shecky
03-18-2004, 08:57 PM
well actually only RAW vs. TIFF
i am doing a photo project entirely digitally and I intend on using my camera's RAW file format capability (Canon PowerShot G3) - my understanding is that using RAW gives me a fullsize (in this case 4MP, 2272 x 1704 pixels) image that is just as it comes off the CCD - no in-camera image processing whatsoever. Now the catch here is
1- the file sizes are a bit larger than highest rez JPG, and
2- i need to run a canon utility to covert to a TIFF or JPG that Photoshop can use (tho i understand that Photoshop CS can view and process RAW images natively? i am still using PS 7)
obviously neither matters much unless i am processing 100's of images at once - then the conversion could take some time. but other than that, i have done this and i am not enough of a guru to see a difference, but is it worth it? And as an aside, when i go to convert from RAW to TIFF do i want 8-bit or 16-bit? (i have been using 16-bit)
i am doing a photo project entirely digitally and I intend on using my camera's RAW file format capability (Canon PowerShot G3) - my understanding is that using RAW gives me a fullsize (in this case 4MP, 2272 x 1704 pixels) image that is just as it comes off the CCD - no in-camera image processing whatsoever. Now the catch here is
1- the file sizes are a bit larger than highest rez JPG, and
2- i need to run a canon utility to covert to a TIFF or JPG that Photoshop can use (tho i understand that Photoshop CS can view and process RAW images natively? i am still using PS 7)
obviously neither matters much unless i am processing 100's of images at once - then the conversion could take some time. but other than that, i have done this and i am not enough of a guru to see a difference, but is it worth it? And as an aside, when i go to convert from RAW to TIFF do i want 8-bit or 16-bit? (i have been using 16-bit)