Whenever I get an alert from you I immediately put on an aluminum-foil helmet and purple swim goggle in preparation for a descent into the inner sanctum of photo nerd-dom. Rockin' the beard, BTW.
I didn't realize some of those things that you were showing. That's really interesting! I knew that you could go to the histogram and change the exposure but wasn't thinking about it changing the other things. Thank you Blake for showing us this.
Good work Blake - learning is a 365 day event. I once had to explain to a LR trainer that you can control each of the four sides of the radial filter independently.
When you are entering Lab it's like going from driving on the highway to running on a NASCAR track. Working as a Lab Tehnician for many years and running quality control on various processors, the Histogram is very similar to reading and discerning the charts of the chemical activity in a processor.
As always, a very informative video. Thanks, Blake. I learned some things. You can also see, in the Develop module, your RGB values in percentages, if you wish. Just click on the soft proofing and choose sRGB as the profile.
Thank you Blake. I am surprised that i knew this but i did know and have consistently edited in ACR with the histogram for ?? Long time. But i did not know about changing the colors to LAB. Thanks for the tip.
As always, a pleasing exposition. I dare to contribute a supplement, the user, by hovering over the very histogram, at least in ACR, can choose between five well-defined areas in the background of that histogram in order to apply the appropriate edits; from left to right, Blacks, Shadows, Exposure, Highlights, and Whites.
Thanks for the video! Didn't know you can change to LAB. What I would like to have is a way to show the histogram for just an area of the image. I sometimes clip an image, then edit, then unclip. Not exactly convenient.
@@f64Academy Thank you for the suggestion! I tried, but cannot get it to work. The histogram always stays the same, independent of mask selection. Maybe I should ask in the Adobe forums.
Good tips/reminders. Thanks Blake. The short cut "U" and "O" for the clipping warnings must be in Camera Raw in PhotoShop as they aren't in LR. SUre would be nice if we could have have the same cuts in both😊😊
I have to admit, I had absolutely no idea that was available. Nice! I am trying to do a little more directly in Camera Raw (as much as possible) before moving the image over into Photoshop, so this fits in nicely with that. Thanks!
Blake, finally found a difference between the develop module in LR vs camera raw. To be able to read the RGB values (not the percentages) you need to turn on softnproofing in LR. In camera raw you have the values as a default. Took me a while to figure. Many thanks for the very interesting info sharing! All the best and keep 'em coming.
In 14-bit RAW does it show 8-bit? I would doubt it. It's not saying the data is gone, or "lost", as much as it's saying that the sensor pixels are fully saturated and can't tell the difference when more light is exposed.
@@f64Academy I only quibble because I feel it's better to think about how your sensor is working, not how some chart looks. The histogram also shows the difference in quality, if one wants to look at it that way. Even if you don't clip, it doesn't mean you've god the quality image data you may want. Anyway, keep up the great work! And thanks for not getting angry at my comments ;)
@@MaxoticsTV I like that you are adding to the conversation. I think about it in terms of film because that's what I started with. With film that over exposure would be paper white or pure black, but I like the way you think 😁
@@f64Academy EXACTLY! A histogram also comes from analog (video) days where a video signal is stored in magnetic particles on a tape. So I see many RUclipsrs talk about histograms as descriptions of data. Sure, you can do that, but the data is captured through an analog device--even today. There are NO digital cameras really, they are only cameras that store analog voltages digitally. Again, my quibbling might seem like splitting hairs. When one thinks about histograms as data descriptors they make assumptions that can get them into trouble, such as all data points are equal. They most certainly are not! Digital amplification changes their quality. In my day ISO was a description of saturation quality. Today it's part of the exposure triangle, which really gets me unhinged. Oh well, there I go again.
I used to use it to pull in both ends of the histogram because later editing may push one end or the other into clipping. Although now I use linear profiles instead of the Adobe or camera profiles, that is no longer an issue.
Blake, as usual thanks for sharing helpful, useful info. Never tried adjusting the exposure using the Histogram, but since it represents the distribution of color through the image it makes perfect sense. I'll definitely give it a try when editing my images next time.
I knew the first two but not the last one. I probably won't need the last one. I also know that the histogram in camera is based on the jpg file and not the raw file and also based on the picture style I have selected. Is this still true in Lightroom? Will I get the same histogram in LR that I would have in camera?
For someone like yourself that's into color theory but works in RGB and not LAB, it's just surprising. Don't feel bad about the Histogram, they've changed it. You could have done the same thing years ago but it's a more precise tool now.
