TECHNIQUES
Create a baseline
Liam Willis on adjusting your RAW files to provide the best opportunities for later creative processing
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Down to the details
RAW images often contain far more highlight and shadow detail than is immediately apparent before processing. This can be easily recovered using the
Basic Panel in most apps
© Liam Willis
One of the aspects you come to appreciate as an experienced digital photographer is that editing is a multi-step process.
It’s not simply a case of taking the images from a camera, applying a standard set of adjustments and then sending the files to print or archive.
To create the best possible results, it is almost always necessary to ‘pre-cook’ images in RAW processing software, before applying more complex local edits and finally, retouching in applications such as Photoshop or Affinity. Landscape photographer Liam Willis keeps his editing process refined and targeted, integrating his shooting and editing workflows.