ABSTRACT
The camera's ability to sense and record an image mimics, but in no way matches, the actual perceptive qualities of human vision. This chapter briefly outlines the essential steps of image management and post-processing of a single image. It covers basic methods to adjust the image's brightness, contrast, sharpness, and color, any local adjustments we feel are appropriate, and how to rectify simple imperfections. The chapter describes some of the results possible through processing two or more images. It describes how to color-calibrate our monitor, and presents an overview of Adobe Lightroom's image management capabilities and how they can help us keep our collections of images organized and up-to-date. Lightroom's powerful and reversible image editing capabilities are remarkable. Lightroom applies the appropriate corrections after determining the specific lens used to create the image from the image's metadata.
