... have just switched to shooting in raw - when uploading shots using lightroom, am i right in noticing that the program adjusts the photo as soon as it's uploaded - on first view it looks mellow but when ready to open much punchier !
hmmm... i think it adds a bit of sharpening, but that's it... i think maybe it just shows a lower res version in the thumbnail or something? i'm pretty sure i read an explanation of this but can't recall the specifics... maybe you set up LR to apply certain settings upon upload? i think those would be applied to the RAW filed...
likely someone with real knowledge will be able to answer this question, so don't go by me ;p
@northy appreciate your answering - what you say sounds logical about the low resolution image - i didnt install it so will have to have a look in the settings to see if there are ticked boxes - oh god ! so much to learn :0)
for your 365Project export out of Lightroom, I'd recommend these settings:
Image Format: JPEG Quality 92
Color Space: sRGB
Resize to Fit: Long Edge, 1024 pixels, 72 pixels per inch
Output Sharpening: none
Include: All Metadata
It could be your colour space that's changing, and making your export look different. Also, ensure that you've colour calibrated your displays... it's hard to beat a hardware calibrator, Spyder makes afordable models (I'd recommend a Spyder 4 Pro).
The version displayed immediately is a low-resolution JPEG preview that is embedded in the raw file. After the raw file has been fully read and processed, the thumbnail will be updated with the raw data.
The usual reason for the quick preview thumbnail to appear differently to the raw data is that you have a non-neutral Picture Control/Picture Style set on the camera. These are used to adjust the contrast, saturation, etc. of JPEG files, but they also affect the JPEG preview embedded in the raw file.
It's worth noting that the in-camera histogram is also based off this processed JPEG, and not the raw data. This means that if you use a Picture Control/Style that has a non-neutral contrast or saturation value, your histogram will not accurately represent the data captured in the raw file, which reduces the usefulness of the in-camera histogram somewhat.
@abirkill great answer, thank you - ha ha my next question was going to be for help on how to read a histogram but i already found an old thread here where you dealt with that too - clearly you are a useful guy to know alexis :o)
You initially see the in-camera jpeg that is a part of the raw file, that is produced by your camera according to the picture control selected, but then Camera Raw gets hold of it and recalculates and redisplays accoring to the defaults you have set for that plugin. At least I see this in Bridge when using Photoshop. This also happens when using Bridge to get the files from the camera. I presume the same behavior in conjunction with Lightroom. Alexis? @abirkill
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likely someone with real knowledge will be able to answer this question, so don't go by me ;p
Image Format: JPEG Quality 92
Color Space: sRGB
Resize to Fit: Long Edge, 1024 pixels, 72 pixels per inch
Output Sharpening: none
Include: All Metadata
It could be your colour space that's changing, and making your export look different. Also, ensure that you've colour calibrated your displays... it's hard to beat a hardware calibrator, Spyder makes afordable models (I'd recommend a Spyder 4 Pro).
The usual reason for the quick preview thumbnail to appear differently to the raw data is that you have a non-neutral Picture Control/Picture Style set on the camera. These are used to adjust the contrast, saturation, etc. of JPEG files, but they also affect the JPEG preview embedded in the raw file.
It's worth noting that the in-camera histogram is also based off this processed JPEG, and not the raw data. This means that if you use a Picture Control/Style that has a non-neutral contrast or saturation value, your histogram will not accurately represent the data captured in the raw file, which reduces the usefulness of the in-camera histogram somewhat.