> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sharcy > > That's my point. A RAW file always needs to be converted to *something* > before anything can be done with it. You can not save, print, or even > view a RAW file without some sort of conversion/translation. What PS > (and other viewers/plugins) does is translate it into "viewable pixels", > probably by creating a temporary (PSD? Raster?) file . If you don't save > it, the temp file gets deleted. RAW, at least to my understanding > (anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong), is not a pixel format in > the same sense as JPG or any of the other formats, but rather a big > chunk of data. Which makes it a unique file and thereby, more secure.
The raw format is a format just as jpg or any other format. The only difference is that it is a format for which you cannot get/buy the specs easily. The raw format has tags to store meta data as do other formats. Canon's raw format uses (lossless) compression as most other formats use lossless/lossy compression, too. Canon's raw format lacks some information compared to other formats and it has some information that other formats lack. But that is the same if you compare jpg and bmp or any other format. Jpg, psd, etc also have to be decoded in order to be displayed just as the raw format has to be decoded, only that with the raw format you have to add the missing color information. Robert * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
