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Do you guys have any good sites on how to process RAW images with programs like Adobe Camera Raw 3.7? I have CS2, so I can't use ACR 4.0 or higher...

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Hi Frogfish-

 

Are you looking for step by step tuts/detailed raw processing info specific to that prog?

 

If not- I,ve been using raw exclusively for a while now and Silkpix has been the prog of choice here. Very nice color/reasonably fast on my ancient machine and a well implemented interface.

 

I have processed Sony R1 and Nikon D200 raw files with it and both have been handled very well. I have seen some complaints about shadow posterization but I can honestly say I have not seen that issue arise , so it may be a non Sony/Nikon raw file type issue?

 

Basically with raw the in-camera processing- sharpening/WB etc etc is ignored and you do that in the raw processer.Typically with far more control.

 

I,m sure other progs do the same but in Silkypix- when I have a tweak done for an image WB/Tone Curve/etc etc - I save it as a parameter and simply apply that to each image in that sequence.

 

The big advantage is that you are working with the full dataset from the sensor- whereas with jpeg there is loss from the compression. Typically tone sublty and detail.

 

If you are working towards print use this is a big advantage, more bitdepth , more info, richer images.

 

I save the raw from Silkypix with it's paramaters then output to tiff . That tiff goos down the pipleline and ends up on the web as a jpeg, with appropriate format etc versions saved along the way.

 

hope that helps

Will

 

 

 

 

 

 

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If you like portraits of African wildlife, check this guy out. If there's anybody out there who's better, I've yet to see him.

 

http://www.nickbrandt.com/

 

Brandt's methods are very mysterious and he refuses to discuss them, but rumor has it that he uses a Pentax 6X7 without a telephoto lens.

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For those of you who are still into film and have a camera or cameras that you don't have owner's manuals for, this site has been a real big help to me. http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ This site has helped me immensely with some of my "orphan" cameras.

Just need to find a manual for my Walz 35.

Ernie

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Thanks for the link Peter. I'll be spending a while on Nick Brand's website. That is insanely incredible photography!!!!!!! I've never seen anything like it before.

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