Comments on: Curing Blown Highlights with RAW http://www.thephotoargus.com/tutorials/curing-blown-highlights-with-raw/ A photographer's resource of useful information, inspiration, technique, photographer showcases and more. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:34:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christopher O'Donnell http://www.thephotoargus.com/tutorials/curing-blown-highlights-with-raw/comment-page-1/#comment-2597 Christopher O'Donnell Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:41:08 +0000 http://www.thephotoargus.com/?p=2702#comment-2597 @ Cubius - While you could do that, those settings can affect other portions of the image in a way you don't want. It really depends on the effect you're going for and how much the overall image is affected by those sliders. In the simplest forms, blown highlights are overexposed sections of your photo. In this tutorial, you are basically pinpointing the areas which are blown are replacing them with properly exposed data. You can work the sliders, but this method is much more precise and is also reversible/changeable if needed since you're working with layers and masks. RAW editing is also reversible, but you have to basically start over. If you've done a lot of editing, that can get very annoying. Thanks for the comment and I hope this helps. @ Cubius –

While you could do that, those settings can affect other portions of the image in a way you don’t want. It really depends on the effect you’re going for and how much the overall image is affected by those sliders.

In the simplest forms, blown highlights are overexposed sections of your photo. In this tutorial, you are basically pinpointing the areas which are blown are replacing them with properly exposed data.

You can work the sliders, but this method is much more precise and is also reversible/changeable if needed since you’re working with layers and masks.

RAW editing is also reversible, but you have to basically start over. If you’ve done a lot of editing, that can get very annoying.

Thanks for the comment and I hope this helps.

]]> By: Cubius http://www.thephotoargus.com/tutorials/curing-blown-highlights-with-raw/comment-page-1/#comment-2575 Cubius Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:15:35 +0000 http://www.thephotoargus.com/?p=2702#comment-2575 What about using "Recovery" (slider below exposure) or a mixture of Recovery / Fill Light / Blacks? Is it not precise enough? What about using “Recovery” (slider below exposure) or a mixture of Recovery / Fill Light / Blacks? Is it not precise enough?

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