Default PLS, help w/Rebel XT Raw images & PS CS2 colors

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kilombo
Feb 23, 2006
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Hi guys,

I just got CS2 mostly because I bought my new Canon Rebel XT and I want it to experiment with raw images. The thing is the colors in raw are totally different, less natural, kind of brownish. Canon has its own Program to view raw files and let me tell you the colors are totally vivid there, even when I transform the raw image to Tiff. So I wonder why PH see it brownish?

I’m not doing printing, I do web design so basically I need the colors that I see on the monitor (Dell M992).

Thanks in advance.

George

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adam
Feb 24, 2006
off the top of my head, it might be a colorspace issue, but i suspect it’s that bridge/raw automatically apply the last process settings to the files you’re browsing by default.

when you open something in raw, does the white balance dropdown have "as shot" selected?
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Tesco News
Feb 24, 2006
"kilombo" wrote in message
Hi guys,

I just got CS2 mostly because I bought my new Canon Rebel XT and I want it to experiment with raw images. The thing is the colors in raw are totally different, less natural, kind of brownish. Canon has its own Program to view raw files and let me tell you the colors are totally vivid there, even when I transform the raw image to Tiff. So I wonder why PH see it brownish?

I’m not doing printing, I do web design so basically I need the colors that I see on the monitor (Dell M992).

Thanks in advance.

George

Hi.

When you shoot in RAW, the Camera settings for WB, Vivid Colours, Sharpness, etc, are ignored and have no effect on the Image.

When you view a RAW File in PS, you see the file as it was taken without any of these "Corrections". When you convert the file PS allows you to make all the adjustments you need manually until you get the result you want.

It is very likely that the Canon Software reads the ignored Camera settings, and automatically applies them. You then see a bright vivid sharp image, but you may not be able to make the conversion turn out the way you choose, like you can in PS.

Roy G
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Brian
Feb 25, 2006
Tesco News wrote:
"kilombo" wrote in message

Hi guys,

I just got CS2 mostly because I bought my new Canon Rebel XT and I want it to experiment with raw images. The thing is the colors in raw are totally different, less natural, kind of brownish. Canon has its own Program to view raw files and let me tell you the colors are totally vivid there, even when I transform the raw image to Tiff. So I wonder why PH see it brownish?

I’m not doing printing, I do web design so basically I need the colors that I see on the monitor (Dell M992).

Thanks in advance.

George

Hi.

When you shoot in RAW, the Camera settings for WB, Vivid Colours, Sharpness, etc, are ignored and have no effect on the Image.

When you view a RAW File in PS, you see the file as it was taken without any of these "Corrections". When you convert the file PS allows you to make all the adjustments you need manually until you get the result you want.
It is very likely that the Canon Software reads the ignored Camera settings, and automatically applies them. You then see a bright vivid sharp image, but you may not be able to make the conversion turn out the way you choose, like you can in PS.

Roy G
Hi Roy,

you may have missed one line of the opening post:
"Canon has its own Program to view raw files and let me tell you the colors are totally vivid there, EVEN WHEN I TRANSFORM THE RAW IMAGE TO Tiff."

I have a Canon digital SLR myself and Canon’s own RAW processor does the best job out of the RAW processors I have tried personally. PS still does a great job of the processing too, however.

Regards,
Brian.
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kilombo
Feb 25, 2006
Hi Brian,

Should I then use the Canon Software, transform the image in tiff and THEN use PS to correct what ever I need?

Thank for your help.

George

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Brian wrote:

Tesco News wrote:

"kilombo" wrote in message

Hi guys,

I just got CS2 mostly because I bought my new Canon Rebel XT and I want it to experiment with raw images. The thing is the colors in raw are totally different, less natural, kind of brownish. Canon has its own Program to view raw files and let me tell you the colors are totally vivid there, even when I transform the raw image to Tiff. So I wonder why PH see it brownish?

I’m not doing printing, I do web design so basically I need the colors that I see on the monitor (Dell M992).

Thanks in advance.

George

Hi.

When you shoot in RAW, the Camera settings for WB, Vivid Colours, Sharpness, etc, are ignored and have no effect on the Image.
When you view a RAW File in PS, you see the file as it was taken without any of these "Corrections". When you convert the file PS allows you to make all the adjustments you need manually until you get the result you want.

It is very likely that the Canon Software reads the ignored Camera settings, and automatically applies them. You then see a bright vivid sharp image, but you may not be able to make the conversion turn out the way you choose, like you can in PS.

Roy G
Hi Roy,

you may have missed one line of the opening post:
"Canon has its own Program to view raw files and let me tell you the colors are totally vivid there, EVEN WHEN I TRANSFORM THE RAW IMAGE TO Tiff."

I have a Canon digital SLR myself and Canon’s own RAW processor does the best job out of the RAW processors I have tried personally. PS still does a great job of the processing too, however.

Regards,
Brian.
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Brian
Feb 25, 2006
kilombo wrote:
Hi Brian,

Should I then use the Canon Software, transform the image in tiff and THEN use PS to correct what ever I need?

Thank for your help.

George

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Hi George,

that is what I personally prefer to do. I have Digital Photo Professional (which came with my camera) and I updated it just before Christmas to the latest version from the Canon website. I also updated my Camera’s firmware there. I find DPP gives me the best results out of the different programmes I have tried.

I also have Raw Shooter Premium which does a good job too, but for some reason I get better results from DPP. Photoshop comes in just behind RSP from my tests.

You may also want to see if Camera Window (on the Canon website) is compatible with your camera. That allows you to shoot while plugged in to your computer/laptop and the image comes up almost full screen within a few seconds of taking each shot. Great if you do portraits; your subject gets to see each image as soon as it is taken.

Best regards,
Brian.

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