Ok heres the deal, we have been using bridge for a while and lately when we finish a shoot, and look at the pictures on the camera, they look good, but when they are brought into bridge they look bad, and it seems that bridge changes the settings and I don't know why, cause it never did this before. Can someone help me?
Stewart C.
Full Version: Pics look great in camera,
stewart
carey of bare-foot memories just posted about this the other day...maybe that thread will help you
carey of bare-foot memories just posted about this the other day...maybe that thread will help you
bridge sucks as an image viewing utility. I think it does a very bad job of downsizing images. Also bridge will apply auto corrections any images imported into it. You can change these auto corrections somehow, i just forget how to do it. maybe that other thread will help. I use LR now. Much better, much more control over your images.
I would seriously consider getting LR dude. You have much more control. There are nifty little recovery and fill light sliders that are fantastic. You can also add sepia effects, as well as other cool split toning effects. They may have changed that in CS3 but I am not sure.
my two cents.
I would seriously consider getting LR dude. You have much more control. There are nifty little recovery and fill light sliders that are fantastic. You can also add sepia effects, as well as other cool split toning effects. They may have changed that in CS3 but I am not sure.
my two cents.
QUOTE(John Crozier @ June 26 2007, 01:46 PM) 
bridge sucks as an image viewing utility. I think it does a very bad job of downsizing images. Also bridge will apply auto corrections any images imported into it. You can change these auto corrections somehow, i just forget how to do it. maybe that other thread will help. I use LR now. Much better, much more control over your images.
I would seriously consider getting LR dude. You have much more control. There are nifty little recovery and fill light sliders that are fantastic. You can also add sepia effects, as well as other cool split toning effects. They may have changed that in CS3 but I am not sure.
my two cents.
I would seriously consider getting LR dude. You have much more control. There are nifty little recovery and fill light sliders that are fantastic. You can also add sepia effects, as well as other cool split toning effects. They may have changed that in CS3 but I am not sure.
my two cents.
Yes - Lightroom Rocks!!
Hi Stewart,
Are you shooting RAW or Jpeg? From what I understand, the in-camera settings (sharpening, contrast, saturation, etc) will apply when you view the image in camera. When you shoot RAW and open the images in Bridge, depending on your defaults, you're viewing the image without the in-camera settings. If you're defaults are set for Bridge to apply Auto settings, it definitely won't be the image you saw in-camera as Bridge has decided the contrast, white balance, etc. for you. If you remove the auto settings you'll notice your image is flat and boring. The beauty of shooting RAW is that you decide how warm or cool an image should be, the brightness, contrast, exposure, etc.
I may be completely wrong but I discovered this when I recently accidentally shot RAW + Basic Jpeg. When I opened the images in Bridge the Jpeg images looked completely different from the RAW images. Try it and you'll see what I mean.
Hope this helps a bit.
-janelle :-)
Are you shooting RAW or Jpeg? From what I understand, the in-camera settings (sharpening, contrast, saturation, etc) will apply when you view the image in camera. When you shoot RAW and open the images in Bridge, depending on your defaults, you're viewing the image without the in-camera settings. If you're defaults are set for Bridge to apply Auto settings, it definitely won't be the image you saw in-camera as Bridge has decided the contrast, white balance, etc. for you. If you remove the auto settings you'll notice your image is flat and boring. The beauty of shooting RAW is that you decide how warm or cool an image should be, the brightness, contrast, exposure, etc.
I may be completely wrong but I discovered this when I recently accidentally shot RAW + Basic Jpeg. When I opened the images in Bridge the Jpeg images looked completely different from the RAW images. Try it and you'll see what I mean.
Hope this helps a bit.
-janelle :-)
Stewart - don't think that you need to give up on Bridge just because some people think you should.....certainly figure out what the issue is before giving up and purchasing $$$ another program.
I LOVE bridge and it works beautifully for me! The question about JPEG vs Bridge, as well as what you have set for your default settings that you have set for Bridge to use on each image as it comes in . . . these are very important questions and may help us find the root of your problem!
