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Title: Highlights clipping - auto reject?
Post by: Superlev on January 22, 2019, 02:46

What is the position from Shutterstock / Adobestock on highlight clipping?

I don't mean if the image is something isolated, let's say sun glints in water reflections....

Do you think they review on a case-by-case basis, as they should, or is it more of an auto-rejection sort of thing?

Thanks!

Title: Re: Highlights clipping - auto reject?
Post by: dpimborough on January 22, 2019, 03:33

It used to be an automatic rejection along with clipped shadows.

These days I'm not so sure they just seem to accept any old rubbish.

But here's a quick way of getting rid of clipped high lights in photoshop

Create a copy  layer of the image
Apply an exclusion blending mode to that layer
Set the exclusion opacity to 1%
Flatten the image

Bingo no more blown or clipped high lights

Title: Re: Highlights clipping - auto reject?
Post by: qunamax on January 22, 2019, 08:24

Or just cutoff both highlights and blacks with curve for something like 0.1 or less percent. Or cutoff them really good to stay trendy.  ::)

Title: Re: Highlights clipping - auto reject?
Post by: Superlev on January 24, 2019, 06:40

Thanks!  And actually that photoshop method is good, another tool in the box, thanks :)

Title: Re: Highlights clipping - auto reject?
Post by: dpimborough on January 24, 2019, 11:31

Quote from: Superlev on January 24, 2019, 06:40

Thanks!  And actually that photoshop method is good, another tool in the box, thanks :)

Thanks :)

I use it all the time as using the "highlights" and "whites" slider in Lightroom alters the images too much.