RAW processing can help
May 14, 2022 23:05:08 #
The first shot is what the RAW image looked like when I took the shot. I then ran it through Canon DPPV4 and then through Topaz AI Clear to see if I could get anything. It worked pretty well considering it was poorly exposed. I'm wondering if you could get the same results processing a JPG file?
May 14, 2022 23:25:03 #
alberio wrote:
The first shot is what the RAW image looked like when I took the shot. I then ran it through Canon DPPV4 and then through Topaz AI Clear to see if I could get anything. It worked pretty well considering it was poorly exposed. I'm wondering if you could get the same results processing a JPG file?
Probably not. How many stops under exposed do you think or know it was? I process with ACR. I'd say about 4 to 5 stops or more. How did you get it? AE on your camera should have been better than that. A Manual exposure gone very amiss? Or was it a flash exposure?
May 14, 2022 23:41:43 #
lamiaceae wrote:
Probably not. How many stops under exposed do you think or know it was? I process with ACR. I'd say about 4 to 5 stops or more. How did you get it? AE on your camera should have been better than that. A Manual exposure gone very amiss? Or was it a flash exposure?
I was just fooling around with the shot and forgot I had it set for a brighter daylight shot. 125th sec, ISO 100, and f9. All manual. When I looked at the shot I got to wondering how much data I could recover.
May 15, 2022 00:47:01 #
alberio wrote:
The first shot is what the RAW image looked like when I took the shot. I then ran it through Canon DPPV4 and then through Topaz AI Clear to see if I could get anything. It worked pretty well considering it was poorly exposed. I'm wondering if you could get the same results processing a JPG file?
Had you shot in Jpeg instead of RAW, the resulting image would look a lot like the first image, because that is what you are seeing. There really isn't a RAW image as RAW is basically unprocessed data. Imbedded in each RAW file is a JPG thumbnail image, and that is what's being displayed. Had you shot it JPG, there wouldn't have been enough data to process and create a clear image like the second one. Sure, processing would have cleaned it up a little, but JPG just doesn't have enough data to be anywhere near as forgiving as RAW.
May 15, 2022 03:39:36 #
alberio wrote:
The first shot is what the RAW image looked like when I took the shot. I then ran it through Canon DPPV4 and then through Topaz AI Clear to see if I could get anything. It worked pretty well considering it was poorly exposed. I'm wondering if you could get the same results processing a JPG file?
Interesting quick little project. I processed the straight out of the camera, black JPG file. I also processed the JPG file you created from the original CR2 file, which obviously had much more data. You can see quite a difference.
Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City
May 15, 2022 07:34:41 #
rmorrison1116 wrote:
Had you shot in Jpeg instead of RAW, the resulting... (show quote)
That's what I thought and that's why I mostly use RAW.
May 15, 2022 07:44:20 #
rlv567 wrote:
Interesting quick little project. I processed the straight out of the camera, black JPG file. I also processed the JPG file you created from the original CR2 file, which obviously had much more data. You can see quite a difference.
Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City
Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City
Thanks, that confirms my suspicions.
May 15, 2022 08:35:27 #
alberio wrote:
The first shot is what the RAW image looked like when I took the shot. I then ran it through Canon DPPV4 and then through Topaz AI Clear to see if I could get anything. It worked pretty well considering it was poorly exposed. I'm wondering if you could get the same results processing a JPG file?
I know that this doesn't answer your question, but I used your 2nd pic and did a little tweaking using Topaz Products . . . .
Best Wishes,
JimmyT Sends
May 15, 2022 08:39:34 #
Jimmy T wrote:
I know that this doesn't answer your question, but I used your 2nd pic and did a little tweaking using Topaz Products . . . .
Best Wishes,
JimmyT Sends
Best Wishes,
JimmyT Sends
Well, that's an improvement. Thanks
May 15, 2022 12:54:16 #
alberio wrote:
The first shot is what the RAW image looked like when I took the shot. I then ran it through Canon DPPV4 and then through Topaz AI Clear to see if I could get anything. It worked pretty well considering it was poorly exposed. I'm wondering if you could get the same results processing a JPG file?
I doubt it!?
bwa
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