Converting JPEG to RAW
Jan 29, 2019 10:53:45 #
Traveller_Jeff wrote:
The writer here told us there's a beta product out there and that it's free. So, let the skeptics try it out and report back. I'd really like to hear your reactions after you've done everything you can with the product.
My two cents. ;-)
The writer here told us there's a beta product out there and that it's free. So, let the skeptics try it out and report back. I'd really like to hear your reactions after you've done everything you can with the product.
My two cents. ;-)
Not quite... op stated there is a new product, and you can get a free trial.
All Topaz products can be downloaded and tried for about 30 days, new or old.
If the product is a “in studio” app, the free trial will show up in studio after an update
A.I. Clear I have to admit did some good magic.
I shoot raw so I do not see a need for jpg to raw conversion, but it does not hurt to look at the possibilities it might offer, knowing the process is like using frog DNA to make clones of dinosaurs! We all know how that worked out for Jurassic Park!
Jan 29, 2019 11:01:38 #
User ID wrote:
Thank you for teasing several of
our most amusing members. It
was getting kinda boring around
here for a while ....
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our most amusing members. It
was getting kinda boring around
here for a while ....
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You're welcome. I knew posting the heretical notion of a program that can convert jpegs to raw files would ruffle a few sanctimonious feathers on this forum.
Jan 29, 2019 11:21:39 #
Soul Dr. wrote:
Just got an email from Topaz Labs. They are toutin... (show quote)
Its still not possible! It may turn the jpeg into a more workable file, but it will not give it the power of a raw file, because most of the data has already been lost and it can not be recovered, its just as clipped lights can not be recovered in exposure, one can not get back, what is not there to begin with!
Jan 29, 2019 11:29:11 #
Dngallagher wrote:
Not quite... op stated there is a new product, and... (show quote)
Yep, and what about them damn airplanes - we all know they're not gonna fly. A lot of us "dumb end users" who had one foot in the film world and the other in the early digital world and have a slew of family shots at 320x240 or 640x480 long before we were fed any information about Raw and may have some interest in reaching back and reviving some of those images. I, for one, appreciate the efforts of those who are working to make that possible even if we are still in the primitive growing stages and have to drink a little snake oil as we morph. It's a step n the right direction as far as I'm concerned.
Jan 29, 2019 11:32:17 #
Trials don't stick around forever. Why not get it now and try it out? Then you will have that arrow in your quiver should the need arise.
Jan 29, 2019 11:33:42 #
Jan 29, 2019 11:43:20 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
bbrown5154 wrote:
Man people get way too torqued up over things.
Use it, don't use it, try it don't try it.
But to just arbitrarily dismiss it is pretty elitist.
JMO.
Use it, don't use it, try it don't try it.
But to just arbitrarily dismiss it is pretty elitist.
JMO.
I’m not an elitist, but I do recognize snake oil remedies.
This may well help with images buggered up prior, but it can’t possibly reinsert the deleted data.
The best I could imagine would be a mathematical guess as to what might have been lost.
Jan 29, 2019 11:46:58 #
Jan 29, 2019 11:55:13 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Have your best gear with you, that's why you bought it.
Or live with the memory in your mind and save $79 ....
What's that old yarn about the sow's ear?
Or live with the memory in your mind and save $79 ....
What's that old yarn about the sow's ear?
That's a good idea in theory but do you have your camera gear 24/7 as much as you have your phone with you?
Jan 29, 2019 11:59:02 #
papakatz45 wrote:
That's a good idea in theory but do you have your camera gear 24/7 as much as you have your phone with you?
Actually, it's more likely that I have a camera with me than a phone ...
Jan 29, 2019 12:04:44 #
bbrown5154
Loc: Baltimore, MD
LWW wrote:
I’m not an elitist, but I do recognize snake oil remedies.
This may well help with images buggered up prior, but it can’t possibly reinsert the deleted data.
The best I could imagine would be a mathematical guess as to what might have been lost.
This may well help with images buggered up prior, but it can’t possibly reinsert the deleted data.
The best I could imagine would be a mathematical guess as to what might have been lost.
Today's "snake oil remedies" are tomorrows filters.
People probably said the same thing about "content aware" or the "healing brush".
"The best I could imagine would be a mathematical guess as to what might have been lost".
But really isn't that a lot of photoshop when you start re-sampling and downsizing or upsizing?
There's a lot of "missing" data that's interpreted by surrounding pixels.
Jan 29, 2019 12:13:02 #
imagemeister wrote:
I think you should read up more on CIZ - AFAIK, it is closer to AI than not - and is most certainly proprietary to Sony !
I think you are on to something. In searching, I did find this:
https://www.redsharknews.com/technology/item/2921-what-is-really-going-on-with-sony’s-clear-image-zoom
Jan 29, 2019 12:15:47 #
Folks, the whole idea of digital photography is an INTERPOLATION - which is basicly an educated GUESS as to what it should really be - there are no differences with AI, CIZ, bicubic, or any other computational application !
Jan 29, 2019 12:19:18 #
bbrown5154 wrote:
"The best I could imagine would be a mathematical guess as to what might have been lost".
But really isn't that a lot of photoshop when you start re-sampling and downsizing or upsizing?
There's a lot of "missing" data that's interpreted by surrounding pixels.
"The best I could imagine would be a mathematical guess as to what might have been lost".
But really isn't that a lot of photoshop when you start re-sampling and downsizing or upsizing?
There's a lot of "missing" data that's interpreted by surrounding pixels.
NOW, you are getting the idea !
Jan 29, 2019 12:24:54 #
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