By default, eight are installed many others are available from a separate CD. Kodak provide different "Looks" within PhotoDesk. Only the best, profiled printers can achieve the level of accuracy shown by the DCS 14n. Any residual errors would probably be masked by errors in the printer profile. Overall the colour from the studio tests were very good indeed. To some extent Kodak have done the job for the photographer.ħ. Nikon always claim that they aim for accuracy leaving the photographer to adjust their colours to taste. The average error was slightly higher than that of the Nikon D100. The residual errors all pushed the colours towards more saturated and more yellow, just the sense you would prefer if errors were inevitable.Ħ.
#RAW PHOTODESK SKIN#
The Dark and Light Skin tone accuracies were around the average value of the group with the errors being split between all three components. The most accurate colours were the sky blue and foliage green.ĥ. The least accurate colours were the deep blue and deep red.Ĥ. Overall the errors were highest in the hue lowest in the saturation component although they were quite evenly split between the hue saturation and lightness components.ģ. In fact the variations shot to shot due to lighting fluctuations were of the same order as the average error.Ģ. In layman's terms our findings can be described as follows:ġ. Using this method the average error across the Macbeth Chart was 7.0 Delta E. We then set the "look" Profile before back-calculating the colour precision across the whole gamut of the Macbeth Chart. This allows recovery of 2 stops of real data from an over exposed (or under exposed) RAW file. The exposure adjustment has an extended range in that capture is over 12-stops but the file is delivered with an 8-stop range. We processed our images by setting the grey scale to neutral using the "Click White Balance" the adjusting the Exposure Slider to give 121R 121G 121B on the mid grey (the required value for a gamma of 2.2). Processing a large batch of images can take a while, about a minute per image on an average specification computer. You may select all the RAW files in a folder, correct the image containing a reference grey scale and all the images are corrected simultaneously. Productivity of the system is quite good. One down side of using the screen view is that re-rendering the image took about 20 seconds each time, which got to be irritating.įor those obsessed with numbers (including your reviewer) they are reported at the base of the window of Photo Desk. White Balance may be set with a click on an appropriate part of the image (in our case a Macbeth Chart) or by relying on the visually accurate screen view. Indeed you may process and re-process the RAW file with as many variants as you choose. The use of RAW files allows the imposition of a selected White Balance and exposure compensations after shooting. The DCS 14n carries an impressive array of colour controls especially when allied with Kodak DCS PhotoDesk.Īdjustment by eye, off the screen is easy providing the operator has a good eye for colour. This is the section where Martin Sellars came into his own, especially as we were working with a trustworthy, calibrated monitor.
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