I also normally only shoot raw but I have some older files that are only
JPEG and a few times when I've been playing with the camera and forgot
to switch it back to raw. Anyhow, ACR makes editing JPEGs very easy and
always does the 8 to 16 bit conversion automatically which helps a lot
in avoiding posterization.
Chuck Norcutt
Jim Nichols wrote:
> Thanks for the input, Chuck. Since I normally limit my editing to RAW
> files, I have not found a need to go that route, but might try it with my
> Fuji F10 files, which are limited to JPEG.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 5:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Raw conversion for Olympus files?
>
>
>> Assuming that ACR is the same in Elements as in PS one can (in PS) set
>> preferences -> file handling -> prefer ACR for JPEG
>> such that opening a JPEG in PhotoShop will first open it in ACR and also
>> do an 8 to 16 bit conversion to minimize posterization during ACR
>> editing. When the image opens in PS it will still be in 16 bit form and
>> needs to be converted back down to 8 bits if you're going to save as
>> JPEG again.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> Jim Nichols wrote:
>>> Jim,
>>>
>>> I may have stated this previously, but will repeat it. I use Photoshop
>>> Elements 6.0 to process both Olympus RAW files, (.ORG files), as well as
>>> JPEG files. It works fine for me. I never loaded the Olympus software on
>>> my
>>> computer.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Jim Couch" <zuikoholic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:16 PM
>>> Subject: [OM] Raw conversion for Olympus files?
>>>
>>>
>>>> The discussion on white balance and Olympus Master brings up a question
>>>> - what is everyone using to convert Olympus raw files? What do you
>>>> like/dislike about the software you are using? As someone who is new to
>>>> Olympus DSLRs I would love to know what work flow/software everyone is
>>>> using.
>>>>
>>>> Jim Couch
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