My second effort, a waterfall scene from the island of Tahiti: Straight out of the Fujifilm X-T2, untouched, the scene is muddy. The foliage is brightened up without being unnaturally green, the volleyball players in the distance on the beach are more distinctly seen and the swath of color in the surf (what drew my attention in the first place) is now highlighted. The same scene, processed with PCC, with one click (Landscape, at default 100 setting). Beach scene near sunset, Tahiti, straight out of my Fujifilm X-T2, unprocessed. Here are my first experiments with PCC, applied to images languishing unprocessed from a diving trip to French Polynesia five months ago. You can also run Perfectly Clear as a stand-alone application. Any effect can be dialed up or down as desired. There are multiple different looks which one can click through. A copy of the image to be processed opens in PCC. From Lightroom, I select Edit in > Perfectly Clear v3. So I jumped at a chance to test out the latest version of Perfectly Clear, called Perfectly Clear Complete (PCC). Recently, I’ve been thrilled with the HDR capabilities of Aurora HDR 2019. In the past, I happily used Perfectly Clear version 2 to shortcut some of my processing. But I have come to realize such software tools have a place in the workflow of any photographer who generates a lot of images and has aspirations to keep up with processing them.Īlthough I’m reasonably proficient with Lightroom, many times I find that even with considerable effort, I can’t quite get the look I’m after as readily with Lightroom as with another product. I used to think one-step processing, using tools like Aurora HDR 2019 and Perfectly Clear Complete, was a cop-out - a shortcut which took away too much control over the look of the image from the photographer. Even editing a stack of images down to a manageable number to even decide which image on which to concentrate one’s processing efforts can consume a lot of time. The sheer numbers of images a trip can generate can become overwhelming. In practice, optimizing images can take a LOT of time and effort, even for a photographer who is relatively comfortable with image processing.

In theory, a skillful user of Lightroom or Photoshop can massage a photo to shine, highlighting the best features of a scene, minimizing distracting elements and directing the viewer’s eye to whatever it was that first attracted the photographer to the scene. Editor’s Note: Perfectly Clear is offering Photofocus readers a special $99 bundle, including Perfectly Clear Complete and SharkPixel presets.

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