Sharpdressed Posted January 27, 2011 Share #1 Posted January 27, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi, does anyone has an S2 dng shot of a colorchart that can send to me? It would be very nice since I'm doing comparisons in Lightoom and find color twists an hassle. Thanks much, Emanuele Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dfarkas Posted January 27, 2011 Share #2 Posted January 27, 2011 I uploaded an S2 DNG shot of a ColorChecker SG here: http://www.drivehq.com/file/df.aspx/publish/dfarkas/C1 profiles for S2/L1000072.DNG Hope this works for you. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppyman Posted January 28, 2011 Share #3 Posted January 28, 2011 Emanuele do keep in mind that you can only directly compare with a DNG taken in identical conditions. The hue twists are complex to understand, I agree. One of our members, Sandy McGuffog has a great deal of useful information (centred on M9) on his blog. It is by far the best resource that I have seen to help understand more. ChromaSoft Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpdressed Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share #4 Posted January 28, 2011 Thanks much David. Your blog is great. Thanks happyman too, I already know the Chromasoft site, and i have the dcptool... i'm only trying to figure out if Capture One is better than Aperture Lightroom, or Acr with these files. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfarkas Posted January 28, 2011 Share #5 Posted January 28, 2011 Thanks much David. Your blog is great.Thanks happyman too, I already know the Chromasoft site, and i have the dcptool... i'm only trying to figure out if Capture One is better than Aperture Lightroom, or Acr with these files. No problem. The file I linked to is the one I shot about a year ago in order to make an ICC camera profile for use in C1. Without a profile other than the embedded generic DNG one, the color isn't the best out of C1. Loom forward to your findings. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickywaldo Posted May 2, 2011 Share #6 Posted May 2, 2011 No problem. The file I linked to is the one I shot about a year ago in order to make an ICC camera profile for use in C1. Without a profile other than the embedded generic DNG one, the color isn't the best out of C1. Loom forward to your findings. David Hi David, Thanks for your support on this forum. I am playing with raw convertors and find that they all seem to have their strengths and weaknesses. I have C1, Lightroom and Aperture. For ultimate conversion of phase one files, C1 was always best. For CR2 files, Lightroom seems to get the colors better our of the camera, but I have not used aperture much recently, but used to like it. I have not tried it on the S2. What is your experience with the different convertors and have you standardized? if so, what did you select and why? Many thanks. Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidigital Posted May 2, 2011 Share #7 Posted May 2, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi Nick, I'm certain David will add his perspective, but here's mine for what it is worth. I was a big C1 fan, using it with a variety of cameras including the P40+ and the M9. With the S2, I switched over to Lightroom as I found the colors to be very good and the workflow very straight forward. Kurt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickywaldo Posted May 3, 2011 Share #8 Posted May 3, 2011 Hi Nick, I'm certain David will add his perspective, but here's mine for what it is worth. I was a big C1 fan, using it with a variety of cameras including the P40+ and the M9. With the S2, I switched over to Lightroom as I found the colors to be very good and the workflow very straight forward. Kurt Have you tried changing the calibration setting in lightroom? Normally it is set to Adobe Std. I tried Embedded and preferred it. Curious on your views. Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfarkas Posted May 3, 2011 Share #9 Posted May 3, 2011 Hi David, Thanks for your support on this forum.I am playing with raw convertors and find that they all seem to have their strengths and weaknesses. I have C1, Lightroom and Aperture. For ultimate conversion of phase one files, C1 was always best. For CR2 files, Lightroom seems to get the colors better our of the camera, but I have not used aperture much recently, but used to like it. I have not tried it on the S2. What is your experience with the different convertors and have you standardized? if so, what did you select and why? Many thanks. Nick Nick, Like Kurt, I used C1 almost exclusively for about 4 years before switching over to Lightroom. I very much prefer both the workflow and the resulting image quality, especially with the S2. With C1, I had to often bring my processed TIFF into Photoshop for final tweaking. Now, 95% of all of my work is done within LR. I love being able to have an infinite history list even between application launches. Everything is tweakable and non-destructive. Because the S2 is not a fully supported camera in C1 (only DNGs are supported, not the S2), the default color is pretty bad, and maze-pattern artifacts can sometimes be found in the image, especially with the somewhat aggressive default sharpening. I did spend a while to develop my preferred develop settings for the S2 and created a profile which I apply while importing (so I only ever see this "cooked" version). From there, usually only minor adjustments to exposure and fill light do the trick. AWB is so good on the S2 that I rarely ever touch it. After minor adjustment of basic exposure and fill, I use localized adjustment tools like the adjustment brush and the gradient tool to selectively enhance the image. Then, I move on to the next and export everything out. Done. The bottom line is that after moving to LR, I now have a difficult time using anything else. Adobe made Photoshop the de facto standard in image editing. Long term, I could see the same happening for LR, especially as Adobe continues to improve the software and its algorithms. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfarkas Posted May 3, 2011 Share #10 Posted May 3, 2011 Have you tried changing the calibration setting in lightroom? Normally it is set to Adobe Std. I tried Embedded and preferred it. Curious on your views.Nick While subtly different, I think I also prefer Embedded to Adobe Standard, but it does depend on the image. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitz Posted May 6, 2011 Share #11 Posted May 6, 2011 Emauele, why not buy your own color card and produce your own profiles? That way you will profile your own camera, your own lens and your own lighting condition. The software is free from Adobe. The process takes maybe 5 minutes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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