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Dec
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RAW Treats
Camera RAW is mode for digital cameras that brings the darkroom to the computer screen. Shots made in this mode are like unprocessed film; they have to go to the darkroom to be completed. Yes, this does allow for better development. Colors are better, exposures can be controlled… There are different tools for working with RAW. These include eye droppers (fixing white and color balance), histogram (seeing the value of the image), tone curve (adjusting value), and detail (adjusting sharpen and noise). Camera RAW sounds too good to be true. This is, until we learn of a couple minor setbacks…
- YOU have to activate the photo. It just doesn’t work by itself.
- It takes up a lot more room on memory cards. A lot. Like, 4 times the amount.
- Burst shooting is um, hard. Those files are big!
