We are all aware that editing a JPG and saving it afterward is asking for trouble yet there is a small way out.

Here is a small trick:
For started you need a good post processing software.
Open the file, preferably the original JPG out of the camera.
Change the bit depth from 8 to 16
Save the file under another format that does not compress and keeps the 16bit color depth DNG will work but not BMP or PNG.

Explanation:
The data lost in the compression process is not retrieved, do not be fooled.
What happens when you change the bit depth is that each pixel gain in color depth but is not changed until you start post processing.
At that moment new data is created with billions of possible color shades vs a mere 24millions.
That alone will work against banding and color distortion when you export the end result to a JPG.

What this will not do:
Recreate details even if they appear to be due to the new color depth.
Prevent the further loss of data when exporting to JPG. There will be a loss in formation due to the compression as well as reduction in color depth yet on the later, the loss will smaller.

Comment please.

Yes, I know this has been discussed before but...

The trouble with NEF and a few other manufacturer's file format(s) is that some manufacturers like Nikon embed RAW information onto the RAW format. This information is read by their proprietary software (capture NX by example) and no one else.

This creates a 'double' standard. It does not do anything good or bad to the file or reduces the quality, it is annoying. The real difference is that when using something else than the proprietary software one has to process the picture all over again and in the process create a small RAW companion.

This is both tricky and a convenient way depending of how you deal with your pictures:
- To move your pictures and their 'corrected settings' you need to move the sibling file.
- To reset the pictures to their default, just delete the sibling file.

Thank you for the URL correction.

The real shame is that they get away with it. I understand exchange rate fluctuation but this is a total rip-off in par with other industries, pharmaceutical not to name them...

I am about to purchase a small camera to use on the side of my D800e.

If you are using it, can you share your experience with this camera and post unedited real life pictures taken with it? (check upload original)

Thank you.

I do not think you took the time to read or you do not understand the post.

Is it deviant that throws you off? This word is used to describe molesters among others, not gay folks.

Well, I find newborns ugly too so a puppy?
It is just in my genes not to go nuts over the appearance of a new life. I wait a few years before commenting as the beauty is in the personality or character but then again, I am a nutty cantankerous ***. Truly.

Personal question, what is this 098 after your name????, just curious.

And now it is greenish... The color bias was likely introduced when the picture was edited BEFORE posting and it makes it difficult to adjust the color balance except if using masks and layers...

Amanda:
Next time, please post the original picture. A D300 takes better pictures than that.

Honestly I do not see how being born gay or in the wrong body relates to child abuse.

The argument is not about learned or selected behavior here. The child of a drunk is likelier to become a drunk. Trouble is, one can break the pattern, I owe to know, my grand father was a drunk and so was my father. I swore not to drink when I was a kid. That was 44 years ago - I was 13 - and I kept that promise to myself.

Deviant are not born that way, they become that way, same for all who make wrong choices. Being gay at birth or hermaphrodite is not a choice. Now since it appears (media accounts - AH!) that a good percentage of our population is gay (Yeah, right) as someone mentioned above, it means that we are on the verge of extinction. Not a bad thing if you ask me, seeing how well we take care of the garden left to us by god...

You can spin this any way you want but it is my firm belief that we are all responsible for our choices, once we are free to make them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juM46ny1WhM

Creative cloud is the answer, not 42, according to him.

CC CC CC CC (Chanting)

So ugly, only a mother can love it!!!

That said, this breed of dog is always getting in trouble creating havoc around them!!!

I knew of one that did not like paper for some reason... To get a petty revenge on an even pettier slight, the dog was locked over night into the admin office of the school I was in... In the morning not one piece of paper was left intact! He had a busy night. Needless to say the principal was not pleased. Oh, it was HIS dog too!!!

When I look at this picture using the histogram the first thing I notice is the spike in red... This needs to be corrected, I think you went overboard on it trying to get a color match with the dress... It just does not work.

As to the braces, use a small brush and 'paint them' using the clone feature, IF it exists in photo Elements.

I wonder if the dog is blind... Not what you are trying to achieve I suppose but he is the center of attention. Truck light do not need to be cropped out, just toned down.

Desatured and applied locally with a feathered brush (ACDSee)

I wish I was still in Hern Bay with my then girlfriend Simone...

To all. kiddo, to all.

Bucket = topic

Now you are in for it with all the ole charitable Christians folks here!!!

I hope you are ready for the fur to fly!

(BTWU - Good post and sensible answer to a rather annoying question from a visibly unprepared 'pastor')