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So your telling me if I where to convert a RAW file into a
TIFF, the publishers would know weather I had used PS or not?
I don't think so!
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 5:36
AM
Subject: Re: Re[2]: Converting Raw
files
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
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