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Re: To Raw or not to Raw
Before you click Open File, you need to set it to 16-bits. At the bottom middle of the ACR window is a link to click on that will let you change it to 16-bits. Then, after setting this, when you do Open File, it will automatically be in 16-bits in Photoshop and will have preserved the full 16-bits of data. You want it done… -
Re: To Raw or not to Raw
Well that leads me to another question I wanted to ask... (Not sure if I should add additional questions within the thread though?) When I open my CR2 file in ARC and then click on Open File, I get a jpeg but it is in 8bits, and then I have to change the image mode to 16 bit. Is this normal or shouldn't it be directly… -
Re: To Raw or not to Raw
If you process first in ACR and then Open in PS you stay in 16 bit mode until you save the file, and then you have the option of saving in a lossless 16 bit file format or a lossy 8 bit format like JPG. The problem with shooting to JPG is that you are discarding a tremendous amount of information in translating to 8 bit as… -
Re: To Raw or not to Raw
You can adjust the output parameters of ARC to give you 8 or 16 bit images as jpgs or tiffs, and you can adjust the size is pixels as well. ARC 4.3, which is the RAW converter associated with PSCS3, does allow noise reduction in luminance and chroma. It is not as good as Noise Ninja, or NoiseWear( which is what I use ) but… -
Re: To Raw or not to Raw
I should add, just to muddy the waters, that I use the latest version of "Neat Image", the paid commercial version, within PS CS2 and after ACR and basic exposure compensation and maybe Levels and a light touch on Curves. I find that Neat Image works pretty well against noise especially after the image is more "normalized"… -
Re: To Raw or not to Raw
Very Interesting Well, for a first thread i'm proud :) So much information in return for my questions! Summary of what i've learned today: 1) The existence of Bibble Lab (Which I tested but it gives me a blank when I try to open a CR2) 2) How RAW to switch to 16-bit before importing to PS 3) Some good feedback on the task…
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