ymc226 Posted March 15, 2012 Share #1 Posted March 15, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Still trying to wrap my head regarding digital terminology. I think I am going digital CRAZY!!! . . . in a good way. Reading as much as I can about B&W digital printing, color space/management, RIPs on both the internet, forums such as this and books. I think I understand ACR or RPP being akin to developers in film speak transforming RAW images into the basic digital "negative" that can then be manipulated to become the final print. Different "developer" programs can effect differing effects on the negative such as Rodinal compared to Xtol on film. This digital "negative" is presented somewhat differently depending what preview setting I choose: minimal, standard, 1:1. Correct me if I am wrong. Under camera calibration, how do the LR4/LR3 processes: 2003, 2010, 2012 or profiles: embedded or adobe standard relate to this concept of the digital negative? I am also becoming familiarized with plug ins such as Exposures 4 and Silver Fx Pro2 which saves post processing adjustments as a TIFF file and not as RAW/DNG. As LR is non-destructive, I don't understand how the processes and profiles relates to the DNG file as it does change the look of the photo when it remains a DNG file if plug ins are not used at all. Forgive me if this is an inane question. I am still trying to understand this paradigm shift from film to digital. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ho_co Posted March 15, 2012 Share #2 Posted March 15, 2012 ...As LR is non-destructive, I don't understand how the processes and profiles relates to the DNG file as it does change the look of the photo when it remains a DNG file if plug ins are not used at all. ... By default, Lightroom stores its processing instructions within the DNG file, rather than writing a 'sidecar' file containing those instructions. Downside: This modified DNG file may not be readable by other software such as Capture One. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted March 15, 2012 Share #3 Posted March 15, 2012 Well, here's some more reading for you... Link 1 Link 2 Link 3...general tutorials Link 4 Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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