Printing bureaus would benefit a LOT...
Printing bureaus would benefit a LOT with it when printing machines become RAW compatible!
When we used to enlarge prints from negatives the operators had the possibility of adjusting exposure, compensating white balance, etc.
Today people take JPGs from their digital cameras directly to bureaus. We are downgrading the quality potencial of every picture when we print from a JPG! I believe we are seeing a quite dumb standard growing more and more strong.
While the RAW format is closer to negative regarding all adjustment possibilities, JPG images can't technicaly suffer any adjustment without some data loss.
Is there really a desire to send out the Raw? Its like...
Is there really a desire to send out the Raw? Its like sending of the Negs and hoping that every developer that encounters them will have the same color "touch and feel" as you do!
Raw fullfills the Photographers need. JPEG is for Archiving!
johan leide
Johan, I believe the majority of the people who print...
Johan,
I believe the majority of the people who print directly from digital are not professionals, have no experience with image editing and just want to get nice pictures. They shoot jpg and have no idea about what exposure and white balance is. (exactely like film shooting ever was)
Is there really a desire to send out the Raw?
Ceirtanly.
RAW support can and probably
RAW support can and probably will be built into the next versions of post-script or PDF engine workflows. There's a critical advantage in managing images all the way up to press time. Last minute revisions in creative, or paper stock, ink, and press would be simple and inexpensive to acommodate.
The vast majority of commercial photography goes to four colo(u)r press--not to your local inkjet printer.
the born 2 design
design guy
I think RAW support from printing labs is a long way off -...
I think RAW support from printing labs is a long way off - though I would welcome it. Most prosumer labs can't even handle the non-proprietary TIFF format so RAW is going to be even more alien to them for a very long time.