In my last post I featured the nifty “DNG Recover Edges” and made the point that it only works on DNGs. I discovered this nifty, free application while researching my column for the latest October/November 2009 issue of AfterCapture. In “Catching Up with the Amazing DNG” I celebrate how far the DNG has come in five years, since it was publicly announced by Adobe on September 27, 2004.
If you would appreciate a little background information on the DNG or to better understand how this amazing file format continues to pick up steam in its march towards a universal standard, give my piece a read. It’s based in large part by conversations with Adobe’s Tom Hogarty and digital workflow guru Peter Krogh.
Both touched on some pretty heady technical developments about the DNG, which were both hard to understand and even harder to communicate. However, both Hogarty and Krogh insisted that what really matters Continue reading “Learning All About The Amazing DNG”
Tags: Barry Pearson, DNG, DNG Converter, DNG Specifications, October/November 2009, Online Learning Resources, Peter Krogh, RAW, The DAM Book, Tom Hogarty
“You may not realize it, but your digital camera doesn’t give you every pixel that it records.” This from the “DNG Recover Edges” article found at “The Luminous Landscape.” The article goes on to explain why this is, and why you might want to get these pixels back, as well as exactly how to do so.
The last part is the nifty part. To recover hidden edge pixels, you simply drop a DNG file on the icon for the free “DNG Recover Edges” application, and zap. . . you now have more pixels that you work with in that DNG.
You can get said free “DNG Recover Edges” at Continue reading “Amazing DNG Recovers Edges”
Tags: Applications, DNG, DNG Recover Edges, Online Resources, RAW, RAW Processing, The Luminous Landscape
I say “revisits” because my assumption is that most photographers — pro or amateurs — reading this blog will agree with Peter Gregg (and me) that going RAW is a no brainer, and that there is really no argument to be made or discussion to be had.
That said, I realize that writing my “RAW Processing Solutions” column for After Capture might have stilted me a bit. So I was pleased to encounter Gregg’s latest report for ProPhoto Home: “If you are not shooting RAW files – your camera is BROKEN!!!” He brings up some good points that that remind me that I am not stilted and the raw files simply rock.
However, the best part of Gregg’s report is that he brings Continue reading “Peter Gregg Revisits RAW vs. JPEG”
Tags: Image Quality, ISO, JPEG, Peter Gregg, ProPhoto, RAW, RAW vs. JPEG
Create low-tech checklists to guide you through your high-tech digital workflows. If you haven’t done so already, you can’t imagine the benefits. Simple, personalized workflow checklists will help you perform your workflow tasks faster and smoother; turn critical work into monkey work; and help illuminate (and solve) workflow glitches as they arise.
If you are shooting and processing hundreds of RAW files (or JPEGs) you have probably scribbled down a lot of notes regarding your workflow actions–from ingestion to archiving. But if you have not made a formalized checklist—I repeat—you cannot imagine the benefits. Such checklists are simple documents you create in Word (or Excel) that outline your individual process, with check boxes included to ensure work interruptions don’t compromise your process.
Continue reading “The Greatest Workflow Aide: A Simple Piece of Paper”
Tags: Checklists, Darren Higgins, Management, Peter Krogh, RAW, The DAM Book, Workflow & DAM, Workflow Checklist
Here are the four critical things you need know about the DNG, the Adobe-developed, open-source Digital Negative:
1. The DNG is the coolest RAW electronic imaging file format on Earth.
2. The DNG is absolutely the best archival format for all your RAW files.
3. The DNG offers amazingly innovative workflow benefits.
4. You should embrace the Digital Negative by converting all of your RAW captures to DNGs as part of your normal workflow.
Like many elegantly simple and powerful inventions, the DNG is sadly misunderstood. And because the majority of photographers are not yet using the DNG and not yet
Continue reading “The DNG is Way Cooler Than Cool. So Use It!”
Tags: Digital Negative, DNG, DNG Converter, Peter Krogh, RAW, The DAM Book
