Bridge changing my colors?

[MikeG2012]

Hey guys,


So for my processing workflow, I generally import photos from the camera into Bridge, do some basic edits in ACR and then in CS4 if needed. My problem though, is that I have a custom profile on my 7D for when I take the images that automatically sharpens the images and reduces the contrast. When the files show up in Bridge, they are darker and aren't sharpened. To make sure I wasn't just seeing things, I compared the images on my screen to that of my camera. They were different. So I tried again using the monochrome color profile. Once the images got into bridge, they went immediately to color again.





Does Bridge just kill the user color profile when it imports the images? And is there anyway to keep it from doing that?





Thanks,





Mike

[scalesusa]

Raw or jpeg? The in-camera adjustments only apply to jpeg images, raw images are processed outside the camera, and except for DPP, may not be applied on the import of raw images.

[MikeG2012]

That would be why then. I shoot in raw only.


That

[neuroanatomist]

That would be why then. I shoot in raw only.

Yep. Picture Styles (default and custom), as well as things like Peripheral Illumination Correction, Auto Lighting Optimizer, etc., are applied to in-camera JPGs. The settings are written into the RAW files, but while Canon's DPP recognizes and applies them to the RAW file during processing, other image processing programs do not.

[MikeG2012]

So if I want to apply the picture styles to the RAW files, I

[neuroanatomist]

You'd have to process them to 16-bit TIFF files with DPP, then bring those into PS. DPP will save changes directly to the RAW files, but as metadata that it recognizes but PS/Bridge/LR/etc. do not (AFAIK, only DPP can write editing parameters into the RAW file metadata - other programs use 'sidecar' files).

[HDNitehawk]

Mike


The problem is that many of these companies do not play well together. Why else would Adobe software not be able to read everything in the RAW files the same as DPP. Really I am not sure why this isn

[MikeG2012]

HDNitehawk


I agree with you completely. Canon seems to do a lot of things like that just so that people use their gear only or have to buy more of it. I

[DavidEccleston]

Its not like it'd be illegal to read the data, right?

Nikon sued Adobe over just that. They encrypted the white balance info, and claimed a DMCA violation by when Adobe cracked their encryption, because, you know, Nikon owns the copyright on your WB info, not you.

[MikeG2012]

No kidding? Wow that