[Digikam-users] Preview and editing of raw

[skmg]

Now, I understood.

Thank you for comments!

I am looking forward for new raw tool.

With best regards,

skmg

Bugzilla from caulier.gilles at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> 2008/9/29 skmg <mikhako at gmail.com>
> 
>>
>>
>>
>> Gerhard Kulzer-3 wrote:
>> >
>> > On Monday 29 September 2008 08:28:25 skmg wrote:
>> >> Gerhard Kulzer-3 wrote:
>> >> > On Sunday 28 September 2008 20:04:50 skmg wrote:
>> >> >> Hi
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I see that preview of CR2 image differs much from the same image
>> which
>> >> >> is loaded for editing. Editing image is more lighty, with other
>> color
>> >> >> balance
>> >> >> and etc. I can not get same colors as it showed in preview. How can
>> I
>> >> >> reach
>> >> >> these colors by editing and converting to jpg?
>> >> >
>> >> > Sorry to start with a heretic question: if you want an image to look
>> >> like
>> >> > a
>> >> > jpg, why don't you shoot in jpg mode?
>> >> >
>> >> > If you shoot RAW images you should want to control how they look
>> >> whatever
>> >> > that
>> >> > means. You want your own thing!
>> >> >
>> >> > It took me quite a while to realize that for myself: If I like the
>> way
>> >> > the jpgs straight out of the camera look there is no reason to shoot
>> in
>> >> > RAW and
>> >> > try to reproduce something that the manufacturer took a lot of care
>> and
>> >> > money
>> >> > to produce (that particular recipe is hard to beat). I rather take
>> the
>> >> > jpgs,
>> >> > convert them to a lossless format like png and be happy with it.
>> >> >
>> >> > When I use RAW images nowadays I have a particular aim in my mind or
>> I
>> >> > just
>> >> > play with the freedom of interpretation, I've given up to imitate
>> >> > industrial
>> >> > products which are close to perfect in their own sense (jpgs
>> straight
>> >> > from the
>> >> > camera).
>> >> >
>> >> > Other good reasons to take RAW images are: fidelity, repeatability,
>> >> noise
>> >> > reduction, hight light and dynamic range recovery. In there are some
>> >> > reasons
>> >> > that might you may want to reproduce the looks of industry fashioned
>> >> > products
>> >> > (jpgs). Usually I can achieve that (with CR2s) by importing RAWs
>> with
>> >> > everything set to default, white balance set to camera and applying
>> a
>> >> > camera
>> >> > provided profile to the result.
>> >> >
>> >> > Gerhard
>> >> >
>> >> > _______________________________________________
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>> >>
>> >> Hi
>> >> You don't understand me. I mean preview which is generated by digikam.
>> >> btw,
>> >> editor must be able to reach the same colors. CR2 is much powerfull
>> with
>> >> more abilities. I just want to start with editing from the same view
>> as
>> >> preview has.
>> > As I said above:
>> > Usually I can achieve that (with CR2s) by importing RAWs with
>> everything
>> > set
>> > to default, white balance set to 'camera' and applying a camera
>> provided
>> > profile to the result. You have to apply the same camera profile
>> variant
>> > as
>> > you've set your camera to (e.g. landscape or neutral). My camera is a
>> EOS
>> > 40D.
>> > But it works with the 30D too, just have to use the appropriate
>> profiles.
>> >
>> > Gerhard
>> >
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>> >
>> >
>>
>> usually, I have no problem with white balance. The biggest problem is
>> brithness and contrast. May be, saturation. The part of image is slighly
>> overexposured, but preview shows details there, halftones, and image is
>> in
>> balanse. When I open to edit whit defaults, these details disappears.
>> These
>> parts begin to be too ligthy. When I begin to play around brightness,
>> contrast, I am losing halftones. So, I just want to begin to work with
>> image
>> from same stage which is in preview.
>>
>> I am using 400D. How can I import camera profiles to editor? And why
>> preview
>> has it but not editor?
> 
> 
> Preview == JPEG image embeded in RAW file. this is _not_ rendered from RAW
> image data.
> 
> This is why color sound fine for you : camera device firmware has
> processed
> white balance + other stuff automatically.
> 
> RAW is different. nothing is done. you must trying to do what the camera
> has
> done for you with JPEG, plus some variations of course...
> 
> digiKam 0.9.4 (not 0.9.3) try to do white balance + auto gamma with RAW
> files. in 0.9.5 (KDE3) and 0.10.0 (KDE4) a new RAW Import tool is done to
> be
> able to tune finelly all settings. Look here :
> 
> http://www.digikam.org/drupal/node/370
> http://www.digikam.org/drupal/node/365
> http://www.digikam.org/drupal/node/364
> 
> Gilles Caulier
> 
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