on 3/7/03 2:57 PM, francis ware wrote:

>> on 07/03/2003 12:03, francis ware wrote:
>> 
>>> All exposure,
>>> lighting etc spot on. Problem is when opened in Ps the image looks
>>> about 1 stop underexposed (but when shot at 1/2 under important
>>> detail is lost).

> capture to viewing on the monitor."  Not quite sure what you mean. I
> am moving the files into Nikon Capture Editor( since I dont have
> firewire) then saving them as tifs and re-opening them in PS.

Hope  this is of help, the white balance tends to be better performed on a
neutral grey(kodak greycard) if you perform this on white card it is easy to
overexpose and get a duff balance.(from memory this is a bit misleading in
the manual)

Within custom settings (camera) you need to assign a colour space, I use
Adobe RGB, then shoot in 16 bit nef mode, uncompressed.

Also within custom settings there is a preview setting that allows you to
view a thumb nail and also the histogram ( this will be the way to judge
exposure)andif the white balance is wildly incorrect the image thumbnail may
show a  colour shift. I have had this at times but I just repeat the white
balance.

Within Nikon, capture you need to set some preferences
edit-preferences-colour management
open colour sync and choose profiles, if in doubt you can use Adobe
rgb(1998), however there is  Nikon Adobe Wide, and many more (  this should
give a wider gamut)
Next choose display profile for your monitor
Next choose a CMM, auto or Apple seem to work for me.

The image can then be opened within Nikon Capture Editor, perfom any edits
that you require, for a batch you could save any adjustments, then save the
image as 8 or 16 bit rgb tiff.

This image should open within photoshop and look the same as it did within
capture, if it does not then it may be worth checking your colour management
settings within photoshop.

ie choose a working space, and a colour management policy, I find it worth
ticking Ask When Opening for profile mismatches, then if your Nikon image
does not have the same profile as your working space, at least you will know
about it.

This may sound complicated but if you set camera profile then capture
preferences and then photoshop preferences, the image should move from the
camera to editing without any major changes.

hope this works for you
matthew

 

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