Post Processing? Hello Hoggers I’m new to digital photography. Is sharpening recommended for images shot in RAW format? Is there any reason to shoot in RAW and JPEG? Thanks...

Spirit Vision Photography Loc: Behind a Camera.

Hello Hoggers

I’m new to digital photography. Is sharpening recommended for images shot in RAW format? Is there any reason to shoot in RAW and JPEG?

Thanks

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Try storing the image so we can see the details to answer your questions.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

In order.

Yes.

Rarely - only if you want a raw capture AND you need to hand images to someone immediately after taking them. The caveat is that you could miss out on raw accessible dynamic range because you are adjusting your exposure settings for an acceptable jpeg.There are some situations where no matter what you do with the camera, a camera-generated jpeg just doesn't cut it. Ever.

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

Spirit Vision Photography wrote:

Hello Hoggers

I’m new to digital photography. Is sharpening recommended for images shot in RAW format? Is there any reason to shoot in RAW and JPEG?

Thanks

Nice shot. You really filled the frame well.

Spirit Vision Photography Loc: Behind a Camera.

Gene51 wrote:

In order.

Yes.

Rarely - only if you want a raw capture AND you need to hand images to someone immediately after taking them. The caveat is that you could miss out on raw accessible dynamic range because you are adjusting your exposure settings for an acceptable jpeg.There are some situations where no matter what you do with the camera, a camera-generated jpeg just doesn't cut it. Ever.

Thanks 🙏

Spirit Vision Photography Loc: Behind a Camera.

Lightroom is the recommendation for post processing?

IDguy Loc: Idaho

Spirit Vision Photography wrote:

Lightroom is the recommendation for post processing?

For me, yes. I find it effective and simple to use. The $10 per month gives you much more than a stand alone program.

Photoshop, which comes with the subscription, is another matter. It is very unfriendly to this user. After several years I’m learning to do a few things with it that I can’t do with Lightroom. But the interface seems stupid and hopelessly complex to me. And now they’ve upped the confusion with the mobile version.

tradio Loc: Oxford, Ohio

Yes, you must sharpen.

david vt Loc: Vermont

tradio wrote:

Yes, you must sharpen.

Seems like quite a black and white (pun intended) response. If it was always, why is this not automatic in my PP programs? I understand a bit of what sharpening does, but not always when and how much to apply.

Under what circumstances in my photo should I recognize and then apply sharpening? And then, by how much? I ask this latter as the automatic feature, when I apply, does not go right to 100%.

Jrhoffman75 Loc: Conway, New Hampshire

david vt wrote:

Seems like quite a black and white (pun intended) response. If it was always, why is this not automatic in my PP programs? I understand a bit of what sharpening does, but not always when and how much to apply.

Under what circumstances in my photo should I recognize and then apply sharpening? And then, by how much? I ask this latter as the automatic feature, when I apply, does not go right to 100%.

In Lightroom sharpening is automatically applied when RAW files are imported.

Canon DPP will automatically apply the in-camera sharpening that would be applied when a JPEG is generated when a RAW file is imported.

In both cases the amount can be adjusted and saved as an import preset.

I don’t know about other software since I don’t use them.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

As mentioned in the following two posts, Adobe Lightroom applies the defaults for both Noise Reduction and Sharpening to all RAW files, regardless of camera type nor ISO level. Both are better than nothing, which is what you get from the RAW files, but the defaults are rarely better than nothing.

The specific behavior of the software being used needs to be evaluated. The camera manufacture's software will typically respond to the camera settings where third-party software will not.

Basics of noise processing

Basics of Lightroom Sharpening

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

When you become a RAW photographer, you become the decision maker for these considerations in post processing, where many had been decided by the camera for the JPEG:

1. Sharpening
2. Noise Reduction
3. Color Saturation
4. Exposure adjustments, general
5. Contrast, general
6. Highlights and shadows
7. White Balance
8. Lens corrections
9. Color space
10. Pixel resolution for target image share platforms
11. Disk storage (for the larger files)
12. Image file back-up strategy (for those larger files)

You don't have to understand all these issues, but when you do, you'll be much more successful as a RAW photographer.

You might resist the peer pressure of the photography club; and instead, consider whether a higher quality lens coupled with expert-level shooting technique yields more tangible results as compared to more computer time after shooting.

joseph premanandan

Spirit Vision Photography wrote:

Hello Hoggers

I’m new to digital photography. Is sharpening recommended for images shot in RAW format? Is there any reason to shoot in RAW and JPEG?

Thanks

It is better to shoot your pictures in RAW.it helps you to postprocess your images easily. RAW images are like the old negatives in the film era before digital photos came into existence. it is easy to develop pictures from negatives than from the printed picture itself. any way, your RAW images are going to be converted to Jpegs in postprocessing in softwares like lightroom.as far as postprocessing is concerned,lightroom is the best way to go.good luck.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Yes! Raw lets you process better than you can process a JPEG. On the other hand, if all you need is a nice picture - for whatever reason - JPEG is fine. I enjoy processing, so I shoot only raw.

srt101fan

Spirit Vision Photography wrote:

Hello Hoggers

I’m new to digital photography. Is sharpening recommended for images shot in RAW format? Is there any reason to shoot in RAW and JPEG?

Thanks

With regard to shooting RAW + JPEG:
When I started shooting RAW, I also kept the JPEGs as a security blanket. Maybe it doesn't make much sense but it made me feel better. 😐

I like black & white photos. So now, sometimes, I set the camera to process the JPEGs to show them as monochromes. That way I get a quick preview of what a RAW conversion to B&W might look like.

I like your pictures!