Make a Linear Profile easily in SECONDS! (with Adobe DNG Editor)
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- Опубліковано 5 бер 2022
- ***PLEASE FIRST watch my video: "Shocking LINEAR PROFILE Benefits (in 4 minutes)! - Quick Tip #2"! • Shocking LINEAR PROFIL... Anyone Adobe Lightroom / Camera Raw user that is serious about photo QUALITY will be interested in LINEAR PROFILES!
Here the viewer is quickly shown how to EASILY and SO QUICKLY (takes less than a minute) download the FREE software ADOBE DNG EDITOR, and create a Raw LINEAR PROFILE (or other custom profiles) for use in Adobe Lightroom, or Adobe Camera Raw for ENORMOUS QUALITY BENEFITS!
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Thanks, Mark. Saw this was coming after your post a while ago on FM, and this did not disappoint. Really straightforward.
Yay!! Thank youScott!!! I'll likely have at least one other freebie on the subject of how to start on your linear profile in Lightroom/Camera Raw so that your files still seem more familiar and not too dark to start out. So, a Gamma Curve (a brightening curve) and also a good way to make a preset (with some other special tips). Enjoy!
This was INCREDIBLE! Thank you, Mark. Sharing it with my cousin who also shoot with Fujifilm cameras.
Awesome! Next I need to show people how to apply a simple Gamma Curve, an End Points and midtones curve, and a contrast curve so that they respond phenomenally! Especially without the Gamma Curve, they will never handle optimally.
Please also see: ua-cam.com/video/MT8Yelal3wI/v-deo.html
This is a total game changer and I can't thank you enough!
Make sure you add a 1.8 brightening gamma curve to the image and a slight S-curve by turning contrast up to at least 50. If you do this, you’ll never use another profile the rest of your life. The quality of these is off the charts and you don’t have to undo all of the potentially damaging adjustments that adobe bakes into our raw files.
thankkkk youuu so much!! directly to the point
So much better to make them yourself. You can make them for your phone or anything. And if you add a 1.8 gamma curve and a S curve to them, you’ll never use another profile the rest of your life!
Awesome, thank you sir.
Totally my privilege. I’m glad it helps.
This is the best simple explanation video I’ve seen on Linear profiles!
Thank you so much. It should be a tremendous help. So many people have been giving me such awesome feedback about the huge quality jump in the photo files. Especially with my new complete workflow A-to-Z video tutorial now available. The key is knowing how to handle the linear profiles best. And it’s easy.
Wow! Thanks for this. I just created a linear profile for the Canon R5 and this looks like a huge game changer in post.
Game changer for sure! Happy to help!
Absolutely is! Thank you and have fun! You will need to push contrast more to get a same look as you might be used to… This can be done in the curves by doing a “gamma curve”. If you don’t know what that is, just do a Google image search on “gamma curve” and you will see how to bend the curve from the middle, slightly down to the right. That’s it. It does not have to be precise. But it will help bring back to life your file, but now it’s unadulterated and you have all the data! The quality difference is astonishing on so many images.
@@MarkMetternichPhotographyLLC Ok sounds good. I will play around with that. I much prefer to have 100% of the RAW data than Adobe touching anything on import. I want to also get into cinematography and have been playing around with CLOG so this seems almost like the same concept. Flat out of camera but way more editing power. I could probably create and apply a preset during import with this new profile as the default so that I don't have to select it from the profile dropdown on each image. I just don't like every photo showing the "edited" icon when technically I haven't touched it. First world problems lol.
When the linear profile is selected for a CR3/RAW file does it not reveal 100% of the data? Or does this only work strictly with DNG files? If only DNG files I'll have to rethink storage and converting on import options after looking at the pros and cons of each: www.adobe.com/creativecloud/file-types/image/comparison/dng-vs-raw.html I have a NAS storage device, but I don't think that I want to have a DNG for every photo which would double the storage each photo takes up. Especially since I always overshoot and typically only find a few files from the shoot I want to work with.
@@joshrossphotography Heck yes. And just make a preset to get it to look good for starters... By the way, if one is going to make a preset, might as well turn off that damaging (luminance noise enhancing) "sharpening" and also turn ON the "Remove Chromatic Aberrations" while you are at it. 👍🏼
@@joshrossphotography You have to convert to DNG to make a linear profile. The best thing to do is write click and choose enhance (raw details) and then you get a much better demosaiced DNG file that’s actually better than your original proprietary Raw file! This is not even debatable. You have all of the data the hit your sensor and you have superior Demosaicing the girls head to head with any other raw converter!
