Here is Geri's contact information in case anyone reading these tutorials would like to contact her for information on her trips, private tutorials, etc.
Geri Murphy:
http://www.gerimurphy.net/
email: gerimurphyimages@earthlink dot net
from Geri to Norb:
I cannot open the RAW (RW2) file either in Photoshop. You are using a Lumix camera and they have their version of Raw. I went on line and discovered that you can open the .RW2 files in BRIDGE which comes with Photoshop. So that solves that problem. When you go BRIDGE you can see all the raw files and by simply clicking on the photo, it will open it in RAW PHOTOSHOP. Then you just go to "OPEN IMAGE" which converts the photo to a JPEG in Photoshop.
Then you hit EDIT - AUTO TONE. OK. When you see the photo changed by Auto Tone, you will often say, wow, that looks better, but it is a little too much tone. So, go to EDIT (pull down menu) and click on "FADE AUTO TONE". You will have a slider to move the tone down from 0-100% I found with this photo, 65% is about right. Just move the slider and stop wherever you see it looks best on your screen. Now it pops but not too much so it looks over done. This is a much better way to do it than fooling around with tiffs, sliders with red,blue,green, tints, white balance, etc. Think of Auto Tone as a Polarizing Filter for underwater. It is one step (2 if you use the slider) and your done.
Next Step is the clean up with the healing brush & stamper. We did that yesterday.
Today, if you have done all of the above (go back and do it that way for practice) we move to the final steps. Almost done.
You have to SHARPEN the image. Go up to FILTER (at the top) and pull down MENU. Go down to SHARPEN and then click on UNSHARP MASK. Click on it. You have 3 sliding numbers. The bottom one is Threshold. I usually set that for 2 (levels) the next is Radius: set that for 2 (pixels) and then slide the AMOUNT to about 120%. That is what I used for this photo. You will see the preview and you can move the % of sharpening to any amount you need. Just don't OVERSHARPEN. Like anything, too much can ruin it.
One LAST thing I did to this photo is to increase the "HUE" because I thought it looked a little too light.
It did not change the photo a lot and you may not want to do it, but I am giving you all the stuff I did so here it is.
Go up to IMAGE. Go to ADJUSTMENTS.... Go to HUE/SATURATION.
Again we have sliders. I moved the HUE slider to about 7%. Play around with those controls. They are important for other stuff. Many, many times people have too much red in the skin tones of their faces. I almost always have to go to the SATURATION slider and decrease the amount of saturation. By moving the slider to the left and looking at the Preview you can see the redness leave from their face. Otherwise they look like they have Radiation Poisoning and not flattering to them. Don't go too far or their face will turn yellow and green. Just move the slider a little bit at a time and watch your preview picture to see the results.
Finally you get to put in your photo credit. I assume you know how to do that. (?)
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....I am self taught and while I keep buying tutorials, they remain unopened. When I get stuck on something I want to do, I will look it up on line for info and tips. That is how I found out how to open your particular camera Raw settings.
Geri
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