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<blockquote data-quote="lokatz" data-source="post: 647489" data-attributes="member: 43924"><p>Hi Liz, I'm another photographer who used to shoot RAW+JPEG and now shoots RAW only because I have absolutely no use for the JPEGs anymore. Shooting JPEG means you mostly leave it to your camera how the picture eventually looks. Like @<a href="https://nikonites.com/member-25095-rocketcowboy.html" target="_blank">RocketCowboy</a> said, JPEG might occasionally be useful as a quick reference, but I mostly kept deleting them eventually anyway without using any. Shooting RAW means you retain full control, but it also means, almost more important to me, that you can always keep the original RAW file to go back to, even if you find down the road you no longer like the look you created in editing your image, or if you bought some software with new features you would love to apply to your old pics.</p><p></p><p>I own PS CS6, too. Make no mistake: it takes years to learn at least the majority of its features. The nice thing is, though, that you don't have to - you can start with some basic editing stuff and then take things from there as you develop your skills. For instance, start with Camera RAW and just play a little with its sliders. Most pictures benefit substantially if you lower the highlights, increase the shadows, increase clarity (careful - not too much), and then slightly increase vibrance and/or saturation. Go to the White Balance tab if you think the colors are a little off, add some Sharpening to make details stand out more and use other tools as you see fit, then click Open and save the image. At some point, you will feel you have a pretty good idea of what all of these tools do with your RAW, and you'll probably never go back to JPEG. That's when you're ready to start figuring out how to apply masks, make local changes, etc. in PS.</p><p></p><p>BTW, Lightroom is an easier tool to use, which is why it is often mentioned, but unless you're willing to subscribe to it, using Photoshop for all your image editing is just fine and will support you all the way from simple adjustments to very complex image editing.</p><p></p><p>Most importantly: have fun!</p><p></p><p></p><p>I backup my pics from the camera card frequently. Alternatively, you can always set Slot2 as backup as @<a href="https://nikonites.com/member-37799-needa.html" target="_blank">Needa</a> suggested.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lokatz, post: 647489, member: 43924"] Hi Liz, I'm another photographer who used to shoot RAW+JPEG and now shoots RAW only because I have absolutely no use for the JPEGs anymore. Shooting JPEG means you mostly leave it to your camera how the picture eventually looks. Like @[URL="https://nikonites.com/member-25095-rocketcowboy.html"]RocketCowboy[/URL] said, JPEG might occasionally be useful as a quick reference, but I mostly kept deleting them eventually anyway without using any. Shooting RAW means you retain full control, but it also means, almost more important to me, that you can always keep the original RAW file to go back to, even if you find down the road you no longer like the look you created in editing your image, or if you bought some software with new features you would love to apply to your old pics. I own PS CS6, too. Make no mistake: it takes years to learn at least the majority of its features. The nice thing is, though, that you don't have to - you can start with some basic editing stuff and then take things from there as you develop your skills. For instance, start with Camera RAW and just play a little with its sliders. Most pictures benefit substantially if you lower the highlights, increase the shadows, increase clarity (careful - not too much), and then slightly increase vibrance and/or saturation. Go to the White Balance tab if you think the colors are a little off, add some Sharpening to make details stand out more and use other tools as you see fit, then click Open and save the image. At some point, you will feel you have a pretty good idea of what all of these tools do with your RAW, and you'll probably never go back to JPEG. That's when you're ready to start figuring out how to apply masks, make local changes, etc. in PS. BTW, Lightroom is an easier tool to use, which is why it is often mentioned, but unless you're willing to subscribe to it, using Photoshop for all your image editing is just fine and will support you all the way from simple adjustments to very complex image editing. Most importantly: have fun! I backup my pics from the camera card frequently. Alternatively, you can always set Slot2 as backup as @[URL="https://nikonites.com/member-37799-needa.html"]Needa[/URL] suggested. [/QUOTE]
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