need program for converting JPEG to RAW and information: Don't you need a special program to work with the Raw pictures? I CAN shoot in both (JPEG & RAW) .. but, in the past only used...

Barb Loc: ALASKA

Don't you need a special program to work with the Raw pictures? I CAN shoot in both (JPEG & RAW) .. but, in the past only used JPEG .. people have seen some of my shots & said they were good .. but, would be better if I were able to adjust them in the Raw format. I know NOTHING about Raw .. I have heard you need a special program & it is quite complicated. HELP!

MWAC Loc: Somewhere East Of Crazy

Your camera manufacture should have a RAW converter available for download on their websites. I know Canon and Nikon have them.

mdorn Loc: Portland, OR

Barb wrote:

Don't you need a special program to work with the Raw pictures? I CAN shoot in both (JPEG & RAW) .. but, in the past only used JPEG .. people have seen some of my shots & said they were good .. but, would be better if I were able to adjust them in the Raw format. I know NOTHING about Raw .. I have heard you need a special program & it is quite complicated. HELP!

"People" are misleading you. That is complete rubbish. You can also "adjust" them in JPG. Keep shooting in JPG, and when people start to say: Wow! That's a GREAT shot without mention of Raw, then you'll realize that taking a great shot doesn't depend on the format you use.

But to answer your question... your camera came with a program disk that can read and adjust Raw files.

Old Timer Loc: Greenfield, In.

If you have a point and shoot it probably does not support raw . Read your manual that comes with your camera and it will tell you your options and what your camera you can do. Raw gives you a lot more options to tweak your wh. balance, as well as more options. Just do some reading and studying on what you can do.

Barb Loc: ALASKA

NO, I can shoot in RAW & JPEG. I have a Canon EOS 60D.

flyguy Loc: Las Cruces, New Mexico

Barb wrote:

Don't you need a special program to work with the Raw pictures? I CAN shoot in both (JPEG & RAW) .. but, in the past only used JPEG .. people have seen some of my shots & said they were good .. but, would be better if I were able to adjust them in the Raw format. I know NOTHING about Raw .. I have heard you need a special program & it is quite complicated. HELP!

You have a camera raw converter/editor that came with your 60D it's on the cd that was part of the extra items in the box with the camera.

You didn't mention if you had any other types of editing software programs, if you happen to have Adobe software, the Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) converter/editor is part of the package. You just need to make sure that you have the latest version of ACR that supports your camera.

toolman1224 Loc: Vandalia, OH

If the title of your post is what you are asking, you cannot convert JPEG into RAW. :thumbdown:

bioteacher Loc: Brooklyn, NY

Barb wrote:

NO, I can shoot in RAW & JPEG. I have a Canon EOS 60D.

That will eat up a lot of space on your memory card - shooting in both RAW & JPEG- especially if you are at the higher end of mega pixels.

Barb Loc: ALASKA

I ment RAW TO JPEG .. sorry

dlearyfun Loc: Monson Maine

Barb;
if you have a Canon 60D then you should have DPP on a cd that came with your camera. DPP is Digital Photo Professional and it allows you to process Raw files that come from your camera. It is sorta like a Mini Photoshop for fixing up the pictures you took and captured in raw. Consider Raw files as negatives. When you shoot Raw, you are telling your 60D that you do not want any processing to be done by the camera. You will do it all yourself using DPP and then maybe follow that with a trip into Photoshop for further tweaking. When you are done with the tweaking in DPP then you save your work as either JPG or TIFF and your RAW file stays the same in the event that later on you get an urge to do something different with the negative.
Hope this helps.

les_stockton Loc: Eastern Oklahoma

If your photos are only in jpg, converting them to RAW is pointless. The original RAW is what would've offered more to work with as far as adjustments. Once you have the jpg, you might as well stick with that and hope you don't have to make a lot of edits.

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

FAQ: What is the Difference Between Raw and JPG?
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-26507-1.html

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

les_stockton wrote:

If your photos are only in jpg, converting them to RAW is pointless.

You cannot convert JPG to Raw format. Raw is a "capture" format, available only through digital cameras and document scanners. Raw literally means unaltered in any way. JPG and all other formats are for presentation, the end-product of Raw images.

A good analogy is cooking. You can convert raw meat to a well-done steak, but you cannot reverse the procedure.

les_stockton Loc: Eastern Oklahoma

I would say RAW is the unedited, unrefiined, uncondensed, uncompressed data taken directly off the camera sensor.
Jpgs are a compressed (and lossy) version of the data from the sensor. So once you have a jpg and nothing else, the original data is gone forever.

les_stockton Loc: Eastern Oklahoma

But if you are just wanting to convert from RAW to jpg, just as someone stated earlier, the camera manufacturer supplies a disc with software (and probably downloadable from them too) that will convert from RAW to jpg for you. For Canon, they even have a simple editor program for making adjustments prior to converting to jpg.