Iphoto RAW to jpeg conversion
Dec 22, 2014 17:05:03 #
I'll apologize for my ignorance in advance, but I have very little experience with Apple's Iphoto (version 9.5.1)
I am transferring my RAW images from Canon 5DII to Iphoto on my MacBook Air. Then I copy them to a Seagate external hard drive formatted to ExFat. When hitting "info" in Iphoto the images are identified as RAW. When I transfer them to the hard drive they are in jpeg format. I'm just dragging and dropping from IPhoto to the hard drive. What am I missing here? What do I need to do to preserve them on the hard drive as RAW images? I don't want to do any editing on the Mac. My plan is to transfer them eventually to my PC for editing in LR/PS in their original RAW format. The reason for these intermediate (Iphoto) steps is that I travel with the Mac and need a way to store the photos with backup until I return and am able to process them. Any help would be most appreciated.
I am transferring my RAW images from Canon 5DII to Iphoto on my MacBook Air. Then I copy them to a Seagate external hard drive formatted to ExFat. When hitting "info" in Iphoto the images are identified as RAW. When I transfer them to the hard drive they are in jpeg format. I'm just dragging and dropping from IPhoto to the hard drive. What am I missing here? What do I need to do to preserve them on the hard drive as RAW images? I don't want to do any editing on the Mac. My plan is to transfer them eventually to my PC for editing in LR/PS in their original RAW format. The reason for these intermediate (Iphoto) steps is that I travel with the Mac and need a way to store the photos with backup until I return and am able to process them. Any help would be most appreciated.
Dec 22, 2014 17:34:46 #
windshoppe wrote:
I'll apologize for my ignorance in advance, but I ... (show quote)
I believe that you will need to go into IPHOTO, select the images you wish to move and select FILE -> EXPORT and select original format/type to export as - that should skip the automatic drag & drop conversion.
Dec 22, 2014 17:42:22 #
windshoppe wrote:
I'll apologize for my ignorance in advance, but I ... (show quote)
Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but why not just use Image Capture instead of iPhoto to download. I would never run my raw files THROUGH iPhoto. I'm gonna keep them somewhere on my laptop and/or my little travel external drive, in their original raw form, so they can be transferred that way when I get home and get them onto my desktop system for processing. iPhoto does too much of its own tinkering to suit me.
Dec 22, 2014 17:49:31 #
minniev wrote:
Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but why not just use Image Capture instead of iPhoto to download. I would never run my raw files THROUGH iPhoto. I'm gonna keep them somewhere on my laptop and/or my little travel external drive, in their original raw form, so they can be transferred that way when I get home and get them onto my desktop system for processing. iPhoto does too much of its own tinkering to suit me.
IPHOTO does not harm the raw files, they will be just as they come from the camera - nondestructive IS nondestructive.
Dec 22, 2014 18:06:29 #
Dngallagher wrote:
I believe that you will need to go into IPHOTO, select the images you wish to move and select FILE -> EXPORT and select original format/type to export as - that should skip the automatic drag & drop conversion.
Bingo! That did it. Thank you so much.
Dec 22, 2014 18:08:33 #
Dec 23, 2014 12:22:53 #
davidcaley
Loc: Utah
windshoppe wrote:
I'll apologize for my ignorance in advance, but I ... (show quote)
Winshoppe, Your 'Imported" photos are not in iPhoto, they are stored in a file on your hard drive. Select one photo in your downloaded image and under menu "File" select "Reveal in Finder". You will be sent to the place where your images are stored for use in iPhoto: Finder/Pictures/iPhoto/iPhotoLibrary/Masters/2014/12/23 and there are your 'master' images.
This was a hard concept for me to get. Modern photo software does not touch your image, it references it and makes up a recipe attached to the file. When you open the image in iPhoto a JPEG version of the file is there for you to see, adjust, or export for printing, sending by email, etc. This is called a catalog system like Lightroom. Photoshop (including Elements) on the other hand makes changes to the original RAW file, unless after changes are made one file/Save AS and renames the file.
This explanation is in the category of "Non Destructive Editing"
So to retrieve and move your original RAW image files go to where they are stored, they are not "in" iPhoto.
Dec 23, 2014 12:25:51 #
davidcaley wrote:
Winshoppe, Your 'Imported" photos are not in ... (show quote)
Exactly the same as a MANAGED library in Aperture, and many apps on a Mac - known as a package file system.
Difficult to grasp at first, easy once you do.
:)
Dec 23, 2014 12:41:27 #
davidcaley wrote:
Winshoppe, Your 'Imported" photos are not in ... (show quote)
Good information. I was unaware of that, but now understand the concept, as I'm quite familiar with LR. Thank you.
Dec 23, 2014 12:41:43 #
Dngallagher wrote:
Exactly the same as a MANAGED library in Aperture, and many apps on a Mac - known as a package file system.
Difficult to grasp at first, easy once you do.
:)
Difficult to grasp at first, easy once you do.
:)
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