For most people most of the time jpeg is the better option, especially as they do have some latitude for editing. If you use something like Apple Photos to store and manage your images jpeg or HEIF is a good option. Until recently I always shot raw + jpeg but it complicated my life so I’ve switched to just shooting raw, despite hating editing! In part that’s because I also shoot landscapes but also because I don’t use social media so have no need to post any image quickly. I use Capture One to process my files and, like all other software, you can press the auto process button and quickly get an image you like (perhaps with a tweak to highlights and shadows if you’re feeling brave!). I can also apply any of the Fujifilm recipes to my Fuji raw files to see if I like the look of them. I then export the best ones to Apple Photos as jpegs so I have a backup (albeit less quality) and can show to friends/family if they’re interested. What I strongly advise is that if you are processing raw files don’t just let the image sit there with the raw edits applied. Produce a tiff or jpeg of the final image. If you decide to change your processing software the raw edits are very unlikely to be recognised by the new software so you will lose them and revert to the plain raw file. Tiffs and jpegs will transfer seamlessly.
I always shoot in raw n jpeg, while on holiday I will grab the jpeg file to my wife to post her social media and after I finish edited my raw photo she will say my picture looks more vibrant and alive
That makes total sense. I was doing that too but I found I was just deleting the JPEGs every time so I switched to just RAW. Thanks for the comment mate.
Thanks,I’m a beginning beginner (from a cannon ae1 film) and am learning so much and faster from content providers such as yourself-very much appreciated 😊
I shoot both Raw & Jpeg (& tried HEIF, but was limited on what I might veiw them) and am quite happy to use a .jpg photo when it looks 'good', but will dive into LrC and Raw editing when the shot is a little more challenging. Great video, thanks.
One remark. In Ligthroom, and in Canons editing software which comes with every camera, you get the profile, for jpeg, as the default import. I think this is also works with all other cameras.
Same answer to the same question = it depends on you. If you want room for mistakes or true action, do raw. If you can predict the scenario or just do landscape, do jpg. I do basically everything but human portraits (even in streets), so I don't rely on the jpg quality. Remember, the camera preview is slightly different than on the big screen.
I have never seen a Jpg image straight out of camera that is even remotely comparable to what an image from a RAW file can look like. I understand if you need to provide images for the news-agency very quickly, you'd use Jpg, accepting the less than perfect image quality in favour of speed. But that's the exception to the rule.
I always shoot raw + jpeg. Fujifilm allows (on latest cameras) to reprocess raws in camera so you can change all the adjustments (e.g. WB, film simulation) & produce new jpegs, heif, & tiffs if desired. It’s another great tool in my opinion.
I agree with you. I shot only in raw and have two workflow. On the run, I use Ligthroom mobile and load up some photos to the cloud. Then edit it on the phone and export to social media. At home I sync to LrC and remove the raw files from the cloud. The second work flow is load all photos to my computer and edit them in LrC.
@@Photography-ExplainedYou need a usb-c to usb-c cable to connect the camera to the mobile/tablet. If your canera have older usb-connector you nedd a otg-usbcable. A nother trick, put you photos in LrC in a catalog which is syncronized with the cloud. You got a snart preview in the cloud which de not count on your cloud quota. Then you can do same pre editing on the tablet in your most confortable chair.
Jpeg for everything normal - I dial in the jpeg settings to what I like, I get it right in camera. RAW is always shot at the same time, and if I get some favorites good enough for printing or something, I'll tweak it a little to perfect it. But you can learn a lot by not using default camera profile or auto white balance. I shoot a canin with faithful profile, -2 contrast, +2 saturation, 3 sharpening, and fixed 5500k white balance to capture the tones in shadows, sunbeams, blue hour, golden hour, etc. Only change it for Tungsten or fine tune in edit for the mood. It's a waste of time to edit mediocre photos. Only the best deserve purposeful editing for sharing.
