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two editing questions

Steven Kurzrok

I frequently transfer file to other applications to edit and return to On1

Is it best to transfer as a TIFF or PSD?  Do yo transfer as linear RAW?

Second- Saw a neat Kelby trick to get rid of glow artifact. In Photoshop changed mode to darken and used clone stamp in darken mode to paint glow (only light color pixels changed. Cant seem to find a way to do this same trick in On1. Created a duplicate layer , changed mode to darken but no joy

Any help

Steve

 

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  • Rick Sammartino Community moderator
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    I prefer sending TIFF myself others prefer PSD. I believe the PSD file size is smaller, but not 100% sure about that. If you send RAW (not linear raw, there is no profile attached) you'll be sending the original without any of your edits applied and you'll be getting some other format in return. I only send RAW when the receiving program needs the RAW data to do it's thing, otherwise TIFF works fine.

    Try opening a Curves filter and setting the blend mode to Multiply. That will darken the whole image and then you can mask it where you need it. (Note: no adjustment to the curve itself is needed)

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  • Brian Lawson Community moderator

    The choice between TIFF or PSD is a personal one sometimes guided by the target program's capabilities. Linear RAW is a Camera Profile option that tells the program to not apply any profile and just display the image as it was captured. If you meant sending the RAW file itself, that depends upon what you are sending the photo to and why you are sending it as well as whether or not you want the other program to see any edits you may have already made in Photo RAW.

    If you want the other program to see your PR edits then you must send an image file format like TIFF or PSD. If you are sending to something like Topaz DeNoise AI or Topaz Sharpen AI then you might want to send the RAW file before you do any edits in Photo RAW. If you're sending to something like Filter Forge you'll definitely want it to see your edits so an image format is necessary.

    See the Topaz and Anthony Morganti's channels on YouTube for videos showing their workflows. Even if you're not sending to a Topaz program they can still be instructive when it comes to workflow. Your other 3rd part program probably has a YouTube channel as well that you might find helpful

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  • Steven Kurzrok
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    Thanks.

    I have been sending TIFFs. I wanted to try to send a linear RAW to DXo PL5 to compare its RAW development to On1 and see if there might be advantages to doing raw development in DXO on some images (especially those with deep shadows where DXo reportedly does a superb job. Want to continue to use On1 as my base.

    I can still get rid of glow now with the chisel mask, but this PS trick seemed so easy. The clone tool just painted away only the glow (brightest pixels) with multiply blending. Can't seem to do this in On1

    Steve

     

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  • Brian Lawson Community moderator

    There is no such thing as sending a linear RAW. By definition all RAW files are linear as they are not assigned to any colorspace.

    The Linear RAW option in Photo RAW's Camera Profiles is just a way of telling the program you do not want it to apply any Camera Profile at all, you just want to see the RAW data after it has been assembled into an image that you can see.

    Each RAW processor program does that assembly its own way so the image you see will probably look different in different programs.

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  • Brian Lawson Community moderator

    For what you want to do just send the RAW file itself, or skip Photo RAW altogether and open it directly in that other program. You'll have to save its work in TIFF or PSD to get it back to Photo RAW.

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  • Steven Kurzrok

    Thanks

    Steve

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