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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 312447" data-attributes="member: 12496">It is a great feature, but all Raw software is non-destructive editing, including any Adobe version, or any other brand, like ViewNX.&nbsp;&nbsp; We have no tools to actually change the Raw file.In comparison however, some free programs, like say Faststone, will open and read Raw files.&nbsp; However, they are NOT raw editors, anything but.&nbsp;&nbsp; Opening them becomes then just like a JPG, in that changes are actually made to the data (instead of saving a list of the changes).&nbsp; Save the image and the changes are only in the JPG data, so next time, to see those previous changes, you have to open the JPG, not the Raw file.&nbsp; Open the Raw file, and you have no list of changes.And there is more.&nbsp; Adobe Raw software will also losslessly edit JPG files, like from my wifes compact camera.&nbsp; Again lossless editing, in that it does not change the data, but saves a list of changes, somewhere else in the JPG file,&nbsp; If other software opens it, they don't know about any of this, and it does not bother them, but they only see the original JPG file. But open it in Adobe, and it sees and applies the previous changes, losslessly.&nbsp; No additional JPG artifacts.&nbsp;&nbsp; But like Raw, we also have to output another JPG file containing those changes, so other programs can see it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Good stuff.&nbsp; The wife thinks her little compact camera takes tremendous pictures now.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />And agreed, ability to affect many images at once is certainly also a major feature.&nbsp; To my knowledge, Nikon Raw software can't do that, but it is MAJOR.Raw has a tremendous number of major features.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is all good. <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: 312447, member: 12496"] It is a great feature, but all Raw software is non-destructive editing, including any Adobe version, or any other brand, like ViewNX. We have no tools to actually change the Raw file. In comparison however, some free programs, like say Faststone, will open and read Raw files. However, they are NOT raw editors, anything but. Opening them becomes then just like a JPG, in that changes are actually made to the data (instead of saving a list of the changes). Save the image and the changes are only in the JPG data, so next time, to see those previous changes, you have to open the JPG, not the Raw file. Open the Raw file, and you have no list of changes. And there is more. Adobe Raw software will also losslessly edit JPG files, like from my wifes compact camera. Again lossless editing, in that it does not change the data, but saves a list of changes, somewhere else in the JPG file, If other software opens it, they don't know about any of this, and it does not bother them, but they only see the original JPG file. But open it in Adobe, and it sees and applies the previous changes, losslessly. No additional JPG artifacts. But like Raw, we also have to output another JPG file containing those changes, so other programs can see it. Good stuff. The wife thinks her little compact camera takes tremendous pictures now. :) And agreed, ability to affect many images at once is certainly also a major feature. To my knowledge, Nikon Raw software can't do that, but it is MAJOR. Raw has a tremendous number of major features. It is all good. :) [/QUOTE]

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