I keep raw files for the images I like, there is always chance of redo to
adjust the tone/WB... etc. It could be due to the change of taste in a later
day or a poor calibrated monitor.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>I see no reason to retain a 16-bit processed image. I shoot raw and do
> all the pixel brightness manipulations in ACR. Once brightness,
> contrast, saturation, levels, etc, etc have been done I save the output
> as a JPEG. From that point on further editing (such as fixing the
> boo-boo with the clone tool) doesn't touch pixel brightness levels
> except for final sharpening at print resolution.
>
> If neither your display nor prints can show the 16-bit color/luminosity
> detail why keep it?
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 3/25/2011 6:04 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Thanks, Chuck. I have had a busy day, but saw that after I put it up.
>> I'm
>> torn, at times, between the need to edit, which, in my case means going
>> to
>> an 8-bit image, or the desire to retain more detail in a 16-bit tiff
>> image.
>> Lately, when I can, I have been going with the tiff.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
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