If you are a Mac user, then Raw will be sufficient.
when I shoot in HDR... then I have to go JPEG. lol
May I know how to batch convert using camera shot setting? I know can set shot setting for Saturation/Contrast/Sharpness/Tone, but NR cannot right?
For those photographers who don't do any post processing, but work out all their calculations and exposures in-camera ~ Jpeg is the way.
For those (like me) who love tinkering with photoshop to drag colours in and out of their work ~ RAW alone.
The only problem with the latter is, that often result in a bad habit of adopting a more lax mentality "Aiyah.. under again! Never mind lah... later I tweak the curve lah...". Ultimately the real basic photography skills get ignored and not practised in the way it should be.
Is it because your HDR software doesn't work with Raw?
NewbieInCS said:Just select the raw files you want to convert to jpg and then click batch process button. The nr setting on your camera will be "tagged" to the raw on dpp. So if shot iso was higher, the nr applied will be stronger, if high iso nr was set to strong, the nr will be stronger...
That mentality has little to do with whether you use RAW or JPG, actually...
It's just like people talking about film versus digital; there is a mistaken perception that using film makes you cherish each shot more. That's hogwash, I've seen loads of film SLR users machine gunning it and taking horrible pictures at an amazing frame rate. :bsmilie:
Well, perhaps that mentality more appropriately describes me.
But recently I am learning to discipline myself more. And although I am still shooting RAW, I have started to view and review my exposures more stringently.
Why is that so? I recently bought a MacBook Pro and would like to know the reason behind this. Currently I shoot mostly Raw + Jpeg but will drop the Jpeg if the reason applies to me.
As far as I know, Mac OS allows user to view RAW files thumbnails but only from a list of supported raw formats from different camera models. Over time and with newer cameras being released, this list needs to be maintained (via software updates) else it will be out-dated. I'm not a Mac user and appreciate if some one can verify what I said is true.
For those photographers who don't do any post processing, but work out all their calculations and exposures in-camera ~ Jpeg is the way.
For those (like me) who love tinkering with photoshop to drag colours in and out of their work ~ RAW alone.
The only problem with the latter is, that often result in a bad habit of adopting a more lax mentality "Aiyah.. under again! Never mind lah... later I tweak the curve lah...". Ultimately the real basic photography skills get ignored and not practised in the way it should be.
Also need to upgrade hard disk storage... always worry it will run out of space when raw form..
I just wan to find out the majority of CSers here... which format did u shoot? RAW? JPEG? or both?