Photoshop CS5 - Bridge

Question

Hi folks,
              I have a fairly simple question I would like and appreciate answered.  :  In previous versions of PS (before CS5 acr v6) it has been suggested to change the default settings in curves for the eyedropper settings (Shadow, midtone & highlight.). eg  changing the RGB values to collapse the curve. ie Shadow: . R, G, & B to 7. and the Highlight eyedropper R, G, B to 245 respectively: .  Is this still the case with ACR 6, as I remember reading somewhere that the update of acr v6 had rectified the necessity to alter the default values?.    Many thanks, kk

Answer 1

Eric,
Thanks for your input. I do colour calibrate my monitors constantly, and create my own icc printer to paper profiles, (including using all the fine print recommendations in print setup.)   (Spyder 3 Elite.)
I nearly always print on high gloss paper for contrast.  I use top end printers, (epson & canon with highest quality papers and genuine inks). The Epson printer produces the best blacks.
        I do a great deal of Macro imaging and therefore really look at shadow, midtones & highlight details at 100%, (even on the cropped final stage of the image, before printing.)
Small changes in Blacks in acr 6 usually overcome any small losses in contrast.  I also do some fine adjustments in parametric curves, and as these are additive to the basic raw adjustments.
I thought that I might not need to alter the default eyedropper values in curves. What I was after was a definitive answer to whether the rehash of acr 6 and its effects on the print curve alterations had changed, overcoming ,and not necessitating changes to the eyedropper default values.
                 I gather from your replies that I can still alter the default values, (esp the top end: highlights) in the PS setup if I wish and ignore the changes that have been documented previously for older versions of acr. (CS5 and earlier.),{and that this area in acr 6 has remained unchanged.}
                                                                               Thanks again, Ian, aka kundabungkid.