Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lightroom 4 Public Beta can now be downloaded from < labs.adobe.com/technologies> There are the usual cautions about using it only on copies as it is still in beta. Tina On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 4:57 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > If you have Saved as DNG on import you can vary process (2003 or 2010) and > /or profile as others have noted. Further any old or custom profiles you > once used will always be available on your PC to ensure backwards > compatability. > > However you can't undo DNG's back to the first Raw format unless you > selected the option to embed the original Raw file in the preferences. When > that is done of course you get a much larger DNG. I've never played with it > personally. Or if you kept a copy of the original Raw you could try again > and compare if wanted. > I bet you're fine just with those DNG options though. > > The new V4 Profiles have some new tags which the current versions do not > understand. There's an exposure offset that I think the new profiles > require. They also broke the DNG profile editor amongst other programs. > That being so I would guess that you will need LR4/ ACR whatever it will be > to take advantage of the new profiles\features (but all of the existing > functionality will still be good). That has been the case previously. > That is only my guess. I don't know which camera's profile have/will be > updated. Canons for sure! > > I do have a new M9 profile (courtesy of Adobe as part of some analysis > right now)) and it does work with LR3.6. However I don't know as yet if it > is a one off/ beta or will be standard in LR4. > > Head on over to Sandy McGuffog's blog for info on this, if interested. > Sandy has been very kindly looking at the same couple of DNGs for me as > well. > http://chromasoft.blogspot.com/ > > By the way another thing with the new M9 profile (at least) is that you > need to set the Profile *before* WB. Worth trying with any Raw file if you > are experimenting with different profiles. > > Cheers > Geoff > > *Die besten W?nsche* > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > On 10 January 2012 18:34, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > wrote: > > > DNG or Raw is really a bit like an undeveloped negative. The camera > > calibration would be your basic developer soup and then of course the > > Develop module gives your further control. I am probably stretching the > > analogy too far but you get the ideas :-) > > > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 12:28 AM, Gerry Walden <gwpics at me.com> wrote: > > > > > Richard > > > > > > Please don't be confused - I had forgotten that you can switch between > > > profiles in LR. It is an age thing! > > > > > > Gerry > > > > > > Gerry Walden LRPS > > > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 (Office) > > > +44 (0)797 287 7932 (Mobile) > > > Web: www.gwpics.com > > > > > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com