Question - jpeg vs RAW... what's your opinion...

[Oxygen Thief]

Thanks Alley, I actually just tried UFRaw and it sucked.

Got good results from darktable though...

I actually prefer the colours on the darktable export on the left.

 

[Alley]

Yeah UFRaw is a bit sucky. It worked for me for a while but I find it doesn't display my wide angle shots properly - it cuts off the edges. It's ok to just do a quick white balance and exposure tweak.

 

[Oxygen Thief]

Yeah UFRaw is a bit sucky. It worked for me for a while but I find it doesn't display my wide angle shots properly - it cuts off the edges. It's ok to just do a quick white balance and exposure tweak.

It couldn't interpret my raw files at all, was a mess.

 

[Snake Oil]

I've tried ufraw (the standalone version) and wasn't too impressed with the results. Darktable just made my head explode with complicated stuff :/

 

[Oxygen Thief]

I've tried ufraw (the standalone version) and wasn't too impressed with the results. Darktable just made my head explode with complicated stuff :/

Yeah, that's nothing compared to RawTherapee.

So far, darktable has been the best balance of results and usability. Will test a couple of others tomorrow.

 

[PROJ3CTM4YH3M]

you can always make a jpeg out of a raw you cant make a raw out of a jpeg, unless storage space is an issue or you cba to process at all then its a no brainer... why throw away all that extra data

 

[PROJ3CTM4YH3M]

just in case anyone was unsure as well... raw is not meant for straight out of camera exporting to jpeg it is less contrasty and sharp and expects some degree of processing but all the extra data gives you pretty much +/- 2 stops of exposure to play with non-destructively much better white balance control etc etc

 

[Oxygen Thief]

Nikon to jpeg vs Ubuntu, UFRaw to GIMP to jpeg

Plenty of tweaking, saturation, sharpening but still not sharp or saturated enough.

 

[Oxygen Thief]

Another go with darktable...

I'd say they were very close now, needs some warmth on the floor.

 

[Oxygen Thief]

Those are all at 100% and almost fill a monitor each, looks better at quarter (full) size...

 

[The Franconian]

which is your camera prozessed jpg ?

 

[Oxygen Thief]

None of them. Source file is the same, a RAW. Example above, left is processed with Ubuntu + darktable, right is processed with Windows plus Nikon NXView.

 

[The Franconian]

they have to be better than the a bit edited jpg from cam, otherwise it makes not much sense.

 

[The Lone Ranger]

Think all my images are jpegs, but often take photos in both formats. Never got around to learning how to play/edit RAW files, but have the files just in case I ever can be bothered. Know I should put the effort in, but there's always another day.

 

[Mr Sam]

me i just shoot Jpeg and straight off camera, my only editing is straightening, crop and the odd change of light levels via iPhoto I won't pretend to claim my shots are anything decent but totally depends what you are doing..... Exploring or Photographing,