Raw to ?
Oct 24, 2019 07:32:40 #
After opening and working on a RAW file, what do you save it as, certainly not a jpeg...
Oct 24, 2019 07:39:35 #
Oct 24, 2019 07:42:35 #
I save it as a .psd file. For printing, emailing, or posting it's converted to a .jpg file.
--Bob
--Bob
Flickwet wrote:
After opening and working on a RAW file, what do you save it as, certainly not a jpeg...
Oct 24, 2019 07:44:47 #
I save as high quality JPEG, as well as the RAW adjustments.
Oct 24, 2019 07:47:41 #
In LRI leave it as a NEF file. In PS saved as a PSD back in LR. Exported as a jpeg or tiff depending on purpose that it is going to be used for.
Oct 24, 2019 07:58:13 #
Doesn’t saving as a jpeg mean you could have shot in jpeg? Where’s the benefit?
Oct 24, 2019 08:02:10 #
Oct 24, 2019 08:05:36 #
I have always saved as a TIFF with lossless compression checked. Seems to work fine... I am sure if we venture into the TALL WEEDS others can prob. point out pluses and minuses of each format. Use what works for you...
Oct 24, 2019 08:07:52 #
Flickwet wrote:
"Working on" a raw file means you have full creative control - well beyond what you can do with your in-camera settings. Getting the most from a raw file also means learning to use the histogram in order to capture as many details as possible in both shadows and bright light. Where’s the benefit?
If you are motivated, there are many resources from which to learn.
Oct 24, 2019 08:08:32 #
Oct 24, 2019 08:08:57 #
Flickwet wrote:
Doesn’t saving as a jpeg mean you could have shot in jpeg? Where’s the benefit?
Not necessarily, after any adjustments, one will have a different JPEG.
The benefit is in any post-processing.
Oct 24, 2019 08:09:49 #
Flickwet wrote:
Doesn’t saving as a jpeg mean you could have shot in jpeg? Where’s the benefit?
Export as a JPEG not save as, typically, because usually the way you're going to use it is as a jpeg.
Now this question, is it mean you could have shot it as jpeg, sure, but you wouldn't have control over the output you would have been letting the camera make the decision not you. Since you're working with raw have you ever looked at a JPEG and was able to make more adjustments? More than likely cuz the camera doesn't always get it right as to what you saw.
Oct 24, 2019 08:10:23 #
Oct 24, 2019 08:21:40 #
I do most of my work in Photoshop after processing the RAW file in ACR. That almost always means some adjustment layers, so Photoshop automatically saves it as .PSD. When I need a JPEG I flatten the layers and save as a JPEG, retaining the .PSD file.
Oct 24, 2019 08:44:26 #
JohnSwanda wrote:
I do most of my work in Photoshop after processing the RAW file in ACR. That almost always means some adjustment layers, so Photoshop automatically saves it as .PSD. When I need a JPEG I flatten the layers and save as a JPEG, retaining the .PSD file.
Thank you
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