Help!! RAW to JEPG

Hi there everyone!!

It was the first time for me to shoot in RAW today (and I regret that very much, since I have no idea how to work with RAW!) I didn't know it was going to be so complicated!
Anyhow, the photos are in CR2 format.
I wanted to convert the photos from RAW to JPEG, so I googled "how to convert RAW to JPEG".

One youtube tutorial video, showed how to do that using adobe photoshop CS3, which is to select scripts, then image processor from the file menu.
Well, I tired that, and after having selected the file I want to convert, I got this very disappointing and frustrating (yet in a way funny) message saying "I apologize but I could not process the following files!! *Well.. apology not excepted!!!!!*

So, could anyone please tell how what to do? what is the easiest way to convert a RAW image to JPEG?

Thanks

What software do you have. If you have Canon's EOS Solutions Disk you can install Digital Photo Professional. DPP will convert your CR2 files to look exactly like the preview JPEGs you saw in the camera.

Conversion can also be done in Photoshop but it depends on whether or not your camera is supported in the version of Photoshop you have. What camera are you using?

It's real simple once you've got your RAW converter (DPP if you have an EOS camera).

Thanks Pixel!! Yes I do have the solutions disk, I'll install it right away then

I'm using an EOS 50d camera.

I'm guessing the reason you got an error message in Photoshop is because you have an old version of Adobe Camera RAw (ACR is the Raw conversion plugin for Photoshop). To update it start Photoshop and go to Help > Updates and run the Adobe Updater to ensure you have the latest updates from Adobe.

If you are using CS3 then its very straightforward!

Just open it in CS3!

It will open in a window with a button in the lower right corner that says "Open".

Now assuming (just for the moment) that you accept the photo's current settings (although at this point you can play around with the sliders if you wish), simply hit the "Open" button.

It will then open in CS3's editing window as a .jpg file - job done!

TJ

TeeJay wrote in post #10343914
It will then open in CS3's editing window as a .jpg file - job done!

TJ

Not quite so easy, but really close. It will open in whatever you have the default set too. I do believe 8 bit jpeg is the standard default but it can also be 16 bit tiff.

DPP is by far the easiest. Just click the convert button.

Teejay, I tired to open them using photoshop, but I get this message saying that the file format is not supported, or something like that.

But anyways, I am now converting them as I speak, with DPP

Thanks pixelmagic! You saved the day

I Don't think the 50D is supported by CS3


EDIT: I stand corrected (by myself!):

http://www.adobe.com …ads/detail.jsp?​ftpID=4040

It is; the OP just need to update ACR.

NinetyEight wrote in post #10344140
I Don't think the 50D is supported by CS3


EDIT: I stand corrected (by myself!):

http://www.adobe.com …ads/detail.jsp?​ftpID=4040

Lulula wrote in post #10343875
Thanks Pixel!! Yes I do have the solutions disk, I'll install it right away then

I'm using an EOS 50d camera.

Use the Canon software from the solutions disk. I shoot real estate and I've noticed that when I import directly in CR in CS3 and CS4, both of them desaturate the image, especially on wood. I've updated the softwares and they still do it. But, when I convert directly from the DPP I have zero issues with some colors changing. It used to drive me nuts trying to figure out why it was doing it. I even had Adobe people walk me through the CR set up to make sure I was using the most up to date. I sent them an email of one jpeg converted in DPP and one jpeg converted in PS (with zero editing) and even the people at Adobe could nto give me an explanation as to why ACR was changing some colors.

Interestinly enough, once I move to using LR2, I found this issue was no longer an issue....go figure.

Since you are just getting familiar with DPP, do this....

Select all the images you want to view in DPP, then click the "Edit Image Window" from the top left of the screen. This will open the edit window and put all the images in a list of thumbnails along the left side. Then select "Tool" and the Tool Palett will come up on the right. From here, you can go photo by photo and edit the exposure (which you will find much more effective in RAW than in jpeg), white balance, saturation, etc. If you have an image you do not wish to convert to jpeg, select that image by clicking the thumbnail and then press "Atl" and "Delete". This will 'remove' the image from the edit window list but it will not 'delete' the image from your computer. Once you go through all your images applying adjustments and removing those you don't want to convert, you can batch process all of the images at one time. You do this by selecting "Batch Process" from the top tight of the window. This will open a new window and let you select what folder you want them to go to, any resizing you may want to do, change the DPI if you choose to do so (I increase mine for certain images or for certain printers), what type you want to convert it to (jpeg, tiff, RAW, etc), file naming, and other options.

