Jeremy1981
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 p.1 #4 · Getting it right in camera, less post production? | |
ACR, by default, applies very flat settings which show a large dynamic range (at the expense of contrast) and the WB is set from the camera as long as ACR can read it. The flat look is normal, and you should be glad of it- that lack of contrast is what allows you to pull more detail from your photos. The jpg, while much more attractive to look at, loses a fair amount of data (varies camera to camera, but ~2-3 full stops of exposure lattitude) to show greater contrast in the image. The lack of saturation also allows more highlight recovery from the raw photo, where a fully saturated image may easily lose some datat due to clipping in an individual channel, making colors inaccurate.
RAW is not meant to be viewed as a final output, it is a -raw- output from the sensor, and converted with the in-camera tone curves to create a jpg. 'In camera' would refer to the tone curves (and exposure, sharpening, etc) applied by the camera in jpg conversion. The RAW file is really an intermediate stage, showing exactly what the sensor recorded.
In this situation, 'less pp' would be attained by finding good ACR settings for most of your work, and storing those as a standard profile to use on all your images. This would give a starting point closer to the desired result. Alternately, if you shoot a lot of pictures under the same conditions, you can make your adjustments once, and then bulk process all your shots from the session using the same settings. Then, if any of them are not good enough, you can go back and redo just those that really need it.
I hope this helps some.
Jeremy
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