Giving Nikon Digital Photos that Canon Look
For years I've used both Canon and Nikon digital cameras. Often we've shot photos of the same event and at times I've really admired the slightly warmer, richer color of the Canon shots, especially for skin tones. The Nikon seems more accurate. But who said that totally accurate was always the most pleasing? Sometimes. But not always. But what makes the difference? What gives Canon that certain warmth vs. Nikon? It's not color temperature. You can slide the color temp in Camera Raw or Lightroom left and right all you want and you'll never get a Nikon digital SLR to mimic the Canon. It's not saturation either. You can increase saturation or vibrance in Lightroom but it will only occasionally look a little more Canon like. Not it. Nor is it overall Color Balance. It turn out though, by using Photoshop's Selective Color correction layer you can mimic a Canon digital SLR very closely. Choose Selective Color in the correction layers. Red is