Infrared Insights - Best Raw Editor, Diffraction Calculator, Chrome Profile Pack


Best Raw Editor for Infrared

This latest video introduces my new summary of raw editors for infrared photography. This blog page lists the licensing, platforms, white balance, color swapping, and my recommendations for popular raw editors.

Raw Editors for Infrared Photography

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Visible Diffraction Calculator (Sneak Peek)!

I've built a new website that calculates diffraction for your camera and infrared filter! Select your camera and filter. The calculator will let you know which f-stops you can use to avoid diffraction. You can view this at https://www.diffraction.cam. That's diffraction dot CAM, as in camera, not dot com. I'll have a video explainer for this tool coming soon. Enjoy!

Chrome Profile Pack - Need Your Images!

I’m working on a free Chrome Profile Pack! This will include camera-specific profiles for Lightroom and Photoshop, giving you the flexibility to set a good white balance on raw files shot with an IR Chrome filter. To build this profile pack, I’ll need a raw image shot with IR Chrome from each camera model to be supported. Please share a raw or DNG IR Chrome image from your camera to help build this profile pack. Your files will only be used to create profiles and will not be shared. The resulting profile pack will be free!

Infrared book now available in Print, eBook, and Audiobook

The audiobook edition of Color Doesn't Exist: A Practical Guide to Infrared Photography is now available. You can hear a sample chapter in this video. You can also listen to the sample chapter or learn about any edition at colordoesntexist.com.

Gear

Camera Conversions & Infrared Filters

Raw Editors

  • ON1 Photo RAW Get 20% off with code ROBSHEA20
  • DxO PhotoLab Easy-to-use infrared raw editor; recommend Elite Edition.
  • Nik Collection Plugin suite for Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, and more.

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Rob Shea

Learn infrared photography with video tutorials, photo shooting and editing guides, tips, tricks, raw editor reviews, and product reviews. Get free downloads to help you to process infrared images. Learn new techniques to simplify the complex editing workflow for color infrared images in Adobe Lightroom and other raw editors. Rob wrote the book on infrared photography, a definitive guide for photographers new to and experienced with infrared photography. Sign up for the newsletter! You can see the prior newsletters below.

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Tricky White Balance in Infrared Photography How do you set a white balance in your infrared images when there are no color-neutral subjects? This video walks through setting a white balance manually and using the Histogram to help set a good white balance. Mastering Infrared Photography in Lightroom CLASSIC Course The Mastering Infrared Photography in Lightroom CLASSIC Course will drop later this month (August). You can learn more about this course or pre-order now. Mastering Infrared...

Which infrared profile should I use? Which profile should you use to set a white balance for infrared photography? The free Infrared Profile Pack contains two profiles. Let's review which to use with 550, 590, 665, 720, and 830 nm filters. Infrared Photography Course FAQ I'm using Lightroom Classic (or Photoshop Camera Raw or another raw editor). Is this course right for me? This first course is targeted at Lightroom users. All of the fundamentals in this course apply to both Lightroom...