

CREATE A BOKEH

By using Filter>Blur Gallery>Field Blur,

you’ll be able to create really cool bokeh effects as

if you were shooting a blurred background. Your

original image’s resolution doesn’t matter, just

resize it up to a decent size and apply Field Blur to

it. Play with the Light Bokeh, Bokeh Color and

Light Range to get it the way you want it.

02

MAKE IT SMART

In the new Photoshop versions, you can right-click a layer and

convert it to a Smart Object. Filters can be applied to it such as Camera

Raw and stay editable. Just go Filter>Camera Raw Filter once your layer

becomes smart. This means you can edit your Camera Raw settings at

any time instead of creating presets as it used to be in older versions of the

software. You can also double-click the layer to adjust the opacity of your

filter as well as apply a mask to it.