Mark that is excellent news and so well presented. Thank you for opening my Sony A1 to the profile it was designed to be in Adobe. Keep up the great work.
Paul, do you find the image after applying the profile to be super flat and darker? I am compensating by adjusting exposure and curves. Seems to work better on slightly overexposed raw images to start with.
@@LanNinja11 I will be doing this on all of my images. Dynamic range is key in all photos and video and this brings out what Adobe takes away.
@@paulcronin1603 Thanks Paul. I’m also using a Sony a1. I am liking the results so far with this new profile. Thanks Mark for the video and information!
@@MarkMetternichPhotographyLLC Again Mark comes through with great input. Thanks Mark, 1.8 does make the dark to light nice and smooth. Same I use in my videos.
@@paulcronin1603 Dynamic range, but also doubling the data for way more robust files AND not having to UNDO what Adobe has baked into your Raw files!
Thanks for a great reveal and explanation. Made a linear profile for my Nikon D780. I am curious to see the impact (if any) on my night sky and Milky Way images. Are there certain types of images/scenes where this technique is not beneficial?
Hi Rick. Awesome!
No, I have never seen a linear profile not be beneficial. But having said that, a person does need to know HOW to handle contrast with a linear profile, because it comes in much darker/flatter.
All linear raw files need a "gamma curve" to the standard (not parametric) CURVES in Lightroom/Camera Raw (like a 1.8 to 2.2). Also an S Curve:
ua-cam.com/video/6OPBu09Pkq0/v-deo.html
I bought your Ultimate Quality Workflow tutorial and I love it!
thanks for this video. Can I use this linear camera profile in Luminar Neo as well?
Hey Mark. This is great! I am just having trouble though making this work with my workflow. I use goodlight and archetype process profiles for editing. Everytime i apply those profiles it is just layering them over top the adobe color raw base. Is there any way i can get this new linear profile as the base for those presets? Thank you
Hey Mark, I went through every step here and my DNG Editor box is all white with no color wheel, writing or anything else just blank. I’m using a 2023 m3max Mac and not sure if I’ve missed something here. Thanks!
Thank you very much indeed!! Only one thing to ask, can I use this profile in ACR when editing raw files or do I need to convert raw file to dng first? Thanks a lot!
You can apply the linear profile to your original Raw file. But, if you right click and choose “enhance“ (raw details) You have a much better raw file that has all the data your file had but it’s much better than your proprietary Raw file. It is a way better demosaiced image with better color Fidelity, better detail, and less noise.
@@MarkMetternichPhotographyLLC thanks a lot!!
@@miloslach6631 It’s totally my privilege and pleasure to be of help.
So since I'm using Windows O/S. I just run the executable, correct? If so, and I wanted to make an LP for my Sony, I would convert my ARW file to a DGN? I don't see an enhanced option in my DGN Profile Windows editor. Am I missing something? I do see Export Sony XXXXXX Profile. Which program has the Enhance Preview RAW details option to check (at 5:43)? I don't use Lightroom.
Both camera raw and light room both have the enhance option. I think you can also just save them as a DNG as well.
Otherwise you can use the Adobe DNG converter. This is in adobe bridge. It can also be downloaded from the Adobe website for free. So all you need is a DNG from your particular camera model. After you make it, it just shows up in camera raw.
Have fun. Don’t forget that gamma curve and S-curve.
A bit confused here do you need to click the check mark for dng profile editor to allow it to control your computer?
I would just give it a try and see if it works. Or do a Google search on it?
There are some quirky things sometimes when loading software.
Before too long, I will have a one or two minute quick video on UA-cam, showing people the quick 4 most important adjustments that all linear raw files must go through to get the superior results put of them. *Of course, that is in my new video tutorial on my website which is a 7.2 hour full course in the ultimate quality processing. 👍🏼
@@MarkMetternichPhotographyLLCOk thank you very much! I couldn't find anything on my specific Macbook but will see if another search can't turn up more info or just give it a go then.
Thanks Mark. So, why did you bother to create an enhanced DNG is you were not going to use that image file to create the profile?
Thank you for your comment. I do use the enhanced DNG.
I just did it here to show people how fast and easy they could make a DNG and put it where they know where it is on their computer.
Does this work without converting your files to a DNG? For example is just applying the linear profile to my Sony ARW files better than just using Adobe Raw?
Hi John. Actually a DNG holds all the data of your original Raw file! All. But if you right click on it in camera raw, or Lightroom and then choose “enhance Raw details” you have a RAW file that far exceeds your original Sony file. Better detail. Better color Fidelity. And less noise. It makes a Enhanced via AI raw DNG. Just make sure you don’t choose “super resolution.” It’s horrible.
