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12 years 5 months ago #160455 by 65byi
What do you do with all of the RAW files that you have already converted to JPEG? Keep them or send them to the recycling bin? I just dont know what I need to do with them! Please help. Thanks in advance.
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12 years 5 months ago #160458 by 4UThomas
Well on the photos that are no good, I throw away the raw. On the photos I like, I keep the raws in a seperate folder. You never know when you may need to access that raw file again.
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12 years 5 months ago #160464 by Mugsy

65byi wrote: What do you do with all of the RAW files that you have already converted to JPEG? Keep them or send them to the recycling bin? I just dont know what I need to do with them! Please help. Thanks in advance.


I suppose this goes along the same lines of film negatives. Did you throw away negatives?
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12 years 5 months ago #160468 by 65byi

Mugsy wrote:

65byi wrote: What do you do with all of the RAW files that you have already converted to JPEG? Keep them or send them to the recycling bin? I just dont know what I need to do with them! Please help. Thanks in advance.


I suppose this goes along the same lines of film negatives. Did you throw away negatives?


Actually I did throw my negatives away, after I am sure I would never want another copy.
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12 years 5 months ago #160518 by TheNissanMan
Wehn processing I tend to create a couple of folders before I do anything:

- Binned (RAW I don't like)
- Processed (Final JPG Files)
- Originals (RAW and XMP files)
- Scripted (Pics with borders on)
- Alamy (Final JPG Files that have not been cropped, had much editing done to them and think will pass Alamy QC, this one doesnt get used much lol)

That way I can easuily stop and start editing as time allows and I can see exactly what has been done :)
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12 years 5 months ago #160594 by Henry Peach
I keep most of the raw files from personal work. I often re-printed my negs differently as time passed, and I reprocess raw files too. Both my skill and the ability of the software increases over time.

I only discard raw files I am absolutely sure I will never want to reprocess differently. This is mostly family snaps and client work after a suitable amount of time has passed so I am sure I won't need the raw files again.
mattneedham.zenfolio.com
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12 years 5 months ago #160803 by Joves
I keep mine since they are original data files. I even have they and my other photos backed up. With storage as cheap as it is they dont take up that much room.
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12 years 5 months ago #160812 by cod
Keep! Always! They are the important files as far as I am concerned, More so than the processed jpegs (I keep those too of course.) The RAW can be reprocessed in different ways for other purposes later. One thing I've discovered is that as my skills progress and my toolbox gets bigger - new plug-ins, etc - I can sometimes go back and reprocessold images and get a much better finished product than the first time around.
Chris O'Donoghue
Winnipeg, Canada
codonoghue.prosite.com
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12 years 5 months ago #160818 by fotozone
Something I saw someone post here (I wish I could remember who) is that if you ever have to prove that a photo is yours the raw file is the easiest way to do so. That is the file that only the photographer has.
www.zazzle.com/thefotozone
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12 years 5 months ago #160822 by Joves

fotozone wrote: Something I saw someone post here (I wish I could remember who) is that if you ever have to prove that a photo is yours the raw file is the easiest way to do so. That is the file that only the photographer has.

That would be me. Which is very true for court if you ever find one of your images being used commercially without your permission. It is the original data file and would be evidence of your ownership, which means a Copyright violation. Also if you ever have that happen you need to register that image with the Copyright Office, you can go to the Copyright site for the amount of time between discovery and when it must be registered.
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12 years 5 months ago #160904 by Puter
When I get around to learning raw, I plan to keep them. It's a digital negative and for me I always kept my film negatives. To this day, I have a box full of negatives, while the prints are in albums.
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12 years 5 months ago - 12 years 5 months ago #161267 by Stealthy Ninja
Keep, they're like negatives. Using LR you can keep them nice and organized and HDDs are cheap.
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www.aevansphoto.com
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