I'm new to RAW. When I upload to laptop and view them the photos look good, but then laptop changes them. They become bright, flat, grainy, and lustreless. I then try to catch what I originally saw by editting, and just don't succeed.( Ive tried Polarr, Ribbet, what comes with Windows 10, Topaz studio)
Is it usual for computer to do this to RAW files??
Any tips or advice ( please don't tell me to get Lightroom, Affinity etc!)
@30pics4jackiesdiamond I too am new to RAW and find that what looks good on my laptop, does not look as good when I upload to 365. Mine looks the same as yours when I upload to my laptop, but after editing they seem fine. I have no idea why yours are different. Someone else here certainly will.
short answer is yes,
as i understand it the camera shows you the file with the settings you chose like a jpeg, but RAW file is different, it has a lot more information, but certain choices you and your camera software might have made when taking it havent been applied to it,. you can see this if you tell the camera to take both file types at once, they look different to each other once you view them on computer .
This is where editing skill comes in to play, you have to apply the adjustments yourself to achieve what you wanted, there is a whole heap of learning involved!
Get lightroom!
Jokes .. what they said.. just off the top of my head.. you could for a while shoot in both jpeg and RAW.. to get a feel for the editing required ...
The only other thing I would add is that laptop screens are far more sensitive to positioning versus your eye level than ordinary desktop PC screens, in my experience. So, if you look at your laptop screen in your usual position, then hold your eye level the same, but tilt the laptop screen slightly either way, you will see the picture quality change. Something to be wary of.
definitely weird! I'm a mac user so my photos download from the camera into 'photos' (the native mac app) and then I export out the raw files I actually want to edit.
I have been using PS camera raw to then edit the raw, then I open in PS to finish off any cropping or whatever and add my watermark.
It sounds more work than it actually is. I would recommend you try getting lightroom, or I think there is another app you can install called 'affinity'. I haven't tried it yet, but graeme stevens uses that one.
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as i understand it the camera shows you the file with the settings you chose like a jpeg, but RAW file is different, it has a lot more information, but certain choices you and your camera software might have made when taking it havent been applied to it,. you can see this if you tell the camera to take both file types at once, they look different to each other once you view them on computer .
This is where editing skill comes in to play, you have to apply the adjustments yourself to achieve what you wanted, there is a whole heap of learning involved!
Jokes .. what they said.. just off the top of my head.. you could for a while shoot in both jpeg and RAW.. to get a feel for the editing required ...
I have been using PS camera raw to then edit the raw, then I open in PS to finish off any cropping or whatever and add my watermark.
It sounds more work than it actually is. I would recommend you try getting lightroom, or I think there is another app you can install called 'affinity'. I haven't tried it yet, but graeme stevens uses that one.