Uploading raw images

[Fireball]

I took a bunch of photos in RAW format tonight (my first time) and when uploading them to PSE6, they were in jpeg format. Don't understand why that would be since I took them in RAW. What am I doing wrong?

[carrbowl]

I'm not familiar with PSE6, but what I usually do is download all the files to a folder. Depending on how you set your camera, you could have both JPEGs and RAW...which is what I do. Then I open PhotoShop and open the files in PS....hope this helps...if it doesn't give us another question, or say it doesn't help..maybe someone else can help you that knows PSE6

[Fireball]

Well, call me a dummy but I checked what I set my camera at and did NOT set it to raw, just the S next to the raw....ugh! Sorry.

Another question though, I do have the option of setting my camera to take a jpeg and RAW but why would you want both? If you have the RAW, don't you normally convert that to a jpeg anyway?

[venchka]

Did you move the files from your camera to your hard drive? Look at the file extension on your hard drive? How do you know they are JPEGs in PSE6? they shouldn't be in any format until you Save As. Then you can pick a file format.

JPEGs are for quick and dirty small file size sharing. Except for uploading to forums or print services, there's no reason for the JPEG format to exist. In fact, given the speed of the internet and storage space being so cheap, if we were starting today there would be no need for the JPEG format. Period.

[J Eddington]

You shoot in both for convenience and to help with your leaning skills if you have never shot raw. If you shoot both and get it right, no work needed. You screw it up then you have the raw file to work from. I personally never use jpeg's for anything but sending to a printer that does not support anything but jpeg's.
I am confused abut Wayne's statement, you camera saves the photos either in Raw or Jpeg. So it is in a format.

[venchka]

I meant that PSE6 wasn't changing the file format from RAW to JPEG without some help from the operator. As it turns out, I was right: the files were JPEGs in the camera before the computer and PSE6 saw them.

[Fireball]

Thanks for the clarification everyone. As I said before, I missed another step in getting my camera set to RAW (wasn't detailed enough in the manual) so I ended up taking jpegs again. Will try again soon!

[venchka]

I've not tried, but can't you have the camera near the computer and keep setting and transferring until RAW files show up on the computer? Then go take real pictures?