working with raw

[garymicheal]

when you start to edit a raw file do you make a copy first and work from that? or the original raw file ? and if so when i convert to jpeg or tiff do i still have the original raw file intact :bang:

 

[jonathan_ed]

i don't make a copy as i don't feel theres a need. Once you have saved a jpeg you still have the orignal RAW

 

[swanseamale47]

RAW is like a negative in some ways, the ajustments you make and non-distructive, you can make some ajustments and open the image, then 6 months later you can go back and make a totally different set of ajustments to your original RAW, it's just as you left it last time, none of the ajustments damage or degrade it in any way.
I don't work from a copy of RAW, theres no need, but I do make copies for safety, these are on external drives and DVD, purely as a back-up in case the computer keels over.
Wayne

 

[D.S.]

If your not happy with it you just click the default button and start again