Here's an example of how amazingly fast and reliable can be the
Focus Photoeditor automatic corrections. The picture below is very
under-exposed, very flat and has a very tricky histogram
distribution. The shot was taken on a sunny day in the first hours
of afternoon and to prevent high-lights fom clipping I intentionally
used a - 2 stops exposure setting.
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The above comparison is between the original picture and the picture
as it is after applying the following corrections in the order:
1) Quick-Fix, 2) Auto Dynamic-Range, 3)
Auto-White Balance, Auto-SharpenThe
picture can be further improved and made more pleasant by removing
some color banding in the sky by smoothing it out with a selective
gaussian blur, and by increasing the saturation eventually
selectively by color. I like to use the Boost Colors filter to
increase saturation, in this way I can boost more towards the Red,
Green, Blue tints rather than their complements Cyan, Magenta,
Yellow that are more prevalent in the color settings of this camera.
Here is the final result I came-up with:
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