Architect1776 wrote:
Why do people waste time converting to TIFF.
The raw has all the data and from what I see most all, if not all, web sites only use JPEGs.
Also most printers seem to require JPEGs. Perhaps some special printers use TIFFs.
But overall they seem like a waste of life when one has the raw file.
People probably don't "convert" to tiff. They work on the raw file and then "save" as a tiff (or psd). The reason for this is that you can't save your work after done editing the raw as a raw again. You must save it as something other than the original. The biggest reason to save as a tiff is because many people use layers and only certain file formats will save all the layers. The second reason is because a tiff is a 16/32 bit file - more data means more detail and range of color. A jpg is only an 8-bit file.