I know I know I know... The rest of RUclips told me in the comments... Haha. When in doubt, the Internet will always be there to reassure you that you are wrong. They thrive on it... They come out of the wood work to tell you too 🤣🤣🤣 Appreciate your follow up though! Rock on!
You know so many tips and tricks that is unbelievable that you didn't know the possibility to modify directly through the histogram....in any case funny at the beginning but ....I put on the side very fast . Thanks for your videos 👍👍👍
Ok. I don't think that's always the case because as you can see we edit them later. But I can see how maybe an image or two could benefit from that advice...
Excellent thanks Blake.. really appreciated your time and talent
Adding all that yellow made it look sooo cool
I know right!? Actually looked a lot like that too with all that dead foliage around.
You are the best, cheers from Brazil
Whenever I get an alert from you I immediately put on an aluminum-foil helmet and purple swim goggle in preparation for a descent into the inner sanctum of photo nerd-dom. Rockin' the beard, BTW.
I didn't realize some of those things that you were showing. That's really interesting! I knew that you could go to the histogram and change the exposure but wasn't thinking about it changing the other things. Thank you Blake for showing us this.
Pretty crazy! Lots of neat features packed in there.
Thanks Blake, this is interesting and educational
Thank you, Blake. You are the man. I love your videos.
You rock! That means so much to me!
The thought of editing in the histogram never crossed my mind. Thanks!
:) I love it! So cool to edit like that.
Thanks. This was in the "knew but forgot" drawer of my memory. Handy!
Always something to learn! Great video. I knew 1 and 2 and use often, but 3 was unknown. Thanks!!
Glad I could help 😁
Valuable information.... thank you!
Good work Blake - learning is a 365 day event. I once had to explain to a LR trainer that you can control each of the four sides of the radial filter independently.
Thanks for the info! :)
GREAT stuf.
tyvm!! 🍻
When you are entering Lab it's like going from driving on the highway to running on a NASCAR track. Working as a Lab Tehnician for many years and running quality control on various processors, the Histogram is very similar to reading and discerning the charts of the chemical activity in a processor.
As always, a very informative video. Thanks, Blake. I learned some things. You can also see, in the Develop module, your RGB values in percentages, if you wish. Just click on the soft proofing and choose sRGB as the profile.
Nice! That would be cool if we had that in ACR 😁
brilliant!!
Thanks 😁
Thank you Blake. I am surprised that i knew this but i did know and have consistently edited in ACR with the histogram for ?? Long time. But i did not know about changing the colors to LAB. Thanks for the tip.
As always, a pleasing exposition. I dare to contribute a supplement, the user, by hovering over the very histogram, at least in ACR, can choose between five well-defined areas in the background of that histogram in order to apply the appropriate edits; from left to right, Blacks, Shadows, Exposure, Highlights, and Whites.
Beard looks dope!
Thanks, bro! 😁
Good work good sir, thank you.
Thanks for the video! Didn't know you can change to LAB. What I would like to have is a way to show the histogram for just an area of the image. I sometimes clip an image, then edit, then unclip. Not exactly convenient.
The histogram should change per mask selection.. Try making a mask of a part of the image to see if it changes.
@@f64Academy Thank you for the suggestion! I tried, but cannot get it to work. The histogram always stays the same, independent of mask selection. Maybe I should ask in the Adobe forums.
I never knew that you can use histogram to edit photos. Also I never seen MattK to ever mention it ether ;)
Thanks for the tip, it will be very useful
He knew it all along and withheld it from me. We are no longer on speaking terms 😔
Good tips/reminders. Thanks Blake. The short cut "U" and "O" for the clipping warnings must be in Camera Raw in PhotoShop as they aren't in LR. SUre would be nice if we could have have the same cuts in both😊😊
Thanks Blake, can I change the highlight clipping warning to, for example RGB 252
Not that I am aware of
I was one who did NOT know you could edit with the histogram! Thanks for this info and for all you do!
Vinny C.
Thanks Blake, it is a neat feature and I had no idea it existed
I have to admit, I had absolutely no idea that was available. Nice!
I am trying to do a little more directly in Camera Raw (as much as possible) before moving the image over into Photoshop, so this fits in nicely with that. Thanks!
So cool. I like that approach, I work very similarly.
Blake, Blake, Blake, Where have you been? I've been using the Histogram to edit for the last 2 yrs LOL!!
