Turn your RAW files into finished images. The third level of the NepShoot Photography Course: culling, global and local edits, colour grading, Photoshop essentials, export and backup strategy.
The third level of the NepShoot Photography Course: 7 lessons on turning a RAW file into a finished photograph, from culling through colour grading, Photoshop and backup strategy.
The Level 3 capstone assignment: edit a single RAW file into three genuinely distinct results, natural, moody, and boldly stylised, to discover how much range one file holds.
Why colour space, file format and resolution silently ruin more photos than any editing mistake, and the export settings to use for web, print and client delivery.
The 3-2-1 backup rule applied to a real photography workflow, why RAW files and catalogs need different priority than exports, and how archiving differs from backup.
How split toning applies colour theory to shadows and highlights, how to find a consistent personal look across a body of work, and how to use presets without wrecking your photos.
The four Photoshop fundamentals every photographer should know: non-destructive layers, pixel-level masking, dodge and burn for sculpting light, and removing distractions with cloning and healing.
The core global adjustment tools beyond basic exposure and contrast: how a tone curve gives you real control, and what clarity, texture and dehaze each actually do.
How local adjustments let you edit different parts of a photo differently, using gradients, brushes and modern AI-powered subject and sky masks.
The unglamorous groundwork every editing workflow depends on: getting files in reliably, culling fast with a two-pass method, and a folder structure that still makes sense in five years.
