We saw that CERN represents a paradox of scale; to detect the most minute particle; it had to construct the largest machine humanity has ever built. This is why from the beginning; our goal was to create a library that was an integral part of CERN and FCC themselves. To create a library that would offer an immersive experience that attracts the public and takes them through a journey that tangibly represents CERN.
Both shots are correctly exposed in the TECHNICAL SENSE of retaining the detail in the brightest highlights. But in the PERCEPTUAL SENSE the first photo appears to be "normal" and well exposed while the second appears badly underexposed. Why? Because our brains expect the towel and card to look like they are rendered in the first shot. Perception of "normal" and "natural" in photos is based on expectations in the mind of the viewer. That simple example above illustrates the dilemma, challenge, and paradox of exposure and metering.The Dilemma - Scenes exceeding the range of the sensorWhen a scene does happen to fit the range of the sensor perfectly the resulting image winds up looking normal automatically because the process is engineered that way. Get the exposure "technically" correct on both ends of the tonal scale and everything in-between falls into place in a way that looks "normal"; as would be seen by eye, meeting the expectation of the viewer. That is why the first shot above seems normal. In flat lighting the range of a camera sensor is just barely able to record the same amount of detail which would be seen by eye.The difference in the second shot is: 1) the angle of the light, 2) the context of the background relative to the foreground. In the first shot because the card fills the frame the background isn't noticed much an the brain tunes it out almost immediately. But if you look critically at the photo you will notice there are areas in the background and shadows under the towel where detail is lost. But since most of the important familiar content in the photo is rendered "normally" our brains will ignore the loss of detail and consider it normal also. But in the second shot the relationship of the target and background changes, changing the context of the photo from a focus on the target to the overall background. The background is actually rendered very similarly to that in the first shot, and the front of the card is the same tone as the shaded parts in the first shot, but the change in context makes us expect the background to be "normally" exposed and it looks odd because it isn't in photo #2.The Challenge - Fitting the range of the scene to the sensorThe first part of the challenge is recognizing when the range of the scene exceeds the capabilities of the sensor. The second part of the challenge is finding ways to overcome that technical shortcoming.My approach for analyzing a scene in ambient light with a digital camera is to get the critical highlights exposed correctly first, using the over-exposure warning in the playback. Using the camera in Av mode I will set the aperture for the desired depth-of-field, set exposure compensation to "0" then take a shot. EC=0 is the camera meter "I think this is correct" baseline. I accept the fact the metering will rarely get the highlights correctly exposed because the metering algorithms aim for getting the middle of the tonal scale where skin tones are correct. In the second test shot in backlight it was necessary to adjust the camera's "zero baseline" by - 2 EC to get the sunny parts of the white towel below clipping.After adjusting exposure so the highlights are below clipping the left side of the histogram will reveal if the shadows are recorded with detail. The histogram in the second test shot is piled high running off the left side indicating a significant loss of shadow detail in the scene. Because the camera is shooting into the shadow side of the ambient light it is possible to lift the shadow side with a flash placed over the camera:
I was just on the way on seitching to capture one before this announcement, now dont meed do the work of re editing dome old photos since if need a subscription for thos also, then sdobes sub is much better value so going back to adobe
Pretty sure the end game is the same as Adobe/LR....monthly subscription. While this makes sense for a professional really no use to amateur's. Take yours truly, I will use my cameras software a couple of times a year, but will go months without doing any serious editing and my newest body is 5 years old.
I suspect you will see this push from most company's go forward......ACADSee and Cyberlink also "offer" subscription models but don't force you.... too bad though because using a decent camera w/o a good RAW editor is well rather limiting. The paradox is that in trying to become more profitable, a segment of the market will be lost , less companies, no innovation, etc.
It used to be someone managed a company like an engineering firm, music, etc. because they liked the field and wanted to make money in engineering, music, etc.....now it seems that companies are dominated by people that like to make money period....sad really,
Capture One claims they have 80% subscribers and only 20% perpetual license holders. This whole brand damaging circus is only for 20% of their customers. In order to increase their cash flow and profit from this mess, they drastically have to increase the price for this new service in February. Nothing on a completive price level to adobe or dxo.
