User Guide

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The Software ..................................................................................................... 19
Raw Processing Applications ..................................................................................................................... 19
Adobe Photoshop................................................................................................................................... 19
ColorChecker Passport Desktop Application.................................................................................................. 20
Installing the ColorChecker Passport Desktop Application ................................................................................................. 20
Passport System Requirements................................................................................................................................... 20
Setting White Balance ........................................................................................ 22
How to Set In-Camera White Balance .......................................................................................................... 22
How to Set White Balance in Lightroom, Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.........................................................24
How to Set White Balance in Capture One.................................................................................................... 24
How to Set White Balance in Aperture......................................................................................................... 24
How to Set White Balance in Bibble ............................................................................................................ 25
Correcting Image Color with Spectrum Patches ................................................... 26
HSL Sliders ..........................................................................................................................................27
Visual Comparison ................................................................................................................................. 27
Enhancing Images with the ColorChecker Creative Enhancement Target ............... 28
Exposure Verification and Correction .......................................................................................................... 28
Identifying Clipping ................................................................................................................................ 28
Highlight Clipping Correction ................................................................................................................... 30
Shadow Clipping Correction ..................................................................................................................... 30
Warming and Cooling with White Balance .................................................................................................... 30
White Balance Portraits with “Warming” Patches ........................................................................................................... 31
White Balance Landscapes with “Cooling” Patches .......................................................................................................... 32
Creating DNG Profiles ........................................................................................ 33
Creating DNG Profiles in Lightroom ........................................................................................................... 33
Creating DNG Profiles in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements ............................................................................36
Creating a Dual-Illuminant DNG Profile in the ColorChecker Passport Desktop Application or the ColorChecker Passport
Lightroom Plugin................................................................................................................................... 40
Creating a Dual-Illuminant DNG Profile in Lightroom ................................................................................................... 41
Creating a Dual-Illuminant DNG Profile in Photoshop Camera Raw................................................................................... 42
Automating Color Control in Raw .............................................................................................................. 43
Automating Color Control in Lightroom ......................................................................................................43
Copy and Paste Settings in the Develop Module .............................................................................................................43
Copy and Paste Settings in the Library Module.............................................................................................................. 45
Synchronize Settings.............................................................................................................................................. 46
Saving Presets ...................................................................................................................................................... 47
Default Presets ..................................................................................................................................................... 48
Sync Settings ....................................................................................................................................................... 49
Saving Presets ...................................................................................................................................................... 50
Default Presets ..................................................................................................................................................... 51
Saving Basic Adjustments ........................................................................................................................................ 53
The Complete Photo Workflow ............................................................................ 55
Raw Workflow ..................................................................................................................................... 55
JPEG Workflow .................................................................................................................................... 56