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Are you intrigued by the look of infrared photography, but frustrated by the complicated editing process? Do you struggle with getting a good white balance or achieving the “blue sky” look? Are you looking for a streamlined workflow that doesn’t require you to create custom profiles or become a Lightroom or Photoshop wizard? This course is for you. You don’t need any prior experience with infrared photography or with Lightroom.

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Color infrared photography offers stunning results, with golden skies, brilliant white clouds, and baby blue foliage. However, getting the white balance right can be a tricky process. Many raw editors aren’t equipped to handle the unique characteristics of infrared light. Let’s break down why and show how you can achieve truly vibrant color in your infrared images.

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Infrared Light & White Balance

The white balance settings in many raw photo editors are designed for visible light. They support a range of color temperatures from 2,000 to 50,000 Kelvin. However, infrared light has a much lower temperature of around 900 Kelvin. This difference can lead to unwanted red casts in your color infrared images if you rely solely on standard white balance adjustments. Infrared images captured with a 590 nm, 665 nm, or 720 nm filter are particularly susceptible to this issue.

Custom Profiles

For some raw editors, the solution is to use custom profiles. These raw editors can benefit from custom profiles.

• Adobe Lightroom
• Adobe Lightroom Classic
• Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw
• DxO PhotoLab 8
• Exposure X
• Skylum Luminar Neo

These raw editors can set a good white balance for infrared images, without the need for custom profiles.

• Capture One
• darktable
• ON1 Photo RAW
• Photomator
• Pixelmator Pro
• RawTherapee
• Serif Affinity Photo 2

Info For more information, check out Raw Editors for Infrared Photography.

Creating Custom Profiles

The traditional method for creating a custom profile is using the Adobe DNG Profile Editor. However, the DNG Profile Editor is unsupported by Adobe. It hasn’t been updated since 2012. Additionally, it doesn’t work on recent versions of macOS, preventing Mac users from creating custom profiles.

The Infrared Profile Pack

Fortunately, there’s a straightforward solution: the Infrared Profile Pack. This free pack of profiles is designed for color infrared photography and addresses this challenge directly.

• What it Does: These profiles enable you to adjust the temperature and accurately set the white balance for your color infrared images shot with 590 nm, 665 nm, or 720 nm filters.
• Raw Editor Compatibility: The profiles work with Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, Photoshop Camera Raw, DxO PhotoLab 8, Exposure X, and Skylum Luminar Neo.
• Camera Coverage: The pack includes profiles for over 400 cameras!

How to Use the Infrared Profile Pack with Lightroom

1. Install the Profiles: Download and install the Infrared Profile Pack.
2. Access the Profile Browser: Within the Lightroom Edit panel, find the Profile Browser icon. Expand the Profiles Group.
3. Select a Profile: Choose either Infrared Temp -50 or Infrared Temp -100. Start with -100 for a more significant temperature shift.
4. Adjust White Balance: Use the white balance picker and click on a neutral element in your image, such as clouds or pavement.

Don’t Worry About the Numbers!

Since the profile has shifted the temperature scale, the values no longer represent actual Kelvin values. This isn’t as important as achieving a white balance that cleanly separates the colors of your sky and foliage. As long as you can get your desired result, the numerical value is less important.

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• DCP or Digital Negative Camera Profiles, convert raw image data into a color space, such as ProPhoto RGB or AdobeRGB, with a particular tone and color. They can adjust the white balance for infrared photography beyond the raw editors’ normal color temperature range. You can download free DCP profiles for your camera in the Infrared Profile Pack.
• XMP or enhanced profiles can build new styles on top of DCP profiles. In infrared photography, we use XMP profiles to swap colors. You can learn more about XMP profiles in the Lightroom Infrared Color Swap Profiles. Only Adobe Raw editors support XMP profiles.

Automatic Profile Installation

Info Automatic installation of profiles into any Adobe desktop raw editor supports all Adobe desktop raw editors: Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, and Photoshop Camera Raw. Restart applications to load newly imported profiles.

Lightroom

Follow these instructions to install profiles into Lightroom (desktop) and Lightroom Mobile for Android or iOS. Profiles will automatically sync to your Lightroom mobile devices in a few minutes.

1. Open Lightroom (not Classic) on the desktop.
2. In the File menu, select Import Profiles & Presets….
3. Select the .zip file containing your profiles or select the individual .dcp and/or .xmp files.
4. Click the Import button.
5. Lightroom will place the profiles in the correct location.
6. Repeat the import process until you have imported all of the .zip, .dcp, and .xmp files.
7. Restart Lightroom.

Warning: Apple iOS devices cannot load profiles directly. Install your profiles with Lightroom Desktop, and they will sync to Lightroom mobile on your iOS devices via your Adobe Cloud account.

Lightroom Classic

Follow these instructions to install profiles into Lightroom Classic.

1. Open Lightroom Classic.
2. In the File menu, select Import Develop Profiles and Presets….
3. Select the .zip file containing your profiles or select the individual .dcp and/or .xmp files.
4. Click the Import button.
5. Lightroom Classic will place the profiles in the correct location.
6. Repeat the import process until you have imported all of the .zip, .dcp, and .xmp files.
7. Restart Lightroom Classic.

Photoshop Camera Raw

Warning: Photoshop Camera Raw can only import profiles contained in a zip file. To import individual DCP or XMP files, use Lightroom or Lightroom Classic.

