How do I create a jpeg from raw, with camera settings applied?
May 21, 2015 21:13:09 #
Garyminor
Loc: Raleigh, NC
How can I use a raw image to get a jpeg image that has all of the camera settings applied? I'm using a Canon EOS 70D, along with Digital Photo Professional and Photoshop Elements 13.
I presently shoot raw and JPEG. When I use Photoshop Elements to view the same picture sooc (straight out of camera)in each of the different formats, there is a distinct difference.
I know that can modify the raw file and save it as a jpeg, and with enough skill, I can make the modified jpeg look just like the original sooc jpeg.
However, I would like to shoot only in raw, and create a jpeg of just a select few, and have the created jpeg reflect the camera settings.
Any help or comments are welcome.
I presently shoot raw and JPEG. When I use Photoshop Elements to view the same picture sooc (straight out of camera)in each of the different formats, there is a distinct difference.
I know that can modify the raw file and save it as a jpeg, and with enough skill, I can make the modified jpeg look just like the original sooc jpeg.
However, I would like to shoot only in raw, and create a jpeg of just a select few, and have the created jpeg reflect the camera settings.
Any help or comments are welcome.
May 21, 2015 21:25:24 #
Just go to one of your menus that has Quality. You will see that there are options here. This includes shooting only in RAW, shooting in JPEG or shooting in both. I do the latter. When shooting in RAW, you generally have to convert to JPEG to print, or to send the photo in email etc. I took one long cruise to Greece, Turkey, Ukraine , Bulgaria etc and shot only in RA. I will never do it again. Too much conversion work.
May 21, 2015 21:36:00 #
Garyminor wrote:
How can I use a raw image to get a jpeg image that... (show quote)
You would be better off making a .tif file and saving that to make your .jpg. It can be used 1,000 times and no loss of quality will occur.
May 21, 2015 21:37:14 #
rogernoel wrote:
Just go to one of your menus that has Quality. You will see that there are options here. This includes shooting only in RAW, shooting in JPEG or shooting in both. I do the latter. When shooting in RAW, you generally have to convert to JPEG to print, or to send the photo in email etc. I took one long cruise to Greece, Turkey, Ukraine , Bulgaria etc and shot only in RA. I will never do it again. Too much conversion work.
May have taken some time, but your results were better for it as a raw file provides much more information to work with. Many, including me, consider raw to be the digital equivalent of a negative.
May 21, 2015 21:37:51 #
Garyminor wrote:
How can I use a raw image to get a jpeg image that... (show quote)
DPP applies the in camera settings as a default. A . CR2 file transferred with EOS utility keeps that info. If you export it as a JPEG then you get the JPEG. If you change it you can export it as different JPEG.
Does that address your question?
Cheers!
May 21, 2015 21:40:18 #
Lightroom makes it much less distasteful if you want to go exclusively with RAW. You have full control over WB and other settings that the camera makes decisions on when you are in JPG only. Also, you can setup a preset that removes the distortion and chromatic aberration that a particular lens is known to have during the importing process, saving much editing time. Many times, I shoot both formats and, if the JPG is close to what I want, I'll tweak it a little bit and save my major edit jobs on RAW files for those that are real WOW shots or that need more details recovered from shadows, etc. than JPG will allow. You just have to decide how much work you want to do to get to where you want your images to be. Good luck.
May 21, 2015 21:41:34 #
May 21, 2015 21:41:35 #
Garyminor wrote:
However, I would like to shoot only in raw, and create a jpeg of just a select few, and have the created jpeg reflect the camera settings.
Two possible solutions come to mind. But I shoot Nikon so the precise information you need isn't what I have...
First, I would assume that the software that came with your camera will process a RAW file using the "as shot" camera configuration. Probably no other raw converter will do that quite as well.
