Develop a system

Speed up your processing by consistently following a logical workflow

There will never be universal agreement on the best order to use tools when processing, not least because there are so many, but you won’t go far wrong with the following. Software engineers generally design the windows on the assumption that users will start at the top and work downward, but there’s no compulsion. The way shown here starts off like that, but backtracks once or twice.

1 Under Lens Corrections, check Color and lens Profile. Color is always worth correcting, but treat the lens profile according to your taste: distortion correction can sometimes lose some of the image near corners, and may eliminate a look you want to...