Posting Photos in RAW

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My last few photos I took, were taken in jpeg and raw, then up loaded to laptop and saved in documents like I always do.

My problem is, I can view and upload the one in jpeg, but the photo saved in raw is saved in Nef file. I am lost when it comes to understanding the difference, but I can't view the Nef file or upload the picture in this file on to the forum.

I was wanting to post in raw and hopefully someone would do a little work for me in PP and explain how they did it :D

The photo in jpeg is posted here http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=449960

Thanks
 
The Raw file needs processing with a Raw converter, I think Nikon supply one with the camera.

I misunderstood, having read the original post, you need somewhere to store the raw file where people can download it, I'm sure someone will be able to help.
 
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Phil, thanks for the quick reply.

Sorry, should have said that I can view in raw in ViewNX2 .The raw converter then converts it to either jpeg, tiff (8bit) or tiff (16bit). :thinking:

I thought that for someone to do PP on a photo posted on the forum, it had to be in Raw?

Am I missing the obvious :cuckoo:
 
People can do PP on jpeg files, the problem with posting RAW files is that the person doing any sort of PP would have to have software that supports that cameras RAW file.

For example if you say posted a RAW file from say a Nikon D800 then I would not be able to open it or do any work on it because none of the software I have would understand it.

The ony real issue with doing PP on jpegs is that it the more you work work on it, open and save it degrades the quality of the image or so the current thinking is.
 
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Nick, thanks for that :thumbs:

....... so the only obvious thing I was missing was......... the photo doesn't need to be in raw .......it really does make me :nuts: :lol:
 
Isn't a DNG file usable by all users of Adobe? You could try saving as. For the Forum, just saving the RAW file as a .jpg without any corrections would be the best way. You'll have to resize anyway to load to a gallery, but I guess you could upload to flickr.
 
Yes you could use DNG format if your using Adobe products but I am fairly sure it is only Adobe that uses that format, so if someone is using Bibble or Corel software they are a bit stuck :)

You could up load to the gallery here onTP but it has a size limit of 200kb (I think) so again that would scupper that way as most RAW files are larger than that. Flickr would be the best bet.

No worries Phil :)
 
If you have flickr, you could upload the full res jpeg file there, post the smaller one on here and link to the full size for someone to downlaod and work on it. You could also use dropbox to host the file.

Phil
 
DNG is an open standard, i.e. anyone can get a copy and implement or under what is known as reasonable and non-discriminatory terms. Email your software vendor and ask them to add it as a feature.

Personally use UFRaw and Gimp, can handle any Raw format, DNG and Adobe/Corel files. Looking to move to Darktable soon.
 
Thanks for answers........but some I just don't get :nuts:.......sorry :lol:


phil8139 said:
If you have flickr, you could upload the full res jpeg file there, post the smaller one on here and link to the full size for someone to downlaod and work on it. You could also use dropbox to host the file.

Phil
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Phil, thanks.......I understand that :thumbs:

Just one question, I use Photo bucket instead of flikr, does that work just the same?
 
Not sure about photobucket, does it have the ability to let others download a file? If yes then can't see why not.
 
I used to use Photobucket all the time and never had issues downloading from it although I never really went into depth as I wasn't really into editing but was always able to download images.
Hope that helps
Mark
 
Remember that a raw file is not an image file - so you cannot upload it anywhere as a picture (unless there is some conversion involved in the process - in which case the picture is no longer the raw file. If you want someone to work on the raw file, you will need to find some way of getting it to them - the 'usual' methods would be to use an online file storage service or email.
 
phil8139 said:
If you have flickr, you could upload the full res jpeg file there, post the smaller one on here and link to the full size for someone to downlaod and work on it.
Phil
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You need flickr pro for that.
 
markyboy1 said:
I used to use Photobucket all the time and never had issues downloading from it although I never really went into depth as I wasn't really into editing but was always able to download images.
Hope that helps
Mark
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Mark, I can download and post pictures from photobucket fine in jpeg, but I was confusing the issue, thinking that photos had to be posted in raw for other people to work on them in pp, I'm starting to realise I might have been wrong :cuckoo: :lol:

weybourne said:
Remember that a raw file is not an image file - so you cannot upload it anywhere as a picture (unless there is some conversion involved in the process - in which case the picture is no longer the raw file. If you want someone to work on the raw file, you will need to find some way of getting it to them - the 'usual' methods would be to use an online file storage service or email.
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Adrian, thanks for the explanation, very informative :thumbs:
 
All you need is somewhere to put your RAW file so others can down load it, a quick web search for "Free File Hosting" will come up with dozens of sites and any will do.


As for other people being able to view and edit that RAW file, well that to is easy as 99% of us will have either an Adobe product or Apple Aperture, which all come with the RAW converters built in.

After others have edit the RAW file, they would then need to upload it as a jpeg to the web for you and others to view their efforts.

It's all very simple and basic in reality.
 
acetone, thanks, very well explained :thumbs:
 
Pookeyhead said:
You need flickr pro for that.
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The best £16 I spend every year (flowers for the wife only cost a fiver)

acetone said:
well that to is easy as 99% of us will have either an Adobe product or Apple Aperture, which all come with the RAW converters built in.
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I must be in the 1%, only have Orange (for mobile) not a fan of Apples ;)
 
Dont forget flickr pro is free if you have a bt email (or know anyone with BT :) )
 
Most of us have some free hosting space with our Broad Band providers ...Mine has given me 150meg this year ..plenty enough to hold a few raw files and whatnot so that others can download or view if you give them the address.

To find it simply go to your BB provider website, login and find the pages about your FTP (file transfer protocol) and storage space ...it should contain information covering your FTP user name, password and on-line address for the storage space.

Use the free FTP software if they offer it, or find some on-line, fill in the details found above, and bingo your in! Upload whatever you like and then use the generic address of the space/imagename.jpg or/filecalledraw.nef and share the address with those concerned so that they can view, save, download or whatever.

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An alternative is Dropbox.
They have free accounts, and offer a public sharing folder which you can place a raw (or any type) file, then post a link on here to the image in the public sharing folder, and it can be downloaded by anyone.
 
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