Next, your RAW file has an embedded JPEG file in it. There are many programs that will extract it. Here are two ways:
dcraw -e IMG_0001.CR2
produces a full size JPEG name IMG_0001.thumb.jpg
exiftool IMG_0001.CR2 -previewimage -b > IMG_0001.JPG
outputs a file IMG_0001.JPG
May 21, 2015 21:42:23 #
Garyminor wrote:
The idea is to produce a better result, not a scaled down camera JPG....I know that can modify the raw file and save it as a jpeg, and with enough skill, I can make the modified jpeg look just like the original sooc jpeg...
Sounds like you are not ready to PP raw if this your goal.
SOOC is the most important part. Get that right, the rest (like PP) becomes important only if you take time and place efforts onto your capture(s) to make it a photograph.
How? By learning WB, zone masking and the like so that you push the limits until you are satisfied with your results.
Use the post processing section to ask specific questions on each area where you have difficulties and do not hesitate to do your own research, there are many free resources available on the web from professionals web sites to hobbyists who post 'how to videos'.
May 21, 2015 23:14:52 #
May 22, 2015 02:27:45 #
Garyminor wrote:
How can I use a raw image to get a jpeg image that... (show quote)
Gary, as Peter said, ONLY DPP can recognize your presets and convert them.
You could convert in DPP to a tiff then send THAT to an Adobe product or other. Good luck. ;-)
SS
May 22, 2015 06:43:38 #
Garyminor wrote:
... However, I would like to shoot only in raw, and create a jpeg of just a select few, and have the created jpeg reflect the camera settings.
Any help or comments are welcome.
Any help or comments are welcome.
Yes I know you presently use other pp programs but you did say "any". If other posters don't get heartburn I'd like to mention using Capture One Pro.
With it you can automatically convert the RAW file, (or jpeg), to a really good photo on screen, then either print it out as jpeg or continue modifying whichever images you choose then pring it out.
As with other pp's they offer a free trial, pay monthly, or buy outright. They also sell it at B+H or if your interested in it, my friend is an "ambassador" and has a discount code you can use. (Let me know if you want it I'll send it to you.)
May 22, 2015 07:22:35 #
Garyminor wrote:
However, I would like to shoot only in raw, and create a jpeg of just a select few, and have the created jpeg reflect the camera settings.
Any help or comments are welcome.
However, I would like to shoot only in raw, and create a jpeg of just a select few, and have the created jpeg reflect the camera settings.
Any help or comments are welcome.
We might be able to help if we understood exactly why you want to shoot only RAW. Is it a storage memory issue?
May 22, 2015 07:29:03 #
cjc2 wrote:
May have taken some time, but your results were better for it as a raw file provides much more information to work with. Many, including me, consider raw to be the digital equivalent of a negative.
That would be your opinion based on facts the poster did not provide. In other words, don't post what you don't know. :thumbdown:
May 22, 2015 07:44:28 #
Garyminor wrote:
How can I use a raw image to get a jpeg image that has all of the camera settings applied? I'm using a Canon EOS 70D, along with Digital Photo Professional and Photoshop Elements 13.
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However, I would like to shoot only in raw, and create a jpeg of just a select few, and have the created jpeg reflect the camera settings.
Any help or comments are welcome.
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However, I would like to shoot only in raw, and create a jpeg of just a select few, and have the created jpeg reflect the camera settings.
Any help or comments are welcome.
Your best bet if you want the same jpeg image as the camera would produce, is to use the software supplied by Canon for RAW conversion. If you tell it to use the camera settings and don't make any adjustments it will probably produce exactly the same image your camera would have if it had been making the conversion. But consider whether that is really what you want.
Recently I decided I was spending too much time on post-processing too many images so I started with a bulk conversion this way. In reviewing them I found that my editor (I use PSP X7) would, in its automatic mode, do a better job than my camera.
On reflection, it does seem that my editor should be able to do a better job at automatic processing; a camera is operating on a more serious time constraint. When processing at the PC, it matters little to me whether the processing takes 10 ms or three seconds whereas he camera taking even one-half second would be simply unacceptable.
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