Patent ID: 8194993

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: performing, by one or more computing devices: examining metadata corresponding to a set of input images to determine information indicating how the input images were captured; determining, from the information indicating how the input images were captured, a particular workflow for processing the set of input images; locating, in a profile database, a particular profile that best matches the metadata corresponding to the set of input images, wherein said locating comprises: determining a particular type of lens that was used to capture the set of input images from the metadata; and searching the profile database to locate the particular profile for the type of lens, wherein the particular profile includes information corresponding to the particular type of lens that was used to capture the set of input images; retrieving, from the particular profile, additional information corresponding to a process performed in the particular workflow and specific to a particular camera/lens combination indicated by the particular profile; and processing the set of input images according to the particular workflow to generate one or more output images, wherein said additional information is applied in said processing.