Shooting With The Masters - Charles Cramer Part 4

Diving Into Printing

The Masterfile
As Charlie has explained and will continue to explain through the next three videos he makes use of a Master File.  essentially a Master File is the final TIFF (PSD) file of an image that he has worked on.  After he adjusts a RAW file he outputs to a TIFF file or PSD and then he uses Photoshop to make adjustments.  This next video takes a look at a file he shot with film many years ago and the subsequent multiple changes he has made to over the years.  the point being is that he's never finished.  Charlie always is looking at the image and wondering what would happen if he did this or that.  He takes us through the various adjustment layers explaining his reasons and techniques to achieve an amazing master file.  Looking at the video and the before and after you'll find yourself as I did of wanting to go back and visit a few older files and looking at them differently and making some new changes to them.
The Masterfile Video

Workflow
One of the m...