VSCO profiles with newer (unsupported) cameras

[dallasinnewyork]

Hello,

I'm wondering if anyone has figured out a way to make VSCO profiles & Lightroom Classic CC/ACR work with newer cameras that have yet to be updated by VSCO? Especially given the near-discontinuation of VSCO I think many would be interested in finding a workaround for this. I've tried a number of different things but no luck.

To be clear my problem isn't with presets but rather the VSCO camera profiles.

Things I've tried:

1. renaming copies of existing VSCO Nikon profiles with the name of the new camera (i.e. Nikon d810>>>Nikon Z7 & Nikon d810>>>Nikon Z 7)

2. Importing profiles via the dialogs in Lightroom Classic CC and ACR in PS CC 2019

3. deleting the Index.dat file in the CameraProfiles folder

4. Moving profiles from CameraProfiles into the CameraSettings folder

Incidentally, I'm on a Mac running LR Classic CC 8.1. I'm specifically working with Nikon Z 7 files but I imagine that the solution would be essentially the same for any given camera.

Thanks in advance.

[Rickyshor]

In the case of the Z6II you need to use an existing profile with the same number of characters, even if space is taken into account, so you write (Z 6 2), that's 5 characters, so you take a camera like D5300, I took these profiles and they worked perfect.

[bethanngreenberg]

Did you get it to work? I am having the same problem as i shot with a newer body this weekensd. My D4s can use my VSCO presets no problem, my Nikonz6ii wont play them and it says "profile missing"

[felixfoto123]

Hi Guys,

I found a new way that also works for editing camera names further than just editing a "3" to a "4" with no hassle:

This is for MAC:

1. download dcpTool from app store (its 9.99USD but worth the effect imo)

2. put all the dcps from older camera (in my case GFX50S) into a new folder

3. dcpTool batch generates decompiled versions of the dcp files as .xml files in the same folder

4. delete the "old" .dcp files

5. open the .xml with Dreamweaver or even texteditor, find this field:

<UniqueCameraModelRestriction>Fujifilm GFX 50S</UniqueCameraModelRestriction>

here you can just change the text (in my case to >Fujifilm GFX 50S II<) 

6. recompile the .xml to .dcp with dcpTools again

7. put the newly compiled .xml in your cameraraw/cameraprofiles folder and you're golden

Also: if you're unsure what the accurate text for you camera model is, just find a .dcp for your camera in the "Adobe Standard" subfolder of CameraProfiles and decompile it as well to take a look at its xml and the text field of UniqueCameraModelRestriction

enjoy!

[sebastianf54853879]

Works like you said but the only problem is with tint! everything looks so red so i had to reduce it at the beginning to -30 to get standard tones with my presets. Do you know why? 

[cyprianl87112944]

Hi,

have no idea, mine were all normal... Did you take an original vsco file,
or some profile, you made from the color checker? The home made profiles
tend to have this problem you described.

[sebastianf54853879]

It was a profile from vsco 6 and with my old camera d750 was everything fine but with z6II tint seems to be changed a lot! To get natural tones i reduced to -30! which is a lot.

[cyprianl87112944]

Hi,

try those:

https://filetransfer.io/data-package/RLOXsUOg

[sebastianf54853879]

I tried and it is the same problem. there is only one preset  that looks better with long name but the rest is so red! 

[cyprianl87112944]

The one I created on my own, which is making some contrast with exposure
(curves written in profile).
Are you using nef or dng files?
Try doenloading some sample raws from internet if there will be any
difference.

https://m.dpreview.com/samples/3908374280/nikon-z6-ii-sample-gallery#&gid=1&pid=1

[sebastianf54853879]

I use nef files.

Thank you, i will. 

[ESTEBAN35735231nffs]

Esto me ha funcionado gracias.

[ogrodzki]

Hi!

I read the wole thread. I have the Nikon Z 6 2 and need to update my VSCO profiles. I see theere are the 2 manual ways,

but maybe somebody would share his/her files that work after the update for Nikon Z6II?

[lisas77067459]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMNemLondeQ

This works a treat. Time consuming but easy enough.

[Anne25723886zzm3]

Hey !! Have you found a solution ? I'm soooo desperate with my new Z7II. Z7 was still actually working I don't even know why and the video everyone shows from Igor is not working for me since I don't have the same folders or files apparently. Thank you for your help !! 

Anne

[oliverh75284551]

Hello, 

thanks tor all the answers. Since a lot of people seem to have this issue maybe someone is nice and generous to provide a downloadlink to updated camera profiles (for in my case Z9 and Z6 II) ?

[oliverh75284551]

Hello, 

thanks tor all the answers. Since a lot of people seem to have this issue maybe someone is so nice and generous to provide a downloadlink to updated camera profiles (for in my case Z9 and Z6 II) ?

[ogrodzki]

ok, I made changes to my profiles and share them here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LVTRs_GvxXhfSKjcsHdP5upv69WMM1kY?usp=sharing

Remember to copy them to a right folder. And restart Lightroom afterwards to see them.

Hope it helps!

[oliverh75284551]

thank you  for sharing those !!! 

[OOMPAd]

Hello,

do you have them for the Z6 (first gen)?

[sarar68823066]

Good gravy that took me a HOT minute to figure out (I had to use a method to decompile and then recompile the files individually), but I have the profiles for the Nikon Z9 and Z62 as well as Canon R6 here for download if anyone else is on the struggle bus too. I hope I will remember how I did this if future camera bodies come into play, agh!! Grab them here and throw them in your color profiles folder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6wpv2hesm3i1v0q/AAAlFuRAfzDpZqVIdjQ07cuca?dl=0

[OOMPAd]

Hello,

do you have them for the Z6 (first gen)?

[danielk51004536]

Thanks so much!  I've used your R6 profiles and they work.  I was pulling my hair out trying this years ago, but wanted to revist the info online.  I missed my old custome profile that I had made.  I'll need to try to work out my other vsco profiles as i had many of them.  By chance do you have any others?  Thanks again!

[Raisa36576160zcw4]

Hi, can you please please please help with Nikon D850, tried myself but failed (( PC, not Mac. Would be really grateful!

[alxb49009547]

First, a huge THANK YOU to those who shared their fixed files with the rest of us!! I have multiple vsco packs so i'll have to fix those myself but now i know what the correct syntagm is. 

Now, i'm guessing the modified profiles work best if they're based on a camera profile as close to the new (unsupported) one as possible. My current camera is a Nikon Z 6 II. Does anyone have any idea what would be the closest camera model among the original profiles by vsco? So that i tweak & update the files for that model.

(My old camera was a Nikon D90 but i'm guessing the vsco profile for it wouldn't produce the same results when applied to the Z6II as there are so many differences in camera sensor and other specs between the two models. Right?)

[Paulo301834969mjz]

I would say nikon D750 probably