dfdann Posted February 1, 2007 Share #1 Posted February 1, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have been stumbling around trying to use C1LE and am frustrated. 1.Downloaded OK yesterday and satisfactory processed white bulb . Today I cannot find the raw images on my MAC even using Searchlight. I used a card reader. 2. Took pictures in raw with B&W set on the M8. The downloaded pictures are in color. How do I get back to B&W? This is most important as the main reason for buying the was to shoot B&W. Any help including easy steps for downloading into C1LE would be greatly appreciated. Sorry to be so dumb. Dan Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest WPalank Posted February 1, 2007 Share #2 Posted February 1, 2007 Dan, Two things as I don't even use C1. The B&W's will be jpegs and not DNG's (just in case). Secondly, is there the chance that you worked on the folder on the SD card on your card reader without having copied the files to your desktop? If that was the case and hopefully you didn't format your SD card, you will find them there.Good luck! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbuckley Posted February 1, 2007 Share #3 Posted February 1, 2007 There are no dumb questions about C1LE -- it is not intuitive, does not have proper instructions, etc. I am no expert, but can help a little. In Searchlight, put in the word "processed," because once you have processed your pictures, they go into a filing system under that name. (I am assuming you processed some of your DNG files.) As for the black and white shots, you need to now convert them through one of various means in Photoshop or a like application. At least I do. If there is some way of desaturating the color in C1, I haven't discovered it. Good luck! JB Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnastovall Posted February 1, 2007 Share #4 Posted February 1, 2007 If you want to do B&W in C1, you really may want to get these profiles. They will work directly with your Raw files. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfdann Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share #5 Posted February 2, 2007 John do these B&W profiles work with MAC OSX? Do instructions come on how to get the profile onto C1LE? Thanks, Dan Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrism Posted February 2, 2007 Share #6 Posted February 2, 2007 I have been stumbling around trying to use C1LE and am frustrated.1.Downloaded OK yesterday and satisfactory processed white bulb . Today I cannot find the raw images on my MAC even using Searchlight. I used a card reader. 2. Took pictures in raw with B&W set on the M8. The downloaded pictures are in color. How do I get back to B&W? This is most important as the main reason for buying the was to shoot B&W. Any help including easy steps for downloading into C1LE would be greatly appreciated. Sorry to be so dumb. Dan In order: 1. C1 will process the RAW data into either JPEGs or TIFFs (you can set which in the process pane) and save them wherever is set as the Process Folder. Open C1 and look for the folder in the Organize Pane with the cogwheels next to it - this is the Process folder. You can change it to wherever you like. 2. When you take a RAW photo you are saving the unprocessed data from the camera's sensor. It is always in colour, though the little JPEG that is part of the RAW file may be B&W if you are saving a JPEG too and have this set as your colour saturation. You can apply different profiles to the RAW file to get various looks, including B&W. The JFI profiles are nice, but awkward to apply in the C1 LE version that comes with the M8. The Pro version lets you change them at will. I found with LE you have to change the profile in the preferences and restart the application to apply it. They do work in Mac OSX and come with instructions telling you where to place them. You can simply use the saturation slider to make an image B&W, but this isn't a very satisfying method as it doesn't allow the adjustments you might want to really make the photo show its best. Another way is to use Photoshop or the shareware Graphic Convertor to change the processed RAW image that has now become a JPEG or TIFF to B&W. The M8 surprises me in that I like it's B&W JPEGs - with sharpening set to low and contrast to normal they will import painlessly into iPhoto and (preparing for onslaught of professional rage) one click on the Enhance button in the Edit window will sharpen them and increase contrast in a quick and dirty way that really looks pretty good! The 10MP JPEGs are only 2.1MB by the way. 3.Downloading into C1? Use a card reader, which will mount the card onto your desktop as a drive. Drag the RAW files (DNG suffix) into the folder you designate in C1 as the Capture folder. They will copy, then you can open C1 and you're off! If you shoot JPEGs just mount the disk on your desktop in the card reader and open iPhoto, they should automatically import. Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnastovall Posted February 2, 2007 Share #7 Posted February 2, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) John do these B&W profiles work with MAC OSX? Do instructions come on how to get the profile onto C1LE?Thanks, Dan I'm using them on an iMac with OS-X. Yes, the come with installation instructions and you just put them in a folder in color synch directory. You then just select the profile when you start your C1 session just like any of the C1 profiles. It's dead brain easy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfdann Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share #8 Posted February 2, 2007 Thanks guys, that is what I needed. One other newby question. After I get the raw files on my desktop can I just drag them to a burn folder to save on a DVD or CD? If not, how do I save the RAW data and still use it in C1? Dan Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnastovall Posted February 2, 2007 Share #9 Posted February 2, 2007 Thanks guys, that is what I needed. One other newby question. After I get the raw files onmy desktop can I just drag them to a burn folder to save on a DVD or CD? If not, how do I save the RAW data and still use it in C1? Dan I just use a card reader and drag them to a folder and then drag that to a burn folder. That's the same folder I then use in C1. C1 will not change your raw files. It will only save a sidecar file with what you did. You'll save out of C1 to a tiff for your final print. I have my C1 set up that when I save out a tiff it automatically opens up CS2's Photoshop. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted February 2, 2007 Share #10 Posted February 2, 2007 Thanks guys, that is what I needed. One other newby question. After I get the raw files onmy desktop can I just drag them to a burn folder to save on a DVD or CD? If not, how do I save the RAW data and still use it in C1? Dan See the Workflow... Selected capture settings button? (windows... not sure on the Mac) If you select "Save to Archive" then C1 will save your work on that RAW file even if the previews are deleted and the settings are reset. You can then backup the archive file, as well as the TIFF output, if you like. Personally, I don't do this. Phase has been known to change the archive format from time to time so that archives only work within a release or two of the product. I understand why they do that (features and settings change) every now and then, but it makes archiving less important. I don't know if they're going to do that again, I guess. But there is a way, at least, to save the work you've done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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