"hue boost" setting in RAW fine tuning

Hi,
In the Apple default RAW fine tuning profile for then canon 1D mark III and many other cameras the default "hue boost" setting is at 50.
What default settings are you using for the "hue boost" setting?
Regards,
JO

It's a question of taste and depends on the subject as well. I'm also finding myself bringing the boost down on my D300 studio pics - I always found them to be a little hotter than what I was expecting and playing with the boost brought me back to where I wanted to be.
I like it at 100%, it gives the pictures more contrast.
But - as Skipatrol suggested - it limits the range control you get in the other bricks, since you've already kicked up the contrast in the first decoding step. There's no right or wrong here. I use several settings depending on where I want to go. It also very much depends on each camera and Apple's interpretation of its RAW files - which is why we can save presets and new default settings. The key here is playing around and finding what works for the look you're after...

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This is my default setup. I have no idea how this was set up, or if it's right... is there any information as to how to properly do this?
Any info would be helpful.
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Hi...
Thought I would throw in my few dollars worth here too, hope thats ok....
I agree with Allans comment, colour, white balance, RAW conversion its all entirely subjective to an individual's personal choice.... like the old saying.. 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder'.... I might think she looks pot ugly but if you like her look and she does it for you.... Hey.. How often has your 'best edited photograph' been highly appraised by some, but only ok'd by others.... ?
RAW conversion is a matter of personal taste... I quite like Apple's new RAW conversion in Aperture3, for me its got a 'bite' to it that I like... so much so I have converted my entire library... and i'm happy with it... But that's just me....
I use Canon camera's, and I might add that I never use Canon's DPP software that came with my EOS camera.... for me it doesn't even come close to Apple's RAW converter, I have not even got it installed on my imac....!
I also agree with Allans comment that there is no right or wrong settings... in a controlled environment ie a studio, you could go to great lengths getting a "perfect" controlled workflow. As for using software to create a RAW conversion as close to the manufacturer's as possible... Why not just use the manufacturer's software in the first instance.... If you want to get that close...?
And in no way will the Otter I am photographing hold that pose with the Rainbow Trout he just caught while I check my white balance with the appropriate card..
Photography is a creative experience.... go be creative.... whether you use software or not to get the 'perfect' RAW conversion... it's only perfect to you the individual... Mr Client cant tell what you used, I have never seen anybody I have ever shown a photograph to comment that they would like to know my RAW conversion technique's.....
However... because I like Aperture's RAW converter settings doesn't mean that I wont change them, I frequently set all the sliders to zero, and then make it up as I go along.... i strongly urge you to have a go... the results are/ can be surprising...!! Save your preferred presets for the different effects you like and apply them freely....
I think it's wrong to say, "I like the converter in Photoshop better than Aperture"... I bet I could do an edit in both... & I bet you my camera ( kidding of course ) you couldn't tell the difference, or which picture was edited with which RAW converter.... guaranteed...
So dont get bogged down with the 'his RAW converter must be better than mine' syndrome.... It's all in the eye of the beholder....
Best Regards to all...... Gerry........

Customising the RAW fine tuning as default for importing. In Aperture 3

RAW Fine Tuning.
I use a Canon G11 PowerShot camera.
I’m being unsuccessful customising the RAW fine tuning as default for importing new files, so each new RAW file imported come into Aperture 3 with the changes from the Apple default.
All I want to do is: reduct the boost from 1.0 to 0.5 and Hue Boost from 1.0 to 0.5.
I made the said changes by moving the sliders.
Then from the cog wheel (in RAW fine tuning) click on save as preset ( give it a name )
I now see it in the list , I click on it - click save as camera default - it now say camera default next to my custom settings.
However when I import new RAW files into Aperture 3, it imports the file with the Apple settings not my custom settings that are marked with camera default.
NB, I had not problem changing the above in Aperture 2 - I have done it before and I believe I have gone through the procedure correctly
Can anyone please help
Thanks Martin

Hi Matthew
What I'm doing is: setting the RAW fine tuning camera default ( to my custom settings) , so all new files being imported into Aperture 3 will take my custom settings as they are imported into Aperture 3.
I did this will Aperture 2 without any trouble . now I have upgraded to Aperture 3 the RAW fine tuning camera default is Apples and I have to change it from Apples to my custom preset.
It shows I have changed the RAW camera default to my custom settings in the drop down list but when I import files - they take the Apple preset not my custom settings ? ?
Martin

Understanding Aperture's RAW fine tuning ?

