Exporting/importing photos in full 32-bit representation (to train a neural network for image denoising)

[ggbutcher (Glenn Butcher)]

I wrote this a while ago, after I’d sorted through the ins and outs of the profile chain.

Article: Color Management in Raw Processing

Color Management in Raw Processing Introduction There are two fundamental aspects of making a presentable image from raw camera data that require our attention: tone and color. From the time we step up to the scene with our camera to the presentation of a finished image, consideration of these two characteristics is fundamental and persistent through the workflow. The management of tone is probably more universally comprehended; it starts with the scene’s dynamic range and the camera’s expos…

Most of the rest of color management literature goes hard into the theory and minutia, I just wanted something that rounded up the basic mechanics.