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11/23/2012 02:21:58 PM · #1 |
I've been experimenting with my OM-D and b&w infrared photography. I am able to set some preferences within the camera so that the display looks like it should... Meaning, white leaves on the trees, etc...
I prefer to shoot in RAW. However, LR4 doesn't import the in-camera settings and renders the files as a RAW file "should" be rendered (because it is after all a RAW file) and the images all are dark red, which is to be expected because that is actually how the file has been recorded.
The oly live display is technically a jpeg... but I want the in-camera setting preserved somehow so I don't have to fiddle around in LR4 and I want the flexibility of a RAW file.
To make a long story short, I can use the olympus viewer software to import all the raw files with the preferred in-camera settings and then export them into LR4 BUT, what is the preferred file type?
Options are TIFF 8-bit and TIFF 16-bit.
What do I want to use?
BTW, this won't be part of my "normal" workflow. Just the times I am doing something out of the ordinary. This also applies to any art filters shot in RAW... LR promptly discards those settings too.
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11/23/2012 02:46:42 PM · #2 |
I am not LR4 literate, but is there an option when importing your RAW file to import as shot?
I do IR with my 30D, with a custom white balance. When I import a RAW file into PSP X4, it asks if I want to set the color temperature, or use it as shot. As shot renders it with the custom white balance.
TIfF 16 will give you more color depth, and smoother gradiations.
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11/23/2012 07:56:53 PM · #3 |
Why go through the agony of using separate software, making a file conversion, importing *that* to Lr, and then having to worry about archiving not only your exported files, but the converted files, and the RAW originals (because those *are* your originals)... sounds complicated.
Why not just work in Lr to obtain the output you want, and save that as a new preset, name it "Oly Infrared" or some such. Import your RAW files, select the infrared ones, and apply the preset. Now tweak as you please to optimize, and it's all good.
FWIW, this business of all of the camera manufacturers insisting on proprietary RAW formats, and obfuscating camera settings is getting *really* old. There's no good reason for it, and it does the user a great disservice. |
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11/23/2012 08:27:09 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Why go through the agony of using separate software, making a file conversion, importing *that* to Lr, and then having to worry about archiving not only your exported files, but the converted files, and the RAW originals (because those *are* your originals)... sounds complicated.
Why not just work in Lr to obtain the output you want, and save that as a new preset, name it "Oly Infrared" or some such. Import your RAW files, select the infrared ones, and apply the preset. Now tweak as you please to optimize, and it's all good.
FWIW, this business of all of the camera manufacturers insisting on proprietary RAW formats, and obfuscating camera settings is getting *really* old. There's no good reason for it, and it does the user a great disservice. |
Well now, that's quite a sensible idea!! Haha... You are right.
And +1 on the proprietary RAW formats! |
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11/23/2012 09:00:31 PM · #5 |
| I import everything as GIF's. It works for videos too! |
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11/23/2012 09:15:03 PM · #6 |
FWIW I usually work from the RAW in PS CS5, save as PSD, save for web as jpg. Never done GIFs. RAW converted to TIFFs or jpgs sftc for Minimal.
Today took in an old slide to get scanned and asked if I wanted it in TIFF or jpg. Brain not woking properly at the time, think I said whichever one's not lossy. Should call em back and say TIFF.
ETA: my one pet peeve about iPhoto, my import software, is that it strips down RAWs. So if I shoot in b/w it ignores that, imports stuff in colour and then I have to mess with sliders. *sigh*
Message edited by author 2012-11-23 21:17:28. |
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11/23/2012 09:17:21 PM · #7 |
| I work exclusively in targa files |
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11/24/2012 11:56:33 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
ETA: my one pet peeve about iPhoto, my import software, is that it strips down RAWs. So if I shoot in b/w it ignores that, imports stuff in colour and then I have to mess with sliders. *sigh* |
That's another facet of the "proprietary RAW" problem. The RAW conversion engine is not Nikon's engine, and *only* Nikon's engine is able to understand the in-camera settings and "make the output like the in-camera JPEG." Therefore, you get color when you had the camera set to B+W. It would happen with pretty much any RAW converter. |
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