1. Open Photoshop.
2. Open Camera Raw either by opening a raw image or opening any image and selecting Camera Raw Filter… from the File menu.
3. In Camera Raw, to the right of the Profile drop-down selector is the Profile Browser icon. This icon is three squares and a magnifying glass. Click the Profile Browser icon.
4. To the right of Profile, click the three dots for More profile options.
5. Select Import Profiles & Presets….
6. Select the .zip file containing your profiles. (Camera Raw can only import profiles in zip files.)
7. Click the Open button.
8. Close Camera Raw.
9. Restart Photoshop.

Photoshop Elements

Follow the Manual Profile Installation.

DxO PhotoLab

DxO PhotoLab only supports DCP profiles. It does not support XMP profiles.

Installation

• In the PhotoLibrary, select an image to edit. Open in Customize.
• Select the Color tab, the three circle icon button near the top of the right side column.
• Open the Color/B&W Rendering module.
• In the Type field, select DCP Profile.
• In the Rendering field, select Import DCP profile....
• Select the DCP file to import.

Usage

• Open the RAW White Balance module.
• Select the Pick color tool. Then point to a neutral (white or gray) subject in your image.

Exposure X

Exposure X only supports DCP profiles. It does not support XMP profiles.

1. Open Exposure X.
2. Open a raw image.
3. In the Basic panel, in the Profile drop-down selector, normally set to Standard, select Import.
4. Select the .dcp profile to import.
5. The profile will appear in the Profile dropdown selector.

Skylum Luminar

Skylum Lumninar only supports DCP profiles. It does not support XMP profiles.

1. Open Luminar
2. Open a raw image.
3. Expand the Develop panel.
4. Select the Profile dropdown selector, which normally shows Luminar Default.
5. Select Add Custom DCP....
6. Select the .dcp file to import.
7. The profile will appear in the Profile dropdown selector, under Custom Profiles.

Manual Profile Installation

Info Manual profile installation only applies to Adobe Raw editors. Once manually installed, profiles are available to all Adobe Raw editors, including Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, Photoshop Camera Raw, and Photoshop Elements.

DCP Profiles in MacOS

• Open the Finder.
• Use the keyboard shortcut Command + Shift + G to display the Go to the folder dialog, then paste the following path.
  • ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CameraRaw/CameraProfiles/
• Drag or copy .dcp files into this location.

You can organize large numbers of profiles in the CameraProfiles folder by placing them into sub-folders. This does not affect how profiles are displayed in the Profile Browser within the raw editor.

XMP Profiles in MacOS

• Open the Finder.
• Use the keyboard shortcut Command + Shift + G to display the Go to the folder dialog, then paste the following path.
  • ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CameraRaw/Settings/
• Drag or copy .xmp files into this location.

You can organize large numbers of profiles in the Settings folder by placing them into sub-folders. This does not affect how profiles are displayed in the Profile Browser within the raw editor.

DCP Profiles in Windows

• Open Windows Explorer (the file explorer, not the browser).
• Paste the following path into Windows Explorer address bar:
  • C:\Users\%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CameraRaw\CameraProfiles\
• Drag or copy .dcp files into this location.

You can organize large numbers of profiles in the CameraProfiles folder by placing them into sub-folders. This does not affect how profiles are displayed in the Profile Browser within the raw editor.

XMP Profiles in Windows

• Open Windows Explorer (the file explorer, not the browser).
• Paste the following path into Windows Explorer address bar:
  • C:\Users\%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CameraRaw\Settings\
• Drag or copy .xmp files into this location.

You can organize large numbers of profiles in the Settings folder by placing them into sub-folders. This does not affect how profiles are displayed in the Profile Browser within the raw editor.

Find Folder with Lightroom Classic

You can also use this method to find the profile location for your operating system using Lightroom Classic.

1. Open Lightroom Classic.
2. Open Preferences.
   • macOS: Select Lightroom Classic menu, Preferences, or use keyboard shortcut Command + , (comma).
   • Windows: Select Edit menu, Preferences, or use keyboard shortcut Ctrl + , (comma).
3. Select the Presets tab.
4. In the Location group, select the Show Lightroom Develop Presets button. This should open a folder window in the following location.
   • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CameraRaw/
   • Windows: C:\Users\%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CameraRaw\
5. Within the CameraRaw folder, there are two key folders; CameraProfiles and Settings.
6. Copy all of the .dcp files for your camera into the CameraProfiles folder.
7. Copy all of the .xmp files for your camera into the Settings folder.
8. Close Lightroom Classic.

Troubleshooting

Help: If you do not see these profiles for your camera, ensure that you have copied the correct profiles for your camera to the correct location. Restart Lightroom or Photoshop. The article Where are my profiles? can help troubleshoot.

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LUTs for Color Infrared Video and Photography

Faux Infrared LUTs and Profiles

Install LUT File

• Open DxO PhotoLab.
• Select an image and select the Customize tab.
• In the right column, select the Color tab.
• Enable the LUT Grading module.
• In the Type dropdown, select Custom.
• In the Rendering dropdown, select Import (..cube).... This is locationed above None and you may need to scroll up to see it.
• Select a .cube file to import and select Open.

Note DxO PhotoLab is only able to import one LUT at a time. There is a feature request to add multiple LUTs at one time.