![]() ![]() As for the value, all I can say is that with time, I feel that I have become very efficient in the way I go about both my post-processing and shooting on site and think that with some practice, these things can take far less time than they may first appear. This image took 50 minutes from start to finish in the computer. Since beginning to share these processing videos, I am frequently asked about the time it takes to do this work in post and the value of it. From here I move into Photoshop, run a script I’ve got to auto merge and align the images, and can begin the exposure blending, color corrections and retouching. Once this has all been captured, all that’s left to do is to jump into the computer to piece it all together, which is where the video below picks up.Īs with most of my interiors shots created in this way, I first run through some quick RAW processing in Capture One to get each frame that will be used dialed in at the levels and white balance that I want including one frame specifically for the ceiling information which I spend a little more time on ensuring that the white ceiling doesn’t have any color contamination. From here we begin shooting each individual space with supplemental lighting at a fast enough shutter speed to regulate any ambient light that we could not control. To begin with this strategy, I first run through a round over ambient frames in order to capture things as they are. When approaching a shot like this that joins multiple spaces which all could benefit from supplemental lighting, my instinct is generally to treat them individually, with an overall plan to combine them strategically in post. And on top of everything, I wanted to capture all of these spaces in one image in order to show their connectivity, so opted to do a vertical stitch using my 24mm tilt shift lens to help illustrate the open ceiling of the corridor. To make things even more tricky, lighting levels between the spaces were very inconsistent, particularly the central breakout space which was only lit with one large pendant, making it appear quite dark in an image with available light compared to the corridor and adjacent rooms. In the image below, we were tasked with showing a fairly complex space located at the end of an office space that contains a variety of spaces - two phone rooms, an open breakout space, work stations, offices and an adjacent conference room - WHEW. ![]() Reflections, varying color levels and temperatures, malfunctioning building systems and more are often things we have to overcome in order to convey the overall design intent and vision. If it might matter then it might be worth some longer consideration.Every composition when shooting workplace interiors comes with a unique set of challenges. If it would not matter then no big decision - just edit the preset. If that preset has subsequently been changed (but uses the same name) would that be of any concern to you if the new version was applied to the image as part of some future editing activity? ![]() If you want to modify a preset create the preset definition as you need it, based on a pre-existing preset or a new definition, and simply save the result with the same name as the preset you wish to change (or to "edit" if you prefer to think of it in those terms).īear in mind that as one builds a historical legacy of images with presets applied it might be important to assess whether you might, at some point, choose to re-edit an older image that had used a specific preset back in earlier days. Plenty of opportunity to get creative with metadata at that point but probably best to just dive into it and work out how best to use it to suit your specific needs rather than seek a hand-me-down step-by-step process. There are some controls over what metadata fields can be included or excluded (and other things related to file naming, etc,) in the Output/Export recipes functionality. In recent releases the process for Export and Output have been rationalised and combined when compared to what the separate functions in older releases of C1 set out to offer users. For that the concept of "Output", implying an edited file which may be the final product of the process or something close to it as far as you are concerned, may be more descriptive. The required fields can then be included with the output files later.Įxport and Output are almost interchangeable terms although export might be of an original, unedited file being sent to another editor for some other purpose. I think most people apply a Copyright metadata preset on import of images to C1 so that the information is always present for all files in the shoot. ![]()
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