Why when I upload my RAW photos onto google photos, they change and look different? I would like to keep the RAW quality.

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Why when I upload my RAW photos onto google photos, they change and look different? I would like to keep the RAW quality.
I want to be able to open, post and edit my RAW photos without them changing.
 
I suspect that Google Photos resamples the RAW file because it’s so large and what you see is what you get.

Welcome to the forum by the way, good intro.
 
MPHOTOGRAPHY said:
Why when I upload my RAW photos onto google photos, they change and look different? I would like to keep the RAW quality.
I want to be able to open, post and edit my RAW photos without them changing.
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A RAW file is meant to be changed. RAW is the unprocessed digital equivalent of a film negative from which you make the final image. I suspect though that when you are viewing them you are viewing a sample, not the actual file as google isn't set up to deal with RAW files.
 
Steep said:
A RAW file is meant to be changed. RAW is the unprocessed digital equivalent of a film negative from which you make the final image. I suspect though that when you are viewing them you are viewing a sample, not the actual file as google isn't set up to deal with RAW files.
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A raw file is not viewable without demosaicing... well, it is; but it won't look anything like what you are expecting. If you upload a raw file to a service like photops/flickr/etc, they are rendering jpegs from it for display on the internet.
 
MPHOTOGRAPHY said:
Why when I upload my RAW photos onto google photos, they change and look different? I would like to keep the RAW quality.
I want to be able to open, post and edit my RAW photos without them changing.
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A raw file is like looking at the matrix. its just numbers that need to be converted into something meaningful that digital images displays do. Its a bit like the view screen on the back of the camera showing you the file you just took in RAW - its a digital interpretation of the RAW file using whatever interpreter that the camera manufacturer built into the cameras software.
 
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