The Difference Between RAW and JPG - A Visual Guide

RAW Image Edited in Darktable

Ever since I have been getting more into photography I have always been looking for what I need to do to improve my skills. I am not aspiring to become a professional photographer, but I believe that I can make simple changes to the way I take pictures that will improve the overall quality of my photos.

One of the improvements I made a while ago was shooting everything in the camera's RAW format. I have noticed that there are some pretty big drawbacks to shooting in RAW. Namely, it takes much more memory, it takes longer to edit, and the camera takes longer to process and save the images to my SD card. With all these drawbacks, I decided to do an experiment to convince myself that shooting in RAW is worth the extra effort.


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Lightroom vs Darktable - RAW photo editing

Recently I have been trying to do a lot more photography shooting in RAW. Because of this, I have been doing a lot less editing in the Gimp and a lot more editing in Darktable. Recently I did a short review/tutorial on Darktable. I have had a few people ask me to compare or show some of the differences with Lightroom and Darktable. This will be a quick overview on some of the differences and similarities between the two programs.

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RAW Photo Editing - Darktable Review/Tutorial

As I have continued to play with RAW images, and have been continually looking for the best software. Previously I had mentioned that RawTherapee was my favorite RAW editor. Looks like it has been bested by Darktable. Darktable is amazing! I have done a video tutorial/review as well as listed some pros and cons.

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Best Software for Editing RAW photos in Linux

If you are a photographer who shoots in RAW, then chances are you have heard of and probably used Adobe Lightroom. If you use Linux however, Lightroom is not a viable option.

Some of the more popular RAW editors in Linux include UFRaw, RawTherapee, Darkroom and Raw Studio. I will briefly discuss each below so you can decide which program is best for you. Each of these programs can easily be installed through apt-get using a package manager (such as Synaptic).

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