working in Photoshop in 16-bit/channel mode makes for a lot less chance of processing artifacts as your manipulate the image. this includes adjusting color and applying sharpening filters, etc. you run far less risk of damaging shadow and highlight detail.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 2:44 PM Subject: Re: Pentax RAW file discoveries > You say RAW is better, but HOW is it better? Does one get better quality > "images" from a RAW file than from a TIFF file? Just because a TIFF may be > processed a bit more in the camera, will that lessen the quality of the final > image? Or does that just mean that the steps for processing RAW v the steps > for processing TIFFS (as far as the photographer is concerned) are different? > Is the final image better, and in what way, when the original is RAW?