I LOVE bridge and it works beautifully for me! The question about JPEG vs Bridge, as well as what you have set for your default settings that you have set for Bridge to use on each image as it comes in . . . these are very important questions and may help us find the root of your problem!
QUOTE(Victoria Souza @ June 26 2007, 12:41 PM)
Yes - Lightroom Rocks!!
yes, it does, BUT>.......
i'm having a big problem with it dulling down colors when i open images. look at THIS THREAD to see what i'm talking about.... second post down
Hi guys, my first post
I'm actually a fan of Bridge for the portability with XMP files and it just seems to work more efficiently, my Lightroom lib got bogged down and it became a drag, but LR is great for fast work on multiple images.
Anyhow.. the reason that Bridge appears to be dulling down your images is that it applies the "Camera default settings" from ACR to your images. What happens is you click on your image.. and then after 1-2 seconds, it turns instantly flat and dull right?
How you can change this is going into ACR (usually double click on a RAW image and it'll pop up) and changing all the sliders in there (you have basically everything available, including recovery, blacks etc. etc.) and then going into that little menu on the right side and saving those settings as your new defaults. It will take some time to figure out what settings work for you (you'll never find settings which will work for EVERY photo). I use no sharpen/contrast parameters in-camera.. but I set a few things in ACR to make my images more usable before bringing them into Photoshop and making them pop!
Here's an article oh PopPhoto which is really useful for ACR users.. and any RAW converters actually. The article author breaks down all the sliders and what Recovery/Blacks etc. all actually do. It's a good read.
Hope that helps!
jon
I'm actually a fan of Bridge for the portability with XMP files and it just seems to work more efficiently, my Lightroom lib got bogged down and it became a drag, but LR is great for fast work on multiple images.
Anyhow.. the reason that Bridge appears to be dulling down your images is that it applies the "Camera default settings" from ACR to your images. What happens is you click on your image.. and then after 1-2 seconds, it turns instantly flat and dull right?
How you can change this is going into ACR (usually double click on a RAW image and it'll pop up) and changing all the sliders in there (you have basically everything available, including recovery, blacks etc. etc.) and then going into that little menu on the right side and saving those settings as your new defaults. It will take some time to figure out what settings work for you (you'll never find settings which will work for EVERY photo). I use no sharpen/contrast parameters in-camera.. but I set a few things in ACR to make my images more usable before bringing them into Photoshop and making them pop!
Here's an article oh PopPhoto which is really useful for ACR users.. and any RAW converters actually. The article author breaks down all the sliders and what Recovery/Blacks etc. all actually do. It's a good read.
Hope that helps!
jon
Jon - thanks! That's quite helpful, as I just upgraded (fairly recently) to CS2 from PS7 and am just getting the hang of Bridge.
I'm with Stacy and janelyn... don't bail out yet. You can get Bridge to work just fine -and if you're using Bridge/ACR in CS3, the functions are identical to Lightroom. (For the most part!)
To change your ACR presets, just open an image, zero out everything and then from the flyout menu, select "Set as New Camera Raw Defaults" (or something to that effect
). This will stop Bridge from applying auto corrections to your images.
True- these features are identical in CS3.
As for viewing your images in camera and comparing to Bridge, janelyn is right. I went to a seminar with Jack Davis and that's exactly how he explained it- your camera LCD is applying its own settings even when shooting Raw. When you get to Bridge, none of that translates.
•Taka•
To change your ACR presets, just open an image, zero out everything and then from the flyout menu, select "Set as New Camera Raw Defaults" (or something to that effect
). This will stop Bridge from applying auto corrections to your images. QUOTE(John Crozier @ June 26 2007, 11:46 AM)
I would seriously consider getting LR dude. You have much more control. There are nifty little recovery and fill light sliders that are fantastic. You can also add sepia effects, as well as other cool split toning effects. They may have changed that in CS3 but I am not sure.
True- these features are identical in CS3.
As for viewing your images in camera and comparing to Bridge, janelyn is right. I went to a seminar with Jack Davis and that's exactly how he explained it- your camera LCD is applying its own settings even when shooting Raw. When you get to Bridge, none of that translates.
•Taka•
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