Dear Aperture Experts,
I have been trying to familiarize myself with the RAW fine tuning brick for a while based on both the manual and internet research. However, I feel I still do not sufficiently understand its functioning and even have more questions now. I have grouped them in two categories below and would very much appreciate any skilled comments.
I use Aperture 3.4.4 under OS 10.8.3 with Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 4.05.
Many thanks in advance !
Philippe
A) Overall usage of the RAW fine tuning brick
Under which circumstances do you tweak Apple's default settings at all? I have seen people advocating they never ever change anything here stating it would be almost impossible to achieve any better result compared with the default, whereas others claim the very first thing they do for each and every picture is adjusting the raw decoding parameters, this being the whole gist of using a RAW workflow.
It appears that except for the moiré/radius settings there are adjustment bricks that can achieve similar processing as the other RAW fine tuning parameters. Under which circumstances would it then be preferable to use the RAW parameters rather then a corresponding adjustment?
Apple's default decoding settings are dynamic in the sense that its not just a fixed set of parameters applied to every image. Rather, I could observe that at least two different De-noise settings are applied (with my Canon EOS 7D) depending on the ISO speed: 0 up to ISO 1600 and 0.1 for 3200 and higher ISO speeds. 2a) Are there other parameters that are dynamically changed according to image properties? 2b) Is there a way to keep this dynamic behavior in self-defined presets for parameters that have not been touched, e.g. keeping ISO depending de-noise while using a lower hue boost value? Note that on the opposite it appears impossible to save a preset without changing at least one parameter from the Apple default. This means that you cannot automatically (e.g. at import) apply a static (rather than dynamically changing e.g. according to ISO) set of parameters being identical Apples's default. Strange.
Is there a way to automatically apply different sets of RAW fine tuning presets according to image properties at import time? I know there is the possibility to trigger an applescript subsequent to an import process. Based on this I understand one could apply different adjustment presets therein, but I don't think this applies to RAW decoding presets as well.
B) Individual RAW fine tuning parameters
I think I understand boost/hue boost. No question here
At first glance, sharpening is clear as well. However, I do not really understand how this parameter interrelates with the associated details slider (which used to be an "edge" slider in previous versions, suggesting a different function). When should I tweak one rather then the other? It appears that for my camera those two parameters are always set to 0 in Apple's default. I cannot believe no sharpening is required at all.
I understand that moiré/radius work together, but do they interact with De-noise (which is located in the same section), or is the latter independent from the former pair?
Can the moiré parameter pair be used to reduce chroma noise? I did not succeed at it, the only effect I observed was a hue change in some areas. Does it mean this slider (pair) is restricted to eliminating color fringes along edges in repeating small sized patterns?

That's true, because i've exported the images from my Aperture Library to my desktop (original JPEG settings from Aperture), and at that time i maked the snapshot of the EXIF, but here is the EXIF FROM APERTURE::
http://www.ldbproduction.nl/EXIF_Aperture.jpg
There are what changes in the RAW and JPEG:
So is the pixel size different, the color Depth by JPG is 8 bit and by the CR2(RAW) file is it 16 bit.
And the most stranged thing i see now is that the JPG version is using the sRGB-profile and the RAW used the Adobe RGB (1998), i realy don't know how to handle that in the camera! There is only one choice to make.

Hue Boost in RAW fine tuning

Hello,
Does Hue Boost in RAW fine tuning really change anything.
I made a test with setting it to 1 and to 0 on a Canon 1D mark III file.
The exported 16-bit TIFs were exactly the same compared in Photoshop.
Apple writes in the manual that the Hue Boost default is 1 but on my Canon 1D mark III the Apple default is 0.5
Should I change it to 1?
Thanks,
JO

It's a question of taste and depends on the subject as well. I'm also finding myself bringing the boost down on my D300 studio pics - I always found them to be a little hotter than what I was expecting and playing with the boost brought me back to where I wanted to be.
I like it at 100%, it gives the pictures more contrast.
But - as Skipatrol suggested - it limits the range control you get in the other bricks, since you've already kicked up the contrast in the first decoding step. There's no right or wrong here. I use several settings depending on where I want to go. It also very much depends on each camera and Apple's interpretation of its RAW files - which is why we can save presets and new default settings. The key here is playing around and finding what works for the look you're after...

De-Noise setting with custom RAW fine-tuning ?

If I look at the De-Noise setting when using the Apple default you will notice that it varies with the ISO of the image (Njikon D4). As the ISO increases so does the De-Noise setting. This is often a good thing. If I save my own RAW fine-tuning setting with out touching the De-Noise setting and make it the Default, the De-Noise setting is no longer 'active' and just sits at zero for all ISO settings.
How do we create a custom preset that will automatically increase De-Noise when the images have a higher ISO?
JO

leonieDF wrote:
How do they differ after the last update? Ithink my Canon EOS 5D Mark II images now need less boost than before.
I have speculated elsewhere that software and camera manufacturers are pushing hotter and more "Disney-fied" defaults than they have in the past (and that these have always been "unreal"). My experience with a Sony a77 is that the newest RAW upgrade reverses (or calms) this trend.
The Sony a77 default setting under Apple RAW Compatibility Update 3 was too saturated and too contrasted (locally and globally). I pulled back Boost to 0.7 and Hue Boost to 0.6, and left the rest the unchanged. Under RAW Compatibility Update 4.0, I don't have to make as big a change, and settled on Boost=0.93 and HueBoost=0.70. I also tweaked the other settings -- the biggest change there was putting moire to zero.
That said -- I am having significant repeatable color problems with my NEC wide-gamut PA271W monitor, so I am going to have to revisit these settings after I resolve that. I made the new settings based on the Retina display and an NEC 2490WUXi2. They produce images that look great. I have not printed any yet, but getting matching prints has not been a problem in the past.
Do you change any settings other than Boost and Hue Boost?

