On 11-10-12 10:18 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote:
I changed the image finish modes to vibrant/muted/bleach bypass/monochrome& took a photo, same scene, in each. Imported them to LR 3. As they load, they appear at first with the parameters of each mode applied (ie: monochrome looks, well, monochrome), but then, the image finishes loading& snaps out of it, looking just like any other (color) dng file. Applying the "embedded" camera calibration (vs adobe std) in the develop module, tweaks the image only slightly, and does not restore the vibrant/muted/bleach bypass/monochrome appearance seen on capture on the lcd, and initially upon loading into LR.
Ah; *those* finish modes (ie bleach-bypass & monochrome) are specific to jpeg creation. They will also affect the jpeg preview image, which is why you see them flash up momentarily during import, but they don't have any effect on your RAW dng's.
Some settings like saturation and brightness are copied into the DNG and will affect the initial default settings in ACR or LR, but don't otherwise have any (pixel-altering) effect on RAW files.
I suppose one could use silky pix...? (does anyone do this?) Or process images in camera (creating jpegs, I think). Or not bother with pentax finishing modes and just free hand one's own... or use any of the multitude of presets out there... Or maybe I'm missing something& there is an easy way to access the finish mode info for the dng. It seems that I have read somewhere that similar finish modes also exist in some nikon/canon, and that their profiles appear as options in the LR camera calibration menu for n/c shooters... Thoughts? Anyone? Bueller...? :) -c ps; btw, I have never before even bothered with any of these finish modes. But now, I'm curious, and the whole thing is taking on more importance than it probably should...
Yeah, I'd ignore them unless you are planning to go over to the dark side and shoot to jpeg again.
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