Many thanks Robert,
I will get to work on developing a base-curve(s). Just needed pointing
in the right direction.
Mark
Robert Kozlowski wrote:
> Look, in my previous post i showed you how to extract with exiftool
> jpg's from raw-files.
>
> There is also a command for exiftool how to extract the thumbnails from
> the raw-files, but i don't know it...
>
> My workflow is like this:
>
> - importing all raw's from my camera
> - extracting jpg's from raw-files
> - looking through: deleting jpg's and raw's i don't like
> - rename
> - converting with rawstudio
>
> You have a box 'curve' (in the 'toolbox') where you can set a
> base-curve. I did a hard work on developing some curves i liked, by
> converting raw to jpg with different basecurves and comparing them to
> the camera-jpg's. Just try it on our own. Everybody has a different
> flavour...
>
> Mark, you too should get a base-curve you like. After i opened a
> base-curve ('toolbox') in the first image, i'm copying this settings,
> selecting every image in the 'iconbox' and pasting it.
>
> So, every image has then my own base-curve. And i go through every image
> (ctrl+right) and i'm setting the exposure or contrast.
>
> Hope this helped a little ;)
>
> Bye
>
> Mark Riley schrieb:
>
>> I too have this issue. Using Ubuntu 8.10 with a Nikon D80. All thumbnails
>> appear in vibrant colours but the image being displayed and any output are
>> lacking in contrast and saturation.
>> This is with either default settings or with Experimental Colour settings.
>> I've not used RawStudio for months because of the need to tweak EVERY
>> image.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Yes, I know that getting batched jpgs would be defeating the purpose of
>>> having the raw images. But if I've shot 5000 images it's hard to view
>>> them quickly if they're all raw. Exporting a quick thumbnail helps me
>>> know which images to work with in more detail. Hence the question.
>>>
>>> How do I develop that basecurve? I see of course that I can move the
>>> sliders around but how can I get it to, say, automatically start with the
>>> exposure pushed up by 15 percent, the saturation by 10, the contrast by
>>> 10...?
>>>
>>> Thank you so much for the help!
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Tue, 3/31/09, Robert Kozlowski <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: Robert Kozlowski <[email protected]>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Rawstudio-users] Settings for Batch export?
>>>> To: [email protected], [email protected]
>>>> Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 6:22 AM
>>>> Hey,
>>>>
>>>> all raw-files have embedded jpg's. Rawstudio is then
>>>> loading this jpg-thumbnails in its iconbox.
>>>>
>>>> So, there it seems everything ok. But the main purpose of
>>>> rawstudio is editing raw's as you like them.
>>>>
>>>> If you want to get the same results as in the thumbnails
>>>> you have to develop settings (basecurve) which will give you
>>>> the same results.
>>>>
>>>> Or you could just extract jpg's from your raw's
>>>> (large + high qual) with exiftool!
>>>>
>>>> For batch-use try:
>>>>
>>>> exiftool -b -JpgFromRaw -w .jpg -ext nef -r .
>>>>
>>>> But then shooting in raw-format becomes obsolete and you
>>>> could shoot in jpg actually ;)
>>>>
>>>> Bye,
>>>>
>>>> Robert
>>>>
>>>> r bartlett schrieb:
>>>>
>>>>> I've noticed that often, not always, when I open
>>>>>
>>>> up my photos in Rawstudio the preview bar with the
>>>> thumbnails at the top looks fantastic -- really beautifully
>>>> saturated, vivid color, and good contrast. But I often have
>>>> to tweak the main image for quite a while to get similar
>>>> results. Is there a way to quickly batch-export whatever
>>>> settings are being used to create those thumbnails?
>>>>
>>>>> Or perhaps I could set a few basic defaults in the
>>>>>
>>>> Batch export so that they're closer to the thumbnails?
>>>>
>>>>> Is there a User's Manual or tutorial guide on how
>>>>>
>>>> to use Rawstudio? I'm pretty used to .jpg manipulation
>>>> but not for raw images.
>>>>
>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>
>>>>>
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