Dehancer is a versatile tool that allows a variety of approaches. However, based on our experience, we can provide an all-purpose workflow for photo processing.

Working with RAW is always the preferred option because it contains lots of useful information and, most importantly, it is free of the excessive processing that is typical of smartphone cameras in particular.

Detailed advice on processing RAW files is given in the Recommended RAW development settings .

The original image may still have some issues, which can be conveniently corrected immediately with the Source Corrections tool .

Choose the Film Profile that best suits your scene. Note that you can switch between Film Profiles with the up and down arrow hotkeys. Also, remember that the Push/Pull option gives you the opportunity to further adjust the profile appearance according to the film exposure.

We recommend adjusting Expand immediately after a film profile selection. Set the black and white points to ‘fit’ an image into a dynamic range of your color space.

Start by selecting Print Medium , then sequentially adjust Exposure, Contrast, and other Print settings .

To improve the detail at the extremes of the tonal range, you can optionally enable the Analogue Range Limiter.

Since the edits you made in the previous step can significantly affect the black and white points, it is recommended that you readjust the Expand settings.

After setting the tone of the image, you can make further adjustments to the color balance. The CMY Color Head tool is perfect for this kind of fine-tuning.

Some salt and pepper will make the dish even better.

💡 A series of photos are often edited with the same or similar settings. The most convenient way to organize the process is to use a combination of Adobe Photoshop and Dehancer Film plugin.