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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 329708" data-attributes="member: 12496">Correct, Raw is Raw, no camera processing.&nbsp; At minimum, they need White Balance.&nbsp; Also the camera applies some contrast and vividness to JPGs that does not happen to Raw.&nbsp; You can do it though, the idea is that you can see the Raw first, and KNOW what it needs, and you do it then instead of guessing before you see it.ACR tries to apply the camera White Balance (the As Shot value), but it is not exact, and of course, the camera value was only guessing anyway, before it even saw the light.&nbsp; You can see it in Raw, and maybe use a white card, and make it precisely correct.&nbsp; You can of course tweak exposure as necessary too.&nbsp;&nbsp; See the Curves tab in ACR, and you probably like the Medium Contrast preset there (a S-curve similar to what the camera does, but did not do for Raw).&nbsp; That can be set to be default.&nbsp; You can even set the Auto button to be default, on any Raw file you open.&nbsp; But then of course, you don't see your mistakes, you may not even know you screwed it up.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 329708, member: 12496"] Correct, Raw is Raw, no camera processing. At minimum, they need White Balance. Also the camera applies some contrast and vividness to JPGs that does not happen to Raw. You can do it though, the idea is that you can see the Raw first, and KNOW what it needs, and you do it then instead of guessing before you see it. ACR tries to apply the camera White Balance (the As Shot value), but it is not exact, and of course, the camera value was only guessing anyway, before it even saw the light. You can see it in Raw, and maybe use a white card, and make it precisely correct. You can of course tweak exposure as necessary too. See the Curves tab in ACR, and you probably like the Medium Contrast preset there (a S-curve similar to what the camera does, but did not do for Raw). That can be set to be default. You can even set the Auto button to be default, on any Raw file you open. But then of course, you don't see your mistakes, you may not even know you screwed it up. :) [/QUOTE]

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