where to find RAW after saving in JPEG?
Mar 6, 2013 15:51:01 #
This is probably a stupid question, but I honestly don't know how to get an image into the RAW format for PP if it is already downloaded on the computer. I shoot in RAW and JPEG simultaneously and I know when I first load it the RAW file shows up, but can you go back to RAW after downloading and saving in JPEG or PS?
Mar 6, 2013 15:53:24 #
It should be in the same place as it was when you downloaded it originally. But that can depend on what software you are using also.
Mar 6, 2013 15:56:00 #
Mine always end up in the same folder that the jpeg images were stored in. Can you do a search for .RAW? Don't know what else to suggest. They are there somewhere.
Mar 6, 2013 15:57:42 #
ebrunner wrote:
Mine always end up in the same folder that the jpeg images were stored in. Can you do a search for .RAW? Don't know what else to suggest. They are there somewhere.
A search for ".raw" will yield nothing. But a search for .nef or .cr2 or whatever RAW format he is using may find them.
Mar 6, 2013 17:23:34 #
nickims2 wrote:
This is probably a stupid question, but I honestly don't know how to get an image into the RAW format for PP if it is already downloaded on the computer. I shoot in RAW and JPEG simultaneously and I know when I first load it the RAW file shows up, but can you go back to RAW after downloading and saving in JPEG or PS?
What post processing program are you downloading your photos to?
Mar 6, 2013 18:46:52 #
They are saved on the C drive in Libraries/Pictures then I process them in Photoshop CS6.
Mar 6, 2013 18:53:06 #
nickims2 wrote:
They are saved on the C drive in Libraries/Pictures then I process them in Photoshop CS6.
Sounds like a Mac computer. Are you using a Mac? If so are you loading into IPhoto. If so are have the been converted to DNG?
Mar 6, 2013 19:02:14 #
If you are using CS5 or CS6 see if your pictures show up in Bridge.
The original pictures should be in the raw file
The original pictures should be in the raw file
Mar 6, 2013 19:03:52 #
Mar 6, 2013 19:58:13 #
FilmFanatic
Loc: Waikato, New Zealand
spphoto wrote:
Mac do not have drives, every thing is on the desktop
Umm, say what? Sorry but you could not be more wrong if you tried. Macs have drives just like PCs but instead of calling them C: they have descriptive names. Yes you have a link to the hard drive on your desktop but that doesn't mean everything is on the desktop, whatever the +%#** that means.
Mar 6, 2013 20:08:41 #
spphoto wrote:
Mac do not have drives, every thing is on the desktop
Wow, where have I been storing all my stuff if they have no hard drives?
Some times PC users who call their main drive the "C" Drive carries this over to a Mac. While the Mac HD is not called "C" Drive the Mac computer still has a hard drive. In this case it is called "Macintosh HD" unless you choose to rename it. Say, to something like "C" Drive or "My Drive".
Mar 6, 2013 20:10:00 #
nickims2 wrote:
They are saved on the C drive in Libraries/Pictures then I process them in Photoshop CS6.
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Mar 7, 2013 05:44:30 #
jimbo70
Loc: Orange Park, FL.
I have CS3 and I can open Jpegs, Tiffs etc in ACR if I choose Camera Raw in the drop down menu in "Open As".
Mar 7, 2013 05:53:34 #
OK...
You really need to provide a bit more information (mostly already asked) to get an answer. Basically, the question is: What is your workflow to get the pictures from the camera and process them? The answer should include:
How do you get your images from the camera to computer?
- move them yourself to a folder / directory?
- use some software such as Lightroom (and what software)?
- with a card reader or from the camera?
Where do they go
- to a filesystem you manage?
- to a repository managed by the software you use?
From what you have said so far....
You can't 'get back to' raw from whatever format you have exported to in post processing, you need to locate the original file. Which implies you need to have made a raw file in the first place and copied it to your hard drive at some point either manually or via some SW.
If you copied it yourself, then just look where you put the files. FWIW, If you are on a MAC, it is not reasonable to put user files in either the system or user library although it is possible that some software might do that, typically in ~/library/application support/program name/
I put mine (manually) in:
user/pictures/cameraname/yearmonth/ making a new folder for each camera and each month. It is not a good idea to have thousands of files in a single folder and this approach lets me find things manually if I want.
Lightroom keeps its own folder system within user/pictures/ but the easiest way to find a file is to ctrl-click and choose "show in finder" from within the LR program (same for iPhoto or Aperture and many other programs)
You really need to provide a bit more information (mostly already asked) to get an answer. Basically, the question is: What is your workflow to get the pictures from the camera and process them? The answer should include:
How do you get your images from the camera to computer?
- move them yourself to a folder / directory?
- use some software such as Lightroom (and what software)?
- with a card reader or from the camera?
Where do they go
- to a filesystem you manage?
- to a repository managed by the software you use?
From what you have said so far....
You can't 'get back to' raw from whatever format you have exported to in post processing, you need to locate the original file. Which implies you need to have made a raw file in the first place and copied it to your hard drive at some point either manually or via some SW.
If you copied it yourself, then just look where you put the files. FWIW, If you are on a MAC, it is not reasonable to put user files in either the system or user library although it is possible that some software might do that, typically in ~/library/application support/program name/
I put mine (manually) in:
user/pictures/cameraname/yearmonth/ making a new folder for each camera and each month. It is not a good idea to have thousands of files in a single folder and this approach lets me find things manually if I want.
Lightroom keeps its own folder system within user/pictures/ but the easiest way to find a file is to ctrl-click and choose "show in finder" from within the LR program (same for iPhoto or Aperture and many other programs)
Mar 7, 2013 07:41:16 #
In Photoshop (at least in CS5), click on "Photoshop" in the top menu, then "Preferences", then "Camera Raw Preferences", then choose "Jpeg: Automatically open all supported jpegs", and, if you wish to , do the same with tiffs.
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