Hunter Lou 1947 Loc: Minnesota

On my camera setting on canon. Does it matter if I set both the Raw and JPG at the same time. Can I later adjust the raw picture if I don't like the JPG file? also, If I set both Raw and JPG on camera which picture size should i set the camera for. I've noticed that the picture size is hard to downsize if using both Raw and JPG. Maybe I don't understand the Photoshop program.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

It does not matter if you record both raw and jpg. Yes, you can use the raw if the jpg doesn't suit you.

The picture size setting on your camera defines the dimensions of the image in pixels, but only of the jpg. The raw file is not affected by picture size and will be full size. If you do something in Photoshop and want to save it, you have a couple choices:

(1) If you choose File -> Save As you get a dialog that will give you a choice of formats. If you choose jpg and hit OK, then Photoshop wants the save the jpg with pixel dimensions as set in Photoshop. You can change that with Image -> Image Size before you save it. In the Image Size dialog the dimensions are presented but are linked. You can unlink them by clicking on the chain on the link. If you do that you will change the aspect ratio so your image will be distorted.

(2) if you choose File -> Export -> Export As then you get a dialog that allows you to choose the pixel dimensions and also the output file format (png, jpg, gif, svg).

Hunter Lou 1947 Loc: Minnesota

Thanks, that seems to make a little sense.

pecohen Loc: Central Maine

I started a new topic that is related to this one. It probably is of no interested to readers who are committed to JPEG, but others may want to take a look.

WCS

Thank you for all your comments. I have the luxury of shooting in both [double card bay; jpeg + RAW] at the same time but haven't spent any time processing RAW images. This is inspirational!
Thank you and Happy New Year!

mjmoly

Morning Star makes an excellent point that resonates with me. I shoot to have the maximum information available. I continue to learn the possibilities of post processing. I stick to LR. There’s more there than I will ever learn to use. But a am able to produce nice images that give me both pleasure and satisfaction. And I have developed a very easy protocol for exporting JPEGs that meet my needs. This works for me.

Happy New Year. May you all find the system that works for you!

pecohen Loc: Central Maine

Shoot raw just in case some time in the future you need that extra detail. I keep sensing this concept in reading comments here and it gives me some amusement. I have a lot of old images and I keep promising myself that some day🤞 I'll go back and re-process them with the much more powerful and better skills I now have. Well, maybe.

I'm now in the second half of my seventh decade here and I still imagine there is plenty of time for this some day to come around. Realistically, I suspect that if you don't take advantage of the RAW images you shoot today at least in the next month or two then in most cases you probably never will.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Two points:

> Raw file size was an issue in the early 2000s. We had slow networks and servers, limited Internet bandwidth, slow computers, and very expensive storage. In 2020, it’s trivial on new equipment.

> Decent raw editor apps let you copy settings from one adjusted file and paste them to hundreds. That can get you closer to perfection a lot faster, especially when the lighting and exposure were fixed.

mjmoly

Burkphoto--Agreed. It's just not a problem for me. And it keeps my aspirations alive that I will come back and work on the photos I've already taken.

Thanks for the points.