Jim I use Digital image, I'm having to convert a file to a jpeg or tiff from the canon software then I can open it a work on it and still have the untouched original ..
Is Digital Image the software that Microsoft used to put out, but discontinued? I know I have heard of it somewhere.
I too am no expert, but I know some folks prefer to convert to a TIFF file to work on in their photo editing program, then save it as a JPEG when they are done. I usually just convert to JPEG from RAW now, I don't see any difference (maybe if I was printing posters) and it is easier. When you do adjustments in any RAW converter, you are not actually affecting the original file. It will always stay as shot, so keeping it is kinda like keeping the negative with film.







