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So I shot in RAW format, now what?

June 19, 2011 Neil vN 49 Comments

RAW workflow - the first step - changing your default settings

As a bit of a forward nudge to those who are entirely new to a RAW workflow, or who hesitantly moved to shooting in RAW - here's the next step forward - changing the defaults for your RAW file. Before we even get there, shooting in RAW is very much part of the serious photographer's environment. Shooting just in JPG is rarely an option. As I have mentioned, there are few occasions where shooting in JPG might be an advantage. So with that in mind ... RAW it is. And has to be. Now, some notes for the newcomers to  Read more inside...

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