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Gh0st_9
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December 14, 2016
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How to choose when to embed custom .dcp in DNG Converted file

  • December 14, 2016
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DNG Converter (9.8, but earlier also) appears to always load into the converted DNG file one of the custom .dcp profiles available for the camera in the ...\CameraRaw\CameraProfiles directory.  The only way I have found to make it load the default profile (which I assume is Adobe Standard) into the .DNG file is to delete all custom profiles for the camera from the directory.  I need these DNG files for purposes other than LR/ACR.

Is there a way to control whether to load a custom .dcp profile and, if so, which one of those available in ...\CameraRaw\CameraProfiles?

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JP Hess
JP Hess
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December 15, 2016

I don't think the DNG converter loads any custom profile. That is determined by Lightroom or camera raw. By default, Adobe Standard is the profile chosen. However, you can set your own camera defaults and have any of the available profiles loaded.

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Gh0st_9Author
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December 15, 2016

Hi Jim.  I was quite surprised to find out that DNG Converter does indeed load one of the profiles into the DNG converted file (e.g. when opened in matlab it only shows one matrix for illuminant 23, what I have in one of those .dcp profiles).  The question is how do I tell it not to; or, alternatively, which one to load?

Thanks for your help.

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Gh0st_9Author
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December 19, 2016

There must be something not quite right with your installation of camera raw. If it is showing you a profile called, "Camera Raw" then that isn't something normal. You should be seeing the choices of Adobe Standard, Camera Standard, etc. I see from your screenshot that this is a NEF file from apparently a Nikon D50. There should be the standard Nikon profiles available for that model. It wouldn't do any good for the DNG converter to embed any specific profile because none of the Adobe applications read that EXIF Setting. It is one of the nonstandard settings that Adobe programs such as Photoshop ignore. I don't know why you are not seeing the regular camera profiles. What version of Photoshop or other Adobe software are you using? I have never seen nor heard of "Camera Raw" being a profile choice in Lightroom or Photoshop. Again, something is wrong with your installation. The DNG converter DOES NOT embed a camera profile. Camera profiles are embedded by the camera and are read by software from the manufacturer. This would mean that programs such as Nikon's ViewNX2 will read a profile  selected in-camera. But that selection will be ignored in Adobe software.


Jim,

1) I use the latest version of PS CC and ACR, which indeed shows 'Camera Raw Defaults' in the Camera Calibration Panel.  As do all other versions of ACR I have (6.7 and 7.4).

2) The camera is a Nikon D610. D50 is the reference illuminant of the profile.  It is an indication that the custom profile was loaded, because it has one  matrix and one illuminant only, while in normal Adobe profiles there are two matrices and illuminants.  The illuminants are A and D65, not D50.

3) Therefore DNG Converter DOES INDEED embed a .dcp profile in the converted DNG file, albeit a custom one, which I do not want.

4) I agree with you that it is strange and unproductive that DNG converter loads the first custom profile it sees lying around.  That's why I started this thread.

So now that you better understand the issue, any suggestions?

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