10. Working with Camera Raw Photos

In This Chapter

Working in Adobe Camera Raw 208

Adjusting White Balance 209

Adjusting Lighting 210

Adjusting Clarity and Color Saturation 211

Sharpening the Image 212

Reducing Noise 213

Cropping and Rotating the Image 214

Saving Raw Files 215

Most digital cameras save photos in the JPEG format, which is highly compressed. The processor in the camera analyzes the image, applies automatic corrections, and throws out pixels to reduce the size of the file. Usually, you won’t notice a difference—JPEG is optimized to produce images that are pleasing to the eye.

As good as this process is, it still throws away data. And when you’re editing photos, you want to start with as much data as possible.

Many cameras—not ...

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