Calibrate your RAW files

How to make sure Adobe Camera Raw matches the colours captured by your camera

WATCH VIDEO www.bit.ly/pmz60video Shooting RAW files rather than JPEGs means you capture the image in its unprocessed state, so that instead of leaving the camera to carry out the processing you do the processing yourself later in Adobe Camera Raw. But the initial results can sometimes look a little flat and disappointing. This is because when Adobe Camera Raw opens the image it ignores any picture styles used by the camera applies a generic conversion profile with quite subdued colours and contrast. The solution lies in the Camera Calibration tab in the tools panel. If you check its drop-down Camera Profile menu you often find it displays a list of the camera's own picture styles. You won't see this for every camera model, but it's becoming more and more common.…

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