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04/01/2007 02:12:53 PM · #1 |
I recently bought the 5d. While I love the camera, I am having some raw editing issues. I shoot RAW + LJpeg for reference. I use capture One raw editing software. I have set one of the user preferences in the camera to shoot high contrast and low sat. However when I import into Capture one, the images loose the settings and become basic flat raw files. The jpegs are fine, but i it is very hard to get the raw back to the way i shot it. This also happens in monochrome, wherei loose filter settings as well.
I realise I can do allthis in post, but it seems funny that if the settings are in the camera, when the file is shot, that i would loose that info in Capture One.
Is there a setting in Capture One? Does Aperature compensate for this, Lightroom? Help please. |
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04/01/2007 02:20:46 PM · #2 |
You lose the effect of the settings because the 3rd party RAW converters don't understand them. They are, therefore, starting with the RAW data and making their own interpretation. There is no 3rd-party converter, AFAIK, that understands the Canon Picture Styles.
You could use Canon's DPP (Digital Photo Professional) to convert. it will understand and apply Picture Styles as set in camera. It's even possible to select a different Picture Style in conversion than what was set in-camera, and the results will look very similar to what the JPEG output would have looked like. |
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04/01/2007 03:14:54 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
You lose the effect of the settings because the 3rd party RAW converters don't understand them. They are, therefore, starting with the RAW data and making their own interpretation. There is no 3rd-party converter, AFAIK, that understands the Canon Picture Styles.
You could use Canon's DPP (Digital Photo Professional) to convert. it will understand and apply Picture Styles as set in camera. It's even possible to select a different Picture Style in conversion than what was set in-camera, and the results will look very similar to what the JPEG output would have looked like. |
So, kirbic, do you use Canon's software then, or another one? |
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04/01/2007 06:40:33 PM · #4 |
| How does Canon's software compare? |
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04/01/2007 06:51:58 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by avtramsay:
How does Canon's software compare? |
DPP produces pretty good results, but of all the converters I've tried, I prefer the results from, and the flexibility of ACR 4.0 (Photoshop CS3). The same functionality as ACR 4.0 is present in Lightroom, of course. I also like Capture1, but have been playing with it for only a week or so. I do like C1's output, and it is the fastest of all the interfaces on my system, but I still prefer ACR 4.0's results by a hair, and ACR has an advantage in pulling detail back in from the "overexposed" stop of the RAW file. DPP is pretty conservative in this regard, C1 seems somewhat less so but does not have the flexibility of ACR in recovery.
There are a hundred other variables upon which to judge converters. They all basically do a good job, so preference depends a lot on what is important to a particular user, and which user interface feels the most intuitive. |
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04/01/2007 07:01:22 PM · #6 |
| how much longer until they release CS3 |
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04/01/2007 07:11:09 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by TLL061:
how much longer until they release CS3 |
Will ship sometime this month. The beta will probably function for about 30 days past the ship date, then it's "upgrade or go back to CS2." |
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04/01/2007 08:57:59 PM · #8 |
I use DPP (i hear ver 3 is out now).
Canon has video tutorials on how to use it //www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=386
I shot a wedding friday and had 1092 RAW files - I looked at each to toss out the bad ones, sorted the junk, seconds and firsts, fixed WB on some, exposure on others, B&W'd a few and was ready for conversion - 2hr 45 min. COnversion of 614 took my computer, running unattended, 2 hours and 10 minutes (AMD 2Ghz athlon 1Gb RAM XP pro)
It's designed for fast work and that it does very well.
You can keep your picture styles, modify them, download others from canon, etc.
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