You got it wrong at about 6:39 when you inadvertently said that raws were a waste of time and done 🙂 I think you meant to say jpegs. See, we do listen to you, other than that a solid set of reasoning put into place, thank you. Oh yes, almost forgot, 1st hehehehehehehe.
@@Photography-Explained Admitting that you go through to double check your videos before putting them up shows a level of integrity we should, I hope, appreciate. It shows that you value what, we the viewer, experience and being perfect is not important as it is you and not some dodgy AI presenting it with the annoying speech patterns that make me grind my teeth. Sub earned 👍
Why is there a "should" in a general way? Why is there a debate? Isn't it to each as they need and like? I understand using a "should" in cases like "you shouldn't use a fish-eye for corpo headshots"... Or "you shouldn't do boudoir with 10-year olds... But here...? Your needs and preferences dictate the format and why discuss it at all?
@@Photography-Explained There's a comment section, an invite I am unable to refuse. 😆 I'm not dissing on you, I'm wondering if it's a case where "being supposed to" is applicable, in a philosophical musing sort of way... It's still a good video with a like from me.👍😊
For many years shot only raw and edited every photo. That took a lot of time. I've since then transitioned into shooting raw+jpeg and for the most part I'm perfectly happy with the jpegs. I spend more time getting good results directly in camera and I'm very aware of camera settings, tweeking stuff as I go. If I manage taking a banger of a photo I always have the raw if I want to post process. This system works wondefully for me.
I think, that given in your videos you repeatedly emphasize and lay claim to a pseudo-clunky 'Amateur' status, contrasting this with something that you term 'Professional', you should explain what it is that you mean by those supposedly self-evident labels.
I'm an amateur photographer. I don't make money from my photography as it's a hobby. I hang about with a bunch of pros and so I'm sharing what they're teaching me. They do make money from their photography. Hope that helps.
AH! Now that is interesting. Obviously I've seen people do that with video to keep file sizes down but not with stills. I really appreciate you taking the time to comment and share.
@@Photography-Explained I started with film where you choose the roll and that is. Yes, for sure, even with film you can make post processing, but how I did it was taking the pictures and then trusting in my development labs. So for digital I apply pretty the same approach, with jpg superfine I still can make light modifications. If I need a RAW, LR allows me to save in a DNG file too. But that is never going to happen. I strongly believe that by making a good work in camera I don't need to over-work the images then. I recently purchased the Canon 5D M2 and I shot RAW to see any difference: there is not that much in what I need to do so RAW to me is just a waste of time. By shooting black and white directly for all the workflow I see the image in black and white and that is effective to me. I want to clarify: that works to me and not pretending is the right solution for other colleagues.
Remember, you can produce JPGs from a RAW file but you cannot get a RAW file from a JPG.
Yep absolutely!
Great video, and I think it boils donw to this.
Quick uploads to social media - Jpegs
To be edited and processed - RAW
Thanks for the kind words. Yep, I think you've summed it up nicely.
Amen
Jpeg is for photographers who know their camera and know how to nail exposer. That's why most shoot raw.
For most people most of the time jpeg is the better option, especially as they do have some latitude for editing. If you use something like Apple Photos to store and manage your images jpeg or HEIF is a good option. Until recently I always shot raw + jpeg but it complicated my life so I’ve switched to just shooting raw, despite hating editing! In part that’s because I also shoot landscapes but also because I don’t use social media so have no need to post any image quickly.
I use Capture One to process my files and, like all other software, you can press the auto process button and quickly get an image you like (perhaps with a tweak to highlights and shadows if you’re feeling brave!). I can also apply any of the Fujifilm recipes to my Fuji raw files to see if I like the look of them. I then export the best ones to Apple Photos as jpegs so I have a backup (albeit less quality) and can show to friends/family if they’re interested.
What I strongly advise is that if you are processing raw files don’t just let the image sit there with the raw edits applied. Produce a tiff or jpeg of the final image. If you decide to change your processing software the raw edits are very unlikely to be recognised by the new software so you will lose them and revert to the plain raw file. Tiffs and jpegs will transfer seamlessly.
