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Should photography be adjusted later?

Strict photographers, post-adjustment of pictures is necessary.

Post-processing of pictures is a skill that photographers must master.

Camera manufacturers have made conservative reservations when designing JPG format picture output. The standard mode of straight-out picture is gray, with plain contrast and moderate color. The purpose is to keep more details, increase tolerance, avoid color overflow and facilitate later adjustment.

For photographers who don't want or don't want post-processing, parameters such as sharpness, brightness, contrast, saturation and white balance can be adjusted respectively in camera settings, and post-processing can be given to the camera, which can also achieve ideal straight-out effect, but it is not perfect.

Post-processing of pictures is an important means to reflect the photographer's shooting intention and carry out secondary creation. The purpose is to accurately restore the scene seen by the eyes at that time, and the second is to improve and reprocess the art.

Below 1: The camera directly outputs JPG, metering outside the window, the room is under-exploded, the camera is limited by tolerance, and the pictures are over-contrasted, which makes it uncomfortable to look at, which is too different from the machines seen at the scene.

Figure 2. After the adjustment of indoor exposure in the later period, the relationship between light and shadow conforms to the eye view scene at that time.

The post-processing of pictures, like the pre-shooting settings, can also reflect a photographer's aesthetics and skills. As a photographer, it is very necessary to master a picture adjustment software.