 Yovanki D. Westbrook |
Getting Pictures Does anyone feel that getting your pictures from your rebel onto your computer seem a little slow? I had a kodak dx6490 for 1 month and it was quick, although it was only a 4mp. Is there anything that I can do to speed up the process on getting my pics in my computer?
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- Bob Cournoyer Contact Bob Cournoyer Bob Cournoyer's Gallery  |
I've got a digital rebel, too. For a full 256mb card, tethering the camera to the computer takes about 20-25 minutes. Using a card reader, it takes maybe 3 or so minutes.... Hope this helps. Bob
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Yovanki D. Westbrook |
Thanks, I was wondering if that would help. Hey, I was also wondering what is the deal with taking pics in raw? Is it good or bad or what? I have just taken pics yesterday in raw and had to convert to jpeg. I just don't know anything about it. Thanks in advance,
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- Bob Cournoyer Contact Bob Cournoyer Bob Cournoyer's Gallery |
I'm saving raw for my 2nd life. I'm having a hard enough figuring out regular photography in my 1st life..:-) Bob
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roberthambleyphoto.com - Robert Hambley Contact Robert Hambley Robert Hambley's Gallery |
RAW is basically your 'digital negative', that is, the electronic file that records what the sensor 'saw'. By using the RAW, you have a large degree of flexibility in 'digitally developing' the image. You can correct White Balance, correct for some exposure problems, etc. It takes a little practice to get used to it, but I think it is way better than JPG. I would think before long, there will be a class here in RAW file processing... (How about it?.....) When saving as JPG, you are losing some image quality.
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Yovanki D. Westbrook |
How do you correct white balance and exposure? Thank you so much for responding, I need all the help I can get. It would be awesome if there would be a class on raw processing! ! !
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George F. Howard |
Ben Willmore's BetterPhoto Photoshop Basics course will give you the basics of shooting in RAW and how to "develop" same with Photoshop. It removed the mystery of that process for me.
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roberthambleyphoto.com - Robert Hambley Contact Robert Hambley Robert Hambley's Gallery |
Greetings, You are right.. I skipped reviewing that course outline for that class as it was listed as a 'mastery' class, and my photoshop skills aren't there yet. However, reviewing that, I think that is the class I would need first. Understanding the basics of RAW will help a lot. I have been doing a lot of trial and error in RAW processing.. To Yovanki's question, in RAW file processing you have the options of adjusting the white balance and/or exposure when you open the file in photoshop. In JPG files, I know it can be done, but not sure how. Good Luck...
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Yovanki D. Westbrook |
Thanks everyone for your response. I went into photoshop and my 3-13-05 pictures aren't there. The date is but there is no pics. My pics for that date are in zoom browser and file viewer but not in photoshop. Does anyone know why? Does shooting in raw do that?
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George F. Howard |
Photoshop should display RAW files. Make sure you have the most recent RAW Update from Adobe. It is free and should be available at --->http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=39&platform=windows (if your PC OS is Windows). If that does not work you should have received a CD with your Rebel. On that CD is Canon's version of a RAW editor (I can't remember the name). I must warn though, that there is a learning curve for either program unless you can get some guidance.
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George F. Howard |
Robert, in this sense I believe BetterPhoto means that the course helps one gain a mastery of Photoshop. Before taking Ben's course I could only use Photoshop to apply levels to photos and clone out dust but using curves and creating layers were beyond my grasp. By necessity I shot on auto white balance in JPG format since the RAW conversion process looked to me to be a guessing game of options. Ben in clear non-techie terms explains the process from converting the RAW image to creating a selectively adjusted final print.
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