[Digikam-users] Jpeg export changes image

[Bill Sanders]

Just wanted to say thank you.  This has been a very informative thread for me.  
I'll have to find a windows box and my software, to see if I can get those 
*.ic[cm] files.  I appreciate all the help.

Bill

On Saturday 20 October 2007 12:09:51 am Gerhard Kulzer wrote:
> Am Saturday 20 October 2007 schrieb Bill Sanders:
> > So I must confess that I really might be over my head.
> >
> > So, let me see if I've got this right.
> >
> > To properly convert to JPG from RAW, I need a color profile.  Is this the
> > same thing as an ICC file?  This file is different for different cameras,
> > raw decoders, and lighting situation?
>
> Same as ICC profile. It is delivered with your camera software. Yes, you
> usually have profiles for landscape and portrait photography at least.
>
> > Does this file (or a set of these files?) come with my camera's software
> > in some way?
>
> Yes, look for *.icc or *.icm files.
>
> > And finally, so there isn't a way of just saying "The image as it is
> > presented in digikam looks just like I want it, make it look like that?"
>
> No. digiKam displays the RAW embedded thumbnail, which has been converted
> by the camera. That's life with RAW workflow. It is not simpler in any
> other software except the camera manufacturer's own SW.
>
> > It just seems crazy that digikam can display it perfectly, but dcraw (I
> > believe thats the raw decoder?) produces a wildly different image
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> Gerhard