Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS- P2

Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS- P2: If youre reading this book because you want to be told that digital really isbetter than film, look elsewhere. Those discussions tend to generate a lotmore heat thanlight, andifyouarent at least contemplatingshootingdigitalfor some or all of your work, this book isnt relevant.
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Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS- P212 Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS If you digest and implement all the techniques, tips, and tricks offered in this book, youll find that the bulkof the time spent on raw conversions is computer t i m e y o u can set up batch conversions and go do something more interesting while the computer crunches the images. But any way you slice it, raw files arent as immediately available as JPEGs, and they require one more step in the workflow. File Size Raw files are larger than JPEGs-typically somewhere between two and four times as large. Storage is cheap and getting cheaper every year, but if you need to fit the maximum number of images on a cameras storage card, or you need to transmit images as quickly as possible over a network or the Web, the larger size of raw files may be an issue. In most cases, amodicum of planning makes file size a non-issue--just make sure you have enough storage cards, and leave yourself enough time for file transmission. Tip: Two small cards are better than one large one. High-capacity Compact Flash cards command premium prices compared to lower- capacity ones--a4GB card costs more than double the price of a 2GB one, which in turn costs more than double the price of a 1GB one. But using two smaller cards rather than one bigger one lets you hand off the first card to an assistant who can then start copying the files to the computer, archiving them, and perhaps even doing rough processing, while you continue to shoot with the second card. Multiple smaller, cheaper cards give you much more flexibility than one big one. Longevity Theres one other issue with raw files. Currently, many camera vendors use proprietary formats for raw files, raising a concern about their long- term readability. Hardware manufacturers dont have the best track record when it comes to producing updated software for old hardware1 have cupboards full of ancient orphaned weird junk to prove it- its entirely so legitimate to raise the question of how someone will be able to read the raw files you capture today in 10 or 100 years time. I dont have a crystal ball, but Adobes commitment to making Camera Raw a universal converter for raw images is clear. At the same time, its Chapter 1: Digital Camera Raw 13 no secret that some cameravendors are less than supportive of Adobes efforts in this regard. Ifyoure concerned about long-termsupport for your raw liles, you need to make your cameravendor aware of the fact.You can also support any initiatives to produce an open, documented file format for rawcaptures,and, if necessary,use your wallet to vote against vendors who resist such initiatives.Adobe Camera Raw If youve read this far, I hope Ive convinced you of the benefitsof shooting raw. In the remainder of this chapter, lets examine the reasons for making Adobe Camera Raw the raw converter of choice. Universal Converter Unlike the raw converters supplied by the camera vendors, Camera Raw doesnt limit its support to a single brand of camera. Adobe has made a commitment to add support for new cameras on a regular basis, and so far, they seem to be doing a good job. So even if you shoot with multiple cameras ftom different vendors or add new cameras regularly, you have to learn only one user interface and only one set of controls.This translates directly into savings of that most precious commodity, time. Industrial-strength Features Camera Raw is one of the most full featured raw converters in existence. It offers fine control over white balance, exposure, noise reduction, and sharpness, but unlike most other raw converters, it also has controls for eliminating chromatic aberration (digital capture is brutal at revealing lens flaws that film masks) and for fine-tuning the color response for individual camera models. Thanks to the magic of metadata, Camera Raw can identify the specific camera model on which an image was captured. You can create Calibra- tion settings for each camera model, which Camera Raw then applies automatically. Of course, you can also customize all the other CameraRaw settings and save them as Camera Defaults--so each camera model can have its own set of custom settings.14 Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS Integration with Photoshop As soon as you point Photoshops Fie Browser at a folder full of raw images, Camera Raw goes straight to work, generating thumbnails and previews so that you can make your initial selects quickly. The File Browsers automation features let you apply custom settings on a per-image basis, then batch-convert images to Web galleries, PDF prese ...