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19 questions linked to/from Why does my Lightroom/Photoshop preview change after loading?
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Why does Picasa open RAW images correctly then desaturate them? [duplicate]
I have an Olympus E-PL2 and am taking photos in raw. I have the codec downloaded from Olympus, so I can view the photo with Picasa in Windows, and it looks fine but a few seconds after loading the ...
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Why does NEF file get washed out/highlights while my JPG look normal? [duplicate]
TLDR. is just the title.
I know nothing about photography, sorry. My dad has a d90 he never uses, so I use it to take photos when I need them for something.
Anyways, I put it on raw mode. when I ...
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What does Lightroom do when first opening a RAW file? [duplicate]
I noticed that (on my slow laptop) when I first open a newly imported RAW file in Lightroom the first view of the photo (non-thumb view, while the loading spinner is still there) is noticeably ...
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Given an image how to identify whether it is RAW file or not
I'm a much like beginner level, so pardon me if this is a very basic silly question. Once I've a JPEG photograph image file, how can I find out whether it is a RAW file or not?
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Why does the appearance of RAW files change when switching from "lighttable" to "darkroom" in Darktable?
In Darktable, when extracting RAW and JPG from the camera and viewing them using lighttable mode, both look identical. Does this mean that they both contain post-processing done by the camera ...
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Why can software correct white balance more accurately for RAW files than it can with JPEGs?
Why are post-processing JPEG white balance corrections not as accurate as white balance with Raw?
My understanding is that when shooting jpeg the camera internally does the following steps:
Convert ...
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How sharp are RAW photos before processing?
Are RAW images by nature slightly blurry prior to processing? If I open them up in Lightroom and zoom into the photo, my photos are not tack sharp but a bit blurry. Once I process, it comes out ...
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Why is Lightroom changing all the settings on my imported RAWs?
I'm importing pictures into Lightroom, and the NEF files look great at first glance when imported into Lightroom, but in a while the program changes all my pictures to super bright and just awful ...
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Why does the colour change after opening a raw file to edit in Photoshop CS6?
When I edit an image in the raw converter in CS6 the colours look correct, but when I open the file to edit the colours change. Why is that?
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Are paler raw images normal for a newer sensor with higher dynamic range?
I started photography with the Canon EOS M (the very first in the M series).
Recently I bought the Canon EOS M6 and of course now I try to compare the two image quality wise.
To my surprise, although ...
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Why does the quality of photos shot in RAW change after a few seconds when viewing them on a computer?
I have been taking a photo class for the past month or so and the professor told us to shoot in raw for a few assignments. When I view the pictures shot in RAW (on a canon rebel t7) on my computer, ...
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Opening NEF files on windows initially open fine but then change contrast
I have a strange issue with Windows 10
When I open .nef files they load fine. However after a second or two the contrast changes noticeably. I tried ...
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How to emulate the in-camera processing in Lightroom? [duplicate]
I'm a beginner in matters of digital photo processing (and photography for that record). I already know that the RAW file is a dump of raw sensor data with no processing whatsoever applied to it.
My ...
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Adobe lightroom changes colors after importing pictures
I have a strange problem where colors appear to be inverted when I load in my pictures of the recent bloodmoon into Adobe Lightroom.
Here are two pictures (on imgur) showing the difference between ...
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Embedded jpegs in NEF raw files
I open a .NEF image from my Nikon D80 in the Windows Photos app (the modern/"metro" style app). I then zoom in, and it re-renders or something to display higher resolution, but the colours become less ...
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