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Author DSLR users, what is the best format to save pictures in?
Rob E
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12th Feb 08 at 18:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I have recently started using the RAW settings to take pictures on my camera. I am using photoshop CS to adjust the raw files. I am finding when I save them as jpg I am losing quite a bit of quality from the image. Im saving them at a grade 8 jpg as want to keep the file size to a reasonable size. Any advice? Thanks
AndyKent
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12th Feb 08 at 18:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Don't worry about file size, save them as 12s if you must have a JPG. Otherwise try saving as PNG, I find that less 'lossy'.

You could keep them as RAWs though unless you are sharing them for the quality.
Rob E
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12th Feb 08 at 19:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

not sharing all of them, just the ones I would like to upload onto the internet and put onto CD for people etc seem to be a bit poor quiality, makes my photography look even worse
AndyKent
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12th Feb 08 at 19:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

JPG will always be lossy but its the best web format TBH.

Along side other photos (on the net) they'll look fine unless you really dump the quality slider
JonnyJ
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12th Feb 08 at 20:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

^ What andy said. I save all mine as jpegs to put in the internet, they are bound to be poorer quality than raw.
Tiger
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If its for pro-printing I save them as .TIF files
Scotty_B
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quote:
Originally posted by Tiger
If its for pro-printing I save them as .TIF files


Hoddo
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quote:
Originally posted by Tiger
If its for pro-printing I save them as .TIF files



 
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