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HI I have Canon d30 and can’t convert RAW in photoshop. thanks for any clues
Make sure you have the latest version of Adobe raw. Just download the latest version and see how it goes.
It may depend on what version of Photoshop you have too.
Which version of Photoshop are you using?
You might need to install the latest version of Adobe Camera RAW for your version of PS.
curious beginner question but what’s the difference shooting in RAW to shooting in…well, whatever the alternative is?! It just seems to be talked about a lot around here, and considering i dont know so much, I figured I should probably ask and get the dumb questions over with :lol:
Shooting in RAW means that the file generated in the camera has all the data captured by the sensor. No processing is carried out on the data. If you shoot in jpeg; the camera applies various pre-set modifications to the file and that is what you end up with; little or no scope for modifying the image. If you shoot in RAW you can, if you open the RAW file with say the RAW converter in PS, manipulate the image as much as you want. You can change the exposure, white balance, colour temperature, saturation etc. This gives you tremendous control over the appearance of the final jpeg. The only downside is that the files are large and this restricts the number of images trhat can be stored on the card. However cards are really cheap these days so that it not really a problem. It can be a bit tedious if you fire off 100 or so images and then have to look at them on the PC. That is why photographers will set there camera to shoot both RAW and jpeg at the same time. This allows you to scan through the jpegs for the good shots and dump the bummers. I only ever shoot RAW images.
Hope that helps.
John
guthrij wrote:
It can be a bit tedious if you fire off 100 or so images and then have to look at them on the PC. That is why photographers will set there camera to shoot both RAW and jpeg at the same time. This allows you to scan through the jpegs for the good shots and dump the bummers.
I still cannot understand the logic of shooting RAW+JPEG and I often wonder if I’ve missed something when trying to figure out why people shoot this way. Unless you’re going straight from camera to print, there is no advantage in shooting this way, in my opinion. RAW files are just as easy to browse on a computer as JPEG’s, whether you do it using Adobe Bridge, Lightroom, DPP, Capture NX or Faststone Image Viewer.
I have always found that viewing RAW files is slow and tedious. Now I have acquired PSCS3, I must say the Adobe Bridge is great. Here is an artilce on RAW+JPEG.
http://www.nikondigital.org/articles/raw_plus_jpeg.htm
John
guthrij wrote:
Shooting in RAW means that the file generated in the camera has all the data captured by the sensor. No processing is carried out on the data. If you shoot in jpeg; the camera applies various pre-set modifications to the file and that is what you end up with; little or no scope for modifying the image. If you shoot in RAW you can, if you open the RAW file with say the RAW converter in PS, manipulate the image as much as you want. You can change the exposure, white balance, colour temperature, saturation etc. This gives you tremendous control over the appearance of the final jpeg. The only downside is that the files are large and this restricts the number of images trhat can be stored on the card. However cards are really cheap these days so that it not really a problem. It can be a bit tedious if you fire off 100 or so images and then have to look at them on the PC. That is why photographers will set there camera to shoot both RAW and jpeg at the same time. This allows you to scan through the jpegs for the good shots and dump the bummers. I only ever shoot RAW images.
Hope that helps.
John
Cheers John that clears a lot up for me. Appreciate it!
Meghan
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