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Who owns a Pixel 6 pro, how's the camera?

Started Dec 6, 2021 | Discussions thread
Wayne Larmon Forum Pro • Posts: 10,694
Adobe DNG color profiles
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mfinley wrote:

Wayne Larmon wrote:

mfinley wrote:

Wayne Larmon wrote:

It is also possible that there aren't color profiles yet for Pixel 6 raw files. This would be another reason for underwhelming Pixel 6 raw file conversions.

Wayne

Are you referring to light room?

I'm an ACR/Photoshop user, but Lightroom uses the same raw conversion engine. Yes, I was referring to them. Adobe supplies the color profiles for individual cameras for ACR/Light room conversions, as best as I remember. I don't know how profiles work in any other raw converter.

Wayne

Thanks for the info. So there is no way to go out and load the color profiles into lightroom? Adobe has to put them in there as an update?

You can put your own profiles into ACR/Lightroom but you have to come up with them yourself. It has been a while since I've done Adobe style DNG camera profiles, but I think you start with the

(XRite) Calibrite ColorChecker Passport Photo 2

("XRite" is now "Calibrate" for non-pro products.) It is a portable XRite Calibrate ColorChecker chart along with software that can generate color profiles. I've used an older version to make ACR camera profiles for specific lighting. I haven't used the current version of the software so I can't tell you much about it.

Start with that software. Adobe has their own DNG profile editing software, but this is probably a deeper dive into the color profile tarpit than you want to go. "DNG Profile Editor (September 2012)" is the software I used. But try the XRite/Calibrate software first.

If you already have an XRite (Calibrate) ColorChecker chart, the color profile generation camera calibration software is a free download.

Maybe try it with a conventional camera first before you try it with a smartphone camera.  You generally want to lock down as much as you can (ISO, white balance, etc. before making profiles.  You also need to make profiles for the illuminant you are shooting under (daylight, tungsten, etc.)  The ideal is a dual illuminant profile (daylight and tungsten in the same profile.)  The Adobe software can make a dual illuminant profile--I don't know if the current XRite/Calibrate software can.

If you've never done anything with color profiles, I'm leaving a lot out. I'm going to assume that the Calibrate software will walk you through everything you need to know to make color camera profiles. (The Adobe software doesn't--you are assumed to already know a lot about color science.)

Wayne

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