But no, you cannot make this without using DNG. But there’s no detriment to using DNG…
I am having trouble saving this profile on a Windows system. Can you inform where the path is to save the Linear profile please?
Dang good question! Because I do not use PC and do not have one on hand (at the moment) I did a Google search and below is what I came up with. Note that according to a reply on the Adobe Forums the second batch of three options are said to be actually "the same place." Also, note that the first one below, I found watching a video where someone was saving one on their Windows PC (but I am not sure what version they were running).
PLEASE let me know which works for you! OR, if none do. I need to know this for my clients and students.
Here you go:
Users/Name/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Camera Raw/Camera Profiles
C:\ProgramData\Adobe\CameraRaw\Settings\Adobe\Profiles\Adobe Raw
C:\Users\All Users\Adobe\CameraRaw\Settings\Adobe\Profiles\Adobe Raw
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Adobe\CameraRaw\Settings\Adobe\Profiles\Adobe Raw
Ok but what about people that use a color checker to get accurate colors, you can’t do both. I can’t make a custom camera profile and have it linear at the same time. So if I use your method, i just have to deal with off colors!? Seems your profile only adjusts luminance, i more concerned with color accuracy
It’s simple. If you’re using the color checker pro you ARE using a linear profile. And then you’re making sure that your colors are correct. Then if you use that profile, BAM! End of story. You are bypassing Adobe‘s damaging adjustments and you have access to all of the data that hit your sensor, excluding the adulterated or damaging adjustments they bake into their profiles. And of course you can get your colors correct. Contrast is another issue. You can deal with contrast however you want.
If you work in a raw layer workflow in Photoshop, you can use a Luminance layer blend mode, and get your contrast however you want without the colors, or hues shifting or changing.
Seen you mention this on FM Mark. Can I import the linear profile into LR6, if not, is there a workaround to do it outside LR to add the LP to your Raw or DNG file then import that file into LR or ARC >>> Thank you
Thank you! Not sure about LR6. But I can tell you that the newest version of LR Classic DESTROYS LR6!!! And makes all kinds of magic possible at the raw level! I mean HUGE jumps forward.
But, all I can say is that if you stick with 6, just make one (a linear profile from a DNG) and see if it pops up in your profiles section in LR. I think it should. I am, at the moment, unaware of an alternative route with Adobe Software...
Thank you, and all the best! See you at FM as soon as I get a breather! 👍🏼
@@MarkMetternichPhotographyLLC Thanks Mark, like your vlogs on the S1r , does it use a Sony sensor?
@@seabreezeof although Panasonic made their own sensors for a very long time. They quit doing that and I think around 2008 they began to use Sony to have their sensors made. But it’s not a “sony sensor“ in the sense that it’s not the identical sensor that is in the other 35 mm digital cameras that use Sony made sensors. It’s unique. It literally has the highest color bit depth of any camera that DXOMark has ever tested. Even above Hasselblad and several other medium format cameras, and the Nikon D850.
The bottom line is that people just didn’t catch this one because it’s not a Canon, Nikon or now Sony…
@@MarkMetternichPhotographyLLC Very interesting, thanks again.
If I already made a custom camera color profile, can I convert it to linear using Adobe DNG editor?
If you already made a custom camera color profile, it does not get converted. You just make another profile. And you choose linear. They both will show up in Lightroom and Camera RAW. Just don’t forget to add the 1.8 brightening gamma curve and also about 50 points to the contrast slider so that the photo reacts more naturally. In Lightroom or Camera RAW that is.
ua-cam.com/video/6OPBu09Pkq0/v-deo.html
If I"m not mistaken, DXO PureRaw generates a linear DNG with the added bonus of noise reduction and lens correction.
@@texshooter7411 the DXO software creates unwanted artifacts in images that are lower ISO. If you make enlargements it is very obvious and bad.
DXO can often be great on really high ISO images.
in windows, the profile does not automatically save to lightroom. It wants to save it back to my desktop which doesnt allow me to access it through LR. Where should I save it to?
Never mind. I was able to import the profile from within Lightroom
@@zackstanton4654 Yes with PC it’s a little more difficult to find the pathway to where to save it. Thank you for pointing that out. Hope it’s working really well for you. You do great work.
@@MarkMetternichPhotographyLLC Thanks, Mark. Likewise. You were an early inspiration for me and still continue to be one of my favorite photogs out there
@@zackstanton4654 Thank you so much Zack. You’re really doing phenomenal work. Keep up the passion and joy!!
@@zackstanton4654 I'm also using the Windows. Would you please help me how to save or import the file from within Lightroom. Thank you so much.
