oliver28
(journeyman)
13/05/2008 00:19
RAW file workflow

I've had my K10D for several weeks now and am absolutely loving it I've been taking a mixture of jpeg and RAW files and want to ask what your approach to processing them is, as I really haven't any knowledge of the technical side, I just go by eye. I use dng exclusively as I found fine detail is slightly better than using the silkipix programme and pef's. Photoshop is faster too!

To start with, I'm using ACR CS3. I almost always alter the green/magenta* slider a little bit first and maybe the blue/yellow too. Then I sometimes twiddle the fill light and recovery sliders. Contrast rarely needs touching I find. After these "basic" tweaks, I go straight to sharpening and rack it up to between 30 and 50 on the scale, then save a high quality jpeg. I have used the other tabs like tint and curves, but judge them not to be needed for most shots. Does this seem familar? Or am I missing a magic ingredient? I'd be very interested to hear your way of doing it and any advice for getting the best from K10D RAW files if you think I may not be already!

I have discovered that if you hit 'enter' you can go straight into Photoshop's normal workspace (as you would with jpegs) and save images from there. Does this result in lower image quality compared to saving from ACR?

*I have had to 'fine tune' the WB in camera as all presets had a slight green cast at the default settings (has anyone experienced this??)

Many thanks in advance!



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