And to think that with (reversal) film all I have to do is select a stock with an appropriate contrast (one works for most situations ), perhaps use an appropriate filter, and get the exposure right and it comes out OK. I am missing out on so many hours of fun!rjlittlefield wrote:[Harold, the piece you need to know here is that the "color profiles" are tables that essentially specify how to turn pixel values in the image file into pixel values for a specific output device. Strictly speaking, two profiles are required to complete the transformation: the one for the file turns image file pixel values into some standard scale, and a second for the device turns standard scale values into whatever that device needs.
Anyway, because the tables specify how to turn one value into another, they can incorporate all the aspects that we usually describe as "color balance", "contrast", and "brightness", as well as others that have no film analogs, and still more that I don't believe have common names at all.
Harold