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<p>[QUOTE="jtlee321, post: 5211046, member: 73983"]I did elaborate what kind of flexibility and benefits you have with shooting RAW. The biggest being expanded dynamic range, expanded color gamut, ability to fine tune white balance, tint and many other exposure settings within a RAW processor without a negative impact on image quality. Then, when you bring the image into the editing space of Photoshop as 16 bit image, you can really obtain the best quality pixel when applying post processing of the image.</p><p><br /></p><p>My analogy of a JPEG to a transparency/chrome or Slide is that the slide is essentially a finished product that you can make enlargements from. Exposure, white balance and color/tint must be correctly set prior to exposure. The RAW file is essentially a color negative with a much larger dynamic range and more flexibility in color correction prior to creating a finished print. The example image I used is really the only one that can be seen here in the forums. The expanded color space in terms of editing in Adobe RGB or ProPhoto RGB are not supported in the smaller sRGB space of the internet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another benefit of shooting RAW is the ability to create a custom calibration file of your camera and applying it to the image data prior to importing it into Photoshop. You can then have an end to end color calibrated workflow. You know that what is captured by the camera is as accurate as can be, you know that what you see on your monitor is accurate if it's properly calibrated and then you know your output or print is accurate if your printer is calibrated correctly. I know you are familiar with this and it's known as color management.</p><p><br /></p><p>For some RAW allows for much more flexibility and creativity with their images. JPEG is for those who are happy with what comes from the camera.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jtlee321, post: 5211046, member: 73983"]I did elaborate what kind of flexibility and benefits you have with shooting RAW. The biggest being expanded dynamic range, expanded color gamut, ability to fine tune white balance, tint and many other exposure settings within a RAW processor without a negative impact on image quality. Then, when you bring the image into the editing space of Photoshop as 16 bit image, you can really obtain the best quality pixel when applying post processing of the image. My analogy of a JPEG to a transparency/chrome or Slide is that the slide is essentially a finished product that you can make enlargements from. Exposure, white balance and color/tint must be correctly set prior to exposure. The RAW file is essentially a color negative with a much larger dynamic range and more flexibility in color correction prior to creating a finished print. The example image I used is really the only one that can be seen here in the forums. The expanded color space in terms of editing in Adobe RGB or ProPhoto RGB are not supported in the smaller sRGB space of the internet. Another benefit of shooting RAW is the ability to create a custom calibration file of your camera and applying it to the image data prior to importing it into Photoshop. You can then have an end to end color calibrated workflow. You know that what is captured by the camera is as accurate as can be, you know that what you see on your monitor is accurate if it's properly calibrated and then you know your output or print is accurate if your printer is calibrated correctly. I know you are familiar with this and it's known as color management. For some RAW allows for much more flexibility and creativity with their images. JPEG is for those who are happy with what comes from the camera.[/QUOTE]
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