Negative Lab Pro v2.2 - The Next Level of Color, Tone & Control

[nate]

@ShogunFritz

but only freshly scanned dng’s behave that way

Hi, this sounds like one a few things could be happening.

1. Make sure you are scanning RAW DNGs – it’s very easy to get the settings wrong in Vuescan - where it will create a DNG, but it will not be raw (it will just be a TIFF with a DNG wrapper). In that case, the profiles would not load, and that would be why the previous scanned worked and the new ones do not.
2. If you are using a different scanner or a different version of Vuescan, you may need to run “File > Plugin Extras > Update Vuescan/Silverfast DNG.” This will update the metadata to make sure Lightroom recognizes the scanner correctly.

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@TakeFive

When I go to Lightroom Plug-in Manager, in LR Classic, and select a Plug-in it usually tells me the version number of the Plug-in I have installed. Unfortunately, NLP does not.

It does show the version number.

You just need to scroll down in that window below where it has the license key activate information.

You can also always see the version number on top of the tool itself when you use it.

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@12grayclouds

Nate I suggest that you actually rename the profiles even tho they haven’t been updated, so they match the version to avoid user confusion and user time wasting trying to figure out what they have done wrong.

This would cause major issues and headaches. For instance, if I renamed these profiles as v2.2, it would immediately break all of your old conversions in LR (because LR would be looking for v2.0 or v2.1 and without finding them, would default back to “Adobe Standard” profile, thus changing the foundation of the image and breaking the conversion).

I’ll just try to communicate better what you should expect to see. As of now:

Camera Scanning Current Profile Version: “Negative Lab v2.0”
Vuescan/Silverfast Current Profile: “Negative Lab v2.1”

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@Digitizer

@nate, what is the relation between, say, the Frontier Color Model on the first tab and the Frontier LUT on the second tab?

Does it make sense to either select both of the same name or mix whatever does the job? Are there any limitations or recommendations concerning mix or match? Can you please elaborate?

Good question!

The LUTs allow for much more precise emulations than the pre-conversion color models (which are changing colors more broadly). It’s also nice to be able to adjust the LUTs after conversion, rather than having to go back and reconvert. For this reason, I’m starting to move away a bit from the pre-conversion color models and more towards the LUTs.

In general, I would recommend using the “standard” color model since it will be the most neutral conversion and gives me the most flexibility in editing (you can still use other color models options, you just may end up wanting to use a different strength on the LUT). On my Fuji XT-2, I always have it set now to Standard color model and Pre-Sat 5. Then adjust the type and strength of LUTs profiles after conversion.

Hope that helps!