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My 1DMkII RAW Workflow |
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Since I got my G1 , I've always been shooting RAW . Benefits are known by every photographer who is serious about his images ( don't say about talent and I'm speaking about myself ) . On my 1DMkII , I use Matrix 4 ( RGB ) as standard setting . This for what it's worth as EVERYTHING can be adjusted prior to RAW conversion . |
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For RAW conversion , I use now DPP as I find this program supplied for free by Canon to be doing the job better than ANY other conversion software ( I used all the ones available ) . True , the user interface is not the one to gain an award with but there is a fantastic tutorial about it here : Digital Photo Professional - Video Tutorial Other programs will do the job as well but I found this one suits my needs better . |
| These are the settings I use for my files . Exif TIFF 8 bits ( you may prefer 16bits but I care about my disk space ) . Sharpness is set to 3 .Everything else ( not much ) is left at standard settings . |  |
| Now , the files are available as Tiff's 8 bits and get the editing job in PS CS . Levels , Curves and the function I couldn't miss anymore : Highlights & Shadows . |
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Fred
Miranda's new action
( to be put in the AUTOMATE folder of PS CS ) does a nice sharpening job
. Here are the settings I use for low ISO files . For files above 400
ISO , I adapt these settings accordingly the circumstances . CS Pro 1DMkII
Some free sharpening actions : Sharpening Action on Canonians Thoma's Edge Sharpening Action Twang'sAKSHUNZ - Photoshop Actions 10d-sharpening 10D Finishing . Works well with 1DMkII too Sharp Control Stand alone proram . Gives incredible results . |
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remove noise from my high ISO shots ( above ISO 400 ) , I use the PictureCooler
program . Once you have downloaded the file , ask the designer for a
password to get rid of the green lines in the converted images .His
e-mail is : r.kroonenberg2@chello.nl
and you'll get it
within minutes . This FREE soft is still in development and provided there is enough interest for it , the designer plans to improve the interface ( rather poor at this stage ) and make it available as a plug-in for PS .It works amazingly efficiently with the standard settings . Also, it's fast. Well , faster than other better known softwares we use . Highly recommended . Another very good performing noise removing software is the one developped by David Marsit . Download it here : Noise Reduction action . It's also free . More free denoise actions : Imagenomic NoiseWare ,Helicon |
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Prior to save my files for web , I apply the following values of USM . Mileage may vary accorfing the file but 10/25/0 to 25/50/0 will boost the contrast of your files and make them pop-out . |
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admitted to save the files for web in sRGB , I still prefer to keep my
workflow in RGB from A to Z . My only exception to this is when I send
the very few files that I consider to be worth an enlargement to Photobox - Digital Photo Printing Services
. They require sRGB . No interpolation needed for prints at
16x20 and 20x30 ( 40x50cm & 50x70cm ) as they do the interpolating
process themselves . Last note : they do accept only Jpeg's . Another
very good lab I discovered very recently is digiposter - Ihr Bild vom JPEG
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RAW files converted to Jpeg and resized |
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Tiff files edited in PS CS ( actually oversharpened ) |
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