Now i must stress this is part of my workflow and it works for me, the first thing to do is select your output modes jpeg or raw,the settings i use are as follows shoot jpeg and raw at the same time with my camera set to shoot in a preset mode of faithful for my jpegs.
what is a jpeg? what is a raw file?
Jpeg.
A jpeg is a file that is processed on the camera itself white balance, colour are produced as a final result the camera then discards up to 86% of the information capture giving you a relatively small file the down side is you have less data to manipulate in photoshop.
Raw.
This format is what you capture is what you keep retaining all the information the sensor has captured thus giving you the entire tonal range to manipulate as no processing is done on the camera and you maintain all the data the file size can be up to 6 times larger so larger storage card required to hold images on .
on the upside if you forget to adjust the white balance in raw you adjust that to correct the colour cast after the event, if your exposure was slightly off you can correct that as well the best part is if you muck up your raw it can be reset it uses non destructive editing. the file itself contains to elements the captured data and a file often referred to as a sidecar file the side car file is if you like the recipe for the photograph within that recipe many states can be saved choosing to show your file in many ways so the raw file could be classed as your ingredients how you choose to use them is down to you.
The only down side to this is a little more time to process the final image but the quality of image you can produce simply out ways this extra step
so why shoot jpeg at all if your good at setting up your camera then the majority of your shots will be ok, so i use these initially as proofs and then refine them using raw for my final output
in my next blog how many mega pixels do i need are all mega pixels the same and cropping ratios.
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