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Do you mean shooting both as RAW and JPEG, by which the camera creates the JPEG from the RAW in-camera, or do you mean shooting only in RAW and then having to create a JPEG from that yourself?
Sorry, you're still not being very clear. I've not come across a piece of software on a computer that automatically saves a JPEG from a RAW file. Of course there's plenty that may have escaped me.
Do you mean setting your 450D to save as both JPEG and RAW in the Quality menu?
Do you mean setting your 450D to save as both JPEG and RAW in the Quality menu?
Glad it's not just me.
In any case the answer to your original question is probably 'depends'.
The beauty of a RAW file is its versatility. It contains so much raw data that you have immensely more creative control over the process of turning that RAW file into a JPEG than simply letting a piece of software do it for you. The software will simply just process it using a pre-set series of settings and values to give you a half-decent result. You could do better yourself, but you'd need to know how to do it in the first place. So...
Will letting software do the conversion for you mess the photo up? No.
Will it guarantee you perfect results every time? No.
Will it make your life easier but also give you the option to revisit your images at a later date and manually process the RAW files? Yes.
In any case the answer to your original question is probably 'depends'.
The beauty of a RAW file is its versatility. It contains so much raw data that you have immensely more creative control over the process of turning that RAW file into a JPEG than simply letting a piece of software do it for you. The software will simply just process it using a pre-set series of settings and values to give you a half-decent result. You could do better yourself, but you'd need to know how to do it in the first place. So...
Will letting software do the conversion for you mess the photo up? No.
Will it guarantee you perfect results every time? No.
Will it make your life easier but also give you the option to revisit your images at a later date and manually process the RAW files? Yes.
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If you mean shoot RAW, process the RAW on computer and save as a JPG:
then provided you keep the original RAW file then no, you don't mess the photo up. The beauty of RAW is you can change anything you want i.e. really mess it up and can then revert back to the original photo.
then provided you keep the original RAW file then no, you don't mess the photo up. The beauty of RAW is you can change anything you want i.e. really mess it up and can then revert back to the original photo.
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One issue with raw is that the camera doesn't apply any of the "editing" that goes on for a jpeg, a normal jpeg would have some sharpening applied and would have the in-camera settings applied, some saturation contrast etc etc depending on the camera set up.
Raw doesn't have any of that, so if your conversion doesn't apply anything to the raw, just a conversion then it might look grim compared to the jpegs your used to.
Raws are really intended to be post processed in software like photoshop, or your cameras own software, here you'd ajust the sharpeness colour etc.
Raw offers more flexability and latitude with colour/exposure etc but does require more work to get the best out of it. Wayne
Raw doesn't have any of that, so if your conversion doesn't apply anything to the raw, just a conversion then it might look grim compared to the jpegs your used to.
Raws are really intended to be post processed in software like photoshop, or your cameras own software, here you'd ajust the sharpeness colour etc.
Raw offers more flexability and latitude with colour/exposure etc but does require more work to get the best out of it. Wayne