Elements equivalent to Texture slider in Lightroom.

[popcorn]

Hi,

I am editing images of the Hunter's moon which was visible here in Cape Town on the 18th of this month.
I want to enhance the texture of the moon surface.

There is a slider in Lightroom called Texture which I believe ( I do not have Lightroom ) enhances the texture without compromising the detail.

Is there a similar function in Elements 2013?   

[tonyw]

What you can try is open the file in Camera Raw (File>Open in Camera Raw) and adjust the Clarity slider. That does much the same thing as texture in Lightroom and will likely do what you want to do with your moon shots

Tony

[Andrei Doubrovski]

Hi popcorn,
This is a relatively new feature.
So, it's not available in PSE 13.

With a little help of Elements+, it can be used in PSE 2019 and later:
elementsplus.net/help/en/raw-basic.htm

[popcorn]

Hi Andrei,

My error, not PSE 2013, have PSE 2023, so it will help.
Can you possibly help by pointing me in the right direction as I have Elements+ for PSE 2023.

Thanks

[Andrei Doubrovski]

Hi popcorn,
Please, do the following:
- Open the E+ "RAW Corrections" dialog,
- select the "Basic" tab
(the 1st one, it must be selected by default),
- move the "Texture" slider (fig. 1)


If you need more help on "RAW Corrections":
elementsplus.net/help/en/raw-corrections.htm

A video-tutorial:
youtu.be/sIGKLOgwl3Q

[popcorn]

Hi Andrei,
I apologize for the delayed thank you.
Things got a bit chaotic preparing for, and going to, the Madagascar Rain Forests.
I will no doubt have use for the texture slider in the close to 1000 images I brought back.

There is on thing about the ACR in Elements+ that has always given me a problem, and that is the quality of the displayed image being edited.
Can I improve it by changing settings?

[Andrei Doubrovski]

Hi popcorn,
Indeed the preview colors are not precise.
Unfortunately, I can't do it any better.

I recommend the following workaround:
- Make the "undocumented" corrections in the E+ "RAW Corrections" dialog
- Check "Show ACR" gadget and click "OK".


This opens the photo in the Adobe Camera RAW dialog,
so, you can fine-tune the color and tone looking at a better preview.

[Chris]

Popcorn, for moon shots, clarity is always a good idea. In addition to clarity I have found usm (unsharp mask) also effective. For the moon, USM works better that some high end AI sharpening programmes. Play around with the USM radius. Try one pass using a small radius. Another pass with a high radius even up to 125 or 250 pixels. Using USM at a very high radius has a similar effect to clarity.

You might also wish to check out PhotoFranks sharpening action method here (see the 6th post): photoshopelementsandmore.com/thread/7890/moon-photo

Kind regards
Chris