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    1. What is a digital Raw file? 2. Data capture from camera’s image sensor 3. Exposure and linear capture 4. Raw vs Jpeg 5. Raw limitations 6. Adobe Camera Raw - why we use it Author Samuel Chia (founder of The Cacao Print Studio) When Samuel Chia was 15, he became the youngest member ever to assume the role as the Instructor of the Photographic Society of Temasek Junior College. He has trained photographers in the College and other schools for 2 years, with a body of work spanning genres from performance arts to sports. As a part of the process of his photography, Samuel prints his own images. The print is the “final performance” of his craft. He believes in the balance of aesthetic vision and technical knowledge; they go hand in hand to fulfill the artist’s intention. He has also set up a customized printing service, The Cacao Print Studio, to allow like-minded photographers and artists, the ability to enjoy the very best of high-end archival photographic printing.

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    The Raw Truth

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    1. What is a digital Raw file? 2. Data capture from camera’s image sensor 3. Exposure and linear capture 4. Raw vs Jpeg 5. Raw limitations 6. Adobe Camera Raw - why we use it Author Samuel Chia (founder of The Cacao Print Studio) When Samuel Chia was 15, he became the youngest member ever to assume the role as the Instructor of the Photographic Society of Temasek Junior College. He has trained photographers in the College and other schools for 2 years, with a body of work spanning genres from performance arts to sports. As a part of the process of his photography, Samuel prints his own images. The print is the “final performance” of his craft. He believes in the balance of aesthetic vision and technical knowledge; they go hand in hand to fulfill the artist’s intention. He has also set up a customized printing service, The Cacao Print Studio, to allow like-minded photographers and artists, the ability to enjoy the very best of high-end archival photographic printing.

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    The Raw Truth

    Contents
    • Raw – the BIG picture
    • Exposure and Linear/Non-linear data
    • Raw versus Jpeg
    • Raw Limitations
    • Adobe Camera Raw
    Raw – the BIG picture
    Raw – the BIG picture

    What is Raw
    Digital Raw file
    • Raw data from camera sensor
    • Metadata (capture data; camera presets on contrast, saturation,
    sharpness etc.)

    Raw files come in propriety formats (.CR2,


    .NEF)

    All Raw files share the same


    • Basic properties
    • Basic advantages
    Raw – the BIG picture

    Camera Sensors and Data


    • Raw captures are Grayscale
    • Luminance data
    • Color information
    • Raw captures need to go through
    demosaicing
    • Mosaic sensors record color by color filters
    • Raw converters interpolate missing color
    info
    Raw – the BIG picture

    Raw Control
    Raw convertors also control all of the below:

    Tone Noise

    Color rendering Sharpening

    White Balance Antialiasing

    Output to chosen color space, bit depth


    Exposure and Linear/Non-linear
    data
    Exposure and Linear/Non-linear data

    Linearity
    Digital sensors perform Linear capture

    Working color spaces are between gamma 1.8-2.2 (non-


    linear)

    Our senses are non-linear

    Tone-mapping

    Expose to the Right


    Exposure and Linear/Non-linear data

    Linearity
    Digital sensors perform Linear capture

    Example: A 12 bit raw file (212 = 4096 levels)

    Graphic taken from Real World Camera Raw CS3 book


    Exposure and Linear/Non-linear data

    Exposure
    Underexpose
    • Wastage of bits from digital capture
    • Introducing noise into shadows/midtones

    Overexpose
    • Risk blowing out highlights
    • Adobe Camera Raw plug-in can rescue blown
    highlights
    Exposure and Linear/Non-linear data

    Exposure and Tone Mapping

    Graphic taken from Real World Camera Raw CS3 book


    Raw vs Jpeg
    Raw vs Jpeg

    Raw vs Jpeg
    Raw Jpeg
    Full control (limited for
    Limited by in-camera pre-sets.
    exposure, focus and ISO)
    Usually limited to sRGB or
    Choice of color space for output
    Adobe RGB
    12/14/16 bit capture 8 bit capture

    Huge room for extensive editing Fairly limited editing capabilities

    Freedom to re-interpret all


    camera controls, White balance, “Baked” settings
    sharpening, contrast etc
    Raw vs Jpeg

    Woes of Edits
    EVERY edit in photoshop is destructive.

    Posterisation and Detail loss will occur.

    These problems show themselves more in a 8


    bit file than a
    16 bit file

    It is not the end of the world!


    Raw Limitations
    Raw Limitations

    Downsides to Shooting Raw


    1) Time spent processing images vs time
    spent shooting
    more images

    4. Large file sizes

    6. Non-universal format raises issues of long-


    term support

    8. Adobe DNG
    Adobe Camera Raw
    Adobe Camera Raw

    Why people use it


    1) Universal

    3) Industrial–strength features

    5) Integration with Photoshop (continuous


    workflow)

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