[Darktable-users] Profile color for NIkon D3200

[Génesis Gabriella 3G]

Hi to everybody!

I have a Nikon D3200 camera and recently I've chosen Darktable for editing
my photos.

Where I get the profile color for my camera? I don't know if it's the same
output color or the input color. When I import files on RAW the quality of
the color it's poor.

Is my camera supported by the application? I know that it compatible with
remote shooting.

Greetings.

[Robert William Hutton]

Hi Génesis,

As far as I can tell the D3200 is already fully supported in darktable 1.6.7. What do you mean by
"poor" colour? Could you upload a RAW file somewhere that shows the problem?

Regards,

Rob

Post by Génesis Gabriella 3G
Hi to everybody!
I have a Nikon D3200 camera and recently I've chosen Darktable for editing my photos.
Where I get the profile color for my camera? I don't know if it's the same output color or the input
color. When I import files on RAW the quality of the color it's poor.
Is my camera supported by the application? I know that it compatible with remote shooting.
Greetings.
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[Robert William Hutton]

Hi Génesis,

Here's what your sample image looks like for me, in darktable 1.6.6, darktable git master and geeqie:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/c0ga97j7g4dyo5f/AACFNLlQ6TMWBklQ8-mK31Mma?dl=0

Overall pretty much what I'd expect: the JPG preview embedded in the file has slightly more
saturated and contrasty colours than the RAW. This is because the RAW hasn't been processed yet.
For any image pretty much the minimum I'd do would be:

* In the exposure module, adjust the black point and exposure to maximise dynamic range (based on
the histogram) and make the colours richer
* Ensure the white balance is correct
* Crop/rotate
* Sharpen, perhaps with the equalizer or any other sharpening/local contrast module to taste
* Maybe tweak the tone curve to give a more pleasing gamma (i.e. tweak the relationship of the
midtones to the shadows and highlights).

Then I'd start thinking about the more artistic modules.

Do you see anything different to what I see? Are you using colour management? If so, what
calibration device?

Regards,

Rob

[Robert William Hutton]

One of my cameras is a D 3300 and the NEF Raws come out fine in DT.
Only comment is that the base curve sometimes blows highlights especially skin tones in high

dynamic range images. In this I just change the base curve and work form there.

Hi Roger,

Yeah, that's pretty much to be expected. I sometimes use a linear input colour profile too,
especially where there are very bright, saturated colours (like LED lights or sometimes under
coloured fluorescents).

For skin tones, I find the "reconstruct color" mode in highlight reconstruction does a good job.

Cheers,

Rob