What does iPhoto do to my RAW photo when exporting to web as jpeg?
Not sure if this question will make sense, but here it is:
I would prefer to shoot RAW, and I also like to upload a copy of all my photos to my online site (on smugmug). Smugmug won't accept RAW files, but it works out when I export RAW photos from iPhoto to my smugmug site, as smugmug receives them as jpeg. That means iPhoto must be converting the RAW to jpeg for the export, but afterward, there is no sign of a jpeg on my hard drive. This leads to several questions:
1. Am I correct in assuming that iPhoto is just creating a jpeg while exporting, and that jpeg isn't actually stored anywhere on my computer?
2. What is iPhoto doing to the picture when it converts it from RAW to jpeg without my input? Is there some default setting for white balance, contrast, sharpening, etc which it applies?
3. Since I would prefer to have control of the various settings when converting RAW to jpeg, if I do this by editing and then clicking Done, am I doing it? I'm confused, because when I edit a RAW photo this way in iPhoto, and click Done, if I right click on the photo afterwards, and click file info, it shows only a raw photo (CR2) in the library, not a jpeg. I'm not clear on whether iPhoto can in fact be used to create a jpeg version of a raw photo, that I can save along with the original. I guess I'm also unsure if I should use something like photoshop elements to convert the RAW photos, instead of iPhoto.
sorry for the long-winded post;)
I would prefer to shoot RAW, and I also like to upload a copy of all my photos to my online site (on smugmug). Smugmug won't accept RAW files, but it works out when I export RAW photos from iPhoto to my smugmug site, as smugmug receives them as jpeg. That means iPhoto must be converting the RAW to jpeg for the export, but afterward, there is no sign of a jpeg on my hard drive. This leads to several questions:
1. Am I correct in assuming that iPhoto is just creating a jpeg while exporting, and that jpeg isn't actually stored anywhere on my computer?
2. What is iPhoto doing to the picture when it converts it from RAW to jpeg without my input? Is there some default setting for white balance, contrast, sharpening, etc which it applies?
3. Since I would prefer to have control of the various settings when converting RAW to jpeg, if I do this by editing and then clicking Done, am I doing it? I'm confused, because when I edit a RAW photo this way in iPhoto, and click Done, if I right click on the photo afterwards, and click file info, it shows only a raw photo (CR2) in the library, not a jpeg. I'm not clear on whether iPhoto can in fact be used to create a jpeg version of a raw photo, that I can save along with the original. I guess I'm also unsure if I should use something like photoshop elements to convert the RAW photos, instead of iPhoto.
sorry for the long-winded post;)
macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.1)
