Hi Rick:
It's my understanding that it's not possible to save changes to a raw file. The only way changes can be saved is to save them in jpeg or some other format. The original raw file is essentially a negative (no, it's not a reverse image) that must be developed in a program (the digital equivalent of a darkroom) such as Photoshop before it's of any use. The neat thing about a raw fil is that it ALWAYS retains ALL of the original information intact. By the way, you should copy or move all of your raw files either to CD or DVD then label and date the CD/DVD. In other words you should archive them for future use. As I already mentioned, Photoshop is the publishing/advertising industry standard. That's the program everyone in the business uses. Thus an image made by another program is of little use to them.
Blair
Blair,
Saturday, April 8, 2006, 12:44:01 AM, you wrote:
BH> The industry standard for converting raw files is Photoshop. If
BH> you ever have any ambitions of selling your images for
BH> publication, you must use either Photoshop (very expensive) or
BH> Photoshop Elements (about $100 online). If you use anything else,
BH> the chances are your work will not be considered by editors, art
BH> directors, or even stock photo agencies (I'm not sure about online
BH> agencies).
I use Photoshop Essentials, but I usually convert from RAW using
RawShooter. It doesn't have all of the tools Photoshop has, but I like
it's ability to batch convert, and I like the fact that it doesn't do
anything to the original file by default. I still sometimes use
Photoshop to tweak them afterwards, crop, etc., but I start with
RawShooter.
--
Rick
