Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]am doing so. many thanks. On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>wrote: > yes, now for CS4 try Adobe Camera Raw 5.6 support for G1...download and > install, should work OK, > > Steve > > > > On Mar 22, 2010, at 10:12 PM, Vince Passaro wrote: > > > Well. > > > > I fooled around until far far too late an hour last night and learned > some > > things, one of which is CS4 can't open G1 raw files. Further, when I > opened > > a few G1 jpegs in CS4 Camera Raw and messed around with them -- I even > > taught myself how to use lasso tool, how to smooth out my terrible > efforts > > with lasso tool, and reduce the glare on a particular portion of my photo > > that had light bouncing off some glass -- these files saved as anywhere > from > > 25MB to 60 (!!!) MB in size. To mount them on the lug gallery I had to > save > > for web, which made them into 5MB tiff files but also stripped away some > > layers of the work I'd done and rendered what had been clear and deep now > > noisy and fake looking. > > > > But I posted them anyway for your helpful comments and instructions. > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/toast+eatin_+bog+man/Photoshop+Altamont/. > > Two 'Photoshopped" files and one prior for comparison. > > > > Meanwhile, I went looking for why CS4 could nae open me wee G1 raw files, > > and so found an Adobe update/patch to download (Camera Raw 5.2, equiv to > > whats in the LR 2.2 beta I believe), downloaded it, but also read the > > following asterisk which I wonder if one of you might take a stab at > > explaining to me. It appears to indicate that the D-Lux-4 and various > > Panasonic models (two of which I own, happy me) have a proprietary raw > > program which Adobe cannot really deal with yet so they advise one not, > for > > now. If one does, files will be three times the size of other converted > raw > > files... because of a tripling of the mosaicing or demosaicing or however > it > > works. Any comments on this wil be MOST helpful. Here's the text: > > > > **With the release of Camera Raw 5.2 (and upcoming release of Adobe > > Photoshop? Lightroom? 2.2), there is an important exception in DNG file > > handling for the Panasonic DMC-LX3, Panasonic DMC-FX150, Panasonic > DMC-FZ28, > > Panasonic DMC-G1, and Leica D-LUX 4. For those who choose to convert > these > > native, proprietary files to the DNG file format, a linear DNG format is > the > > only conversion option available at this time. A linear DNG file has gone > > through a demosaic process that converts a single mosaic layer of red, > > green, and blue channel information into three distinct layers, one for > each > > channel. The resulting linear DNG file is approximately three times the > size > > of a mosaic DNG file or the original proprietary file format. > > > > This exception is a temporary solution to help ensure that Panasonic's > and > > Leica's intended image rendering from their proprietary raw file format > is > > applied to an image when converted DNG files are viewed in third-party > > software titles. The same image-rendering process is applied > automatically > > in Camera Raw 5.2 and Photoshop Lightroom 2.2 when viewing the original > > proprietary raw file format. > > > > In a future release, Adobe plans to update the DNG specification to > include > > an option to embed metadata-based representations of the lens > compensations > > in the DNG file, allowing a mosaic DNG conversion. In the interim, Adobe > > recommends only converting these files to DNG to allow compatibility with > > third-party raw converters, previous versions of the Camera Raw plug-in, > or > > previous versions of Photoshop Lightroom.* > > . > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >