P: Google Pixel 6, 6a, 6 Pro, 7a, and 7 Pro DNGs don't show Adobe camera profiles

[johnrellis]

DNGs from Google Pixel 6, 6a, 7a, and 7 Pro don't show the Adobe camera profiles in LR 13.2 and CR 16.2:

See this sample Pixel 6 photo:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nTj7ZfUSYKXA9N3KIv22eTXnzDpBAFoy/view?usp=sharing

and this Pixel 6 Pro photo:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/144rrzLqVr7agPSGKxQOe4cgqsGCbf8LF

and this Pixel 6a photo:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/drz2yq2yk4q9sxd3pvn46/h?rlkey=gh1wa65jtyud6ll1mp5l33eg5&dl=0

and this Pixel 7a photo:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vsuob87pogxmj22rq0w1t/20240127.1729-Pixel-7a-3.DNG?rlkey=1yg1f0vo5x5z... 

and these Pixel 7 Pro photos:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NnOJ7WfKzgtKKLuPZVAOOJaqWJBb73cr?usp=sharing

A similar bug was fixed in LR 13.2 for the Pixel 7:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/camera-raw-bugs/p-imported-dng-files-from-a-google-pixel-7-phone-do-n...

[000LLL]

After Google updated the Pixel Camera APP to 9.1.xxx.xxxxx or 9.2.xxx.xxxxx, I noticed its DNG could not show Adobe profile in LRM 9.1
Update Lightroom Mobile 9.2.0 yesterday, but Pixel 7 Pro DNG bug is still not fixed. Only the main and tele sensor's DNG have problems. front and wide DNG are ok.
Problems were gone when I reversed the Pixel Camera app version to 9.0.115.586536401.40

[johnrellis]

The Google Pixel 7a has the same issue:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vsuob87pogxmj22rq0w1t/20240127.1729-Pixel-7a-3.DNG?rlkey=1yg1f0vo5x5z...

[Mick Seymour]

I originally posted this in the https://community.adobe.com/t5/camera-raw-bugs/p-imported-dng-files-from-a-google-pixel-7-phone-do-n... thread and @Rikk Flohr: Photography suggested I post here because the original bug will not be reopened.

As mentioned above, LrC 13.2 has not fixed the problem for the Pixel 7 Pro. The only profiles I am offered in Develop on a current crop of photos are Google Pixel and Google Pixel Monochrome. I have DNGs shot with the same phone last December where I can also select the Adobe Color, Landscape, Portrait etc. profiles.

The camera software version is different between those images that work and later images that do not.

I haven't dug into which lenses do work and which lenses don't in 13.2 but I have 300+ images already shot that don't so more work by Adobe on the bug would be greatly appreciated.

[johnrellis]

@Mick Seymour, please upload a couple sample Pixel 7 Pro DNGs to Dropbox, Google Drive, or similar and post the sharing links here. Dpreview.com doesn't have any samples for the Pixel 7 Pro.

[Mick Seymour]

@johnrellisI've uploaded a few samples to Google drive. there is a set of 4 x 3 and a set of 16 x 9 both at zoom levels of 1, 2, 5 and 10. There is also a selfie.

I don't know why @Rikk Flohr: Photography would say 13.2 fixed the problem on the Pixel Pro 7. The only one of this sample that shows the Adobe profiles available is the selfie.

[johnrellis]

@Rikk Flohr: Photography, I updated the bug report to include the Google Pixel 7 Pro (with samples provided by @Mick Seymour).

[johnrellis]

@Mick Seymour: "I don't know why @Rikk Flohr: Photography would say 13.2 fixed the problem on the Pixel Pro 7."

I don't think he did. He said in the other thread, "This bug was explicitly written against the Google Pixel 7". The original post in that thread was about the Pixel 7. After an internal report was logged, additional reports about the Pixel 6 were posted; but sometimes the developers working on a bug don't go back to the original threads here to see if there's updated information. The reports about the 7a and 7 Pro came in after LR 13.2 was released.

[Mick Seymour]

My mistake.

Hopefully, the fix is as simple as adding the 7 Pro, 7a and 6 to the same code.

[Diamond_2429]

Pixel 6 Pro have this problem too

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/144rrzLqVr7agPSGKxQOe4cgqsGCbf8LF

[RA5040ARD]

As a workaround until Adobe fixes this problem, if you create and Export a profile using Adobe DNG Profile Editor (this produces a .dcp file in the Camera Raw/Camera Profiles folder) you can then Browse for the profile in Lightroom or Camera Raw. Works perfectly.

[RA5040ARD]

see previous post ...

You can try this profile if you like: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/s3o2rjhvwknlw2z3tb0ue/h?rlkey=pth9f6zzv0nexkri8rgvy85i3&dl=0

You should put it into C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CameraRaw\CameraProfiles for Windows, or the equivalent folder for the Mac.

(Profile not done in office lighting btw ...)

[RA5040ARD]

There appears to be another problem with the Pixel 7a raw file. DNG Profile Editor does not allow changes on the Color Matrices tab. On the Color Tables tab Saturation is set to max for all colors after creating the color table. These two issues make it difficult to get a half-reasonable profile for this camera.

Works fine for a Sony raw file.

Fixing Lightroom/Camera Raw will not fix this problem obviously.

May point to a problem with the Pixel raw format. 

DNG Profile Editor 1.0.0.47 Beta, both PC and Mac, latest version from https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/camera-raw/digital-negative.html (note: the filename is DNG_Profile_Editor_win_1_0_4.exe).

[RA5040ARD]

Finally!

ColorChecker Camera Calibration (XRite/Calibrite) seems to do a good job at creating a color profile for the 7a.  Works well for Lightroom and Camera Raw. 

https://calibrite.com/us/software-downloads/

Should work fine for other Pixels.

[bastibe]

The Pixel 6a is also affected:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/drz2yq2yk4q9sxd3pvn46/h?rlkey=gh1wa65jtyud6ll1mp5l33eg5&dl=0

[colind66897557]

Is there a fix incomming in a future update for this? It would be helpful to have profiles included without having to revert to an older gcam version. 

[johnrellis]

"Is there a fix incomming in a future update for this?"

Adobe rarely comments on when a bug might be fixed or when a new version is coming out. They release new versions of Lightroom Classic, Lightroom, and Camera Raw about every eight weeks., so we might expect to see a release this week or next.