On Wed, November 9, 2011 17:47, mac wrote: > On 9 Nov 2011, at 11:36, "Jon Reynolds" <maill...@jcrdevelopments.com> > wrote: > <snip> >> The problem I am thinking about is how to best manage storage of RAW and >> JPEG... should I keep them all? Should I bin the RAWs after viewing the >> JPEGs and deciding not to do anything with them, but then risk at a >> later >> date wishing I hadn't binned the RAWs... can't keep everything I >> suppose... I have many Gb of photos just in JPEG. If I start duplicating >> every one with a RAW as well, I would need far too much storage space I >> think. > > Best practice is to process and archive the RAW files (which some people > convert to DNG instead.) Only produce JPG files for the specific purpose > you need them for (as the compression - and therefore quality - will vary > according to purpose). > > JPG is a lossy compressed format, and once discarded, the 'lost' data > cannot be recovered for future re-editing. So archive the 'unspoilt' > originals. (But do be ruthless about deleting rubbish!) > > Of course, if you don't ever want to be bothered editing your images, rely > on your camera's software to do it for you, and just shoot JPGs. ( But > you do then rely on the software engineers' knowing how you want your > photos to look.) > > mac > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
Hi Mac, Thanks for the insight... I am still a bit unsure what is best for me. I love taking photos, usually its just of family, places we've been out etc, and sometimes some photos for the sake of good photos. I would like to increase my skills and feel that shooting in RAW is the best way to go to allow for editing those few special photos that are worth it. So far to date, I just shoot in JPEG direct from the camera and end up with about 800Mb of photos to store in JPEG format every month. Most of these will never require going to a RAW version for editing. But I don't want to not use RAE at all as I feel I might miss out on learning more about digital photography and never get to that place where you are producing GOOD photos. So I am contemplating shooting in RAW, doing a conversion on all RAW into JPEG (ufraw-batch or something). Most of these JPEGs will be good enough for the family shots. But then its a question of whether to keep all the RAWs or go through the photos and decide which ones are worth keeping and then bin the rest. Just seems difficult and time consuming... I store all my photos online, on my own personal web server. To store duplicates of all photos in RAW as well would mean I would rapidly consume large amounts of space, space which might end up being a waste as I might never go back to 99% of those RAWs. Maybe, I could store all the RAWs just locally on an external drive and keep all my JPEGs online... Decisions, decisions... -- Thanks and regards, Jon Reynolds (j0nr) ---------------------------- http:www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
