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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 749828" data-attributes="member: 48483"><p>I used a D7000 as my primary body until I bought a D750 nearly 2 years ago. Since getting the D7000 I have always shot Raw+Jpeg and have the Raw files save to the primary SD card and the Jpegs save to the 2nd SD card. Usually the 2nd SD card is a smaller-size and slower speed than the primary. I have the best of both worlds that way, a quick JPG I can share, and the Raw I can work with in post.</p><p></p><p>I also am heavily committed to open-source. I do use Windows currently on the main editing PC, but have used Ubuntu Linux of various revisions over the years. I settled on RawTherapee as my Raw editor of choice. It integrates to some degree with GIMP so you can export a file directly from RawTherapee and it loads into GIMP. You do not edit Raw in GIMP at all. RawTherapee allows you to save profiles and I do that for common subjects that use the same lens and lighting mostly. It can also be used to give a starting point with loading the color tables, lens profiles, and things like that. Feature for feature, RawTherapee does pack a lot of the expected Lightroom tools, but they are not presented in as friendly of a format. But if you don't learn on the Adobe products first, then what you expect to see no longer is a limiting factor for using the open-source software.</p><p></p><p>And as for archiving stuff, I keep those Raw files and will often revisit an image if I learn something months or years later and process differently. I tend to dump the Jpegs. I store long-term on network-attached storage hard disks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 749828, member: 48483"] I used a D7000 as my primary body until I bought a D750 nearly 2 years ago. Since getting the D7000 I have always shot Raw+Jpeg and have the Raw files save to the primary SD card and the Jpegs save to the 2nd SD card. Usually the 2nd SD card is a smaller-size and slower speed than the primary. I have the best of both worlds that way, a quick JPG I can share, and the Raw I can work with in post. I also am heavily committed to open-source. I do use Windows currently on the main editing PC, but have used Ubuntu Linux of various revisions over the years. I settled on RawTherapee as my Raw editor of choice. It integrates to some degree with GIMP so you can export a file directly from RawTherapee and it loads into GIMP. You do not edit Raw in GIMP at all. RawTherapee allows you to save profiles and I do that for common subjects that use the same lens and lighting mostly. It can also be used to give a starting point with loading the color tables, lens profiles, and things like that. Feature for feature, RawTherapee does pack a lot of the expected Lightroom tools, but they are not presented in as friendly of a format. But if you don't learn on the Adobe products first, then what you expect to see no longer is a limiting factor for using the open-source software. And as for archiving stuff, I keep those Raw files and will often revisit an image if I learn something months or years later and process differently. I tend to dump the Jpegs. I store long-term on network-attached storage hard disks. [/QUOTE]
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