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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Adobe Lightroom Q&A => Topic started by: Daisychained on December 12, 2008, 09:10:59 pm

Title: Lightroom Calibration
Post by: Daisychained on December 12, 2008, 09:10:59 pm
Hi , is it right to presume that the camera calibration technique taught in the "Camera to Print" tutorial now carries over into Lightroom, ie : using the color chart and the photoshop script to calibrate a specific camera ?
Title: Lightroom Calibration
Post by: digitaldog on December 12, 2008, 10:28:30 pm
Quote from: Daisychained
Hi , is it right to presume that the camera calibration technique taught in the "Camera to Print" tutorial now carries over into Lightroom, ie : using the color chart and the photoshop script to calibrate a specific camera ?

Yes, although off hand, not sure if you're referring to the new DNG Profile Editor which is a new tool that makes this process fast and easy.

http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/DNG_Profiles:Editor (http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/DNG_Profiles:Editor)
Title: Lightroom Calibration
Post by: Daisychained on December 13, 2008, 09:56:53 am
Quote from: digitaldog
Yes, although off hand, not sure if you're referring to the new DNG Profile Editor which is a new tool that makes this process fast and easy.

http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/DNG_Profiles:Editor (http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/DNG_Profiles:Editor)

Hi Andrew,
               Thank you for the clarification. I havn´t tackled the DNG editor yet , but due to your enthusiastic response it seems I will have to :-)
     Thanks again Brian
Title: Lightroom Calibration
Post by: Ian Lyons on December 13, 2008, 02:19:52 pm
Quote from: Daisychained
Hi Andrew,
               Thank you for the clarification. I havn´t tackled the DNG editor yet , but due to your enthusiastic response it seems I will have to :-)
     Thanks again Brian


The method for calibration used by the DNG editor doesn't involve the script demonstrated in Camera to Print. You can find out more about the new Camera Profiles and DNG Editor from http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/DNG_Profiles (http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/DNG_Profiles) and  http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/DNG_P...les_FAQ#WhatNow (http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/DNG_Profiles_FAQ#WhatNow)
Title: Lightroom Calibration
Post by: budjames on December 13, 2008, 05:22:03 pm
The DNG editor is very easy to use, IMHO.

I photographed a MacBeth color chart outside on a clear day and then inside with tungsten lights. I did this for various ISO settings from 100 to 1600 and created custom profiles for my Canon 1DsMKIII and 40D.

The results are very much improved over the standard LR2 defaults. It's still a process of trial and error, but the results are worth it.

Bud James
North Wales, PA
Title: Lightroom Calibration
Post by: Daisychained on December 14, 2008, 09:17:38 pm
Thank you all for your help. This thing just keeps getting bigger doesn´t it :-)  Brian