Velvia settings

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The following was stated in Tim Grey's DDQ for setting a 20D to capture an
image to mimic Velvia.

The Magic Lantern Guide for Canon's EOS20D says that with this camera it's
possible to "Create a Velvia (an intensely colored slide film look) --
Increase 'Contrast' two points, 'Sharpness' one point, and 'Saturation' by
two points." Undoubtedly the 20D isn't alone in its ability to make these
kinds of adjustments in processing parameters while shooting



"As for whether it matters if you're shooting RAW, the general answer is no.
The settings you apply in the camera will generally become the default
settings for the RAW conversion (or they'll be ignored altogether) when you
capture in RAW, so you're not giving up anything there (though you might not
be gaining anything either depending on your camera model and software)"

I use a 20D with Breezebrowser Pro shooting RAW and am wondering whether
Breezbrowser picks up the camera settings and uses these to convert a RAW
file when running the RAW conversion module. Any information appreciated.

regards

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Don From Down Under

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On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 05:40:51 GMT, "Don" <mackie.don@bigpond.com>
wrote:

>The following was stated in Tim Grey's DDQ for setting a 20D to capture an
>image to mimic Velvia.
>
>The Magic Lantern Guide for Canon's EOS20D says that with this camera it's
>possible to "Create a Velvia (an intensely colored slide film look) --
>Increase 'Contrast' two points, 'Sharpness' one point, and 'Saturation' by
>two points." Undoubtedly the 20D isn't alone in its ability to make these
>kinds of adjustments in processing parameters while shooting
>
>
>
>"As for whether it matters if you're shooting RAW, the general answer is no.
>The settings you apply in the camera will generally become the default
>settings for the RAW conversion (or they'll be ignored altogether) when you
>capture in RAW, so you're not giving up anything there (though you might not
>be gaining anything either depending on your camera model and software)"
>
>I use a 20D with Breezebrowser Pro shooting RAW and am wondering whether
>Breezbrowser picks up the camera settings and uses these to convert a RAW
>file when running the RAW conversion module. Any information appreciated.

If you use photoshop, you might want to look at this plug-in.

http://www.fredmiranda.com/shopping/vv


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Bill

thanks, will try this.

regards

Don
"Bill Hilton" <bhilton665@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1119993807.759747.234640@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >Don writes ...
>>
>>The settings you apply in the camera will generally become the
>>default settings for the RAW conversion (or they'll be ignored altogether)
>>
>>I use a 20D with Breezebrowser Pro shooting RAW and am wondering whether
>>Breezbrowser picks up the camera settings and uses these to convert a RAW
>>file when running the RAW conversion module.
>
> Breezebrowser uses the Canon software developer's kit (SDK) so in
> general that converter is much better at picking up all the Canon EXIF
> 'hooks' (like showing focus points, for example) and understanding the
> in-camera settings, while programs like Capture One and RSE are less
> likely to find and use these as defaults. For example, the 'custom
> white balance' settings were a mystery to Capture One on certain Canon
> models for a while (I think the 20D custom white balance wasn't
> recognized on v 3.6 for example) as Canon apparently tried to hide them
> from developers.
>
> If the 20D has a 'jpeg+RAW' mode I'd suggest shooting a couple of test
> shots and comparing the jpeg (which should give you the look you are
> after) to the tiff converted at default settings (ie, relying on the
> presets). If the images have the same 'look' then you know you got it.
> If you don't have this mode (jpeg+RAW) then shoot the same scene
> back-to-back as jpeg and then as RAW, if you're careful enough to get
> the same lighting, exposure etc (use a tripod and maybe manual mode)
> then you should still be able to tell from the test.
>
> Bill
>