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So, I could try this, and was very impressed by the results. It seems that decreasing the Linear value down to "0" gives results nearer to the actual subject, whereas letting it to its default value gives more saturated colors, maybe as an attempt to match the tastes of most people. I could describe this as accuracy versus feeling. Some other thing I could notice : after examining the generated icc files, I was expecting the results to depend upon the sensitivity, however this seems not to be the case, as you stated in your previous reply. And this seems very strange to me, as each profile seems to be built taking account of : - 1st group of characters : maker (Nkx) - 2nd group : camera model (2 to 5~6 digits) - 3rd group : camera S/N - 4th & 5th group : resp. always 01 and 1 so far - 6th group : 2 digits 03 or 10 - 7th group : 1 digit, values so far are 0, 1, 2, 3 or 9 - 8th to 12th group values : resp. always 00, 10, 00, 00, 00 and 00 so far - 13th group : always 05 or 06 - 14th group : always 00 - 15th group : 4 digits, sensitivity - 16th to 19th groups : always resp. 0, 0, 32 and 476 for me. I really don't know what to think about this all... Rgrds, J.-Luc > Message du 27/07/16 16:39 > De : "Jean-Luc CECCOLI" > A : "Vidar Hoel" , darktable-user@lists.darktable.org > Copie à : > Objet : Re: [darktable-user] A better starting-point for Nikon RAW-files > > > Hello, > > Very interesting. > Thanks for sharing. > > Rgds, > > J.-Luc > > > Message du 26/07/16 20:41 > De : "Vidar Hoel" > A : "Jean-Luc CECCOLI" , darktable-user@lists.darktable.org > Copie à : > Objet : Re: [darktable-user] A better starting-point for Nikon RAW-files > > On 26. juli 2016 20:16, Jean-Luc CECCOLI wrote: > > Hello, > > Hi! > > > Just one thing that puzzles me : Nikon ViewNX2 generates a profile for > > each picture it processes, so each > > profile is based upon the parameters of this picture. > > Almost. It generates a different profile for each camera setting (it > seems like). So of mine 98 pictures, I got 10 different profiles. > > > That would mean that, for each picture, one would have to use the > > corresponding imported profile, else one > > might get even worse results than using the DT dedicated basecurve, > > isn't it ? > > After applying all 10 different profiles to the same image, I discovered > it was only minor differences, and so small I can neglect them. I have > never seen them make a worse result than the dedicated base curves. But > this is a subjective observation! > > Regards, > Vidar Hoel > > > That said, I think that that is the way profiles work... > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > J.-Luc > > > > > > > > > > > > > Message du 26/07/16 18:45 > > > De : "Vidar Hoel" > > > A : darktable-user@lists.darktable.org > > > Copie à : > > > Objet : [darktable-user] A better starting-point for Nikon RAW-files > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > some time ago I noticed that the JPGs from my Nikon were better then > > > what I could achieve from processing the RAW-file (NEF) in Darktable. > > > After some digging on the Internet, I figured out I could use an > > > alternative to the default base-curves in Darktable - and that > > made me > > > get a better starting-point when processing my Nikon RAW-files (and I > > > was able to achieve a better image than the JPGs from my camera!) > > > > > > Today I finished a step-by-step video of what I did, so anyone can > > see, > > > learn and perhaps do it themselves. > > > > > > Some notes before viewing: > > > - I am not really sure behind the technology behind this. I am not > > sure > > > if a Nikon RAW-file has a profile embedded, but it seems so. > > > - I am not sure if there is an other way to achieve this is Darktable? > > > - As explained in the video, you will need Windows, or a friends > > laptop > > > with Windows, once, to make this work. > > > - My native language is not English :-) > > > > > > https://youtu.be/O1nS3URVSYA > > > > > > Enjoy :-) > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Vidar Hoel > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > > darktable user mailing list > > > to unsubscribe send a mail to > > darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to > darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
