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After reading both the User's Guide and The VueScan Bible, I am now trying to set up VueScan to give me files that I can both use as digital masters and for any post-processing in LR. The issue that I am trying to better understand is how VueScan's raw file in DNG format differs from an outputted TIFF file with respect to White Balance in LR. The DNG raw file shows me the standard White Balance options for a raw file with the temperature scale displaying the color temperatures. The TIFF file that was outputted shows me the scale that is used with jpeg files and displays a scale from -100 to +100. This makes full sense to me if I was working with a raw and jpeg files from a camera, but I am a bit uncertain about what I am actually gaining from VueScan's DNG raw file format with respect to white balance. Is this file more malleable (like a raw file) when it comes to setting white balance, or is it just displaying the color temperature scale because the file is in DNG format, and it doesn't actually offer me any more leeway that the TIFF output file? I know that the Color Balance setting in VueScan on the Color Tab seems to impact one of the two files (the TIFF I am assuming) as they appear different. I have no objections to working in the DNG format for the master file, but TIFF is a bit easier if I end up sharing the files with people.
Also, one related question regarding Output Color Space. The usual choices are available (including sRBG, Adobe RGB and ProPhoto RGB). I am normally used to working with raw camera files that have no assigned color space and I just assign a space to any derivative file on export, but I am not sure what would be a good color space to assign to these files. I plan on processing them in LR, but they are also master files and it would be nice (but not absolutely necessary) if they were readable outside of LR should they be shared without any LR processing.
Any thoughts?
--Ken
Also, one related question regarding Output Color Space. The usual choices are available (including sRBG, Adobe RGB and ProPhoto RGB). I am normally used to working with raw camera files that have no assigned color space and I just assign a space to any derivative file on export, but I am not sure what would be a good color space to assign to these files. I plan on processing them in LR, but they are also master files and it would be nice (but not absolutely necessary) if they were readable outside of LR should they be shared without any LR processing.
Any thoughts?
--Ken