Hello Mark! I'm a little late to the party with this vid, but it's terrific, nonetheless. At the 5:35 point, you presented the steps to make an enhanced DNG; however, at the 7:30 point, you said it makes no difference which DNG is used to make the linear profile. Were you just telling us about enhanced DNGs as an added bonus?
Yes.
Also with the newest camera raw update we can now do the most critical essentials that all raw file conversions go though:
• A gamma curve
• An end points adjustment (separate curve)
• A mid-tones adjustment (another separate curve)
• Then lastly, a contrast curve (tone mapping) as another separate curve.
Do these totally custom to your individual image’s needs, BEFORE you start sliding sliders) and you will be astonished at the unequaled quality now obtainable!
@@MarkMetternichPhotographyLLC
I created and applied a linear profile to my raw file. I then applied a custom preset I created which has a gamma 1.8 curve. However, I'm stuck after that.
You stated above that what we now need to do are the most critical essentials that all raw file conversions go through. That implies those essentials must be done in either LrC or ACR since that's where raw file conversion occurs. However, I don't see a way to apply multiple separate curves, i.e., end points adjustment, mid-tones adjustment, a contrast curve, in either LrC or ACR.
I want to be astonished, but I'm in a holding pattern right now!
@@ralphmastrangelo4818 Great question here! At the moment (until they UPDATE Adobe Lightroom!) PIONT CURVES are now in Adobe Camera Raw masks!
If we draw out a linear gradient OUTSIDE THE IMAGE and AWAY FROM the image, it will allow you to access all the adjustments, including the new Point Curves and effect the entire image! And we have curves on curves, on curves!!! The most powerful thing ever, since 2003 when ACR came out.
So:
1. Choose a Linear Raw Profile
2. Turn off sharpening, turn on "Remove Chromatic Aberration", and then correct your white balance.
3. Apply an individual Gamma Curve (I almost always start with a 2.2) Curve Mask.
4. Apply a separate Curve Mask to adjust midtones (overall brightness).
5. Apply another separate Curve Mask to adjust our End Points (leave a little room at both ends).
6. Apply a separate Curve Mask to adjust your overall Global Contrast.
7. Maybe add one more separate Curve Mask to adjust our local contrast (like maybe a graduated Curve Mask over our brighter sky to take down the lights there...
This creates an unprecedented CUSTOM RAW PROFILE absolutely based specifically on the extremely unique needs of our individual image!
With a little bit of going back and forth on our Midtones Curve Mask, End Points Curve Mask, and our Contrast Curve Mask(s) we can now get the most critical and most powerful and the very most foundational adjustments DONE BEFORE sliding even a single slider in Camera Raw (or Lightroom when that UPDATE comes out). It is actually astonishing in the history of photography!
I'll have a free video out in the next day or so (it's done) here so people can at least see (in a quick single minute) how powerful this unprecedented power really is.
My full "The Ultimate Quality Workflow" A-Z video course is being edited now and will be for sale soon.
The best thing to do is go to my website and join my mailing list. It will be totally pioneering and unprecedented in terms of totally lossless sheer quality never achievable before.
www.markmetternich.com/
@@MarkMetternichPhotographyLLC
Thank you, Mark. I'm definitely looking forward to that video, and even more so to your full "The Ultimate Quality Workflow" A-Z video course!
@@ralphmastrangelo4818 My pleasure!!
Mark Metternich, I downloaded DNG Profile Editor, but I can't open it due to OPEN and I get " The operation couldn't be completed. (OSStatus error 99999.). I get this every time I try to mount the app. Yet you're touting this as the answer to getting a better quality image rather than Adobe Lightroom's. How can it be better when Adobe or Apple are making life difficult in downloading the app. Is Adobe even afraid of the app for exposing their poorly produced images? What gives, and how do I make this DNG Profile Editor work?
When I run into computer issues, I ALWAYS do a Google search on the issue. I punched in "What Is OSStatus Error 99999 on Mac?" and lots of posts and answers about this came up. You should be able to come up with a solution pretty fast.
If you are asking is it worth it to work around a small computer glitch. Always! And in this case extremely worth it! You'll most likely NEVER go back to Adobe Profiles once you get a handle on a Real Unadulterated Raw file (Linear Profile).
@@MarkMetternichPhotographyLLC Thank you Mark!
@@Randyrocker1 My pleasure.
A Shame it won't work on Silicon Chips, no matter if you install Rosetta. It won't work !!!
Thanks Mark
Why are you showing all "the branches"? Show off "your wonderful invention" in portraits of people. Otherwise, on "twigs and other initially beautiful pictures", everything is always "beautiful and good".