I typically save my photos in RAW/JPEG pairs. Bigger files but provides the best of both worlds.
I always shoot in raw n jpeg, while on holiday I will grab the jpeg file to my wife to post her social media and after I finish edited my raw photo she will say my picture looks more vibrant and alive
That makes total sense. I was doing that too but I found I was just deleting the JPEGs every time so I switched to just RAW. Thanks for the comment mate.
@@Photography-Explained I will delete the jpeg after I done everything
Thanks,I’m a beginning beginner (from a cannon ae1 film) and am learning so much and faster from content providers such as yourself-very much appreciated 😊
Thanks for the comment and the kind works Don. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
And remember: you have far more to play with in 16-bit files versus 8-bit files …
Yep, absolutely! Thanks for taking the time to comment.
I’m a newbie with only an iPad to download onto. I’ve not tried raw yet but you process raw files with Snapseed?
You can absolutely process RAW files in Snapseed. The newer iPhones can take RAW images too :).
Sorry the answer is no, Snapseed will only process DNG raw files, it won't open other raw files.
I shoot both Raw & Jpeg (& tried HEIF, but was limited on what I might veiw them) and am quite happy to use a .jpg photo when it looks 'good', but will dive into LrC and Raw editing when the shot is a little more challenging. Great video, thanks.
Yep that makes sense. Thanks for another comment :).
Great video man! Keep doing these 💪🙏
Cheers mate! That really means a lot!
One remark. In Ligthroom, and in Canons editing software which comes with every camera, you get the profile, for jpeg, as the default import. I think this is also works with all other cameras.
Yep that makes sense.
Same answer to the same question = it depends on you. If you want room for mistakes or true action, do raw. If you can predict the scenario or just do landscape, do jpg.
I do basically everything but human portraits (even in streets), so I don't rely on the jpg quality. Remember, the camera preview is slightly different than on the big screen.
Makes total sense. I find that the camera preview (JPEG) looks nothing like my (kinda) calibrated monitor.
Thanks for dropping the comment.
I have never seen a Jpg image straight out of camera that is even remotely comparable to what an image from a RAW file can look like. I understand if you need to provide images for the news-agency very quickly, you'd use Jpg, accepting the less than perfect image quality in favour of speed. But that's the exception to the rule.
Yep, exactly which was hopefully the conclusion of this video. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
@@Photography-Explained My pleasure :)
If you shoot in RAW + JPG then you have both. I have a picture profile I use to make fast JPGs for internet. I can edit the RAW file if I need to.
Yep that makes total sense.
I always shoot raw + jpeg. Fujifilm allows (on latest cameras) to reprocess raws in camera so you can change all the adjustments (e.g. WB, film simulation) & produce new jpegs, heif, & tiffs if desired. It’s another great tool in my opinion.
I never really got around to the Fuji in camera RAW stuff. You have to tether your camera to a computer and do it by the Fuji app, right?
Nope, you can do it all in camera (I have an xt5). Fuji promotes doing it via tether, but I just use raw conversion via playback mode.
I agree with you. I shot only in raw and have two workflow. On the run, I use Ligthroom mobile and load up some photos to the cloud. Then edit it on the phone and export to social media. At home I sync to LrC and remove the raw files from the cloud. The second work flow is load all photos to my computer and edit them in LrC.
Thanks for the comment. I've never actually tried Lightroom mobile. I'll download it and experiment with it later today.
@@Photography-ExplainedYou need a usb-c to usb-c cable to connect the camera to the mobile/tablet. If your canera have older usb-connector you nedd a otg-usbcable.
A nother trick, put you photos in LrC in a catalog which is syncronized with the cloud. You got a snart preview in the cloud which de not count on your cloud quota. Then you can do same pre editing on the tablet in your most confortable chair.
Nice one. I'll give this a go during the week.
Jpeg for everything normal - I dial in the jpeg settings to what I like, I get it right in camera.
