on.raw.photography

Santi, welcome to this den of color enthusiasts.

When I think of all those smartphone accessories, such as grips, extension lenses, tripod mounts, and who knows what else, we can say that the phone has been transformed into a real camera.
Among other things, they are also nice to look at with their ...

Hi Ethanshen,

It's true, I was happy with AutoColor, but when Gray Click works well, it's unbeatable.

Autocolor 333 is more accurate than the previous version, so you don't even need to use AutoColor Clic anymore; it works very well by default.
You can adjust the shot with RingAround.
You don't ...

Today my jaw dropped when I saw the slightly fluorescent fuchsia and pistachio green reproduced by Color Perfect. I don't even want to mention the green, yellow, and light blue, because they don't even surprise me anymore.


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But the other two, which might be ...

I'm glad it's interesting.

If it helps, I can also attach the first one I showed in previous posts, the blurry one.

I'm not sure what you mean by saying this problem didn't occur with LibRAW.

In any case, the photo published in previous posts is interpolated with LibRAW, and the problem still ...

The test continues and convinces me to use Gray Click. Then, when it's easy to see, it's even more accurate. In this case, RingAround doesn't help.

If I were to add a yellow dot to AutoColor with RingAround, the yellow would go beyond Gray Click. So I'd have to find a half-dot, a quarter-dot, etc ...

I'm trying Gray Click instead of AutoColor
In a situation like this, where there are bright flowers, even though it's not a macro image.

You can see how Gray Click has achieved better color balance than AutoColor.


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In both cases ...

Well, I double-checked using the Alt key to highlight the pixels.
With yesterday's method, the one that stops at precisely 255, the values ​​in the text box were 220.

With the Alt key, the pixels light up at 220, then going back 1 point, they're at 221, the pixels turn off.

So the Alt key gives ...

Of course, the bright spots are those of the petals.

It looks fantastic to me too.
The camera is a Canon 30D that went through MakeTiff and PerfectRAW, and what other way would there be?

I can already confirm that by bringing the PS histogram to precisely 255, not even one more click, SmartClip works, just like SC Freeze does.

I had a good laugh when I discovered that the levels slider was supposed to be used the other way around.

The RAW file was passed into DNG Converter using MakeTiff in AdobeRGB1998.

Now I'll try setting the histogram to 255 and see what happens.

I'm attaching the RAW file.

Here I have another problem.

In this photo, SmartClip isn't working, and I don't know how to pre-correct in PS.


2014-100-2624-SmartClip_magenta-roby_ferrero.jpg


As per the attached example, I tried using the tonal values ​​from PS directly on the Linear TIFF from MakeTiff.



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Glasses are great, but in some ways they're a bummer, like the color.

After all, they're prescription glasses.
When a photographer needs glasses, he has to decide whether to see color well or keep his eyes more rested by attenuating the blue.

This variation in glasses color takes a bit of getting ...

In practice, if there are no specular highlights or brighter areas—that is, essentially, when the images are low-contrast, underexposed (?), or in any case flat—isn't AutoColor the best solution? Is it better to try to balance the color with Click Gray?

I'm not sure I understand correctly when you ...

Speaking of PerfectRAW, which shouldn't be any different from other modules, I personally haven't experimented much with gray click, but I can say that when you find the right pixel, it's a sight to behold.
It's also very interesting to perform a dual gray/shadow/highlight reading with CCRef.

But ...

Hi Ethanshen,
Yes, the great thing is that the same goes for all CP modules; ColorNEG, ColorPOS, and even PerfectRAW are amazing.

Okay, I've loaded Virtual Grades.

Let's see if I understand correctly.

If we use Virtual Grades, we don't use FilmType/SubType/FilmGamma. This is because once we exit CP and then re-enter, the latter settings cancel the Virtual Grades settings. If you reset Virtual Grades, the FilmType triad is ...

Yes, exactly. Sometimes posts just happen out of the blue, you're amazed by something and it's nice to share it.
Then the post develops in an interesting way, so why not give it the right visibility?

I mean, if this is digital, then long live digital too!

Perhaps I should have made this post, with your input, a separate thread in the PerfectRAW section, to make it more visible than my small presentation space. These are two posts that I find useful for those approaching Color Perfect for the first time.

But I mean, how do you get an orange like that?

It's impossible with any other medium.
Only Color Perfect can give it to me.

I've seen oranges around, but they're all ugly.
Yes, vivid, bright, saturated, dense, whatever you want.

What are we talking about?
And gray?

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I can say that, from the little I have tried ColorNegDC — it was a test I had to do — it has already given me the best results I have ever had on that image, an image that was not so perfect and had mixed lighting. So I think that with more experience, the results will be astonishing.

https://on ...

Maybe I missed something.
I'm trying to use Virtual Grades on a B&W negative scan, on ColorNEG.
I set it to User. Now I'm stuck; I don't know how to access or work with Virtual Grades.

I'm not sure if Virtual Grades is used for digital reproduction of B&W negatives using a digital camera, or if it ...

Very interesting.
I haven't had a chance to try them yet,
but I think they might offer more precision for contrast adjustment.

I downloaded the virtual gradations VirtSWGrad.negpos

There's only one document, and I'm not sure how to use it on ColorPos, ColoNEG, and PerfectRAW.

Do I have to manually change the extension?

.negpos for ColorNEG
.colorint for ColorPOS
.pfraw for PerfectRAW

Is it possible to duplicate the ...

Hi Wilmotk, welcome!
I also use Color Perfect for everything.

First of all, welcome, Kevin.

Sorry to butt in on point 3, regarding the software used.

First of all, Captur One doesn't support Color Perfect.
So I imagine you can get the DNG file and then upload it to MakeTiff.
So far, it's the same as with many other software programs, especially when you need ...