I figured that out... I had to update my Adobe Camera Raw so I could
open them directly in Photoshop.

-Jim
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David Burren wrote:
>
>
> On 15/07/2009, at 8:28 AM, D Marcotte wrote:
> >
> > You can download one or more of the 3 images here:
> >
> > <http://www.bydawnlight.com/shared/False%20Colour%20IR/
> <http://www.bydawnlight.com/shared/False%20Colour%20IR/>>
> >
>
> I hope you don't mind, but I've processed these and put up a temporary
> gallery at
> http://khromagery.com.au/samples/marcotte1
> <http://khromagery.com.au/samples/marcotte1>
>
> Jim mentioned the RAW files were B&W: yes a B&W picture style had been
> used so the JPEG preview embedded in the supplied files was B&W. But
> when the RAW data still has colour information.
>
> To set a custom WB in-camera on your 450D, take a photo of some sunlit
> grass and use the Custom WB function in the menus to use that to
> define the WB. The images on the LCD will no longer appear red (of
> course, don't combine this with the B&W Picture Style).
>
> However, when you get the images into Adobe Camera Raw the WB setting
> will be outside the range allowed by the software, and the colours
> won't appear the same as on the camera's LCD. In that web gallery
> I've presented 4 versions of each image:
>
> 1.
> Using the standard profile, with the best WB setting possible (using
> the eye-dropper tool, I clicked on some sunlit grass). There's still
> a strong tint to the images, but if you take this into Photoshop and
> run various Auto Color and Red/Blue-swap functions you can easily get
> strong colours out of it. This is what the Khromagery FalseColour
> action does.
>
> 2.
> This is the above image after processing with the FalseColour action
> (with the default Hue adjustment).
>
> 3.
> Using a custom DNG profile, this is how strong the colours can be "out
> of the box". These images can then be processed further in Photoshop
> if you wish.
> Incidentally, I started to make a custom DNG profile for each filter,
> but they were very similar, and I ended up using the same custom
> profile for every image. They do need different WB settings though.
>
> 4.
> The same DNG profile, but instead of setting custom WB off the grass,
> I instead chose things like the sky.
>
> Do these examples help? Your first challenge is to learn how to set
> custom white balances both in the camera and in your RAW processor.
> Your next challenge may be to get a custom DNG profile set up to
> further improve things.
>
> By the way, you have some dust on your sensor!
>
> __
> David
>
>


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