Graphics Programs Reference
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Fig. 5-10
This is the main user interface for
Adobe Camera RAW
. The white balance sliders (
Temperature
and
Tint
) control how the two
input profiles are interpolated, providing a vast amount of control over the resulting color of the RAW data.
optimal color they desire, but these settings can be changed and adjusted
to a fine degree and utilized from that point on. They are just default set-
tings and when you consider the variability of scene data, it's not rational
to expect one setting will produce ideal color appearance in all cases.
Usually only minor adjustments should be necessary when converting
the RAW data. This can be done in a batch operation within the Photo-
shop file browser or Bridge in Photoshop CS2 so that converting RAW
data can be handled quickly and efficiently.
That
Adobe Camera RAW
doesn't allow the use of custom ICC camera
profiles in no way means it doesn't behave within the rules of a color-
managed Pipeline. That being said, I have processed digital camera targets
through
Adobe Camera RAW
and built custom profiles from that data. I
have then used these profiles on top of
Adobe Camera RAW
processed data
by assigning them after conversion. I found that these profiles could work
quite well. Is the extra work worth the added time and efforts? One
reason I think so highly of
Adobe Camera RAW
is because excellent color
can be produced without a user having to worry about building camera
