What Is The Difference Between RAW And JPEG Photos?
from Photography Explained Podcast Hosted by Rick McEvoy
Send us Fan Mail RAW and JPEG are file formats. Photographers use both. JPEG images have an amount of processing and compressing done to them when a photo is taken. RAW photos have no processing done to them other than creating the file, that is. JPEG photos can be viewed by anyone straight off the memory card. To view RAW photos, you need specialist software. JPEG files are smaller than RAW files, but RAW files contain more data to work with than JPEG files. These are the main differences, but what does this all mean? Do we need to know all this stuff? Yes, we do, dear listener. In this episode, I tell you What JPEG is What RAW is What the differences are in the RAW vs JPEG debate Why this stuff matters I also tell you What if you use a phone to take photos What I do One good or bad related thing that I did once (yes, really) All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in (much) less than 27 (ish) minutes! What is not to love? How utterly splendid. Support the show Get your question answered This is what my podcast is all about: answering your photography questions. Just head over to my shiny new website to find out more about me, my podcast and my photography. Thanks very much for listening Cheers from me Rick
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Send us Fan Mail RAW and JPEG are file formats. Photographers use both. JPEG images have an amount of processing and compressing done to them when a photo is taken. RAW photos have no processing done to them other than creating the file, that is. JPEG photos can be viewed by anyone straight off the memory card. To view RAW photos, you need specialist software. JPEG files are smaller than RAW files, but RAW files contain more data to work with than JPEG files. These are the main differences, b...
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