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,Baydream wrote: Begin by shooting RAW+jpeg. That will give you the immediate advantage of seeing the "camera-adjusted" version and the RAW. Depending on your camera, the suffix will vary (Nikon NEF, Canon CR2, etc.)
You must use software that identifies your version.
First step, SAVE a copy to another folder. Once you edit and save, it will NOT be a RAW file. Save intermediate edits as TIFF or similar that do not lose data. Once you have your final version, save as jpeg for printing or web.
Remember, once you save the RAW will. it will no longer be RAW and data is lost.
Adjust white balance, contrast, colours (saturation/hue, etc.) and sharpness.
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,Correct. That's why you save a copy of the RAW file BEFORE you start editing. Think of it like your negative, once you alter a negative, you can not go back and "undo" it. Photoshop, Corel, etc. have looseless format in which to save as well as TIFF. Jpeg is called "loosey" since it compresses that data (finds 500 pixels of white and stores am algorithm that indicates that). Each edit and SAVE compresses the data further, so your FINAL save should be in pjeg.Jen0block4 wrote:
Baydream wrote: Begin by shooting RAW+jpeg. That will give you the immediate advantage of seeing the "camera-adjusted" version and the RAW. Depending on your camera, the suffix will vary (Nikon NEF, Canon CR2, etc.)
You must use software that identifies your version.
First step, SAVE a copy to another folder. Once you edit and save, it will NOT be a RAW file. Save intermediate edits as TIFF or similar that do not lose data. Once you have your final version, save as jpeg for printing or web.
Remember, once you save the RAW will. it will no longer be RAW and data is lost.
Adjust white balance, contrast, colours (saturation/hue, etc.) and sharpness.
Ok thats a good idea, shoot raw + jpeg. I'm a little confused about the other part... once I save raw, it will no longer be raw? I heard a raw file is untouched. Like I can't edit/save to a raw.
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Correct. That's why you save a copy of the RAW file BEFORE you start editing. Think of it like your negative, once you alter a negative, you can not go back and "undo" it. Photoshop, Corel, etc. have looseless format in which to save as well as TIFF. Jpeg is called "loosey" since it compresses that data (finds 500 pixels of white and stores am algorithm that indicates that). Each edit and SAVE compresses the data further, so your FINAL save should be in pjeg.Jen0block4 wrote:
Baydream wrote: Begin by shooting RAW+jpeg. That will give you the immediate advantage of seeing the "camera-adjusted" version and the RAW. Depending on your camera, the suffix will vary (Nikon NEF, Canon CR2, etc.)
You must use software that identifies your version.
First step, SAVE a copy to another folder. Once you edit and save, it will NOT be a RAW file. Save intermediate edits as TIFF or similar that do not lose data. Once you have your final version, save as jpeg for printing or web.
Remember, once you save the RAW will. it will no longer be RAW and data is lost.
Adjust white balance, contrast, colours (saturation/hue, etc.) and sharpness.
Ok thats a good idea, shoot raw + jpeg. I'm a little confused about the other part... once I save raw, it will no longer be raw? I heard a raw file is untouched. Like I can't edit/save to a raw.
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,MLKstudios wrote: I convert RAW files to Adobe's DNG format. Then edit those in Lightroom.
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,My initial RAW trials were pretty much the same outcome. Very disappointing, especially after all the wildly pro RAW topics I had read online. That initial editing effort seemed pointless because the editor I was using was so basic, lacking most of the features of Adobe's Elements. This forced me to do a TIF conversion almost immediately in the PP workflow. TIF works nearly as well as RAW, but expect enormous file sizes!I tried it once... and I couldn't find the raw file to edit it... then I couldn't figure out what the best file format was to save it as since I know that JPEG can sometimes mess things up... Also, I didn't really notice that much of a difference between the original jpeg and the raw version of the picture either...
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,Jen0block4 wrote: ...I thought you can edit a raw and later down the road open that same raw and edit it again.
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,Jen0block4 wrote: ... I couldn't find the raw file to edit it...
Jen0block4 wrote: ...then I couldn't figure out what the best file format was to save it as since I know that JPEG can sometimes mess things up...
Jen0block4 wrote: Also, I didn't really notice that much of a difference between the original jpeg and the raw version of the picture either...
Jen0block4 wrote: Can anyone give me like a step by step on shooting in RAW? Like as far as what to save it as to upload online, what the main things are that need to be adjusted in PP on RAW files... All that good stuff
Jen0block4 wrote: I would like to get over this fear as I get more serious with photography...
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