new to Raw...

Time Thief wrote in post #3390347
I am very new to the raw files thing also so please take this with a grain of salt. What I have been doing is transfering my files to a folder. Go to the software that came with your 20D. Click on the Canon photo professional. Click on the folder you downloaded to. If you need to do any white balance or exposure setting adjustments now is the time to do it. After that has been done you are ready. Click on the batch process. Select where you want the files to go and in what format. Tell it to start and walk away for awhile. Come back when its done. Make a back up on a dvd of the master files (raw files). Now you have the jpeg or tiff files to work with in PS. Just my way and I am sure there is a shorter and quicker way but that will come later in my learning curve. Maybe soon now that I have found this section of this forum.

Ya but.....I thought the whole object was to work with the raw files, not store them away...am I missing something?? Thanks for the input..

PEACHMAN wrote in post #3393153
Ya but.....I thought the whole object was to work with the raw files, not store them away...am I missing something?? Thanks for the input..

I don't think you are missing something, I think I am. In2Photos said in the post before yours that I should be doing most all of my work in raw, so I tend to think its me that is not quite getting it.

Time Thief wrote in post #3395037
I don't think you are missing something, I think I am. In2Photos said in the post before yours that I should be doing most all of my work in raw, so I tend to think its me that is not quite getting it.

I read Bruce Fraser's book Real World Camera RAW for CS2 that showed me all the reasons why you should make the majority of your edits at the RAW stage. There is no way I could spit all of that info back out though. While it pertains to CS2 it is still a valuable read for anyone using RAW. The background info is what you want, while the step by step instructions might not help you much between interfaces. You might take a look though.

In2Photos wrote in post #3396409
I read Bruce Fraser's book Real World Camera RAW for CS2 that showed me all the reasons why you should make the majority of your edits at the RAW stage. There is no way I could spit all of that info back out though. While it pertains to CS2 it is still a valuable read for anyone using RAW. The background info is what you want, while the step by step instructions might not help you much between interfaces. You might take a look though.

Thanks , I will. I'm selecting a book/books to order right now to order...any other thoughts as to what books would be approproate would be appreciated..how too more than theory at this point...

PEACHMAN wrote in post #3396589
Thanks , I will. I'm selecting a book/books to order right now to order...any other thoughts as to what books would be approproate would be appreciated..how too more than theory at this point...

Well if you are going to be getting CS2 or CS3 I would also get Scott Kelby's book for Digital Photographers (the CS2 version is available but I don't believe the CS3 version has been released just yet). His work is always step by step instructions that are easy to follow and for me are real world, everyday uses rather than a bunch of fancy stuff that you might use, might not use.

In2Photos wrote in post #3396613
Well if you are going to be getting CS2 or CS3 I would also get Scott Kelby's book for Digital Photographers (the CS2 version is available but I don't believe the CS3 version has been released just yet). His work is always step by step instructions that are easy to follow and for me are real world, everyday uses rather than a bunch of fancy stuff that you might use, might not use.

Thanks, it's first on the list as of now....that's the type I'm looking for..

Peachman,
How come you are not using the Canon Utilites software that came with the camera? That is what I use to view. Sometimes I use DPP to edit the RAW file or I use Bibble. Try using the Canon and see what you get.

kona77 wrote in post #3396981
Peachman,
How come you are not using the Canon Utilites software that came with the camera? That is what I use to view. Sometimes I use DPP to edit the RAW file or I use Bibble. Try using the Canon and see what you get.

Those editors are a bit too light. I download my photos right into a folder and use the browser in PS to open them there...I'm very happy with most of the results in PS so why go to the extra step of the canon browser where the PP is only marginal...maybe I'm not understanding something about the utilities?? I assume I don't want to be converting from raw to jpeg, at least until the Post processing is mostly complete...?? (This is a real question , not a smart ass answer....

PEACHMAN wrote in post #3397109
Those editors are a bit too light. I download my photos right into a folder and use the browser in PS to open them there...I'm very happy with most of the results in PS so why go to the extra step of the canon browser where the PP is only marginal...maybe I'm not understanding something about the utilities?? I assume I don't want to be converting from raw to jpeg, at least until the Post processing is mostly complete...?? (This is a real question , not a smart ass answer....

Correct. The Canon utilities will allow you to browse and edit though. DPP is a decent program, I just prefer PS/ACR and now Lightroom. Basically you would still have a similar workflow if you used DPP.

Download the images to a folder.
Open DPP and browse to that folder.
Cull your images, throwing away the junk.
Edit the images as much as possible before sending them to PS for any final editing and sharpening/resizing for web/prints.

See not much different because your editer/browser is the same program, DPP.

Skrim17 wrote in post #3379097
Hi Peachman, try downloading fastsone for viewing http://www.faststone.o​rg/ the photoshop issue sounds like either you need RAM or need to update your PS to open the files.

I can view the photos thru my usual metheods as they are taken in both raw and jpeg. I did install fastsone and can view raw files thru it but can't use it to process any can I?