nomindofmyown
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Q: I want to export modified raw photos to external hard drive

I'm trying to export edited raw photos to an external hard drive without modifying them

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012), iOS 9.3.4

Posted on Aug 10, 2016 7:15 PM

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Q: I want to export modified raw photos to external hard drive

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  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Aug 10, 2016 9:47 PM in response to nomindofmyown
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    Aug 10, 2016 9:47 PM in response to nomindofmyown

    File Menu ==> export ==> Export unmodified original  --  select the location you want in the export dialogue

     

    LN

  • by nomindofmyown,

    nomindofmyown nomindofmyown Aug 11, 2016 2:05 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Aug 11, 2016 2:05 PM in response to LarryHN

    I want to export MODIFIED (edited) raw photos to an external hard drive. My issue is that I spend a lot of time editing in photos and with the extensions and want to export them in the format they are in after editing. In my case ARW (Sony Raw).

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Aug 11, 2016 2:26 PM in response to nomindofmyown
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    Aug 11, 2016 2:26 PM in response to nomindofmyown

    You can not edit a RAW photo - when you edit the edits can only be applied to a standard photos format - the RAW is simply a sensor dump from the camera and can not be edited - you can export the unmodified original and get the RAW or you can export an image format (TIFF, PNG or JPEG) and get the edited version - no program can edit RAW images - the edited image is always an image format, never RAW

     

     

    LN

  • by nomindofmyown,

    nomindofmyown nomindofmyown Aug 14, 2016 8:31 AM in response to LarryHN
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    Aug 14, 2016 8:31 AM in response to LarryHN

    OK, maybe I'm crazy, or maybe you aren't understanding my question. I'm probably crazy, but let me reword it just for the sake of my previous perceived grasp of reality. If I go import a ARW file from a sony camera and boost the saturation in Photos, I cannot export that file with the boosted saturation in ARW format?

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Aug 14, 2016 8:46 AM in response to nomindofmyown
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    Aug 14, 2016 8:46 AM in response to nomindofmyown

    that is correct

     

     

     

    LN

  • by nomindofmyown,

    nomindofmyown nomindofmyown Aug 14, 2016 6:28 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Aug 14, 2016 6:28 PM in response to LarryHN

    Mind blown! The most obvious reason to shoot raw is to have a file that can be manipulated way beyond what jpeg's can, especially highlights and shadows. When I used to use Lightroom I always wondered why the edited raws were so big. I assume the raw file essentially had another file piggy backing on it with the Lightroom edit information. I hope Photos implements something similar to speed up work flow. Converting to tiff takes so much longer and the photos seem less pliable. Thank you for educating me.

  • by LACAllen,

    LACAllen LACAllen Aug 14, 2016 8:38 PM in response to nomindofmyown
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    Aug 14, 2016 8:38 PM in response to nomindofmyown

    You are correct in the Lightroom carries a small file beside every RAW file, detailing the edits you have made.

     

    As does Photos. In both cases, the original RAW has been altered by any edit.

     

    You can't go back to RAW *and* keep the edits. This would apply for any photo software and RAW format.

     

    The upside of the sidecar concept is multiple versions/edits of a file, all coming from the RAW file. You can add together edits and re-export for the highest possible quality.

     

    TIFF is no longer a format widely used.

  • by Keith Barkley,

    Keith Barkley Keith Barkley Aug 15, 2016 8:25 AM in response to nomindofmyown
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    Aug 15, 2016 8:25 AM in response to nomindofmyown

    The obvious workflow is to dance with the one that brung ya. If you want to process in Photo's, keep your RAWs there, if in LightRoom, keep your RAWs there. At this time, you cannot portably move RAW edits across ecosystems - which might be by design.