Adobe AFTER EFFECTS CS3 PROFESSIONAL User Manual page 101

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3. Adjust color.
Color adjustments include white balance, tone, and saturation. You can make most adjustments in the Basic tab, and
then use controls in the other tabs to fine-tune the results. If you want Camera Raw to analyze your image and apply
its best guess regarding tonal adjustments, click Auto in the Basic tab.
To apply the settings used for the previous image, or to apply the default settings for the camera model, camera, or
ISO settings, choose the appropriate command from the Camera Raw Settings menu . (See "Apply saved Camera
Raw settings" on page 110.)
To see a video tutorial on adjusting images with Camera Raw, go to the Adobe website at
www.adobe.com/go/vid0006.
To see a video tutorial on adjusting multiple images with Camera Raw, go to the Adobe website at
www.adobe.com/go/vid0007.
4. Make other adjustments and image corrections.
Use other tools and controls in the Camera Raw dialog box to perform such tasks as sharpening the image, reducing
noise, correcting for lens defects, and retouching.
5. (Optional) Save image settings as a preset or as default image settings.
To apply the same adjustments to other images later, save the settings as a preset. If you want to save the adjustments
as the defaults to be applied to all images from a specific camera model, a specific camera, or a specific ISO setting,
save the image settings as the new Camera Raw defaults. (See "Save, reset, and load Camera Raw settings" on
page 108.)
6. Set workflow options for Photoshop.
Set options to specify the characteristics of images saved from Camera Raw and how Photoshop should open them.
7. Save the image, or open it in Photoshop or After Effects.
When you finish adjusting the image in Camera Raw, you have four basic options: apply the adjustments to the
camera raw file, open the adjusted image in another application, save the adjusted image to another format, or cancel
and discard adjustments. If you open the Camera Raw dialog box from After Effects or Photoshop, the Save and
Done buttons are unavailable.
Applies the Camera Raw settings to the images and saves copies of them in JPEG, PSD, TIFF, or DNG format.
Save
Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) to suppress the Camera Raw Save Options dialog box and save the files
using the last set of save options. (See "Save a camera raw image in another format" on page 99.)
Opens copies of the camera raw image files (with the Camera Raw settings applied) in Photoshop or
Open or OK
After Effects. The original camera raw image file remains unaltered.
Closes the Camera Raw dialog box and stores file settings either in the camera raw database file, in the sidecar
Done
XMP file, or in the DNG file.
Cancels the adjustments specified in the Camera Raw dialog box.
Cancel
Import and interpret camera raw files
You can import sequences of camera raw files much as you import sequences of other kinds of still image files.