The Adobe RAW pre-sets don't align at all well with the camera pre-sets
and you monitor doesn't need to be calibrated to remedy the problem.
Your query prompted me to do something that I've thought about on and
off but had not yet done. I've just created a set of camera RAW WB
pre-sets for the Pentax *ist D (should be OK for the *ist DS too).
Down-load the following file:
http://www.home.aone.net.au/audiobias/temp/ist_D_WB_settings.zip
..and place the files in:
\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CS\Presets\Camera Raw
You can then apply any of the standard integrated Camera WB to any RAW
file using "Load Settings" in ACR.
Cheers,
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
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I must have done something right in a former life to have run into Rob
Studdert on this list. What a gentleman. He has helped me on several
occasions, including the presets above. It looks like these will solve
the problem. If anyone else is dissatisfied with the Adobe Camera Raw
presents, download and try Rob's. They give a much more neutral
rendition than the ACR presets, and even more neutral than the presets
in the Pentax Raw converter.
In CS2 they go into a different place from where Rob indicated. Here is
where they go:
C:\Documents and Settings\Joseph Tainter [for my system]\Application
Data\Adobe\Camera Raw\Settings
(And yes, Herb and Godfrey, I will be looking into calibrating my monitor.)
Thanks again, Rob.
Joe
