Jpeg Preview to raw files, color changes, etc..

[courtlevephoto]

Not sure if this is a question or a feature request.

As others have noted/asked about. I understand that Photo Mechanic is showing us the jpeg preview of raw files.  These changes are affected by in camera settings.  Are these setting based on how jpeg settings are setup in a camera, even though we aren't shooting jpeg?

My question. Often the jpegs look great but I can not seem to figure out how to keep the appearance of my jpeg to a raw file.  Seems in Light Room/adobe you have to start each file from scratch.  Is there anyway in photo mechanic you could keep the jpeg colors and exposure and import those to raw files?

Lastly.  DNG files.  It seems that what you see is what you get.  Is this correct?


thanks.

[Kirk Baker]

Not sure if this is a question or a feature request.

As others have noted/asked about. I understand that Photo Mechanic is showing us the jpeg preview of raw files.  These changes are affected by in camera settings.  Are these setting based on how jpeg settings are setup in a camera, even though we aren't shooting jpeg?

I would imagine that most cameras would take some hints from the JPEG settings, but it is entirely up to the camera manufacturer as to how they generate the JPEG previews they place inside their RAW files.

My question. Often the jpegs look great but I can not seem to figure out how to keep the appearance of my jpeg to a raw file.  Seems in Light Room/adobe you have to start each file from scratch.  Is there anyway in photo mechanic you could keep the jpeg colors and exposure and import those to raw files?

I'm not sure I understand your goal.  ACR and Lightroom have their own custom RAW rendering engines and they use their own color profiles to do their rendering.  I don't think they read the JPEG preview at all.

Lastly.  DNG files.  It seems that what you see is what you get.  Is this correct?

Photo Mechanic shows the embedded previews contained in DNG files just like it does with any other RAW file.

-Kirk

[courtlevephoto]

What kills me is that I like how my jpegs look but want the higher rez files of a raw file.  9 out of 10 times the jpeg previews colors are great.  10 out of 10 times when I edit a raw file I have to 'touch up the photo' just to get it back to what the jpegs looked like.

Just curious if perhaps in 4.6, since you will have a convert to .dng feature, if the jpeg settings could be applied.  Since it is a .dng, you could revert to neutral settings in Light Room/ACR, etc..

[Kirk Baker]

What kills me is that I like how my jpegs look but want the higher rez files of a raw file.  9 out of 10 times the jpeg previews colors are great.  10 out of 10 times when I edit a raw file I have to 'touch up the photo' just to get it back to what the jpegs looked like.

Just curious if perhaps in 4.6, since you will have a convert to .dng feature, if the jpeg settings could be applied.  Since it is a .dng, you could revert to neutral settings in Light Room/ACR, etc..

We have no control over the conversion.  Adobe's DNG Converter application does all of the work.

-Kirk