Some questions about Photoshop CC

[lunaticitizen]

Hi guys, I have two quick questions:

1. How do you export to JPEG in Photoshop CC with Exif metadata intact?
   
   It must be very simple but I can't figure it out, yet I started using Photoshop recently, mainly just to add some simple white borders to my images. Usually I use Lightroom and the Exif data was always left intact.
   My flow is usually:
   
   1. in Adobe Bridge, select raw files that I want to process
   2. process them in Camera Raw
   3. open them in Photoshop, then export to JPEG.
   
   
2. Can you apply "Camera Profile" such as Camera Standard or Camera Vivid only to your local adjustment area in Camera Raw?
   
   A simple case: I like shooting colorful landscapes with Camera Vivid because of the colors it produces, but I dislike its vivid rendering of human's skin Can I selectively apply Camera Standard to my subjects (i.e., people), invert the selection and then apply Camera Vivid to the background?

[dje]

Hi guys, I have two quick questions:

1. How do you export to JPEG in Photoshop CC with Exif metadata intact?
   
   It must be very simple but I can't figure it out, yet I started using Photoshop recently, mainly just to add some simple white borders to my images. Usually I use Lightroom and the Exif data was always left intact.
   My flow is usually:
   
   1. in Adobe Bridge, select raw files that I want to process
   2. process them in Camera Raw
   3. open them in Photoshop, then export to JPEG.
   
   
2. Can you apply "Camera Profile" such as Camera Standard or Camera Vivid only to your local adjustment area in Camera Raw?
   
   A simple case: I like shooting colorful landscapes with Camera Vivid because of the colors it produces, but I dislike its vivid rendering of human's skin Can I selectively apply Camera Standard to my subjects (i.e., people), invert the selection and then apply Camera Vivid to the background?

Hi Leo

A couple of clarifications if you will please ..

Are you concerned about losing all EXIF info or just some of it ?

How are you saving the jpeg in PS, using Save As or Save for Web ?

With Save for Web, there is an option to select which parts of the Metadata you want included.

As far as the camera profile is concerned, I very much doubt that you can do this selectively, but I could be wrong.

Dave

[Manfred M]

Leo - I use the simliar workflow as you do, except for the last step. When you use the Photoshop export function, this strips out most / all of the EXIF data. If you use the "Save As" functionality and save to jpeg, your metadata will be preserved in the jpeg file.


So far as I understand it, you cannot do what you want with camera profiles in Adobe Camera Raw (ACR). The profile is applied to the whole image. You can do what you want in Photoshop, though, but the process may see a bit complicated and involves the use of layers.

1. Prepare the people part of the image in ACR the way you want it using the standard profile and open it in Photoshop.

2. Open the image again in ACR and apply the Camera Vivid setting and open it in Photoshop.

3. You will now have two images in two tabs in Photoshop. Select and copy the entire Camera Vivid image (Select All and Copy commands) and then click on the tab with the Camera Standard and use the Edit menu and select Paste. You will now have two layers in Photoshop. The Standard image on the bottom and the Camera Vivid on top.

If you know how to use layer masks, create a standard layer mask on the top layer (it will appear as white) and with a soft (close to zero hardness) brush of appropriate size, set to black, paint on the layer mask to bring out the data on the layer below and blend the skin tones in. I would set the flow to around 10%

Alternatively, use the eraser tool on the top layer, using a soft brush eraser with flow set to 10%, erase the top layer carefully to revel the parts of the Camera Standard parts of the image you want.

[lunaticitizen]

Hi Dave and Manfred, thank you for your comments!

I use the Photoshop export function, I guess that's why the Exif metadata were gone! I didn't know there were "Save As" or "Save for Web" options..

Manfred, thank you for the detailed explanations about masks in Photoshop. I have heard, and read a bit about masks but until now, I never bothered to learn about it. I guess this has to change now.. I will try the steps you wrote tonight, then I'll let you guys know about the result!

[Manfred M]

Leo - 100% of my Photoshop work involves layers and various types of masking (layer masks, clipping masks, etc). Layers (including adjustment layers) and masks are the real power of Photoshop and I urge you to discover how they work; as they can take your work to new heights.

[lunaticitizen]

Leo - 100% of my Photoshop work involves layers and various types of masking (layer masks, clipping masks, etc). Layers (including adjustment layers) and masks are the real power of Photoshop and I urge you to discover how they work; as they can take your work to new heights.

Thank you Manfred!

This is the result.

86mm, f7.1 at 1/200 ISO 100.

1. The color doesn't look right, at all. Camera Standard and Camera Vivid don't look nice together, do they?
2. The bokeh is very busy. Maybe next time I should bring an ND filter with me so that I can shoot at a bigger aperture, and maybe bring a better lens.

Photoshop is kinda fun, isn't it?
Comments and critiques are always welcome.

[Manfred M]

Thank you Manfred!

This is the result.

86mm, f7.1 at 1/200 ISO 100.

1. The color doesn't look right, at all. Camera Standard and Camera Vivid don't look nice together, do they?
2. The bokeh is very busy. Maybe next time I should bring an ND filter with me so that I can shoot at a bigger aperture, and maybe bring a better lens.

Photoshop is kinda fun, isn't it?
Comments and critiques are always welcome.

If you used the mask approach, rather than the erase approach, you can always look at dialing back the opacity of the layer you don't like and let more of the other layer through. Photoshop is an extremely powerful piece of software, but mastering it can take a very long time.

[lunaticitizen]

I actually bought a Photoshop book by Scott Kelby last year. I just haven't touched it yet I will try to read it little by little on my way to work. Sakura season is approaching, and I hope I would have a basic understanding about Photoshop's operation by then.