Re: ICC Profile location for PS RAW
Re: ICC Profile location for PS RAW
- Subject: Re: ICC Profile location for PS RAW
- From: bruce fraser <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 09:24:48 -0800
ACR isn't just about getting pretty color, although you can certainly
use it that way. On the cameras I've used, if I set a custom white
balance, ACR defaults to that white balance and pretty much nails
those colors that are nailable.
Some colors can't be nailed by a profile simply because the CCD
doesn't record the same color our eyes do-various blue flowers come
to mind. Such camera metamerism is only addressable by editing.
If you have the luxury of being able to set a manual white balance
for every shot, you may get better results with a single custom
profile than you do from Camera Raw, in which case you should do what
works best most of the time. But that's not something I've been
fortunate enough to experience.
With film, I used to spend hours editing a single image. With Camera
Raw, I'll typically spend about 90 seconds editing one image, then I
simply apply those same settings to all the other images shot under
similar conditions. (The edits are usually small tweaks to exposure,
not to color.) Your milage may vary, but I can only report my
experience.
I haven't tried ColorEyes 20/20. I'm hoping to get an NFR or a demo
out of them when I update Real World Color Management, because it's
the only camera profiler about which I've heard anything positive. I
can say that using Monaco PROFILER or Gretag ProfileMaker Pro to
build camera profiles has been a waste of time and effort-the results
simply don't save me any time.
That's simply my experience. I have some theories on why my
experience is what it is, but the experience came before the theories
rather than the other way around...
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