P: Adobe Adaptive Profile (Beta)
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This post applies to Adobe Camera Raw plug-in.
Update Dec 2024:
The Adobe Camera Raw team is introducing a new Adobe Adaptive profile – Adobe Adaptive Monochrome (beta). This profile operates much like the regular color Adobe Adaptive (beta) profile, except that it generates monochrome images.
To enable Adobe Adaptive Monochrome (beta) you can either:
- select it directly from the Profile browser, or
- select Adobe Adaptive (beta) profile and click on ‘B&W’ toggle
Original Post:
The Adobe Camera Raw team is sharing an early look at a new category of profiles that adapt to image content. The first profile is Adobe Adaptive (beta) and is available for raw images only.
Getting started with the Adobe Adaptive (beta) profile:
- Access the profile inside the profile favorites menu.
- In addition, there is a new section for Adaptive profiles in the profiles browser.
- Enable the profile and adjust the ‘Amount’ slider as desired.
- Use the rest of the Camera Raw tools just like you would otherwise.
Check out the Help Page for more detailed usage information. For more technical information on the underlying technology, please refer to this Blog post.
Please try the profile and share feedback in this community forum. It would help to include details like how you access Camera Raw (via Adobe Bridge or Photoshop), your computer system details, and as much information about what you like or do not like about the resulting image quality. Our team will continually monitor this thread to track issues to improve the future experience.
Best practices for using the Adobe Adaptive (beta) profile
For best results, try the new profile in the following scenarios:
- For food scenes.
- In situations where simply moving Tone and Color sliders may not be sufficient, such as for:
- high-contrast scenes, or
- landscape or cityscape scenes with skies.
- For High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography.
- Simply select Adobe Adaptive (beta) as a profile and click on the ‘HDR’ button.
- Note that Adobe Adaptive (beta) profile generates HDR and Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) data jointly, creating photos that look consistent with one another. In other words, after applying this profile, if you toggle the HDR button on or off, you will see either the adaptive HDR or SDR look, depending on the position of the toggle.
To maximize the value of using Adobe Adaptive (beta) profile, please follow these steps:
- Always start from the Adobe Default or Camera Default rendering (with no other edits) and enable the Adobe Adaptive (beta) profile first.
- Reset any other settings before applying the profile.
- Make additional global and local edits after assigning the profile, just as you would begin to edit photos with Adobe Color or any other profile.
Boris Ajdin: Product Manager, Emerging Products Group
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I have been using it for 5 minutes.
With an unfortunately overexposed background or sky and have to say “WOW”!!!
My naked eye didn't recognize anything and mountains (part of the Dolomites) and clouds appeared out of nowhere. Haven't tested much more yet but I love it already!!!
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Tested it with some images by now (only monochrome profile) and it is a good starting point to a b/w transformation.
It is biased on a more HDR look, but not overpowering the effects.
Problem is the general effect of conformity when everybody will use it - smells a bit like "just another filter ready to use" - but it is a good one as far as I can tell.
Will definetely incorporate it into my upcoming monochrome workflow - but only as a comparison point to the b/w profiles of my cameras - those fulfill specific film simulation needs. When printing there may be better results as I can predict the way it looks on specific papers and can mimic those well known looks better.
Online it will work just fine as it adds a little "wow" to some images without extensive fiddling on editing panes.
If it was up to me to integrate it - I would love to see it in the b/w mixer pane with some added dials for balance of some clever base parameters like "shadows balance" or "highlight texture".
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I only see the new Camera Raw features if I open Photoshop Beta from Bridge. I do not see the features if I open Photoshop Beta from Lightroom Classic. Does anyone else have this issue?
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Please see this question and the replies:
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You prbably have the answer but just case. Open PS, Settings, Camera RAW, Technology Previews and check the box. I tried it and was impressed and I love the new non-destructive Denoise AI but I'm going to hold out until LrC gets it. I just prefer my current workflow.
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I used the adaptive profile for a few hour tonight on a series of not very well lit ballet photos. I was very pleasantly surprised!. High contrast, weird color temperatures in the photos. This profile opened up a new world where I didn't have to be nearly as extereme to get a basic look that I was happy with. Hurry up and release it for Lightrrom! So many profiles are tailored for outddor shots...none for theater. This is working for me. Thank you.
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dakr and moodz portrait get overblown and white, person bezond repair.... i dont get it, it is the worst feature i have ever seen