On 1 Jun 2016, at 21:08, Neil Steinberg <software@photowork.net> wrote:
As you say, you don't want to use Preview to output from your RAW files, and I confess that I have no idea how the software makes it decisions. Nevertheless, you have Capture One, a very capable software, and you ought to be able to achieve virtually any color you want. It might take a bit of work, but you ought to be able to come up with a satisfactory proximation of your Preview output and then save your settings as a preset. What color space are you using in Capture One?
Hi Neil This is a problem that has arisen after the NEFs have been processed and twenty hours of retouching have already been invested in the project :( The supplied files needed next to no work in C1, most were sent through with the simplest recipe to convert them to AdobeRGB without any changes to exposure etc. I’ve worked with NEFs since the D100 and never had any issues with them but these D810 raws look very different when previewed in the Finder (or converted using Preview). Lighter, more open, less red, with desaturated blues and greens and not a lot of contrast. Noticeably different to the D750 raws that we processed for comparison purposes today. We had to assign a false profile and then curve + hue/sat to match the client’s expectations (they’d edited the raw sessions in the Finder on MacBooks) and I don’t want to have to waste time doing that again… If there is any documentation about Apple’s NEF conversions it’d be helpful to read through so that we can mimic the "Finder look” during the initial processing. Regards -- Martin Orpen Idea Digital Imaging Ltd