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 02/16/2006 02:23:54 PM · #51
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by ursula:
Originally posted by Azrifel:
Also 8 bit jpeg degrades faster when working with levels, curves, shadows & highlights, agressive b&w conversion or color changes.
Working with the 16 bit raw data is way, way, way better for that. Your skies and color gradations stay much smoother and less pixelated.


OK, so again please excuse my lack of knowledge (I've been shooting jpeg almost exclusively). When you shoot RAW and convert to a file to work on in PS, you convert directly to a 16 bit TIFF or PSD? Then, when all your editing is done and complete, you save a final version as JPG if needed?


Correct. The ONLY jpg's on my HD are 640-pixel versions for DPC.

R.


I have always done that and am starting to have second thoughts (although I sometimes save the .psd for stuff with layers). I am bothered about the RAW format and the concept that some manufacturers are encripting the data except to their own converter and also since the format changes frequently about how stable they are as a future source. I am starting to think about converting to a .TIFF so I have a good non-RAW file but the catch is the shear size of doing that - dunno yet.

The other thing you will find is that there is no one single RAW converter. Some do better at certain types of pictures then others. I love the workflow of rawshooter but hate a lot of the skin tones (sometimes it's fine). I like some of the tones of DPP but find it clunky to use on a lot of RAW files.
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