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Comparing Raw to Jpg file

dougstroud
I shot an image in Raw and Jpg. Viewing the file appears differently- the Raw file appears darker than the Jpg. I would like to start the Raw at the same point as the Jpg. Can this be done automatically?
As you can see the Jpg exposure is better and the colors are softer.

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/6264/jpgvsrawimage.jpg


http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/8736/jpgvsrawhistogram.jpg

Thanks,

Doug
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  • Paul Steunebrink
    When you shoot raw+jpeg in your camera, and like to open both with Capture One you are certainly going to be:
    - unhappy
    - confused
    - or a combination of both
    when you not yet grasped the difference in nature of the animals you're looking at. A female giraffe and a male elephant have more in common (both are mammals).

    In short, a jpeg is a RGB file, converted from raw data in-camera with Nikon's algorithm and your in-camera JPEG settings (contrast, sharpening) into a particular workspace (Capture One is assuming you shoot JPEG to sRGB I believe so with AdobeRGB in-camera you are way off from the start here). Next you view this with CO's general JPEG ICC profile to your monitor.
    A raw file has little or no processing and is previewed (simulated) with Capture One in its proprietary environment with completely different dimensions, camera profile and output profile (it still has to become a RGB file remember).

    What you showed in your post is already an incredible close match between these two files, which might you think you're comparing two apples. You are not even comparing apples with oranges. One of them is not even a piece of fruit but an alien from another galaxy.

    Note: JPEG and TIFF RGB view and edit support exists in CO because it already existed hidden in the software and could help photographers who besides their (raw) files receive some RGB files of an event and like to view and/or edit in the same workflow.

    Focus on raw and make the best out of it. Except for fast viewing you'll probably never need a in-camera JPEG again.
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  • dougstroud
    Thanks again Paul. I will chew on this. I get it... but I need to sit with it for a little bit.
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