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Z6/Z6ii
The wonder of the tone curve
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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 801513" data-attributes="member: 48483"><p>I have similar issues with my Z5. The color profile the camera uses is working against you.</p><p></p><p>Are you just processing JPEG files? You need to experiment with custom color profiles in the Z6. You can adjust an existing profile, or just download one. You can put a several profiles on the body and select different profiles for different situations. </p><p><a href="https://www.nikonusa.com/en/learn-and-explore/a/tips-and-techniques/picture-controls-step-by-step.html" target="_blank">https://www.nikonusa.com/en/learn-and-explore/a/tips-and-techniques/picture-controls-step-by-step.html</a></p><p><a href="https://nikonpc.com/" target="_blank">https://nikonpc.com/</a></p><p></p><p>If you do like me and shoot Raw+JPG, I am applying a color profile in my default workflow in RawTherapee. GIMP and RawTherapee have some small degree of integration with each other. I do most of the adjusting in RawTherapee, then the file is exported to GIMP for final work. That typically is just adding my watermark or anything that needs to be done with a layer mask. Yes the curves tool in RawTherapee is better and more advanced than GIMP's .</p><p><a href="http://rawtherapee.com/" target="_blank">http://rawtherapee.com/</a></p><p></p><p>Now the interesting part. Nikon D750 color profiles work perfectly on the Z5, and I presume other Z-series also. I just apply the D750 Standard color profile from Adobe. It turns gray skies blue. Colors look normal again instead of washed out. Whoever wrote those D750 color profiles years ago simply was on top of their game. They are great. Unfortunately the way to get those profiles involves installing Adobe DNG Converter and digging into the hidden folders to copy the files to a place that RawTherapee will access. I had read that this software is unsupported now and not available, but a quick DuckDuckGo search and there it is, hosted at Adobe.</p><p><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/using/adobe-dng-converter.html" target="_blank">https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/using/adobe-dng-converter.html</a></p><p></p><p>I will let you web search for the detailed directions for extracting those camera profiles. RawTherapee has it somewhere in their online help documentation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 801513, member: 48483"] I have similar issues with my Z5. The color profile the camera uses is working against you. Are you just processing JPEG files? You need to experiment with custom color profiles in the Z6. You can adjust an existing profile, or just download one. You can put a several profiles on the body and select different profiles for different situations. [URL]https://www.nikonusa.com/en/learn-and-explore/a/tips-and-techniques/picture-controls-step-by-step.html[/URL] [URL]https://nikonpc.com/[/URL] If you do like me and shoot Raw+JPG, I am applying a color profile in my default workflow in RawTherapee. GIMP and RawTherapee have some small degree of integration with each other. I do most of the adjusting in RawTherapee, then the file is exported to GIMP for final work. That typically is just adding my watermark or anything that needs to be done with a layer mask. Yes the curves tool in RawTherapee is better and more advanced than GIMP's . [URL]http://rawtherapee.com/[/URL] Now the interesting part. Nikon D750 color profiles work perfectly on the Z5, and I presume other Z-series also. I just apply the D750 Standard color profile from Adobe. It turns gray skies blue. Colors look normal again instead of washed out. Whoever wrote those D750 color profiles years ago simply was on top of their game. They are great. Unfortunately the way to get those profiles involves installing Adobe DNG Converter and digging into the hidden folders to copy the files to a place that RawTherapee will access. I had read that this software is unsupported now and not available, but a quick DuckDuckGo search and there it is, hosted at Adobe. [URL]https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/using/adobe-dng-converter.html[/URL] I will let you web search for the detailed directions for extracting those camera profiles. RawTherapee has it somewhere in their online help documentation. [/QUOTE]
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