RAW and Jpeg – what's the difference?

From digital diversity

http://adamwignall.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/from-raw-to-jpeg-an-indepth-look/

This is going to be a fairly long one so I would make sure you have some supplies ready. Maybe a snack on stand by and your favourite method of getting your caffeine fix at the ready.

I want to cover several key areas:

• RAW and Jpeg – whats the difference?
• An introduction to Adobe Camera RAW (ACR)
• Processing your images from RAW to final Jpeg

This should leave you understanding what a RAW file is and what advantages and disadvantages it gives you. The processing tutorial will also be more advanced than my previous article on basic photo processing.

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