What To Do First?

[JohnnyGalaga]

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[tim]

1. Exposure, color, brighness in first step.
2. Do any PP you want. Save as PSD/TIFF.
3. Open the TIFF/PSD, image -> duplicate so you don't lose the original.
4. Resize the copy, then sharpen it. Save as JPG.

For more sizes repeat from step 3.

[S.E.V.]

1. Exposure, color, brighness in first step.
2. Do any PP you want. Save as PSD/TIFF.
3. Open the TIFF/PSD, image -> duplicate so you don't lose the original.
4. Resize the copy, then sharpen it. Save as JPG.

For more sizes repeat from step 3.

What would be the advantage of doing it in these step? I am asking cause I also am new to PP.

[Tareq]

Sharpen on a small jpg or resized photo is better or saw more clear and effective than doing sharpen on the original RAW or Tiff large size.

[Tareq]

Forgot to say that i do all pp on my RAW or Tiff files, then the last step after resizing and before saving as jpg is to sharpen, because i don't want to loss any IQ on jpg, so i keep doing all my works on TIFF, even i save my TIFF for any further changes.

[airfrogusmc]

1. Exposure, color, brighness in first step.
2. Do any PP you want. Save as PSD/TIFF.
3. Open the TIFF/PSD, image -> duplicate so you don't lose the original.
4. Resize the copy, then sharpen it. Save as JPG.

For more sizes repeat from step 3.

^^^^^^
What Tim said.
Exposre first becasue it can effect your judgement of color.

WHOPS but only after I save a complete back up of my untouched raw files.

[Tareq]

But doesn't it suck to shoot in RAW because you have to spend a lot more time sitting in front of your computer processing your images when you get back home? It seems like it'd be quicker to just use JPEG filez.

And not always can recover mistakes or wrong exposures in jpeg, so with RAW there are more controls, try t change WB with your jpeg, or temperature or tint or picturestyle mode.

[UPSGuy]

But doesn't it suck to shoot in RAW because you have to spend a lot more time sitting in front of your computer processing your images when you get back home? It seems like it'd be quicker to just use JPEG filez.

Having tried my first session shooting/editing in raw today, I can absoposilutely say that it takes no more time. Not to say that my corrections are outstanding any form & this may be due to my inabilities with PS, but I can make better corrections with the panel available in Camera Raw 4.3 than I can with the many dialogs in CS3.

[tonylong]

There are several photo apps that work with RAW files. The most popular are (for Canon users) the DPP software that came with your camera. For all users, Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop CS2/CS3 (for newer cameras) is popular as well. For new camera models you need the latest of these apps (RAW formats change slightly from camera to camera).

If you don't have LR or PS, the easiest way for you to get up and running is to install the Canon software.

[UPSGuy]

Photoshop 8.0 is a.k.a. Photoshop CS (version 1, not 2 or 3 as were mentioned)

Try a quick read here (http://www.braintique.com/barticles/photoshop/raw/ps-1001-01.shtml).

[tonylong]

Like I said, the quickest thing is to install the Canon software that came with your camera. It has utilities to view your RAW files, download them if you want that automated, and then adjust them, starting by reading your camera settings such as contrast, saturation and white balance, then giving you the ability to adjust those and other settings, as well as tools such as cropping that you can perform prior to converting your image to an "editable" format such as .tiff that can be loaded into Photoshop. You can, I believe, print directly from this software as well as save as a jpeg for Web viewing.

I'm not sure of the various older versions and the improvements that have been made (I use Lightroom myself) but you should, after installing and registering the software, go to the Canon Web site and get the newest version.

Photoshop 8 won't work with the newer cameras, so If you want to use Photoshop's RAW you would need to upgrade Photoshop to at least CS2 (for "older" cameras) or CS3 for newer.

Newer versions of PS Elements support RAW. Lightroom is available for about $300 and includes full RAW processing plus an organizer/database and print and Web utilities.

[tim]

What would be the advantage of doing it in these step? I am asking cause I also am new to PP.

Comments above answer your question. You have to sharpen for your output size and media, different sizes/printers need different amounts of sharpening.

[S.E.V.]

Thanks, i will give it a shot.