which steps in what order?

[rbiemer]

OK, I have a really basic question: what post processing steps in what order?

In other words, once I have my digital file, what should I do first, second, etc?

Rob

 

[rover]

I am assuming you are talking about scanned film? TIFFs or JPGs?

 

[rbiemer]

I was on my way out to work this morning and was a bit terse in my OP.


Scanned film or files from my digital--I don't generally shoot RAW but when I do those are saved as TIFF files.
So, let me try again.

What I generally do (TIFFs or JPGs) is:

• brightness
• contrast
• color correction
• unsharp masking
• crop (if desired/needed)
• save as needed depending on final use

I don't generally replace the original file but do save the edited version to the same folder.

Rob

 

[Roger Hicks]

1 Exposure

2 Colour correction

3 Crop

4 Levels/curves

5 Others as needed

Cheers,

R.

 

[haempe]

1. brightness
2. contrast
3. color correction
4. unsharp masking
5. crop (if desired/needed)
6. save as needed depending on final use

I would suggest to do any sharpening after cropping/resizing/scaling, to hold the control over the effects.