RAW shooting
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- Atkinson
I've never shot RAW before. From what I gather it's just as you see it and then monkey with the colours etc after and turn to jpeg or whatever?
I have bridge / photoshop which seem to give me options for RAW. Any tips?
- ********0
RAW shooting, sounds kinky.
Shoot in RAW and get Lightroom or Aperture. Much faster and easier than PS.
- nocomply0
My tip would be to avoid it unless it's a REALLY important shot because working with RAW is so time consuming.
But yeah, you've got the general idea there. Mostly you just need to go out and try it and start tweaking the images you get in photoshop.
I've given up being a perfectionist with my photos so .jpg is fine by me.
- whaaat? i have salvaged so many photos from raw that would have been jpeg trash. i only shoot raw.horton
- this is nonsenseepic_rim
- <- ignore thisNightshade
- ********0
RAW file is not compressed unlike JPG, which is compressed. The color is as is depending on your camera setting in RAW. JPEG is usually processed internally with in the camera so what you get is actually already processed. With RAW, you have the control.
- zaq0
- acescence0
RAW will let you rescue pics unsalvageable in jpeg as you have way more image data to work with
- ********0
I always shoot in RAW, I suggest it if you want full control. I also know a grip of photographers who only shoot in JPG but they have their setting locked in so there is no need to tweak the final that much. I have tried that, I just don't have the experience that they do.
- Atkinson0
sounds fun but sounds like I'll not be needing it. 15mb per shot it seems.
- Atkinson0
Just taken a couple in raw but on flash WB setting,but didn't use flash. Really nice yellow tinge. Photoshop - auto levels - turns it as it probably should have been. I wish I had the time to learn this stuff!
- horton0
i have salvaged so many photos from raw that would have been jpeg trash. i only shoot raw when possible. my point and shoot only does jpeg and it drives me crazy now.
you can literally pull a perfect exposure out of an image with horrible light.
if your using lightroom or aperture you'd be crazy not to shoot raw.
- sherm0
shoot in raw at all times. jpg is a lossy format, each time its edited and saved it loses more image data. not so with raw. plus its just more flexible in terms of editing as stated above.
I always shoot in raw. just make sure you have enough CF cards.
- We get that all the time. People save jpg's over and over and then wonder why there print looks low restesmith
- Jnr_Madison0
I always shoot RAW.
- acescence0
the only difference between Lightroom and PS CS4 RAW is workflow. behind the scenes it's the same engine.
- aye but lightroom feels more intuitive for editing etcJnr_Madison
- Lightroom chokes on images from my 5D Mark2. might just be my mac though...sherm
- seeessess0
raw is losless, just like a tiff.
jpeg is compressed.Always shoot raw.
- MikeColdFusion0
I shoot RAW but also have it make the smallest JPG it can. that way I can browse through the JPGs quickly and don't have to wait for a RAW file to load to see what it is. All post processing gets done to the RAW file.
- Awesome idea, I'm going to do this from now on. I hate not being able to browse raw files, but like the flexibility.designbot
- bridge lets you browse raw files.Jnr_Madison
- yeah but if you want to see them on your camera, it's annoying because of the lag time (at least my 20D is that way)designbot
- mm, I don't notice a lag, 40dJnr_Madison
- I've always done it this way so I'm not about lag. I can make a quick copy of a whole shoot for anyone to see though.MikeColdFusion
- epic_rim0
anytime you view a thumbnail of a RAW file, its a jpg. Anytime you view a RAW file in Lightroom, it's a 16 bit tiff in ProPhoto RGB.
RAW files cannot be viewed, they are just data. This is why Lightroom builds standard and 1:1 previews when you import them. This is also why no pixel distortion can take place in LR. Only changes that can manipulate the dynamic range of each pixel (color, luminance, etc)
Lightroom is non destructive... any time you make a change, you are just adding a line item to a database. The changes are actually executed when you export the image to another format. Lightroom is brilliant in this aspect. You never have to hit "save".
Always shoot RAW, unless your editing environment simply cannot handle it. RAW files have such wide dynamic range to work with, in both color and luminance.
- version30
raw is the only way
- bliznutty0
this thread is so fucking RAW man
- scarabin0
anyone ever play with a RED camera? those beasts shoot fucking video in individual RAW frames, at ungodly sizes
- not yet. would be cool to try it.akrokdesign
- yes , we took the red camera up to the mountains in thailand to film our own initiated project, it's really nice.. although i dun have the shoots with me look at some of the pics I took with raw at http://iamxtra.blogs…
most of these were shot in RAWosuwanphanich - last rabbitwerks client vid was on one, amazing!version3
- awesoooooooooome! :-)akrokdesign