10. Working with Camera Raw Photos
In This Chapter
Working in Adobe Camera Raw 208
Adjusting Clarity and Color Saturation 211
Cropping and Rotating the Image 214
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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