Need help with RAW.

[TTU_Guy]

Ok, so after seeing some the of ther previous discussions, I thought I'd give the RAW format a try with my D50. After shooting some test shots I go to open with Picture Project (came with camera) and I didn't see any adjustments available that were all that spectactular (just brightness, d-lighting whatever that is, color mode, etc.).

So next I went to open it with Adobe 7.0 and I get a pop-up with white balance and exposure comp (the two things I was wanting to be able to change). When I click on ok I get an error message that I do not have enough RAM. Huh? Two gigs of RAM isn't enough to open a file?

Any ideas? Am I missing something here?

Thanks,
Jason

[AjP]

I wish I can give you an advice, but I never processed RAW in PS 7, PS CS and CS2 have RAW Coverter.. but it didn't come with Photoshop, you need go adobe and download DNG/RAW converter plugin. may be same thing with PS 7.0

[TTU_Guy]

I downloaded the RawShooter Essentials and this appears to do everything I want. I guess for now I'll use that and then edit in Photoshop. Hopefully CS2 is in my near future!

[johnastovall]

When you get CS2 and want to work with RAW. Pick up a copy of this.

Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS2
by Bruce Fraser

I've linked a sample chapter to the title.

Oh, TTU guy, if you are a student check out academic superstore for the student price on CS2.

[GonzoBernelli]

Or you could buy Nikon Capture and upgrade it to v4.4 - about $100

[TTU_Guy]

Thanks for all of the reponses.

johnastovall - I do finish school this semester but my fiance doesn't finish till December so I definitely do plan on getting a student copy later this summer.

Gonzo - Is the nikon caputer worth the 100 bucks?

[GonzoBernelli]

Bob Johnson uses it when ACR has "problems", although he laments its workflow.

http://www.earthboundlight.com/photo...pture&bool=and

I use if for all my RAW conversions because only Nikon knows all the nuances of what is recorded in the NEF files.

[bullsparade]

Originally Posted by TTU_Guy

I downloaded the RawShooter Essentials and this appears to do everything I want. I guess for now I'll use that and then edit in Photoshop. Hopefully CS2 is in my near future!

I have been using Rawshooter for over year now. I prefer it over Photoshop's converter but thats just what I am used to and I dont do change very well.

[SilverShooter]

Johnastovell

Many thanks for the great reference from Fraser's book. He makes a lot of sense and explains the value of editing a raw image before conversion to any non linear gamma.

The question for me now is: Does Capture 4.4 also make these type corrections before conversion from gamma = 1 or not. I am familiar with the Capture controls and have used them as a gateway to CS2 since I bought the Adobe product. After opening the raw image in Capture and making minor exposure adjustments, and maybe some of the other basic lighting corrections, I let Capture open CS2 for me, directly to the image I want in the edit window of CS2. This has worked fine, I think. I got turned off by all the auto adjustments of Camera Raw that it makes (until you turn them off).

It sounds like images shot at higher ISO should be opened in Adobe Camera Raw to take advantage of the better color noise reduction capability (or at least so says Fraser).

Lot's of food for thought.

SilverShooter

[johnastovall]

Originally Posted by SilverShooter

Johnastovell

Many thanks for the great reference from Fraser's book. He makes a lot of sense and explains the value of editing a raw image before conversion to any non linear gamma.

The question for me now is: Does Capture 4.4 also make these type corrections before conversion from gamma = 1 or not. I am familiar with the Capture controls and have used them as a gateway to CS2 since I bought the Adobe product. After opening the raw image in Capture and making minor exposure adjustments, and maybe some of the other basic lighting corrections, I let Capture open CS2 for me, directly to the image I want in the edit window of CS2. This has worked fine, I think. I got turned off by all the auto adjustments of Camera Raw that it makes (until you turn them off).

It sounds like images shot at higher ISO should be opened in Adobe Camera Raw to take advantage of the better color noise reduction capability (or at least so says Fraser).

Lot's of food for thought.

SilverShooter

I've only ever used CS2 and ACR for RAW so, I'm not familiar with other RAW software.

I've used the ACR noise reduction some but since getting Noise Ninja just wait and do that on the PSD file after coming out of ACR.