Exploring Photography: Shooting in Raw Mode
1h 36mAdvanced2016-03-18
Authors
Ben Long
Photographer, Writer, Educator
Course details
You hear experienced photographers say it all the time: shoot raw format to get the best quality. But what does "raw" really mean? Does it guarantee better image quality? And where does the DNG format come into play?
In this course, photographer and educator Ben Long shines a light on what it means to shoot in raw—and what it doesn't. Learn the benefits of shooting in raw, learn when your camera's RAW+JPEG mode makes more sense, and get insights into why some people prefer certain raw conversion software over others.
Learning objectives
Does your camera support raw?
Understanding how a sensor works
Correcting and compressing JPEGs in camera
Customizing JPEG compression
Understanding raw conversion
Working with raw files in popular photo-editing software
Shooting raw, JPEG, or both
Reprocessing old raw images
Choosing a camera
In this course, photographer and educator Ben Long shines a light on what it means to shoot in raw—and what it doesn't. Learn the benefits of shooting in raw, learn when your camera's RAW+JPEG mode makes more sense, and get insights into why some people prefer certain raw conversion software over others.
Learning objectives
Does your camera support raw?
Understanding how a sensor works
Correcting and compressing JPEGs in camera
Customizing JPEG compression
Understanding raw conversion
Working with raw files in popular photo-editing software
Shooting raw, JPEG, or both
Reprocessing old raw images
Choosing a camera
Skills covered
Camera RawAnalog PhotographyLightroomPhotographyLimited SeriesAdobe
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Introduction to raw mode
1. Camera Sensors and Image Capture
- 02 - Exploring whether your camera supports raw
- 03 - Understanding the primary colors of light
- 04 - Exploring how a digital sensor captures an image
- 05 - Understanding how an image sensor sees color
- 06 - What is a digital photo
2. How Your Camera Makes a JPEG
- 07 - Processing basic color
- 08 - Correcting and compressing a JPEG
- 09 - Exploring how JPEG compression works
- 10 - Customizing JPEG compression
3. Understanding the Raw Format
- 11 - Understanding raw conversion software
- 12 - Getting under the hood of your raw converter
- 13 - Exploring nondestructive editing
- 14 - Working with raw files in Lightroom, Camera Raw, and Photoshop
- 15 - Exploring white balance and highlight recovery
4. Understanding Image Formats and Processing
- 16 - Understanding when to shoot raw or JPEG or both
- 17 - Understanding in-camera JPEG conversions
- 18 - Exposing raw images
- 19 - Reprocessing old raw images
- 20 - Understanding Foveon sensors
- 21 - Evaluating RAW, mRAW, and sRAW
- 22 - Choosing a camera
Next Steps
- 23 - Exploring next steps