Once your colors and lighting look perfect, click This flattens your RAW adjustments and brings the image into the standard Photoshop interface for "pixel-level" work like: Removing distracting objects (Content-Aware Fill). Adding text or graphic elements. Applying advanced filters. Pro Tip: The Camera Raw Filter
Teach Yourself RAW in Photoshop: Unlock the Full Potential of Your Photos
Shooting RAW gives you the safety net to make mistakes and the power to create professional-grade art. Next time you go out, flip that camera setting to RAW and let Photoshop do the heavy lifting.
Already working on a layer in Photoshop and wish you had those RAW sliders back? Go to . It gives you the same powerful controls on any layer at any time.
Use Vibrance for a natural boost. It’s smarter than Saturation and won’t make people’s skin look like a neon orange. 4. Refining with Texture and Clarity To give your photo some "pop" without making it look fake:
Rescue details from pitch-black shadows or "blown-out" white skies.
Use this sparingly to add "punch" to the midtones. Too much will make your photo look like a gritty movie poster. 5. Moving to Photoshop
If you’ve ever looked at a sunset and thought, "My camera didn't capture those colors at all," you need to stop shooting in JPEG and start shooting in .