Obviously editing with it the other way, lol 😂
Blake, finally found a difference between the develop module in LR vs camera raw. To be able to read the RGB values (not the percentages) you need to turn on softnproofing in LR. In camera raw you have the values as a default. Took me a while to figure. Many thanks for the very interesting info sharing! All the best and keep 'em coming.
Ah, now that's interesting, I did not know that. Thank you for sharing that discovery!!
@@timblakephotography You're welcome!
In 14-bit RAW does it show 8-bit? I would doubt it. It's not saying the data is gone, or "lost", as much as it's saying that the sensor pixels are fully saturated and can't tell the difference when more light is exposed.
I hear ya. Kinda the same thing 😁 either way, you ain't getting it back 🤣
@@f64Academy I only quibble because I feel it's better to think about how your sensor is working, not how some chart looks. The histogram also shows the difference in quality, if one wants to look at it that way. Even if you don't clip, it doesn't mean you've god the quality image data you may want. Anyway, keep up the great work! And thanks for not getting angry at my comments ;)
@@MaxoticsTV I like that you are adding to the conversation. I think about it in terms of film because that's what I started with. With film that over exposure would be paper white or pure black, but I like the way you think 😁
@@f64Academy EXACTLY! A histogram also comes from analog (video) days where a video signal is stored in magnetic particles on a tape. So I see many RUclipsrs talk about histograms as descriptions of data. Sure, you can do that, but the data is captured through an analog device--even today. There are NO digital cameras really, they are only cameras that store analog voltages digitally.
Again, my quibbling might seem like splitting hairs. When one thinks about histograms as data descriptors they make assumptions that can get them into trouble, such as all data points are equal. They most certainly are not! Digital amplification changes their quality. In my day ISO was a description of saturation quality. Today it's part of the exposure triangle, which really gets me unhinged. Oh well, there I go again.
I used to use it to pull in both ends of the histogram because later editing may push one end or the other into clipping. Although now I use linear profiles instead of the Adobe or camera profiles, that is no longer an issue.
Blake, as usual thanks for sharing helpful, useful info. Never tried adjusting the exposure using the Histogram, but since it represents the distribution of color through the image it makes perfect sense. I'll definitely give it a try when editing my images next time.
I knew the first two but not the last one. I probably won't need the last one. I also know that the histogram in camera is based on the jpg file and not the raw file and also based on the picture style I have selected. Is this still true in Lightroom? Will I get the same histogram in LR that I would have in camera?
I'm watching the histogram when I adjust a color slider in the HSL panel - if "nothing" moves in the histogram > that hue is not part of the photo...
Ooh that's a good one!
My wife just rolled her eyes when you said that you just discoverd moving the Histogram. She's known about that for a while. 🤣
It happens to the best of us
For someone like yourself that's into color theory but works in RGB and not LAB, it's just surprising. Don't feel bad about the Histogram, they've changed it. You could have done the same thing years ago but it's a more precise tool now.
I don't see a need for it much with my workflow. I've experimented with it, but haven't found a real need for it.
Never been able to find the color samplers in LR. No entry in the Help files either. Maybe they are simply not in LR.
That’s been in LR for a long time 😬
That said, love your videos!!!
I know I know I know... The rest of RUclips told me in the comments... Haha. When in doubt, the Internet will always be there to reassure you that you are wrong. They thrive on it... They come out of the wood work to tell you too 🤣🤣🤣
Appreciate your follow up though! Rock on!
@@f64Academy hahaha
What is that on your face?
My eyes and nose?
Eyebrows?
@@f64Academy beard looks good
I always watch the histogram but didn't realise I could edit with it.
You know so many tips and tricks that is unbelievable that you didn't know the possibility to modify directly through the histogram....in any case funny at the beginning but ....I put on the side very fast . Thanks for your videos 👍👍👍
Yeah being self taught you can only learn. So much so fast. It's all good, someone will get something out of it. That's all that matters.
Ha, that's funny
Ролик ни о чем.
Photos taken with a histogram in the middle are boring, try to avoid this
Ok. I don't think that's always the case because as you can see we edit them later. But I can see how maybe an image or two could benefit from that advice...
That beard is getting longer now that you no longer have to go to reserve weekends it appears.
Bake I went to your website today to try again to purchase product from you.. Do I have to use the subsciption f64 elite to 'get in' to buy something?
No you should be able to buy from the store without a subscription.