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Home » Infrared Channel Swapping

Infrared Channel Swapping

May 11, 2021 by A. Cemal Ekin
Infrared processed in lightroom channel swapping

The above image may appear to be a regular color photograph. Actually, you are looking at an infrared capture with false colors processed in Lightroom. In fact, there is a multitude of ways to treat an infrared capture as there is no correct color to speak of.

A little over three years ago, I wrote an article on channel swapping in Lightroom. However, I have found out that part of the process I described can be simplified and an alternate path may also be included. I also found my own instructions a bit confusing and decided that a simplified process is in order.

As I work on a process that will work on the current version of ACR and Lightroom, I have produced this set of images that shows the flexibility of infrared photography if one is interested in experimentations.

Below are the original capture and three variants directly coming from Lightroom with a little, one-time help from Adobe DNG Profile Editor. I understand that the editor is no longer available to download from Adobe, so I will provide links to download both Windows and Mac versions.

There are three additional posts in this sequence:

  • Infrared Channel Swapping, II
  • Infrared Channel Swapping, III
  • Infrared Channel Swapping, IV
Infrared capture as it came from the camera
Infrared processed in lightroom channel swapping
Infrared converted to black-and-white
Infrared processed in lightroom channel swapping

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  1. Haluk Atamal

    May 12, 2021 at 12:10 pm

    Your infrared excursions make me like, “eat your heart out Haluk”. Very interesting indeed.
    Thanks for sharing and Bayramın kutlu olsun!
    Haluk

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    • A. Cemal Ekin

      May 12, 2021 at 1:25 pm

      Haluk, get a small camera converted to IR and pour your heart out.

      Iyi bayramlar size de.

      Cemal

      Reply

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