I know that RAW files, essentially digital negatives, provide far greater flexibility in terms of editing than already processed files. It is widely recommended to do as much as possible in the RAW converter before starting with pixel editing.
While doing compositing, I sometimes struggle with this. When I'm trying to match differences in colors and exposure, I find this to be much easier to do when I can see the images together on the canvas, instead of having to work with them seperately in the RAW processor.
What kind strategies are the professional creative retouchers using? Are you guys even processing the RAW files or do you just load them up directly as raster files into Photoshop? Is this kind of quality preservation actually important in real-world commercial print retouching?
Also, what are some good resources on commercial grade RAW processing?
While doing compositing, I sometimes struggle with this. When I'm trying to match differences in colors and exposure, I find this to be much easier to do when I can see the images together on the canvas, instead of having to work with them seperately in the RAW processor.
What kind strategies are the professional creative retouchers using? Are you guys even processing the RAW files or do you just load them up directly as raster files into Photoshop? Is this kind of quality preservation actually important in real-world commercial print retouching?
Also, what are some good resources on commercial grade RAW processing?
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