Introduction
Enhancing your night photography skills
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What you should know
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1. General Enhancements in Lightroom or Camera Raw
Working with Camera Raw from Bridge
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Set overall tonal balance
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Use neutral guides to set white balance
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Color balance for creative effect
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Use Dehaze on night photos
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Removing chromatic aberration
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Fine-tune with local adjustments
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Synchronize settings to multiple files
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2. Noise Reduction
How exposure affects noise levels
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Camera Raw for noise reduction
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Open a raw file as a Smart Object
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The Reduce Noise filter
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Photoshop Dust & Scratches filter
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3. Using Photoshop and Camera Raw for HDR Night Shots
Merge to HDR in Camera Raw
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Merge to HDR Pro in Photoshop
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Toning 32-bit HDR files in Camera Raw
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Saving 32-bit HDR files in Photoshop
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4. Using Layers to Enhance Night Exposures
Layer stacking to blend lighter areas
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Aligning misaligned layers
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Combine exposures with a layer mask
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Refine with creative adjustments
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5. Star Photography Post-Processing
Retouching airplane light trails
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Exposure stacking to create star trails
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Create a star comet effect
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Create a luminosity mask
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Luminosity masks for the Milky Way
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Making a constellation more visible
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Removing blurry stars
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Adding new stars
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Ex_Files_Enhancing_Night_Low_Light_Photos_PS.zip
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