Raw Photo

[Thejage]

Hello -
I've been taking a photography class locally to learn more about my camera - canon rebel T2i - and now have a problem with no instructor to help me locally. I know I can process the images in raw but how do I convert them to a .png or.jpeg file. I use PSE9 but can find nothing in the raw screen for conversion - although the "help" information says I can do it. Do any of you know how this is done?
Thanks -
Janet

[estherf]

I am using V9. When in the raw screen, there is a save button on the lower left. Click that and you have a dialogue box that gives you options to save and change the title, etc.

[Thejage]

I googled v9 and found a phone! I don't think that is what you are working with, Estherf. Exactly what is it?
I finally went to the PSE9 site that I joined and found a video that instructed me to batch process from RAW to .jpeg. Interesting video!
By the way - your photography is amazing!
Janet

[troush]

Basically, in PSE 9, you have to "Open" the file from camera raw into PSE, and then you can "save" as a jpeg. At least, that's how it worked in previous version of PSE. You pressed the "open" button at the bottom of the Camera Raw screen, and the picture opened in the PSE editor with the changes from Camera Raw applied, and then you save it from the editor.

-Trish

[estherf]

I googled v9 and found a phone! I don't think that is what you are working with, Estherf. Exactly what is it?
I finally went to the PSE9 site that I joined and found a video that instructed me to batch process from RAW to .jpeg. Interesting video!
By the way - your photography is amazing!
Janet

LOL....V9 (shortcut for version 9). I'm glad you found the video.

Many thanks for the comment on my photography. I've really struggled to learn my dSLR camera and the blog helps me keep up the interest. Just 6 months ago I decided to shoot all in RAW. Of course, that means I have to touch every image....some more than others!

[Thejage]

Thanks so much for the assistance, Ladies! This has been a great learning experience. Thiink I will try shooting a few more RAW photos just to see how the program and I get along
Janet

[AKrubygal]

So RAW is a setting on your camera and not just want your photos are converted to in PS or PSE. Is that correct?

[connieg]

AKrubygal, on DSLR camera's and some more advance point and shoot models you have a choice to set your camera to shoot in raw, jpeg, or tiff.

[dmrdm]

I shoot 100% RAW and have for many years now. (yes, it's an option on my camera) When I take photos with my phone of course those are JPG's....but I can't even tolerate working with JPGs anymore. Just spoiled I guess.

You can also process JPGs, in the RAW editor, you have to usually go to OPEN AS, click on your photo and then down in the bottom select OPEN AS> CAMERA RAW.

I shoot Nikon, so the ones taken with my camera are called NEF files. When you're working in the RAW editor, if you have RAW photo's you do have more options that if you are opening a JPG in the RAW editor.

The RAW editor in CS5 and in Lightroom is more advanced that in Elements, so if you are really, really end up getting into RAW, one would want to consider getting CS5 or Lightroom.

Enjoy~

[AKrubygal]

thank you for the info. I see/read/hear RAW but its never been clear to me that it is an actual setting on my camera. I will check it out, for sure.

--AKrubygal