elf

Aloha, Photographed a family last week and 'cause I am an old fut, I over exposed some of the shots. When correcting in RAW, if I lower the exposure it helps but the faces look muddy. I found that increasing the recovery slide removed the over exposed areas. This is great but I am wondering if I am missing something and the print will look awful!!!

JC56 Loc: Lake St.Louis mo.

prints always look better than a computer screen....unless you have a mac.

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

Gonna need to see what you're referring to, can you post an example?

billjohdoittoday Loc: Arkansas

Have you tried leaving the exposure alone and experimenting with different white balance choices?

Bill

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

OK, I'm another futs, but I can't find a "recovery slider". I've searched thru Elements Organize and Edit, tried the search links and even Googled recovery, but nothing! Is it a plug in or what?

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

sounds like older version of lightroom.

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

yes. Looks like it died after LR3. Now I can sleep. ;)

Ziza Loc: USA

The Raw Converter's Recovery slider has not died; Adobe just renamed it. It is now called Highlights. This new name is now shared by Lightroom, Photoshop, and Elements (starting with version 11). The name has changed but its function remains the same. This slider recovers the details which were lost due to overexposed highlights without underexposing the rest of your image.

elf

Great, I guess that is what I needed to know. BTW I have Elements 9. Are the later versions much better? I am on a tight budget!
Tks. God bless. Ed

Ziza Loc: USA

One of the changes in the Raw Converter (beginning with Elements 11) is that you can move the Highlights slider (formerly called Recovery) way up before you can see problems in your image. The same is true with the Shadows slider, which also had a name change. Before it used to be called Fill Light.

If you use the Raw Converter a lot, you may consider upgrading to Elements 11. Starting with this version the Raw Converter uses the same process (Process 2012) as the Converter in Lightroom and Photoshop. The only difference is that the Converter in Elements doesn't have as many features as the one in Lightroom and Photoshop.

If you are on a tight budget, Elements 11 may be the version for you. You can still find this version for sale and the prices have come down a lot. This is the version which went through a major overhaul. In my opinion, I don't see enough new features in Elements 12 to warrant spending extra money to purchase it. On the contrary, quite a few features were removed from this version.

At this point in time you cannot get a free trial of Elements 11. However, you could download a free 30-day trial of the current version (Elements 12) to test it. Elements 11 and Elements 12 are very similar; both have the same interface.

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=photoshop_elements&loc=en

And here is something else you should know. You don't need to purchase Elements 12 to be able to benefit from the ACR 8.2 update. There is a way to manually install this update in Elements 11. Unfortunately, you cannot install the current ACR update (8.3) in Elements 11. Adobe closed the door on this one.

Leicaflex Loc: Cymru

In the RAW converter, try adjusting the white balance, depending what setting you took your photograph with.
Just a thought.

2 Dog Don Loc: Virginia Beach VA

I am a fan of Elements and have been a user since V7. I have found that if in post processing I first select auto levels from the enhance menu, then adjust the midtones from the adjust lighting options that 90% of my processing is done.

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

You're my hero. :thumbup:

dragonswing Loc: Pa

I have elements 10. Have there been enough changes to make it worth updating? What is v12 missing?

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

The Color Variations feature has been removed from PSE12.
IF you have an older version around you can add Color Variations back into PSE12 (Windows). Look for VariationsEL.8bf which you'll find in C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Photoshop Elements XX\Required\Plug-Ins\Filters and copy and paste it into the same folder in PSE12