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indigo

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Is it better to edit in RAW format as apposed to jpg?

If so what and how is a RAW?
 
The ONLY good reason to shoot in RAW is to edit ..

RAW is the absoloute original picture wiht no in camera changes...
 
I only ever shoot RAW just incase I need to heavily edit. However I batch process all the RAW files to high quality Jpeg through Nikon Capture NX. As it uses the incamera data to process the image, I can see exactly what the image would have looked like if I shot Jpeg. For me it's ideal as processing each individual RAW when there's nothing wrong with the Jpeg can be frustrating.
 
I shoot in RAW when the resulting photo matters i.e. when the photo is for publishing and I shoot in JPG when it's just something like holiday snaps.

As Kipax has said, the RAW image is all the data the camera stores when it takes a photo. From that you can adjust things like the exposure, white balance, contrast, saturation to fine tune to elements you got wrong when you pressed the shutter.

Basically shooting RAW is like shooting with a film camera and playing with a RAW in Photoshop is like sticking your negative in a darkroom for developing.
 
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