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Do you shoot RAW, JPEG or both for Microstock?

I always use RAW. I postprocess every photo until I really like it.
I mostly use RAW, but sometimes JPEG when I know that the result will be ok.
I mostly use JPEG, but sometimes RAW when I know that the result will need postprocessing.
I always use JPEG. It's too much of a hassle to me to do all the sharpening, noise reduction "by hand". If there is really something to do, I do it on the JPEG and possibly downsize it a bit to avoid compression artefacts.

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« Reply #25 on: February 23, 2007, 15:05 »
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I'm a RAW guy myself. I really don't find it slows me down any. My standard workflow for RAW or jpg is the same. Slight levels adjustment, slight curves adjustment and sharpen. Hardly takes any time at all. Unless I screw the shot up, and then it takes a little longer to rescue it. Of course, that never happens. ;)


« Reply #26 on: February 24, 2007, 01:07 »
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...  I feel Raw is just a waste of time for $0.25 a download. ...

Is that all you get?

Then I guess you're only with Shutterstock, and it probably is a waste of your time.

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I get anything from 25c to several hundred dollars for a stock image, depending on the agency I submit to. When photographing I never know what's going to go where so I work in RAW all the time.

And I'm mystified why you think RAW so much work. I mean ... that technique of yours for correcting WB seems horribly ad hoc (to put it politely). How do you know how far to move the cyan/magenta slider at first? A random amount? All the way?

I suppose you can take a guess at it, but to correct WB really accurately in JPEG, you don't do it that way. And the proper way is a heck of a fiddle.

Yeah. Not worth 25c.

But ... hang on  ... cyan/magenta slider? What program are you using???   :o

color=green]yes,Sorry, my cock-up Cyan/red; until white looks white[/color]and I am with 9 sites; my main income is from Wedding/pets/portrait photography,where I will use raw processing-Regards, Ken

« Reply #27 on: February 25, 2007, 20:56 »
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Interesting thread!  :-)

Sometimes RAW, sometimes jpeg.

As RAW take more time to transfert to my (too old) computer and to work on, I prefer to work with jpeg as often as I can. But when the good exposure is not easy to find and/or if I suspect the image may be to dark, I shoot in raw in matter to be able to reajust image without adding too many noise.



 

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