photoshop - How to use a Xrite Colorchecker on a specific image to get the right colors?

I installed a setup, and I shot three photos with the same f/1.7 1/100s ISO100 condition:

How to use the Xrite Colorchecker (in photos A or B) to get calibrated colors, so that photo C will have proper colors?

Tools: Photoshop + Camera Raw + "ColorChecker Camera Calibration software v 2" (from Xrite), or any other freeware, but not Lightroom

Note: I've read many blog posts, tutorials, but it does not look so simple to do, thus this question ; please note that I don't want to make a "profile" for future use with this camera, but only to modify the colors for this specific picture / these specific lighting conditions.

Answer

Here is a useful tutorial, and a documentation in PDF: White Balance and Colour Calibration Workflow in Photoshop with the X -Rite ColorChecker Passport (Adobe Camera Raw 10.3 and Later).

The workflow is:

1. Shoot in RAW or DNG an image with the Colorchecker visible with good lighting


2. If needed, convert the RAW to DNG (either using Lightroom > Export > Filetype > DNG or using DNG converter


3. Use Xrite's "Colorchecker Camera Calibration" software in DNG mode to open the photo


4. Save the exported profile as .dcp file in C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CameraRaw\CameraProfiles


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   Open the image in CameraRaw and choose the profile in the Profile Browser:

   
   
   

   

   
   


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   Working!

   
   

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Failing methods I've tried (when using JPG or TIFF files):

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  Use Xrite's "Colorchecker Camera Calibration" software in TIFF mode (from a JPG converted to TIFF). The output is an .icm file, and I haven't found how to use this .icm in Photoshop or CameraRaw

  
  


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  Convert a JPG to DNG with DNG Converter: not working

  
  


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  Convert a JPG to DNG with Lightroom > Export: working, but:

  
  
  
  
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    this DNG cannot be read in Xrite's "Colorchecker Camera Calibration"

    
    
    
  
  
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    this DNG can be opened by Adobe's DNG_Profile_Editor_win_1_0_4.exe, and the latter can detect the Colorchecker and output a .dcp or .dcpr. But unfortunately, even when copying this .dcp in C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CameraRaw\CameraProfiles, this profile doesn't appear in the Profile Browser when opening CameraRaw with a JPG/TIFF

    
    
  
  
  
  

Conclusion: it doesn't work at all with JPG/TIFF (or JPG/TIFF converted to DNG), but it works with true RAW/DNG files.

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Other methods I've tried (when using DNG files as input):

• Use Adobe's DNG_Profile_Editor_win_1_0_4.exe: the output .dcp profile gives another color rendering than the one I obtain with Xrite's "Colorchecker Camera Calibration", when using it in CameraRaw.