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Redefining Digital Image Processing
Every now and then a product comes along that either redefines a market, or how things are done. Such a product is theCamera Rawplug-in for Photoshop 7 by Adobe. I was fortunate enough to be an early tester forCamera Rawand am pleased to publish here a hands-on review based on several months of use.
Before having a look at whatCamera Rawdoes, let's see what problem it addresses.
Costa Rica Sunset‚ February, 2003
Canon 1Ds with 100-400mm f/5.6 IS lens @ 400mm
JPG Vs. RAW
Digital cameras typically produce one of two types of files‚ JPGs or so-called RAW files. Most amateurs work with JPGs and professionals frequently work with RAW files. Here's why.
The advantage of JPG files is that they are small and can be read by just about any program. The reason that they are small is because they are created by what is called "lossy" compression. That is, some data is lost when the file is created. Not a huge amount, but if the compression is set to...

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