Re: ICC Profile location for PS RAW
Re: ICC Profile location for PS RAW
- Subject: Re: ICC Profile location for PS RAW
- From: Mark Buckner <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 21:24:15 -0600
On 11/3/03 7:07 PM, "Andrew Rodney" <email@hidden> wrote:
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You can take the same RAW file in ACR and produce different appearances each
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day but as long as you, the user get the appearance you want, it doesn't
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matter if it differs day in and day out. It's not about matching or
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consistency.
Well, if all we're talking about is "pretty pictures" and artistic
expression, I'd go along with that. For some lovely fall color landscapes I
could see fiddling around with color to create something that I want to
portray, even if it has no relationship to the actual color of the trees,
grass, etc. For people who operate in this realm, ACR is may be a good tool.
On the other hand, I shoot professional sports for a living. Uniform and
logo colors are developed very carefully by the teams and they expect a
faithful reproduction, which is why I got involved with Color Management in
the first place. When the uniforms of the St. Louis Blues made them look
more like the St. Louis Purples, we (I!!) had a problem. Not only do my
clients expect the color to be right, they most certainly do believe that it
"matters if it differs day in and day out". I certainly don't work in a
studio, and I am faced with shooting in a wide variety of lighting
conditions. If I am asked to provide files for a publication, some of which
were made in available light in another team's building, and others are
strobe-lit in my building, I still need the color to match as closely as
possible. Before I found a good camera profiling tool, I spent more hours
in editing to get the results my clients demand and deserve. A good camera
profile for each camera has solved almost all of those concerns, leaving me
more time to read this list!
As for camera profiling being difficult and somewhat expensive, I'd just say
that (A) usually nothing of much value comes without effort, and (usually)
some expense and (B) the time and money saved in the long run makes it a
good investment, at least for me.
Have either you or Bruce built a profile with ColorEyes 20/20? That's the
product which I used to build my profiles, and I have yet to find a
lighting situation in which the profiles are not extremely helpful, so long
as one gray balances manually and carefully.
Thanks,
Mark
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