SqBear Loc: Kansas, (South Central)

Is there a way to save a TIFF photo in PS6 to a RAW/NEF version so I can open the file and use the editor with RAW?
I am specifically wanting to use the "enlarge" feature in RAW? See the download.

Goal is to enlarge the photo for a publication and at the same time crop out a dark cornor of the photo.

The original photo was a JPG and I did some cropping and saved as a TIFF, then saved the TIFF to PS .RAW,
Opened it in PS (it did not open in raw) and the B&W is the results of the save. I did not save in B&W either.

Thanks

Dave

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Bozsik Loc: Orangevale, California

Your image should be shot in RAW and then saved as a JPG when you want to use it to print or for screen. When you begin as a JPG, the extra information you need in the RAW file is gone. Work with the image in TIFF or RAW first, then save to JPG.

I don't know of any way to regain what you would have had in RAW other than going back to the original RAW file. From your dialog, it also sounds as if you shot the original in JPG. In that case, I don't think converting it will help.

SqBear Loc: Kansas, (South Central)

Thanks Boscik,
Unfortunately, I did not shoot the photo. His wife did and gave it to me to "fix".
I thought that I could not do what I wanted, but thought the UHH'ers would posssibly know if it could be done!

Any idea what happened to the photo when I saved it from JPG to PS Raw?
And why double exposure and why did it save to B&W? Just curious.

Thanks again!
Dave

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Short answer is no. The best you can do is go back to the original JPEG, or possibly see if you can get the original raw file. You can't uncook a meal, and a JPEG is cooked.

SqBear Loc: Kansas, (South Central)

Thanks Peterff,
That's what i was afraid of....
But, not a complete shock either!

I liked your analogy of the event however!
Thanks
Dave

Bozsik Loc: Orangevale, California

I have no idea. very strange.

Bill_de Loc: US

You may want to give On1 resize a try. They should have a free trial available.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb5EbSVzaK4

Billyspad Loc: The Philippines

If you just wish to use the editing features of Camera Raw then you can open a Tiff or jpeg by opening Photoshop and going File>Open As and selecting Camera Raw from the drop down box. Edit as normal and take it back into Photoshop to save it.

SqBear Loc: Kansas, (South Central)

Billyspad,

That was what I was looking for. I learned something new about PS!!
Did as you said, opened up with no problems, enlarged the file, saved as .JPG!
Thanks for the information!

Dave

SqBear Loc: Kansas, (South Central)

Bill_de: Thanks for the link. I will save this for future reference and give it a try.

Billyspad told me how to open the file in RAW in PS. That was what i was looking for.
Thanks for your reply to me as it too is helpful!

Dave

Billyspad Loc: The Philippines

My pleasure fella

SqBear Loc: Kansas, (South Central)

cthahn

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SqBear Loc: Kansas, (South Central)

It can be done.
Take alook at Billyspad's post to me.
Worked like a charm!
And i have needed to do this with several other photos and did not know how until I asked the UHH'ers!
Thanks to all too that offered a solution.

Dave

Jeffers

You can achieve your goal with the original JPEG. I’m a webmaster so I use Photoshop Elements for a lot of things that most pure photographers don’t. Fixing this image is a piece of cake.
Your image that I downloaded is 72 dpi. I hope your copy is higher because this procedure won't fix the resolution but it will make it printable in the size that you want.
1. Copy/paste Right-click Rename. Rename it Shriner_M
2. Right-click Open With > Photoshop Elements 15 Editor (or your Photoshop product)
3. Make sure you're in Expert Mode.
4. Press Ctrl+N to make a new image. Use the following settings: Width Inches=6; Height Inches=4; Resolution=300 Pixels/Inch; Color Mode=RGB Color; Background Contents=White. Click OK. Your image will be replaced in the preview area by a white 4x6" rectangle, Named Background. You may use any size you want, but the 4x6 aspect ratio will allow you to crop out the unwanted part of the image in Step 10.
5. Press Ctrl+Alt+I to check your new Background’s properties. Make sure the Resample Image Box is checked.
6. Click Photo Bin icon (lower left-hand corner) to open the Photo Bin. Your image will be in it.
7. Click+drag+release your image up onto the Background Layer (white rectangle). It won’t fit yet.
8. Make sure the Shriner_M layer is selected. Press Ctrl+T to open Control transform. Eight handles will bracket Shriner_M. At 72 dpi it’s much smaller than the Background. Your higher resolution image may be bigger. If it doesn’t totally fit into the preview area, press Ctrl+0 (zero) to make it fit. That won't change the image size, just the view size.
9. Click+drag+release Shriner_M so that its upper left-hand corner is at Background’s upper left-hand corner.
10. Clich+drag+release the lower right-hand handle on Shriner_M’s image to a point just outside of the lower right-hand corner of the Background, so that the dark part of the image is off the background.
11. Click the Green Checkmark.
12. Save it as a PSD in case your friend wants further modifications.
13. Save it as a JPEG. If you check its properties, it will be at 300 dpi, correct for most printing projects.

Jeffers101