Recently Adobe PhotoShop (PS) improved its interface for dealing with Camera Raw Files with the release of CS2. As this is the first and most important step in dealing with raw files I thought it would be helpful to provide some infomation for those dealing with them and hopefully provide a bit more to aid in your understanding.
RAW files
We can consider raw files as undeveloped images, as if they were film from your camera (film negs/trannies), the conversion process is the developingof these images (colour prints).
Raw files contain both image data and information about how the image was originally shot, e.g. camera model, shutter speed and aperture, within a high compression format.
Transformation in photoshop
The conversion from Raw to colour image within the Camera Raw Window (CRW) follows several steps prior to any operator adjustments, including White Balance, Gamma correction and Noise reduction. Read the rest of this entry »
