Thanks for the inputs, Chuck. I will see if I can make selections in PSE 6.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 5:06 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: More Experiments with ETTR
> I'm currently evaluating PSE9 for a friend. As in full PS just use the
> lasso or other selection tool to select an area. Then press CTRL-L to
> show a histogram of that area. Use the pull-down menu to select views
> of the individual RGB channels if desired.
>
> But being able to get a detailed view of the histogram in PS doesn't
> address my concern. I want to see it in-camera so I know if my current
> exposure settings will result in blown highlights.
>
> The 5D is getting pretty long-in-the-tooth as far as its small LCD
> display is concerned. Maybe a more modern camera with 3" wide OLED will
> show me what I want to know.
>
> One thing I do not like about ACR is that the histogram and intensity
> readouts do not show the headroom that is available in the raw file.
> For example, yesterday, while working on photos of dancers under
> strongly colored stage lights, the histogram and the cursor readout
> (showing 255) told me that the red channel was blown in some parts of
> the image. Yet, since it's a raw file there was still adjustment room
> there. Adjusting the exposure downward allowed me to get the apparently
> blown areas down to a max of 248. I want the ACR histogram to say 262
> if there's adjustment room available.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 9/9/2011 2:26 AM, Moose wrote:
>
>>> I now understand Chuck's comment that he would like to see a
>>> magnified image of the right side of the histogram.
>>
>> Can you select areas in PSE? In PS, select the area of concern, and
>> view the histogram for just that area. That isn't strictly the top
>> end magnified, but it does show any problems.
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