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Post processing question

Postby ozimax on Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:55 am

I did a family shoot earlier this week. I was quite pleased with the results although I haven't got the prints back yet. Here's my question, which will most probably be obvious to those who know these things.

When I opened this raw file in Canon DPP, adjusted the WB to "flash", the skin tones and image detail were excellent. I saved the file as a TIF, then re-opened it in Photoshop CS1, and the image looks completely different eg nowhere near as good. Is CS1 particularly bad at rendering images, or is Canon DPP just good? Or am I missing something altogether here?

Any input will be appreciated, with thanks.

Ozi.

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Re: Post processing question

Postby gstark on Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:38 am

My first thought would be to check the colour space.
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Re: Post processing question

Postby ozimax on Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:08 pm

gstark wrote:My first thought would be to check the colour space.


Is this the same as "color picker"?
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Re: Post processing question

Postby ozimax on Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:11 pm

gstark wrote:My first thought would be to check the colour space.


Here are my current settings:

North American General Purpose Defaults
Working space: sRGB IEC61966-2.1
Color management: Preserve Embedded Profiles
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Re: Post processing question

Postby ozimax on Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:16 pm

ozimax wrote:
gstark wrote:My first thought would be to check the colour space.


Here are my current settings:

North American General Purpose Defaults
Working space: sRGB IEC61966-2.1
Color management: Preserve Embedded Profiles


Gary you've got me thinking. I changed the RGB settings to "Monitor RGB - VX2235wm calibrated" and it has made all the difference.

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Re: Post processing question

Postby gstark on Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:26 pm

ozimax wrote:Gary you've got me thinking.


I do like to live dangerously. :)

Glad I was able to help.
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