P: Lightroom/Camera Raw: I can no longer create a profile for an IR camera with the new profile SDK.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

I have a camera converted to super color IR by Life Pixel. The method Life Pixel recommends to create a white balance profile is to export a raw file created with the IR camera as DNG. Next, run the DNG Profile Editor, open the file, click the Color Matrices tab, move the temperature slider all the way to the left, then export the profile for use in LR and ACR. This is necessary because the DNG Profile Editor lets you select a much lower color temperature than the Temperature sliders in LR/ACR.


The DNG Profile Editor has been abandoned by Adobe. It runs on Windows but does not scale on high resolution monitors. I read online that it does not run at all on Mac High Sierra or later.


The new Adobe Profile SDK, which is Adobe's replacement for the DNG Profile Editor, let's us create profiles in ACR. Unfortunately that does not work for those of us with IR cameras because the Temperature slider in ACR does not have the range of the Temperature slider in DNG Profile Editor as stated above.


Yes, the new profiles are XML and can be edited with a text editor but the temperature in DNG Profile Editor has a range of +-100 while the temperature sliders in ACR/LR are in degrees Kelvin. The problem is that the number stored in the new XML profile file appears to have a range of +-100 which as no relation to the color temperature in Kelvin or to the +-100 scale in DNG Profile Editor. So, I can edit the profile but I have no way to know what value to assign to the temperature.


So, what's an IR camera owner to do? If anyone has a solution that works with the new profile format I would love to try it. Thanks.

[kglad]

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[Jao vdL]

Note that the SDK is not the same as camera raw. You can now create profiles through camera raw too that contain a hidden white balance adjustment. I haven't used it for this so not sure how well it works but it is really the only thing that still works on Macs

[dscheenaard]

Hi Rikk, I see that the DNG editor is still not working on Macs. What is happening with this program?

[risottto]

12 years since an update, I would say it's safe to say Adobe has abandoned DNG Profile Editor. Purchase Lumarivier Profile Designer Pro if you need the ability to edit DNG profiles, it will set you back $250 Euros, but at least it's not subscrption only!

[Jack27703904g0me]

Sooo Rikk, the future is here, four years in now.. could you shed some light on a possible update to the DNG profile tool.. I am really wanting to be able to interface with camera raw so I can have a preset established for my infrared images..

[defaultntkljv7z4m5c]

Yeah this doesn't even work at all on Mac anymore. Update would be greatly appreciated. Or at least open source it.

[nevadawiersantafe]

Any news on an upgrade to the DNG Profile Editor? In Sequoia the Matrices menu is greyed out. I can still use a recipe but ... that could disappear with the next upgrade.

[a.soffici]

They didn't listen to you, apparently, as DNG Profile Editor doesn't work on newer Macs

Congratulations, Adobe, never fail to disappoint your customers

[artistic_Star0197]

I'm having the same problem. Is there a easy fix in the meantime?