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From: "Kenneth Waller"
Subject: PS Camera Raw - camera profile - *istD
I finally upgraded one of my PCs to where I can run PS CS2. I'll now be
shooting RAW & was wondering if any of the PS guru's here have any comments
on the *istD camera profile in ACR 3.0 or 2.4.
Do you use the default settings in PS or what?
Paul and I seem to have pretty much the same workflow procedure, and his
description has the advantage of coherence.
The general rules of thumb we use in the photo lab industry seems to apply.
This is get the density right before attempting to adjust the colour.
This will always get you close to where you want to be.
If you must, tweak the density again, and perhaps a final tweak to the
colour.
Don't forget about colour profiles.
I have been using ProPhoto RGB, as it seems to have the widest gamut.
When I do the conversion, I set my PPI to 320. This is only a tag, and
doesn't actually affect the file size, but my printer writes at 320 PPI, so
by tagging the file as such, my size adjustments for printing becomes a bit
easier to manage...
I am printing to photographic paper, and I like to give the printer the
exact number of pixels it needs for the print.
It's handy to save profiles as you create them, BTW.
William Robb
