I have noticed sometimes that after doing adustments to a file when I tried to save it it, it saved the new adjustments, replacing the old file. Once I was at a customer's house and tried to download from my camera to her computer, It finally worked, but when I got home to do post processing, the photos were gone from my camera/card. Now in both cases I was in unfamiliar waters dealing with new software I did not know how to operate, but it is possible to lose stuff when you don't know totally what you are doing. I have found that instruction manuals these days are not very well thought out to be understandable to someone who is unfamiliar with the camera/system/software. They are written by people who already understand it, teaching how to do something requires a viewpoint from some one who does not already understand. I had a Math teacher who was great at showing 2 plus 2 equals 4, etc, including algebra, etc. but he could not seem to explain how it was done, he could only show the numbers written down in the proper sequence. I had been in a 'smart' class with good teachers, but when I changed to an art major I was put in a 'regular' class, and we went over and over basic math to the point of boredom and the other students just could not get it. Whereas other teachers were so good at teaching the 'process' you felt inspired to want to learn.
Ralloh wrote:
I think you are confusing the process. RAW files are not "converted" into anything. Whatever processing program you use, takes the data from the RAW file and creates a new JPG. The RAW file is not touched, changed, converted, or deleted. Something else happened here. I've seen some good advice here so give some of it a try. Good luck.