Making a photo set consistent without cloning the same edit 30 times

I copied the exact same edit across a photo set and got “consistent” files that looked strangely inconsistent.

The light had changed too much. Matching the general contrast and color feel, while adjusting exposure per image, worked much better. Same family, not same sliders.

  • editing
  • workflow
  • photo-series
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  1. LW
    lynn
    4 points

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    Yep, that usually works better than forcing one global edit. If the light changed, the scene already stopped being one thing. I’ll match con...

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    Yep, that usually works better than forcing one global edit. If the light changed, the scene already stopped being one thing.

    I’ll match contrast and color feel across the set, then adjust exposure shot by shot so the series still reads as one family.

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    1. EW
      eric.20OP
      3 points

      That’s the part people skip when they want speed. Same edit is efficient, but efficiency can make the set feel oddly disconnected when the frames don’t match each other.

      Small exposure tweaks usually save it.

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