At 1:13 PM -0500 1/6/2009, Sam Macomber wrote: >On Jan 6, 2009, at 12:42 PM, Dan wrote: > > The direct CCD data (raw) is unusable unless you have a profile >> containing the necessary metrics, regarding that particular camera's >> ccd performance. Said profile is sometimes included in the metadata >> buried within the raw file, but not always. IOW, iffa you no gots >> that profile, the raw data is all but useless. My take: Like color >> profiles for printers and displays, this is a nightmare waiting to >> happen. We're going to have to have libraries of thousands of these >> profiles - just to hope to be able to handle a random raw image. > >another RAW advantage, it's NOT tagged and manipulated to any one >particular color profile ;)
But the profile is all about the response of that particular camera's CCD array. To use the data, you have to first apply that profile. You can then tweak it from there... hum. Are you saying that there are times when you wouldn't want to use that camera's profile at all? > >>> I don't trust Adobe much. >>> >>> Part of the reason we have not yet started to convert to DNG, I love >>> the format but you are right all the eggs in one basket. >> >> heh. Just ran across some old PDF files that I cannot seem to open >> anymore. Preview gives an empty window. Adobe Reader crashes. >> Tried full Acrobat on XP - it blue screens. That's a good example of >> how Adobe formats work - even the "open" ones. > >oh what fun! yea. We have now found that Acrobat 4, from 1999, is able to view the docs. Working on exporting the data now. Worst case is that we can print 'em, then rescan. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
