I shoot RAW exclusively. The main advantage (I believe) is that it is possible to correct the exposure and the White Balance (Colour temperature) without quality loss. So what you do is this; Adjust the colour balance to what you want - and then adjust to correct exposure. Don't delete the RAW file - it's your negative, to which you can return any time you want, if you later want something different. It's like this: The jpeg or tiff file you save, is your enlargement/print. You are allowed to make mistakes or experiments, but you've still have the neg in case you want something else later. Don't delete your RAW file! Save it! Make back-ups! Regards Jens
Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: David J Brooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 6. april 2006 19:33 Til: [email protected] Emne: Re: OT: help from the RAW file shooters Fix focus for Frank.(sorry had to do that:-)) Dave Quoting Aaron Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Not for me, but for a friend who sent me this appeal: > >> I'm taking a technical writing course in which we have to write >> documentation for a piece of software. The software we're using is >> Silkypix, which, if you don't know it, is a program that converts RAW >> files to jpegs or tifs. And you can do all kinds of adjusting before >> you produce the final jpeg or tif. >> >> None of the people in my group know anything about photography. What >> are some typical things you'd want to do if you had a RAW file and you >> wanted to make sure everything was okay before you saved it in the >> other format? We know the things the program can do, but we don't know >> what a photographer would actually want to do. > > I don't shoot RAW much. But I figured that the fine folks of the > PDML would be able to help. > > -Aaron > > Equine Photography in York Region -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.5/303 - Release Date: 04/06/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.5/303 - Release Date: 04/06/2006
