Canon Picture styles

[kkamin]

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I shoot with RAW+JPEG. But end up doing most of my quick post processing in JPEG for clients. For the JPEG I shoot in 'S' Standard mode where it apparently boosts the contrast a little. Do you think that is a safe mode and is making a subtle contrast adjustment I would make anyways or do you think that is working against me and robbing some tones from me?

Thanks.

Kkamin

[PhotosGuy]

But end up doing most of my quick post processing in JPEG for clients. Are these just proof images?
It seems to me that you're doubling your workload, & it would be better/faster to make any changes to the RAW file & then convert to small proofs. Then you could just re-convert to the full sized images the client selects. Do you think that is a safe mode and is making a subtle contrast adjustment I would make anyways or do you think that is working against me and robbing some tones from me? Without seeing side by side images, that's hard to say?

[RDKirk]

What you really want to do--although it's some work up front--is to use the Picture Style editor to create a custom Picture Style that processes the image the way you basically want it (the way you would process the raw image).

The Picture Style editor is an unsung--but extremely powerful--tool. About a month after Canon debuted Picture Styles, they posted downloadable new Picture Styles on their website. That told me a Picture Style "editor" function was certainly possible, and I expected a hacker to deliver one in short time. That didn't happen, but Canon did release their own editor.

Anyone who shoots JPEG is missing a bet if he doesn't use it. In fact, given that DPP doesn't do "droplets," it would be a good idea even for RAW users to try it out.