A question on RAW processing

[Tshoe]

I have been reading a lot since finding this forum site and saw quite a few topics on RAW processing and a few mentioned being able to add or subtract a stop or two correct for over or under exposure (mostly under with the DRebel :lol: .) Could anyone tell me how it is done?



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Digital Rebel
18 - 55 kit lens
70 - 300 Tamron
420EX
550EX
PhotoShop CS

[Belmondo]

Most of your RAW conversion software (Photoshop CS, Capture One, etc.,) have sliders that allow you to adjust exposure (as well as several other parameters).

[Tshoe]

Thanks, for some reason i never tried "exposure" (senior moment)

[Ken Fong]

Yes, you definitely want to correct the exposure BEFORE doing the raw conversion because with exposure correction, I think you are actually bringing back real data. In post-conversion, adjusting the brightness and contrast does not really bring any data back - you are simply brightening or dimming existing pixels...I could be wrong however as this is also very new to me.