Raw Fine Tuning - Custom Settings?

Good Day
I created custom settings in the "Raw Fine Tuning" palllete, I can't seem to change or remove them. Every new CF card I download automatically changes to this custom setting which I no longer want.
I have tried to change these custom setting and save them as camera raw default, but it just goes back to the old custom settings. I have also tried to re-set to default setting, no go. Also tried to "select all" and change them back to the "apple" raw settings, only the primary image changes, "primary only" is turned off. Please help?
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leonieDF wrote:
How do they differ after the last update? Ithink my Canon EOS 5D Mark II images now need less boost than before.
I have speculated elsewhere that software and camera manufacturers are pushing hotter and more "Disney-fied" defaults than they have in the past (and that these have always been "unreal"). My experience with a Sony a77 is that the newest RAW upgrade reverses (or calms) this trend.
The Sony a77 default setting under Apple RAW Compatibility Update 3 was too saturated and too contrasted (locally and globally). I pulled back Boost to 0.7 and Hue Boost to 0.6, and left the rest the unchanged. Under RAW Compatibility Update 4.0, I don't have to make as big a change, and settled on Boost=0.93 and HueBoost=0.70. I also tweaked the other settings -- the biggest change there was putting moire to zero.
That said -- I am having significant repeatable color problems with my NEC wide-gamut PA271W monitor, so I am going to have to revisit these settings after I resolve that. I made the new settings based on the Retina display and an NEC 2490WUXi2. They produce images that look great. I have not printed any yet, but getting matching prints has not been a problem in the past.
Do you change any settings other than Boost and Hue Boost?

Aperture 3 with Nikon D90 - How should raw fine tuning look like?

I try to trouble shoot my Aperture 3 (trial) installation. I have some troubles with the raw fine tuning controls and after reading the manual (again) I noticed that the fine tuning controls I get for my D90 are different from the ones displayed in the manual.
I get boost, hue boost / sharpening, edges / moire, radius, noise-reduction sliders.
In the manual there is no noise-reduction slider, just a check box for Auto Noise Compensation.
I got that control in Aperture 2, but not in Aperture 3. Now I’m wondering if something went wrong with my Aperture 3 installation. That would explain the problems I have with raw fine tuning. But before I try a complete clean install of my Mac i would like to know if I get the right raw fine tuning controls in Aperture 3.
Does anybody use Aperture 3 and a Nikon D90 and could tell me how the raw fine tuning controls he gets in Aperture 3 look like?
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Go to your d7100 shooting menu and choose NEF (Raw) recording > Type
Choose N Lossless Compressed
Then go to NEF (RAW) Recording > NEF (RAW) Bit depth
Choose 14 bits
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Your d7100 has a default RAW import preset - make sure you have somehow not changed that Apple Aperture coded
raw fine tuning preset - this could make all your images far less sharp on import. You can easily revert to the Aperture 3.6 raw import brick default for the d7100 if you have somehow changed it by error. And always be sure to use your Aperture loupe or full screen viewer when applying any adjustment bricks.
Finally be sure that you understand the differences between the Sharpen adjustment and the Edge Sharpen adjustment. Both of these are very sensitive and very different sharpening tools. I do not shoot with a d7100, but use other Nikon FX DSLR's and I have never felt that any of my NEF imports lacked either Sharpness or Edge Sharpness given the Apple Aperture default raw image digital converters for each particular Nikon body. Good luck.

Aperture 3.1.2 Raw fine tuning

Started to use manual control on my canon 60D. After importing the RAW files into aperture 3.1.2, the RAW fine tuning controls (except for boost and hue boost) are greyed out and not selectable. Is this normal? The controls work fine with other settings on the camera (Av, Tv, etc.). Thanks!

Actually, looks like the sliders are greyed out on all settings, manual, Av, and Tv?? This just happened recently and I don't think there was an update. I rebuilt the database already. Any suggestions?
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Docs for RAW fine tuning?