RAW is always shot at the same time, and if I get some favorites good enough for printing or something, I'll tweak it a little to perfect it. But you can learn a lot by not using default camera profile or auto white balance. I shoot a canin with faithful profile, -2 contrast, +2 saturation, 3 sharpening, and fixed 5500k white balance to capture the tones in shadows, sunbeams, blue hour, golden hour, etc. Only change it for Tungsten or fine tune in edit for the mood. It's a waste of time to edit mediocre photos. Only the best deserve purposeful editing for sharing.
I think that makes a lot of sense.
You got it wrong at about 6:39 when you inadvertently said that raws were a waste of time and done 🙂 I think you meant to say jpegs. See, we do listen to you, other than that a solid set of reasoning put into place, thank you. Oh yes, almost forgot, 1st hehehehehehehe.
Damn! You're right. This is the third version of the video and I didn't catch that.
Appreciate the comment and keeping me on my toes Ste :).
@@Photography-Explained Admitting that you go through to double check your videos before putting them up shows a level of integrity we should, I hope, appreciate. It shows that you value what, we the viewer, experience and being perfect is not important as it is you and not some dodgy AI presenting it with the annoying speech patterns that make me grind my teeth. Sub earned 👍
Ummm.... NO... not all RAW files are the same, they vary hugely from one brand to other. Also different sensors are producing DIFFERENT RAW files....
Correct. What exactly are you saying no to?
Why is there a "should" in a general way? Why is there a debate? Isn't it to each as they need and like?
I understand using a "should" in cases like "you shouldn't use a fish-eye for corpo headshots"... Or "you shouldn't do boudoir with 10-year olds... But here...? Your needs and preferences dictate the format and why discuss it at all?
Why comment on the video?
@@Photography-Explained There's a comment section, an invite I am unable to refuse. 😆 I'm not dissing on you, I'm wondering if it's a case where "being supposed to" is applicable, in a philosophical musing sort of way...
It's still a good video with a like from me.👍😊
For many years shot only raw and edited every photo. That took a lot of time. I've since then transitioned into shooting raw+jpeg and for the most part I'm perfectly happy with the jpegs. I spend more time getting good results directly in camera and I'm very aware of camera settings, tweeking stuff as I go. If I manage taking a banger of a photo I always have the raw if I want to post process. This system works wondefully for me.
That makes total sense. For anything other than my sun set/rise landscape work I could 100% do the same.
Thanks for taking the time to comment.
I think, that given in your videos you repeatedly emphasize and lay claim to a pseudo-clunky 'Amateur' status, contrasting this with something that you term 'Professional', you should explain what it is that you mean by those supposedly self-evident labels.
I'm an amateur photographer. I don't make money from my photography as it's a hobby.
I hang about with a bunch of pros and so I'm sharing what they're teaching me. They do make money from their photography.
Hope that helps.
If I do not really care about the photos and will not print t it. Jpeg.
(I always shoot raw)
That makes sense. Thanks for the comment.
Ken Rockwell is a bad joke.
Oh dear.
Pro here. Shooting only JPG superfine since 2013. I keep it camera log in order to change a little in pp, but very little.
AH! Now that is interesting. Obviously I've seen people do that with video to keep file sizes down but not with stills.
I really appreciate you taking the time to comment and share.
@@Photography-Explained I started with film where you choose the roll and that is. Yes, for sure, even with film you can make post processing, but how I did it was taking the pictures and then trusting in my development labs. So for digital I apply pretty the same approach, with jpg superfine I still can make light modifications. If I need a RAW, LR allows me to save in a DNG file too. But that is never going to happen. I strongly believe that by making a good work in camera I don't need to over-work the images then. I recently purchased the Canon 5D M2 and I shot RAW to see any difference: there is not that much in what I need to do so RAW to me is just a waste of time. By shooting black and white directly for all the workflow I see the image in black and white and that is effective to me. I want to clarify: that works to me and not pretending is the right solution for other colleagues.
Of course it is… click bait.
Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Total rubbish.