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Adobe Camera Raw Updates: Enhanced Masking, Local Color Grading, White Balance

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Adobe Camera Raw Updates: Enhanced Masking, Local Color Grading, White Balance

Clip title: Camera Raw Just Got Better: Masking Refinements, Local Color Grading & Extended White Balance Author / channel: Julieanne Kost URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUp5TLrFKb0

Summary

This video, presented by Julieanne Kost, provides a clear overview of several new updates and enhancements within Adobe Camera Raw. The main topic revolves around increasing precision and creative control for photographers through improved masking edge refinements, the addition of local color grading, and an extended range for white balance adjustments.

The first key update detailed is in masking edge refinements. When using AI-powered masks (like Select Sky, Subject, Background, Landscape, or People), two new sliders, “Feather” and “Edge,” offer greater control over mask boundaries. The “Feather” slider softens the mask’s transition, allowing for more natural blending of adjustments into the image. The “Edge” slider enables photographers to either “choke” the mask (decrease edge value) to contract it, preventing it from cutting into intricate details like hair or leaves, or “spread” the mask (increase edge value) to expand it further into the surrounding area, useful for eliminating halos or creating glow effects.

Secondly, local color grading controls have been integrated directly into the masking panel. Previously available only for global adjustments, users can now apply specific color tints to shadows, midtones, and highlights within selected masked areas. The video demonstrates this by desaturating the background and adding a magenta tint to its shadows, while simultaneously adding yellow to the highlights and green to the midtones of the subject (a frog), allowing for targeted creative color contrast and mood setting.

Finally, Adobe Camera Raw introduces an extended temperature range for white balance. For raw files, the temperature slider’s lower limit has been extended from 2000 Kelvin down to 1500 Kelvin. This enhancement is particularly beneficial for photographers capturing images in very warm, low-light conditions, such as candlelight or firelight, enabling them to achieve a more accurate and neutral white balance where previously the range was insufficient. For JPEG files, the range also extends further down to -150. These updates collectively offer photographers significantly more precision and creative flexibility in their image editing workflows.

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Description

In this tutorial, Julieanne Kost walks through three updates in Camera Raw: New Edge and Feather Refinement sliders for AI masks (including Sky, Subject, Background, Landscape, and People masks), Color Grading controls now available within local masking for targeted creative adjustments, and an extended Temperature Range for White Balance. Follow along to see how these enhancements give you more precision and creative control over your edits.

More information on Color Grading in Lightroom Classic, Lightroom, and Adobe Camera Raw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgzIA0Tx1Rs

Additional tips, tricks, and tutorials from Julieanne Kost can be found on her blog: https://jkost.com/blog Facebook: https://facebook.com/julieannekost Twitter: https://twitter.com/julieannekost Instagram: https://instagram.com/jkost/ Behance: https://behance.net/julieannekost

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