Consistent Exposure in an Image Collection

JoHawk

What is the best way to achieve consistent exposure across an Image collection for a client? Would I be on the right track if I am doing it all by eye and adjusting each individual image to suit or is there a better way to do this?

Peano

JoHawk wrote: »

What is the best way to achieve consistent exposure across an Image collection for a client? Would I be on the right track if I am doing it all by eye and adjusting each individual image to suit or is there a better way to do this?

That's how I do it, and I've never found a more efficient way.

JoHawk

Thought that was the case, just wasn't sure and perhaps I was missing something... Cheers!!

ziggy53

I do use a couple of utilities to aid the process:

PictoColor iCorrect Portrait, this Photoshop add-in/plug-in filter gives single-click neutral blacks and whites, and adds a Skin Tone Memory Color function, which works surprisingly well to color correct human skin tones in difficult lighting, and a custom Memory Color function, so you can set any color correctly with a single mouse click correction on the subject; a corporate color, for instance. Yes, you can do these things manually in Photoshop, but iCorrect Portrait is much faster and very accurate.

Athentech Imaging Perfectly Clear, another Photoshop add-in/plug-in, but this product does a great job of automatically adding a very pleasing Clarity and overall pop to images.

For instance, I did a "memorial slideshow" recently which included digital originals, poorly made copies and scanned photos. I had 3 days to produce the slideshow, and I was pleased at how relatively well the images looked together, compared to the sometimes really poor source images. The two software products above, plus Photoshop, turned a nightmare project into something I'm fairly proud of.

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http://www.pictocolor.com/portrait.htm

http://www.athentech.com/

Disclaimer, I have no affiliation with either of these companies, and I paid full price for their software use. A very satisfied customer.

arodney

Well with raws, pretty easy to do with Lightroom or ACR. Fix one, sync the rest.
Can also do this in ACR as a filter. Fix one image. Command/Alt F key on next image, settings are applied as a filter to that next image.