Originally posted by F8&Bthere My settings are Adobe +1 +1 +1 vivid. I have to confess I find most unPPd images shot with neutral settings too flat. I don't worry about the settings other than the colour space since I rarely shoot jpeg, and since I post-process all my keepers to some degree. I like the latitude RAW formats give me to fix what I often screw up.
So, it appears from the replies thus far that what I am seeing is a brief jpeg preview. I guess I'll start working on some presets of my own to save repetition of adjustments in LR- I have tried a couple downloaded Pentax K10D/20D presets but I find them a bit too heavy handed for many shots. I also find it difficult to be consistent with the camera profile in LR- adobe standard is fine in most cases but I find it does a poor job on orange to my eye. Like I said, I'll have to play some more and fine tune.
Aha, that is exactly what is happening to you, I think. As I have no jpeg processing set up, I get the same from RAW as from jpeg. Here is my suggested procedure to fix this for you.
- Take an image using RAW+ that is a typical subject for you.
- Load the RAW image into LR
- Open the twinned jpeg with some viewer or other. Windows picture and fax will do, as long as it shows the jpeg as you want to see it.
- In the [Develop] module in LR, "develop" the image to match the jpeg.
- [Photo] > [New Preset]
- Name it whatever you wish (I used K10D)
- Create the preset.
- If you want to use these settings as the default, [Set Default Settings ...]
You can create presets for your preferences for different types of image as well, such as "Kids in the back yard", "Downtown buildings", "Sunset", whatever you like. You can then select the preset to apply on import when you import the images. The import routine will remember the one you last used, so be careful when you use more than one that you change it as appropriate.
Enjoy!