What Adobe Camera Raw Profile/s Do You Use?

[Julian Mole]

Hi,

Just wondering whether people change their Adobe conversion profiles and use the different options available like "Camera Faithful" ?

I ask because I've just processed a RAW of a Wood Duck in Photoshop and when I compared the saved and resized jpg to the 'camera generated' jpg (as I shoot RAW+jpg) I realised that I preferred the colours and look of the original! :-(

Please let me know what ACR settings you prefer.

Thanks, Julian.

PS. I use a Canon 40D - in case that might make a difference!

[Roger Clark]

Julian,

I use default settings regarding image settings including sRGB (I often shoot raw+jpeg too). That way the generated jpeg is in a color space easily viewed with most software. When I do the raw conversion, I go to adobe RGB. Most of the time the raw converted colors are best, but here is one image that is from the camera-generated jpeg that I can't make look as good in the raw conversion:
http://www.clarkvision.com/galleries...586.b-800.html

Roger

[Jackie Schuknecht]

I have a 40D and I find myself sticking with the Adobe Standard most of the time.

[Julian Mole]

Hi Roger and Jackie,

Thank you for your replies. I should have mentioned that I've been the default setting of Adobe Standard.

Incidentally, after a night's sleep, I had another look at the image in question and realised that most of the reason for the different appearence was caused by a lower level of contrast - which I then corrected using curves.

But the basic question still applies as I have had other images with which I've preferred the colours in the original jpg.


By the way, Roger, that's one fine photo of the Moon rising, I love how you've used the perspective to make the Moon look bigger (similar to how it does to human vision with the Moon illusion).
Also all the more impressive that it's from the in camera Jpg.
Finally it must have been a pretty steady atmosphere because the rising gibbous moon is hardly distorted at all - so far all my efforts at moon rises near the horizon have been horribly mis-shapen, and usually blurry, due to the poor seeing at those altitudes. (or maybe that's just the turbulence from the local power station's cooling towers which are close to the line of sight from where I've tried taking these photos from)

[Roger Clark]

But the basic question still applies as I have had other images with which I've preferred the colours in the original jpg.


By the way, Roger, that's one fine photo of the Moon rising...

Thanks.
How about posting an example where you liked the camera jpeg colors?

Roger

[Carlo Casana]

I made two profiles for my camera using GM Color Checker and DNG Profile editor and ColorChecker Passport with its software. They are slightly different. Between those two I chose the one I prefer for that photo/photo session.

[Paul Humphries]

Julian,
I have a 40D and 50D. I've used various methods including Lightroom (which uses ACR),
Canon's DPP, and DXO Optics Pro to process RAW files. Within each of these programs I've
tried numerous settings (including Camera Faithful, Adobe Standard, Camera Standard, etc., etc.). What I find (unfortunately) is that there is no magic setting that works for all photos.
Of course, with experience I find I get better at predicting which setting will work better with
each type of photo, but often I'm surprised and by trial-and-error discover that my first guess
missed the mark. To make matters even more complicated I find that some images look better in
black/white, sepia, etc.. I, of course, continue to look for the magic button that transforms
all my photos into works of art but I'm well on my way to believing that such a button does
not and will never exist. Alas, I tell myself that's not necessarily a bad thing. Great works of
art tend not to arise from the push of a button but through sweat of the brow.
Photography is a fascinating hobby! Eh?
Paul

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Paul Big Welcome to BPN Glad you jumped in and contributed with the thread !!! Great points !!