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<blockquote data-quote="nickt" data-source="post: 377235" data-attributes="member: 4923"><p>A jpg is a compressed version of an image. Its not compressed like a pillow though, where everything comes back when you release it. Rather, a significant amount of information is trimmed away and discarded while still attempting to retain a good representation of the scene. </p><p></p><p>To make a book analogy, it is like an abridged version. That is, a shortened version of the original book. The work is shrunk by using fewer words, briefer descriptions, etc, while still keeping the story line accurate. Now as you can imagine, the final result may depend on who does the trimming of the book. Small details will have been discarded and cannot not be recovered from the condensed/abridged version. A deep analysis of the book will be limited if using the abridged version because some original details are simply not there. This is your jpg image, subtle bits of information are gone forever. The raw image is the original work with the maximum amount of information retained for you to make your own interpretations.</p><p></p><p>You do need to add a little polish to your raw image in post processing. This could be a project or it can simply be applying a quick preset with no thought involved. You are free to do both, you can spit out quick jpg's and later go back and do more in depth edits.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickt, post: 377235, member: 4923"] A jpg is a compressed version of an image. Its not compressed like a pillow though, where everything comes back when you release it. Rather, a significant amount of information is trimmed away and discarded while still attempting to retain a good representation of the scene. To make a book analogy, it is like an abridged version. That is, a shortened version of the original book. The work is shrunk by using fewer words, briefer descriptions, etc, while still keeping the story line accurate. Now as you can imagine, the final result may depend on who does the trimming of the book. Small details will have been discarded and cannot not be recovered from the condensed/abridged version. A deep analysis of the book will be limited if using the abridged version because some original details are simply not there. This is your jpg image, subtle bits of information are gone forever. The raw image is the original work with the maximum amount of information retained for you to make your own interpretations. You do need to add a little polish to your raw image in post processing. This could be a project or it can simply be applying a quick preset with no thought involved. You are free to do both, you can spit out quick jpg's and later go back and do more in depth edits. [/QUOTE]
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