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■ BASIC DIGITAL CAPTURE WORKFLOW
Figure 1.33 Select the X-Rite presets, and the dialog changes to accommodate the creation and saving of camera proles.
The Lightroom plug-in is particularly easy to use, because you never have to
leave Lightroom. The plug-in is invoked from the Export dialog; select X-Rite Presets
from the Export To drop-down menu (Figure 1.32). The dialog changes specifically
to accommodate saving DNG Profiles (Figure 1.33). The resulting file is automatically
saved to the correct location.
Both Calibration systems work well to provide customized camera profiles for
your specific camera. The X-Rite software seems to generate slightly more saturated
color, is a bit easier to use, and comes with the very handy target. I personally prefer
the less-saturated results I get with Adobe’s DNG Profile Editor, and the Adobe soft-
ware offers the ability to manually tweak the color of the profile—something I often
find necessary with skin tone. More on this later…
Using Camera Profiles
As I mentioned earlier, these profiles are not industry standard ICC (International
Color Consortium) profiles but special Adobe-formatted color lookup tables that can
be used in ACR or Lightroom. Both color calibration applications save the camera
profiles in the appropriate place on the computer.
In Lightroom
To use the profiles in Lightroom, follow these steps:
1. Select an image.
2. Go to the Develop module and, in the Camera Calibration pane, select the pro-
file you saved earlier using the Profiles pop-up menu (Figure 1.34). You can save
this camera profile along with any Develop setting preferences as a new Camera
Default.
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