Author Topic: Photography... (Read 151566 times)

S8NSSON · « **Reply #700 on:** June 24, 2009, 10:32:14 AM »

I think digital imaging has made the art of photography limitless. There is so much less pressure to get it all perfect for the shot. You can do so much in post production today.

I shoot everything in RAW. I have actually talked several pro photographers into shooting in RAW. How they didn't do it already was beyond me. Non-destructive manipulation rules.

wafflez205 · « **Reply #701 on:** June 24, 2009, 11:40:42 AM »

Aren't RAW files huge? Or is that TIF? Ah I'm confused

S8NSSON · « **Reply #702 on:** June 24, 2009, 12:15:55 PM »

RAW files are huge.

Actually RAW files are not much larger than the highest resolution JPGs coming out of your camera.

The beauty of RAW files is that you can alter the sharpness, brightness, contrast, white balance, shadows, highlights, and cropping non-destructive. The "recipe" is stored in the RAW file and applied in the software that handles the RAW images. You simply export to JPG and into Photoshop to apply any destructive effects you want on the image.

One of the first rules I learned was to ALWAYS shoot at your camera's maximum resolution. You never know when you will snap that perfect picture you wish to print at 8.5x11 or larger. If you only have the picture in a smaller resolution you would be pretty mad.

Memory, HD space, and backup schemes are so inexpensive today.
I just bought a 1TB USB2.0 drive for backups. I've been shooting 10MB RAW files for the last two years and have accumulated around 200gigs of images. That 1TB drive should last me a good three or four more years.

coLa · « **Reply #703 on:** June 24, 2009, 10:41:42 PM »

I ALWAYS shoot in RAW. :]]]

UDead · « **Reply #704 on:** June 25, 2009, 05:38:57 AM »

How much memory to you have and your camera holds, raw eats up a memory care quick

So what’s different form shooting at highest setting resolution or dpi (dots per inch) verses raw? I use my highest resolution settings and bring it into Photoshop and edit them.

S8NSSON · « **Reply #705 on:** June 25, 2009, 08:14:21 AM »

I have an 8gig and two 4gig cards. At around 10MB per pic I can fit just under 800 RAW pics on on the 8gig card.
Rarely ever do I completely fill the 8gig card in a single outing.

The difference between RAW and same resolution JPG? I just covered that above.

coLa · « **Reply #706 on:** June 25, 2009, 08:42:50 AM »

Think I have a 4gig card and can hold about 400 pictures.

jitspoe · « **Reply #707 on:** June 25, 2009, 05:42:45 PM »

I've noticed that the effects of image manipulation tend to display artifacts of the camera sensor much faster than jpeg compression artifacts, so RAW doesn't really seem worth it to me in most cases. I've never had to make substantial changes to an image that were impossible/looked bad due to not having the raw source, plus it's an extra step to go through. A lot of image viewers don't support raw formats natively. Memory is super cheap these days, though, so there's probably no harm in doing it. Max resolution is a must, though. I wish my camera had a higher resolution (3072x2048). Though I do have a special low-res mode I use occasionally for generic crap that isn't art photography.

UDead · « **Reply #708 on:** June 26, 2009, 05:46:51 AM »

My camera highest is 2616 x 2684 but I don’t have one of those high end full digital SLR's, mines just a Fujifilm finepix S9000.

Cameron · « **Reply #709 on:** June 27, 2009, 02:52:32 AM »

Question for Photoshoppers..... Is there any way possible to make the default Save-As option JPEG? I'm getting sick of having to change that, and Google is no help at all

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UDead · « **Reply #710 on:** June 27, 2009, 05:02:51 AM »

What do you mean as making a default save-as option jpg? I took Photoshop in high school so I need more information on what you want to do.

Cameron · « **Reply #711 on:** June 27, 2009, 05:04:50 AM »

Well, when I go to save a file, if I click save-as it brings up that save-as box right. It automatically has the photoshop format selected as the save format, and I would like to have that set as .jpg when I click save-as. Its only 2 seconds of time, but it annoys the hell out of me when I'm doing other things as well.

Justinph5 · « **Reply #712 on:** June 27, 2009, 07:40:28 AM »

Quote from: Cameron on June 27, 2009, 02:52:32 AM

Question for Photoshoppers..... Is there any way possible to make the default Save-As option JPEG? I'm getting sick of having to change that, and Google is no help at all .

It defaults based on the file specs. If the file has one layer, it defaults to JPEG. If it has more than one layer, it defaults to PSD. Unless you already had a multi-layer file saved as a different format, then it will resave as that format when you go to save a copy.

So if you're saving as a jpeg, then just flatten the image before you save. (Ctrl-Shift-E)