Re: Apple/Adobe Imaging, DAM and Workflow
Re: Apple/Adobe Imaging, DAM and Workflow
- Subject: Re: Apple/Adobe Imaging, DAM and Workflow
- From: Andrew Rodney <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:05:57 -0600
- Thread-topic: Apple/Adobe Imaging, DAM and Workflow
On 7/13/07 5:10 PM, "Martin Orpen" wrote:
> RAW data is too valuable to be left in the hands of the authors.
First off, Raw isn't an acronym so you might want to use the correct way to
write about it.
2nd, if you are saying its too valuable for the authors, and you refer to
the camera manufacturers not the photographers as authors, I totally agree.
Call my old fashioned but when shooting E6 or C41 film, it was kind of
useful to have a standard, well described process for taking that latent
image and making into an image I can actually see then reproduce. There were
of course many other well defined processes for handling film and print that
anyone with the desire could obtain and setup should they themselves wish to
handle the rendering.
> Why waste time and money asking them to re-interpret digital
> negatives when you can do it yourself once you've convinced them that
> handing over RAW data in DUPE format is a sensible thing?
Well you'll have to send a link for a white paper about the DUPE format,
sounds interesting. I the meantime, getting back to a wrapper that IS
available today in a number of products, and as John mentioned supported in
the Mac OS, there is DNG.
DNG files are typically smaller than the original raw files, that's a plus.
DNG files contain all the metadata instructions which means I don't have to
worry about sidecar files getting lost or separated from the raws. After you
build metadata instructions, its handy to keep it embedded with the raw
data, along with a JPEG of the rendering should you wish to share this with
others. Oh, having the JPEG for printing without having to fully render the
image is useful too. Oh, having a wrapper that is documented isn't a bad
idea. And what's coming down the pike with DNG (think multiple rendering
instructions or as they are often called, virtual copies), should be real
useful.
So, let us know more about this DUPE format and if it has any of the above
capabilities and what software products support it. Is this a new Microsoft
technology????
Andrew Rodney
http://www.digitaldog.net/
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