Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query

2005-06-28 Thread Powell Hargrave
>The Adobe RAW pre-sets don't align at all well with the camera pre-sets >and you monitor doesn't need to be calibrated to remedy the problem. >Your query prompted me to do something that I've thought about on and >off but had not yet done. I've just created a set of camera RAW WB >pre-sets for

Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query

2005-06-28 Thread Joseph Tainter
The Adobe RAW pre-sets don't align at all well with the camera pre-sets and you monitor doesn't need to be calibrated to remedy the problem. Your query prompted me to do something that I've thought about on and off but had not yet done. I've just created a set of camera RAW WB pre-sets for the

Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query

2005-06-27 Thread Herb Chong
oftware. Herb - Original Message - From: "Frantisek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Joseph Tainter" Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 12:03 PM Subject: Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query it's not unusal for the camera maker own software to have quite better & more accur

Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query

2005-06-27 Thread Herb Chong
except Joe's problem isn't a color temperature problem, it's a color management problem. Herb - Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 7:50 AM Subject: Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query The

Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query

2005-06-27 Thread Frantisek
JT> My gripe/query is that the presets in Pentax's Raw converter (for JT> daylight, shade, flash, etc.) always gave good color, with no color JT> cast. I bought CS2 mainly because I had read about how good the Raw JT> converter is. I find that its presets imparts a warm color cast. My JT> computer,

Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query

2005-06-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The color temperature is completely adjustable with the PSCS RAW >converter. Just look for the slider that says "temperature." You can >vary it from way too cold to way too warm on any RAW image. Pixmantec's free "Rawshooter Essentials" also lets you d

Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query

2005-06-26 Thread Powell Hargrave
Thanks Rob. I usually use either auto or manual WB, but will give them a try with the Ds. Powell >Down-load the following file: > >http://www.home.aone.net.au/audiobias/temp/ist_D_WB_settings.zip > >..and place the files in: > >\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CS\Presets\Camera Raw > >You can th

Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query

2005-06-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
I find the "As Shot" temperature to be very accurate as well. I sometimes change it a bit for aesthetic reasons, but it's certainly not difficult to end up exactly where you want to be. Paul On Jun 26, 2005, at 10:43 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 26 Jun 2005 at 22:26, Paul Stenquist wrote: You c

Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query

2005-06-26 Thread Rob Studdert
On 26 Jun 2005 at 22:26, Paul Stenquist wrote: > You can't adjust "color ting," but you can adjust color tint. Rob's > presets should help you start closer to where you want to be. I forgot to add that the "As Shot" WB is accurate, it is derived from the WB data integrated in the file whether

Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query

2005-06-26 Thread Rob Studdert
On 26 Jun 2005 at 19:02, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > I can't speak for everyone on this list, but I've been running color- > managed image processing for at least the last decade, although there > have been massive improvements in stability and ease of setup in the > past 4-5 years. I run a fu

Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query

2005-06-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
You can't adjust "color ting," but you can adjust color tint. Rob's presets should help you start closer to where you want to be. On Jun 26, 2005, at 10:06 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: The color temperature is completely adjustable with the PSCS RAW converter. Just look for the slider that says "

Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query

2005-06-26 Thread Rob Studdert
On 26 Jun 2005 at 19:20, Joseph Tainter wrote: > My gripe/query is that the presets in Pentax's Raw converter (for > daylight, shade, flash, etc.) always gave good color, with no color > cast. I bought CS2 mainly because I had read about how good the Raw > converter is. I find that its presets

Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query

2005-06-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
The color temperature is completely adjustable with the PSCS RAW converter. Just look for the slider that says "temperature." You can vary it from way too cold to way too warm on any RAW image. You can also adjust overall ting. On Jun 26, 2005, at 8:27 PM, Joseph Tainter wrote: I am not happy

Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query

2005-06-26 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jun 26, 2005, at 6:48 PM, Joseph Tainter wrote: Okay, you guys may be right. I may have to look into color management. What I've read about it so far, though, I haven't found comprehensible. Is there a decent source in ordinary English for non-technos? Color Management theory is compl

Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query

2005-06-26 Thread Joseph Tainter
"If you are using Photoshop CS2 and you haven't set up its color management preferences, you cannot get consistency and accuracy in your color rendering. You can set it up with no additional cost, using software calibration approximations, or you can buy a decent hardware colorimeter and calibr

Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query

2005-06-26 Thread Herb Chong
idn't change anything, they are all wrong. Herb - Original Message - From: "Joseph Tainter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 9:13 PM Subject: Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query "how are your color profiles and color management set up? what pro

Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query

2005-06-26 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jun 26, 2005, at 6:13 PM, Joseph Tainter wrote: "how are your color profiles and color management set up? what profile are you shooting in, what profile are you specifying at conversion time? what have you got set up for color settings when reading an image that has an embedded color pro

Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query

2005-06-26 Thread Joseph Tainter
My gripe/query is that the presets in Pentax's Raw converter (for daylight, shade, flash, etc.) always gave good color, with no color cast. I bought CS2 mainly because I had read about how good the Raw converter is. I find that its presets imparts a warm color cast. My computer, monitor, and pr

Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query

2005-06-26 Thread Joseph Tainter
"how are your color profiles and color management set up? what profile are you shooting in, what profile are you specifying at conversion time? what have you got set up for color settings when reading an image that has an embedded color profile?" Beats me, Herb. I haven't ventured into color m

Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query

2005-06-26 Thread Herb Chong
how are your color profiles and color management set up? what profile are you shooting in, what profile are you specifying at conversion time? what have you got set up for color settings when reading an image that has an embedded color profile? Herb

Re: CS2 Raw Converter Query

2005-06-26 Thread Rob Studdert
On 26 Jun 2005 at 18:27, Joseph Tainter wrote: > I am not happy with the Photoshop CS2 Raw converter. It consistently > gives images that are much too warm. I did not have this problem with > Pentax's Raw converter. I would just go back to using the Pentax > converter except that the Photoshop

CS2 Raw Converter Query

2005-06-26 Thread Joseph Tainter
I am not happy with the Photoshop CS2 Raw converter. It consistently gives images that are much too warm. I did not have this problem with Pentax's Raw converter. I would just go back to using the Pentax converter except that the Photoshop one has so many nice features. Any thoughts or advice?