{"id":931,"date":"2019-11-21T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T01:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silkypix.isl.co.jp\/en\/?post_type=how-to&#038;p=931"},"modified":"2024-11-01T19:48:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T10:48:22","slug":"what-is-raw-development","status":"publish","type":"how_to","link":"https:\/\/www.silkypix.com\/en\/how-to\/article\/method\/931\/","title":{"rendered":"What is RAW development?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #339966;\">It is high-quality image editing that does not degrade the image quality using RAW data with a lot of information.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The main feature of RAW development is that it enables you to perform &#8220;simple&#8221;, and &#8220;high-quality&#8221; image adjusting rather than JPEG by using RAW data.\u00a0Typical items that can be adjusted include the following.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-932\" src=\"\/en\/files\/media\/2019\/11\/8f60f8f036013778119e0d387797db3c.png\" alt=\"What is RAW development\" width=\"1000\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-933\" src=\"\/en\/files\/media\/2019\/11\/cd9deb9026f7088f5434792e38ca6720.png\" alt=\"Exposure bias\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>Exposure bias (Adjusting brightness)<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p>It is difficult to make proper exposure settings with the camera when shooting.\u00a0In shooting with RAW data, as long as the image sensor does not saturate because it is too bright (Blown out highlights), a fairly wide range of exposure bias adjustments can be made during development.\u00a0The RAW data maintains the light intensity information with very high accuracy.\u00a0Therefore, you can compensate for exposure in much the same way that you changed the ISO sensitivity during shooting.<\/p>\n<p>This saves a lot of nerve when shooting ISO sensitivity adjustments and exposure settings. So, the advantage is that you can concentrate on shooting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-946\" src=\"\/en\/files\/media\/2019\/11\/4198df1b526e48e1f989123fb48bc445.jpg\" alt=\"Exposure bias example\" width=\"900\" height=\"316\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-947\" src=\"\/en\/files\/media\/2019\/11\/2e21108b2d75f7ee7da79e91a39dfbf5.png\" alt=\"White balance\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>White balance (Adjusting the color tone)<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You can set the white balance after shooting by shooting with RAW data.\u00a0When shooting with JPEG, you need to set the white balance when shooting. When shooting with RAW data, you can make the same adjustment the white balance after shooting as setting it at shooting.\u00a0It is the time of RAW development processing.<\/p>\n<p>Proper white balance settings affect the overall tonality of your image and are important factors that affect the image.\u00a0However, it takes a lot of time to set it up before shooting, and it is very difficult to set it up properly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-953\" src=\"\/en\/files\/media\/2019\/11\/763cf5102ca4f7096032f021107be042.jpg\" alt=\"White balance example\" width=\"900\" height=\"361\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In addition, you can change the color at the time of shooting even in the format such as JPEG, but it can not be completely adjusted.\u00a0With RAW mode, you can change the white balance later so you can focus on shooting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-956\" src=\"\/en\/files\/media\/2019\/11\/430a8d40f8da6544bf22b061b7a41e77.jpg\" alt=\"JPEG example\" width=\"900\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-957\" src=\"\/en\/files\/media\/2019\/11\/833d4600d49e959fc66c811a0180ee1c.png\" alt=\"Tone\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>Tone (Adjusting the darkness and tint)<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In image, there are several methods of expressing the same scene. For example, &#8220;High contrast&#8221; and &#8220;Low contrast&#8221; to express the difference in light and dark.\u00a0It is called &#8220;contrast.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the tone, you can finish it to &#8220;High contrast&#8221; or &#8220;Low contrast&#8221; according to the subject.\u00a0High contrast is a hard image with sharp.\u00a0Low contrast is a soft image with low sharpness.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-959\" src=\"\/en\/files\/media\/2019\/11\/24a63fcaa8d9ea911aefeef4f9d2b0bc.jpg\" alt=\"Tone example\" width=\"900\" height=\"223\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-960\" src=\"\/en\/files\/media\/2019\/11\/f545e23781970e5d4b41e09adbe4921b.png\" alt=\"Sharp\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>Sharp (Emphasis of outlines and details)<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You can highlight the outline of the color and brightness of the image and the edges of the fine structure to create sharp image.\u00a0JPEG shooting does not reduce the sharpness of an image that has been sharpened once.\u00a0However, you can decrease or increase the sharpness in RAW development.\u00a0Therefore, it is possible to make the optimum sharpening setting according to the subject or image.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-961\" src=\"\/en\/files\/media\/2019\/11\/bcb7560c8d26ab7a81976cd8dd8305a5.jpg\" alt=\"Sharp example\" width=\"900\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-962\" src=\"\/en\/files\/media\/2019\/11\/eef8ef1a252ae707ec2163d7f8210cd4.png\" alt=\"Noise reduction\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>Noise reduction (Relaxation of grittiness at high ISO sensitivity)<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Reduction of red, blue, green, and other pixels (False color) and grain (Luminance noise) that appear in high ISO sensitivity shooting can be eliminated.\u00a0In general, strong noise reduction can have side effects, such as blurring a image.\u00a0However, the SILKYPIX series offers high-quality noise reduction with as little side effects as possible.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-963\" src=\"\/en\/files\/media\/2019\/11\/018126992b7770e99442461cc2f2f621.jpg\" alt=\"Noise reduction example\" width=\"900\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-964\" src=\"\/en\/files\/media\/2019\/11\/e8f614c534a2e62af356c9baeec9a02c.png\" alt=\"Color\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>Color (Adjusting the vividness)<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You can adjust the saturation according to the subject.\u00a0Some subjects may want to appear vivid, while other subjects may want to appear thick with a low saturation setting.\u00a0In RAW development processing, allows you to adjust the saturation to match the mood of the image you want to finish.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-965\" src=\"\/en\/files\/media\/2019\/11\/1d10db3ec90cad7a16475b26ddb412eb.jpg\" alt=\"Color example\" width=\"900\" height=\"321\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3598,"template":"","tags":[35],"howto_cat":[9,10],"class_list":["post-931","how_to","type-how_to","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-usage","howto_cat-article","howto_cat-method"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is RAW development? 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