Imported image darker than original image
I recently bought a Canon EOS 5D Mark II and took some pictures in *.jpeg format. The pictures were taken under the right conditions with the right settings and they all came out well. I have a Windows 7 desktop powerful enough to handle a heavy work load, Not withstanding, I loaded the pictures onto my desktop and I wanted to edit the pictures with Capture One Pro 6.1.1 - 32Bit Build 46648. It turns out that the pictures, when viewed on the Capture One Pro 6 application are very dark than the original image on the LCD display screen of my camera. Also when I use other softwares to view the pictures taken, they seem to appear and look fineand appear as the same on the LCD display of the Canon camera. Please can someone help or advise me what to do to get this corrected?
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I think we need more info.
What is you cameras LCD brightness set at?
Raw or jpeg?
example photos?
what does your in-camera histogram look like vs the C1's?0 -
1) The LCD brightness is set to Auto
2) I am shooting in the highest quality of *.jpeg
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4) The image histogram on the camera is the same on other image editing software. When compared with the image on Capture One Pro 6 its completely different and looks like the levels, curves were adjusted up loading it onto Capture one. I am new to photography and image editing although i am a quick learner I believe there is a setting that I need to ajust on caputre one. I have even used other image editing softwares and when i look at the pictures upon loading, they look the same as on the camera.0 -
From your screenshot on Flickr it is clear that the jpeg image is displayed considerably darker in Capture One (CO) compared to your other imaging software, which appears to be Digital Photo Professional (DPP). You can leave your camera's LCD display out of the equation, the screenshot says it all. I never compare my camera display with my computer display; to many variables I can't control play a role in that. So let's skip that part.
CO can edit JPEG and TIFF images, but it was not designed to do that. It is for opening and adjusting your raw (.CR2 for your Canon) and convert them into beautiful JPEG or TIFF files. If you like to put CO6 through its paces, set your camera to RAW next time, and forget JPEG.
A potential cause for your problem is that a color management issue is playing with you. So lets check the basics. First, I hope your camera was set to sRGB, not AdobeRGB. If your image file name starts with IMG_ it was set correctly (for this purpose) to sRGB. CO6 does not display a JPEG correctly when you set your camera to AdobeRGB (image becomes darker and more saturated but not as much as your example shows).
Next, in CO, on the Color tab, Base Characteristics tool, for JPEG you must have the Jpeg File Neutral ICC Profile and Linear Response curve.
Next, in CO, View menu, Proof Profile, Selected Recipe (check marked).
Next, in CO, Output tab, Process Recipe, the selected ICC Profile preferably something like sRGB, AdobeRGB (although more exotic profiles should work here).
If this is all set up properly, try a raw file (as I explained earlier). This must give nice results. If not, than I am afraid CO6 and your Win7 color management setup are playing fool.0
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