Digital Post-Processing Workflow Flashcards
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What is 'frequency separation' used for in portrait retouching?
Answer: Separating color/tone information from texture for independent editing
Frequency separation splits an image into a low-frequency layer (color and tone) and a high-frequency layer (texture), allowing retouching of skin tone without affecting pores or texture.
In color grading, what effect does adding orange to shadows and teal to highlights create?
Answer: An orange-teal complementary color split
Orange shadows and teal highlights create a split-tone complementary color grade, popularized in Hollywood blockbusters for a cinematic aesthetic.
Which tool in Adobe Camera Raw is used to correct lens barrel or pincushion distortion?
Answer: Lens Corrections panel
The Lens Corrections panel in ACR provides geometric distortion correction, vignetting removal, and chromatic aberration fixes using lens profile data.
What does the 'Dehaze' slider in Lightroom do?
Answer: Reduces atmospheric haze by boosting local contrast and saturation
Dehaze uses localized contrast and saturation enhancement to cut through atmospheric haze, fog, or smoke in landscape and outdoor images.
When working in 16-bit mode versus 8-bit mode in Photoshop, what is the primary benefit?
Answer: More tonal gradations available, reducing banding during edits
16-bit mode provides 65,536 tonal levels per channel versus 256 in 8-bit, greatly reducing posterization and banding when making aggressive tonal adjustments.
What is the purpose of the 'Output Sharpening' step at the end of a print workflow?
Answer: To compensate for sharpness loss from printing ink spread and paper texture
Output sharpening compensates for the softening that occurs when ink spreads into paper fibers, and the amount varies by paper type and output size.
In Photoshop, which Smart Object feature is most useful for applying non-destructive filter effects?
Answer: Smart Filters
Smart Filters applied to Smart Objects remain fully editable and can be toggled, adjusted, or deleted at any time without permanently altering the pixel data.