How to disable initial settings when "opening" raw file

Darek K

• December 21, 2019 17:48

Hi.

What initial settings are applied when opening raw file ?
1. Lens correction
2. Sharpening ?
3. Noise reduction ?
4. Base characteristics
4. Color correction ?

Is this a way to disable/temporary disable those initial settings to see base look of a photo ?

Thank You.
Darek K

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  Ian Wilson

  Moderator

  • December 21, 2019 18:14

  

  In a sense there is no "base look" of a photo. Every raw converter does something to it to provide a presentable image on screen from the raw data.
  
  But you can
  
  - disable lens corrections on input if you want. In the lens correction tool, click the ... button and select Disable Default Lens Correction.
  
  - use the Linear Response curve in the Base Characteristics tool.
  
  - set noise reduction and sharpening to zero, and in their tools click the ... and choose Save As Defaults for [your camera].
  
  Almost certainly you will never get an image that that you can use straight out of camera without some or all of those things and more being adjusted, because
  
  - neither the human eye, nor film, has a linear response
  
  - some lenses do need correction
  
  - there may well be noise in your image
  
  - most digital images need some sharpening,
  
  so that the "base look" of the raw file doesn't look much like the scene you saw or the look you hoped for in the finished image.
  
  You may decide, after trying it, that the Capture One defaults give you a starting point to adjust from that is closer to your desired look. You can, after all, change things like noise reduction or sharpening down as well as up.
  
  Ian

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