So I got a new lens for Christmas. Its beautiful at times. The thing is my camera with this lens is doing a fabulous job of creating Jpegs. I don't seem to have the skill to get the same result with processing the raw file in LR. Can LR edit Jpeg files? I'd like to try converting some of Jpegs to B and W or just tweaking ever so very very slightly the contrast and clarity or adding a vignette. I only edit using LR and have dabbled with it so not really a clue to what I am doing. Help please!!!
With your raw file, that you don't seem to be getting good results, try to start with a Camera Profile specific to your camera, rather than the "default" Adobe Standard. Go to Camera Calibration tab, the third from the right on the tab menu, and on the second drop down box, Camera Profile, it's icon is a camera front view, choose something other than Adobe Standard, one of the "camera" specific ones, perhaps what your camera has set for your jpegs.Camera Standard, or something like that, depending on your camera make, is a better place to start.
Go to edit and then to preferences. There is an option about half way down to treat raw and jpeg files as separate photos. The default setting seems to be with this turned off. Unless you turn it on it will only import the raw files. So just ticking this option should work; I think!
Reading up the thread you seem to have lots of good advice already Ruth. @frankhymus has covered the colour issue thoroughly so far as I can see. As for the importing problem, the first thing to try is to go to LR Preferences>General>and tick the fourth box, 'Treat JPEG files next to RAW files as separate photos'. That option may also be available under the Edit menu as @rachelwithey suggested, but I haven't done it that way. I strongly recommend buying Victoria Bampton's book, Adobe Photoshop CC/6: the Missing FAQ. I use it all the time and everything is explained so well I don't have trouble following it. If you're still in bother, email me. Much easier to communicate that way on more complicated things. Hope all that helps.
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With your raw file, that you don't seem to be getting good results, try to start with a Camera Profile specific to your camera, rather than the "default" Adobe Standard. Go to Camera Calibration tab, the third from the right on the tab menu, and on the second drop down box, Camera Profile, it's icon is a camera front view, choose something other than Adobe Standard, one of the "camera" specific ones, perhaps what your camera has set for your jpegs.Camera Standard, or something like that, depending on your camera make, is a better place to start.
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