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There's nothing in the 400 page user guide about it.
Thanks,
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Look it up in the next help topic, "Performing Image Adjustments". It's got a hole chapter on Raw Fine Tuning.
Basically, "Boost" is increased contrast up to a measure Apple thinks right for your camera. Works quite well. Chroma Blur gets rid of colour based noise (spots of the wrong colour, e.g. green spots on skin, which is typlical for digital sensors).
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You can change any of these settings and save it under a new name.
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Cheers,
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RAW Fine Tuning Instructions

Am I missing it somewehere? I can't fine instructions or a guide to "RAW Fine Tuning" in the Adjustments secction. There doesn't seem to be anything under the Help menu-with either guide.

Found in a review of Aperture 1.1:
In addition to the reworking of the algorithms for RAW conversions, Apple has provided more control over RAW conversion parameters. In the new RAW Fine Tuning Adjustments HUD are the following sliders, all of which impact the RAW conversion specifically:
Boost - This is a simple tone curve control. When set to the far right, you get Apple’s standard conversion contrast. By moving the slider to the left, the picture becomes flatter. When the slider is all the way to the left, the tone curve is basically flat, or linear (though it appears a brightness-boosting gamma adjustment is still being applied).
Sharpening – There are two parameters, each with its own slider: Intensity and Edges. Sharpening can also be turned off altogether, though as we noted above, the sharpening was looking pretty darned effective in our session with Apple’s Schorr.
Chroma Blur – For controlling the level of smoothing applied to colour noise. Like Sharpening, Chroma Blur can be switched off completely by setting the single slider, Radius, all the way to the left.
Plus, Auto Noise Compensation, a new type of noise reduction in v1.1 that factors in ISO and length of exposure. This is a checkbox, not a slider, and is therefore either on or off.

RAW Fine Tuning Dimmed out for D80 RAW Picture

When I open a "RAW" file taken with a Nikon D80, the "RAW Fine Tuning" options are all dimmed out in the "Adjustment" panel and won't let me make adjustments. It shows my camera properly as a Nikon D80, but none of the sliders (Boost, Sharpening, Chroma Blur, etc) will work.
Is there some setting I have to adjust, or is it something else?

There may be a simpler solution yet - when you first click a raw file, all of these options are greyed out until the "real" file loads. At first it just displays a preview, and while that is happening, stuff is greyed out - once the file loads, the controls become active.
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I shoot about 1000 images a week with my 40d and edit/organize all of them in Aperture... the latest batch (a pretty important batch at that) of 800 or so imported fine but does not allow me to use the 'Raw Fine Tuning' options as if they are JPGs. I can still go to the images i imported last week and the RAW fine tuning works fine, even some in the same album... any ideas?
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more informaion:
today's images imported fine, so you can rule out the security patch.
even more peculiar i exported some of the images, and imported the same masters back in and much to my suprise the RAW fine tuning works. I rebuilt the library hoping that would help but it didn't, I'm just going to go back through the library and re-tag and rate my picks from the shoot, but any idea on how to keep this from happening again? it has to be some wacky setting or something, I can export the broken image and the import it again and it works fine.
any help would be appreciated
mark

Noise reduction - RAW fine tuning and the Noise Reduction tool

Hi,
1- If I get it right, Aperture's RAW fine tuning "Automatic noise compensation" (translated from French) option uses the camera's information to adjust the noise. Is that correct?
2- The Noise Reduction tool is there to provide additional noise reduction, but this makes you lose some details. Is that correct?
3- How do you use them? I often find the Noise Reduction tool a bit overkill, but that's me.
4- This one is just out of curiosity. How does A3 compare to LR3 beta for you in that regard? In my testing, LR3 did a slightly better job (but A3 totally beats the crap out of LR2 for noise). BUT I have an old D50, and newer cameras handle noise better (especially Nikon), so does it really make a difference for a 2008 or newer camera?
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Manusnake wrote:
pilotguy74 wrote:
I don't even have this option/checkbox in my Raw Fine Tuning brick.
I wonder if it's due to the type of files (Canon 7D). Do you still have those 7D files I sent you? Does the checkbox appear in Raw Fine Tuning for you with them?
I noticed this option in the manual the other day, but forgot about it until now.
True, it doesn't have the checkbox with the 7D files. However, it as a slider "noise suppression" (again translated) in the RAW fine tuning options (and still has the Noise suppression brick).
If you don't have this one too, have you reprocessed your images with Aperture 3? Since it has a new raw engine, it may be the cause of it.
I find it strange that Apple didn't tout the new RAW engine on Aperture 3 new feature, it clearly is an improvement over Digital Camera RAW 2, especially in noise suppression.
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Now with a lot of new cameras, noise processing is getting less important because the high iso performance is so good....but this is what makes Noise Ninja special...even when the noise adjustment is subtle, because it is working from a profile created with your camera, at the iso the shot was made at, its effects are seamless. They just announced a 64 bit plugin for Aperture 3, so no bouncing into 32 like other plugins at the moment...
Sincerely,
K.J. Doyle

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