It is very effective and I usually save a jpeg and a tiff because jpeg images lose pixel data everytime they are accessed. I've had the explanation explained to me a couple times but I'm sorry because I can not explain it very well, I just know jpegs lose data over time the more they are accessed. Therefore, I save one jpeg and tiff for my clients. I usually do not keep the RAW image more than a few months. After that, I delete them. I just don't have room to save all the RAW images I take when I shoot over 500 homes a year. That's on top of the nature and landscape images I do on the side. Those images I do keep the RAW image. That's a lot of space.

I hope that helps you to not fear shooting in RAW, you will find that you will only shoot in RAW the more confortable you become.

I use DPP to covert all my images before going into Photoshop. There are a set 10 videos on YouTube that will tell you how to use it that I believe were cretaed by Canon. Just search for Canon DPP If you are using Canon lenses it will also remove distortion and fix CA. DPP deals with noise much better than ACR.

TGrundvig wrote in post #10344215
Use the Canon software from the solutions disk. I shoot real estate and I've noticed that when I import directly in CR in CS3 and CS4, both of them desaturate the image, especially on wood.

Guess:
Two reasons: You didn't tell the Canon software to color manage / use the display profile.
DPP > Prefs > Color Management > For display > Choose your display profile

TGrundvig wrote in post #10344215
I even had Adobe people walk me through the CR set up to make sure I was using the most up to date. I sent them an email of one jpeg converted in DPP and one jpeg converted in PS (with zero editing) and even the people at Adobe could nto give me an explanation as to why ACR was changing some colors.

That sounds like most likely it's the second issue, and / or the people at Adobe not knowing what they were talking about.

TGrundvig wrote in post #10344215
Interestinly enough, once I move to using LR2, I found this issue was no longer an issue....go figure.

That doesn't sound right.

Do the images in DPP and the converted images PS / LR look identical? They should.

TGrundvig wrote in post #10344215
It is very effective and I usually save a jpeg and a tiff because jpeg images lose pixel data everytime they are accessed.

Not true.

A jpg only looses detail if it's compressed. That only happens when you save and close. If you then reopen, save and close again, you compressed twice.

TGrundvig wrote in post #10344215
Therefore, I save one jpeg and tiff for my clients. I usually do not keep the RAW image more than a few months. After that, I delete them.

Well, that's a choice you have to make: If you never need the images again, you could do that...
Then again, with technology improving, it might well be that the Raw converter that comes out next year will create a much better conversion from the CR2 then your current Raw converter. (See the differences between LR1, LR2 and LR3 )

TGrundvig wrote in post #10344215
I just don't have room to save all the RAW images I take when I shoot over 500 homes a year. That's on top of the nature and landscape images I do on the side. Those images I do keep the RAW image. That's a lot of space.

Storage is cheap

TGrundvig wrote in post #10344215
I hope that helps you to not fear shooting in RAW, you will find that you will only shoot in RAW the more confortable you become.

Agree

gjl711 wrote in post #10343981
Not quite so easy, but really close. It will open in whatever you have the default set too. I do believe 8 bit jpeg is the standard default but it can also be 16 bit tiff.

DPP is by far the easiest. Just click the convert button.

that statement might be valid for your circumstances, but i find it much more troublesome and time consuming than Lightroom

MGiddings Photography wrote in post #10348371
I use DPP to covert all my images before going into Photoshop. There are a set 10 videos on YouTube that will tell you how to use it that I believe were cretaed by Canon. Just search for Canon DPP If you are using Canon lenses it will also remove distortion and fix CA. DPP deals with noise much better than ACR.

DPP is magnificent at fixing the inadequacies of some canon equipment

i bought an s 90 to take with me to Europe last summer

if i zoomed out to a wide focal length and shot landcapes of buildings and canals in Venice.... the barrel distortion made it look awful

in DPP there is a setting (at least with RAW photos) .... one u have to hunt for... that corrects this very easily.....makes curved walls suddenly straight!