I hate myself. RAW editing question

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ptcasper

Senior Member
I just spent a weekend in Chicago taking photographs... drove 6 hours home... andddd realized I accidentally shot everything in JPEG.

Any editing tips or suggestions to help these images look somewhat like a RAW edited photo?

:mad:
 
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Eyelight

Senior Member
Ouch! Been there and done that.

You can do the same things, but just don't have the level of adjustment, especially with white balance.

Post an image.
 
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STM

Senior Member
All is not lost. If your exposures are correct, then you are in good shape. A .jpg is not the end of the world, not by a long shot!
 
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ptcasper

Senior Member
I still have a lot to learn with night photography but they didn't turn out horrid like I expected... just took a bit longer to adjust 4.jpg5.jpg6.jpg8.jpg13.jpg
 
Marcel

Marcel

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Don't forget that it is possible to open jpeg files and edit them with the Raw editor of Photoshop.

Here's what you have to do:

Open Photoshop
Click <File<open
Select your jpeg file and then in the dialog box in the bottom, click format and select Camera Raw in the selection box.
Bingo, your jpeg file will be opened with all Camera raw edition possibilities, including the precious color temperature adjustment.

Hope this helps.
 
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mikew_RIP

Senior Member
Marcel said:
Don't forget that it is possible to open jpeg files and edit them with the Raw editor of Photoshop.

Here's what you have to do:

Open Photoshop
Click <File<open
Select your jpeg file and then in the dialog box in the bottom, click format and select Camera Raw in the selection box.
Bingo, your jpeg file will be opened with all Camera raw edition possibilities, including the precious color temperature adjustment.

Hope this helps.
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Thank you very much i didnt know that,the only thing with elements i need to choose open as
 
BackdoorArts

BackdoorArts

Senior Member
Marcel said:
Don't forget that it is possible to open jpeg files and edit them with the Raw editor of Photoshop.

Here's what you have to do:

Open Photoshop
Click <File<open
Select your jpeg file and then in the dialog box in the bottom, click format and select Camera Raw in the selection box.
Bingo, your jpeg file will be opened with all Camera raw edition possibilities, including the precious color temperature adjustment.

Hope this helps.
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Absolutely. Lightroom offers the same thing without having to even think about it since its Develop module is the ACR interface.

As was mentioned, with well exposed photos you can do most of what you need to with a JPEG file. If you need to tame highlights and bring out shadows you're likely out of luck.
 
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wornish

Senior Member
Not tried this if you convert them to Adobe DNG you might have more options in terms of adjustments possible. The DNG format is "supposed" to be as flexible as RAW.
 
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