ABSTRACT

To become skilled in the postproduction and color management of digital photography, it is important to understand some key postproduction tools. These essential tools relate to adjusting the exposure by using the Histogram, Levels and Curves both at the capture and postproduction stage of photography. The histogram is a digital representation of the image in a graph-like format. It shows specific parts of an image, from the highlights to the shadows. By working with RAW files, adjustments can be made to the image before outputting to the software through a RAW converter. If additional adjustments need to be made, use an adjustment layer. It is a nondestructive process of refining and adjusting an image without losing information within an image. Additive color is color that is produced by white light. When the red and green light in the additive color spectrum of light are mixed together, they create the yellow pear on a television monitor.