Andrew_Hart wrote:
I just tried to repeat your results, and can't
Even I can't repeat my results.
Because you said that you are "working on a folder of just 35 images" I'm assuming that the images contain some CR edits. Can you say what they were so that I can duplicate them - anything at all please, even something such as the default sharpening usually applied unless you have turned it off in a preset.
My altered defaults include: Exposure: -0.35, Sharpening: 35/1.0/20/0, Lens Corrections: on (Setup: Default), Remove Chromatic Aberration: on, Profile: 2012, Adobe Standard.
Common settings include: Basic temp/tint, exposure/contrast, highlights/shadows, blacks/whites, clarity; Detail: sharpening/radius,/detail/masking; Lens Corrections: distortion, vertical/horizontal, rotate, scale; Crop (I tend to use Rotate-with-Grid more than Straighten); Gradient and Brush adjustments (exposure, highlights, shadows, clarity).
I appreciate that I may use more settings in Camera Raw than most. The reasoning is that I like to have an almost finished image, in terms of adjustments and composition, BEFORE exporting to Photoshop, which I mainly use for retouching and specialist filters.