You also have to understand that adobe is in a very unique position in which their products are excellent and they are the majors in the market. It will take a miracle competitor to really make a dent and the setup Adobe has. They are benefiting from being in the business for decades especially at the Advent of desktop publishing and then digital printing. All the standards are there and all of these newcomers simply do not offer 100% of the features that you can get on Adobe version.
06m1...whatever else you may say, your comment on CS and pricing isn't true. I used photoshop, illustrator, and indesign back then and just photoshop alone was about 225 dollars. Why I only upgraded every other year at most back when I used these programs to do my work. Photoshop and Lightroom cost me 144 a year. Well worth it for me. But i get it. We all have our priorities.
It's always been that way with Indesign and Illustrator. I don't know about PS because I won't use photoshop. IN and IL will just close if the license isn't current or will take you to the CC to renew.
Came here to read this comment. I use darktable exclusively and have yet to use every feature because it's just as feature-rich as the big commercial apps. Getting to a basic workflow is very easy and if I need something specific, I read the very well written documentation. It also includes retouching modules right out of the box without the awkward photoshop hop and skip back. Using code integrated from a different software project with the power of open source.
Both shots are correctly exposed in the TECHNICAL SENSE of retaining the detail in the brightest highlights. But in the PERCEPTUAL SENSE the first photo appears to be "normal" and well exposed while the second appears badly underexposed. Why? Because our brains expect the towel and card to look like they are rendered in the first shot. Perception of "normal" and "natural" in photos is based on expectations in the mind of the viewer. That simple example above illustrates the dilemma, challenge, and paradox of exposure and metering.The Dilemma - Scenes exceeding the range of the sensorWhen a scene does happen to fit the range of the sensor perfectly the resulting image winds up looking normal automatically because the process is engineered that way. Get the exposure "technically" correct on both ends of the tonal scale and everything in-between falls into place in a way that looks "normal"; as would be seen by eye, meeting the expectation of the viewer. That is why the first shot above seems normal. In flat lighting the range of a camera sensor is just barely able to record the same amount of detail which would be seen by eye.The difference in the second shot is: 1) the angle of the light, 2) the context of the background relative to the foreground. In the first shot because the card fills the frame the background isn't noticed much an the brain tunes it out almost immediately. But if you look critically at the photo you will notice there are areas in the background and shadows under the towel where detail is lost. But since most of the important familiar content in the photo is rendered "normally" our brains will ignore the loss of detail and consider it normal also. But in the second shot the relationship of the target and background changes, changing the context of the photo from a focus on the target to the overall background. The background is actually rendered very similarly to that in the first shot, and the front of the card is the same tone as the shaded parts in the first shot, but the change in context makes us expect the background to be "normally" exposed and it looks odd because it isn't in photo #2.The Challenge - Fitting the range of the scene to the sensorThe first part of the challenge is recognizing when the range of the scene exceeds the capabilities of the sensor. The second part of the challenge is finding ways to overcome that technical shortcoming.My approach for analyzing a scene in ambient light with a digital camera is to get the critical highlights exposed correctly first, using the over-exposure warning in the playback. Using the camera in Av mode I will set the aperture for the desired depth-of-field, set exposure compensation to "0" then take a shot. EC=0 is the camera meter "I think this is correct" baseline. I accept the fact the metering will rarely get the highlights correctly exposed because the metering algorithms aim for getting the middle of the tonal scale where skin tones are correct. In the second test shot in backlight it was necessary to adjust the camera's "zero baseline" by - 2 EC to get the sunny parts of the white towel below clipping.After adjusting exposure so the highlights are below clipping the left side of the histogram will reveal if the shadows are recorded with detail. The histogram in the second test shot is piled high running off the left side indicating a significant loss of shadow detail in the scene. Because the camera is shooting into the shadow side of the ambient light it is possible to lift the shadow side with a flash placed over the camera:
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