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SONiC_86
10-04-2008, 22:31
Just after a bit of advice concerning taking photos in RAW format.
My sister bought an Nikon D60 and i had a play around with it and set it to RAW format. She then took a load of photos for her uni work, and says she can't open them in Adobe photoshop CS2.

What is needed to work in RAW format / convert to psd files for adobe photoshop ?

Thanks.
Ace
10-04-2008, 23:47
u can open a raw file in photoshop..
file>open>and then from the file type drop down list choose photoshop RAW and choose the picture..
Keith Fusco
11-04-2008, 13:43
As Ace said, you can use Photoshop to open them.

Failing that, you can always download a RAW program, but Photoshop works fine for me!
brad mole
11-04-2008, 14:15
i had to download some sorta patch or something to get my photoshop to recognise RAW format, i think i just googled the error message that came up and found a link on a forum
Keith Fusco
11-04-2008, 14:19
Google FTW!

Mine worked right away on my MacBook, and I think the same for my Windows PC too. Can't remember having to download anything extra.

All else failing, copy Brad lol.
SONiC_86
11-04-2008, 14:43
Thanks for your help :yippe:
crossy
11-04-2008, 15:56
whats the difference between raw and jpeg? And why are Raws so frickin huge!
Ace
11-04-2008, 16:09
whats the difference between raw and jpeg? And why are Raws so frickin huge!
think RAW are more detailed than jpeg
Keith Fusco
11-04-2008, 17:17
You have more control over RAW's, than JPEG's.

They've like negatives of the digital camera world.
l2ke
11-04-2008, 17:30
you need raw editor, but should have that in CS2 :?

don't know why your shooting in raw to be honest.

only reason to do it is larger file sizes, better quality, better colour and shade tones, and more "editable" than JPG's ie. doesn't reduce quality as badly if you photoshop it loads.

but JPG's are more than suitable unless your doing proper photography work for editorial or commercial use
SONiC_86
11-04-2008, 23:05
^ she's doing a photography module at uni i think they expect them to use raw.

I've had a read and a raw file is exactly what the camera image sensor sees, no compression so no quality loss, so its like the the digital negative or master copy i suppose.
Gazza_DJ
11-04-2008, 23:26
whats the difference between raw and jpeg? And why are Raws so frickin huge!

RAW is the untouched CCD sensor data from the camera - like a WAV but for pictures.
JJ_5DOORCORSA
12-04-2008, 04:12
a jpeg has bits taken out of it so that it can be a smaller megabytes, but raw is all what the sensor gets, but if u think a raw is huge try converting it to a tiff afterwards!

some of the new nikon raws (neff's) aren't read by older photoshops, especially nikon dslr's that where made after 07.
Nutkin
12-04-2008, 12:32
a jpeg has bits taken out of it so that it can be a smaller megabytes, but raw is all what the sensor gets, but if u think a raw is huge try converting it to a tiff afterwards!

some of the new nikon raws (neff's) aren't read by older photoshops, especially nikon dslr's that where made after 07.

Not always true, there is a form of Lossless jpeg encoding. ;)
JJ_5DOORCORSA
12-04-2008, 13:42
Not always true, there is a form of Lossless jpeg encoding. ;)

didnt realise, stopped using jpegs a while back coz when i started my photography course my lecturer told us not to use em.:D
JJ_5DOORCORSA
12-04-2008, 13:44
ive got adobe lightroom for all my raws.
Gazza_DJ
12-04-2008, 18:36
Not always true, there is a form of Lossless jpeg encoding. ;)

Indeed, although that is still essentially a bit like a bitmap image, and when you are doing a lot of work with images RAW is still better. you probably know that already though :lol:
SONiC_86
12-04-2008, 23:10
some of the new nikon raws (neff's) aren't read by older photoshops, especially nikon dslr's that where made after 07.

ah that could be it then she has a Nikon DSLR a D60 and photoshop CS2, maybe it'll work with CS3 then
Gazza_DJ
12-04-2008, 23:12
Go on the Nikon website SONiC_86, and look for the downloads section. it will most likely have the Nikon RAW plugin on there.
Nutkin
13-04-2008, 01:47
Indeed, although that is still essentially a bit like a bitmap image, and when you are doing a lot of work with images RAW is still better. you probably know that already though :lol:

Not really :P i dont know jack **** about images

Just learnt about encoding and compression and lossless formats. :)
Justin_SRi
20-04-2008, 20:05
just going slightly away from the topic, but still with RAW images, how do I extract the RAW's from my Canon 400D? I've been out taking pics today but can only seem to download the .jpgs and nothing else, I took all my pics on L + RAW. Any advice?