Maybe I DO want to shoot RAW...maybe...
Mar 21, 2013 21:52:09 #
Georgews
Loc: Wellington, New Zealand
I have now gone totally to RAW with my DSLR. After shooting JPG's for about a year I switched to RAW + JPG and when looking at the the difference is really noticeable so now it is RAW only, unless I just want throwaway pics.
Mar 22, 2013 12:55:33 #
I like to make my own JPEG's.[/quote]
I'm afraid that there is a confusion in terminology here.
However much processing you do in Photoshop, Elements, Lightroom, or any similar program, you do not "make" a JPEG.
JPEG is a format for storing files in your memory, and JPEGs only exist in memory. Even when you open a JPEG file from memory, it ceases to be a JPEG in any meaningful way.
This applies just as much to PSD, TIFF, GIF, or any other storarage format. In a sense, an open file is just hanging there and you can resave it in any format tou choose; then it just sits there until you reopen it.
GHK
I'm afraid that there is a confusion in terminology here.
However much processing you do in Photoshop, Elements, Lightroom, or any similar program, you do not "make" a JPEG.
JPEG is a format for storing files in your memory, and JPEGs only exist in memory. Even when you open a JPEG file from memory, it ceases to be a JPEG in any meaningful way.
This applies just as much to PSD, TIFF, GIF, or any other storarage format. In a sense, an open file is just hanging there and you can resave it in any format tou choose; then it just sits there until you reopen it.
GHK
Mar 22, 2013 13:17:18 #
[quote=brianclark4
When you say you can adjust the white balance of a Jpeg file in PS what do you mean, because as I understand it, this can only be carried out on a RAW file.
RAW is certainly the best place to adjust white balance.
However, it can still be adjusted after the RAW has been opened (i.e. converted from linear to exponential / logarithmic) or after the image has been saved and reopened.
Briefly, the way to do this is to set colour markers in the brightest reflective highlight and the darkest shadow oin the image, then, with the Info palette open, set these points to R=G=B=251, and R=G=B=16. These values are not sacrosanct, they strictly apply only to my own monitor,
GHK but they will serve well enough unless you want to go the whole hog and carry out experiments to determine the ones which precisely represent the performance of your monitor. N.B. This is in addition to the normal monitor calibration which you should carry out anyway.
GHK
When you say you can adjust the white balance of a Jpeg file in PS what do you mean, because as I understand it, this can only be carried out on a RAW file.
RAW is certainly the best place to adjust white balance.
However, it can still be adjusted after the RAW has been opened (i.e. converted from linear to exponential / logarithmic) or after the image has been saved and reopened.
Briefly, the way to do this is to set colour markers in the brightest reflective highlight and the darkest shadow oin the image, then, with the Info palette open, set these points to R=G=B=251, and R=G=B=16. These values are not sacrosanct, they strictly apply only to my own monitor,
GHK but they will serve well enough unless you want to go the whole hog and carry out experiments to determine the ones which precisely represent the performance of your monitor. N.B. This is in addition to the normal monitor calibration which you should carry out anyway.
GHK
Mar 22, 2013 13:54:28 #
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