dustyluke Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Hi, I'm about to shoot a wedding (new Nikon D40), and I want to shoot in RAW. However, If I burn CDs of RAW images to give to the couple will they be able to post/print/email without any hassle on their side? i.e.Will they be able to use the pics as easily as if they were JPEG? Many thanks for your experience report/opinions. Luke in Bonn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliot1 Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 No. Shoot raw/jpg and you won't have to worry about it. Or you could convert the raw images for them into jpg format and give them both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter_in_PA Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 You wouldn't want to give them raw images anyway would you? I mean, first you take out your bad exposures, and then maybe only give them the good stuff, tweaked, leveled, unsharp-masked, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_olander1664878205 Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 They won't be able to post/print/email the images, and they may not even be able to open the images. Plus, unless they have Nikon NX, none of your images will open with your in camera settings applied, so they may not look like you (or they) want them to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walterh Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 If the couple are both pro-photographers they will have no problem - assuming they work with PS :-)They might prefer the RAW images because they can post process professionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Ingold Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Unless they are graphic artists or fellow photographers, it is unlikely they can use RAW images. Furthermore, you MUST do a minimal amount of triage and editing if you wish to preserve your reputation. RAW is sufficient. You don't need to shoot RAW+JPEG unless you are on a short leash with the editing desk of a newspaper. It is a simple matter to edit in Lightroom or Bridge/ACR then convert a batch of selected images to JPEGs. Click it and walk away while Photoshop (or whatever) crunches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohanmike Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 If they have a fairly new Macintosh computer with the latest iPhoto (free with the computer), they will be able to import and use Nikon raw (NEF). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick_viebey___orlando__ Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Get something like Bibble (inexpensive and free eval available) and you can do batch color/sharpen/resize/crop where you get the first one in a series right and then you can easily copy those changes (and the changes are stored separately, so the RAW is affected if you mess up). You need to size (crop/resolution) it for the output they want.You will likely need to do color correction.You're going to likely need to crop for good composition (well, sometimes at least)RAW doesn't auto sharpen, so you need to apply sharpening. Lastly, you will have several hundreds of pictures you need to work with, so if you want to do it professionally, you're going to need some type of workflow to make it easier. Hope this helps. pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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