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Canon Map Utility Being Discontinued, Replaced by Canon GPS Log File Utility

If you have used Canon’s Map Utility lately, you’ve likely seen the following warning message (thanks Henri): “Map displaying service of Map Utility will be terminated by the end of Oct. 2019.” We reached out to Canon Technical Advisor Rudy … Continue reading

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Tips for Choosing Between RAW Versus JPEG File Format

Perhaps one of the most commonly asked questions in digital photography is around which file type to use when shooting – JPEG or RAW file format. Don’t worry if you don’t know much about these two formats or whether your … Continue reading

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Analyzing Canon’s C-RAW Image File Format

Introduced along with the new .CR3 file format on the Canon EOS M50 was the new C-RAW image file format. The C-RAW files seemed like a much better option than the M-RAW and S-RAW options we previously had available and, … Continue reading

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iPhone 7 finally gets raw file support

Great news – Apple is finally giving photographers the chance to edit raw files taken with the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus’ camera. Why should you care? Well, compared to JPEG files of the same image, it can be … Continue reading

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Tips for File Renaming Success in Lightroom

This article is about how to build a useable file renaming strategy, and how to implement it in Lightroom. Your standard camera names are generally pretty boring. IMG this or DSC that, or even P0235425653. If you’re not using continuous … Continue reading

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Understanding all the Different Image File Formats

When you take a photograph, what is essentially happening is that the camera is capturing data, which creates a digital image. There are many different types of file formats, which can be retrieved and edited using a photo editing software. … Continue reading

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#CreativeFriday – Extracting Original file from a Photoshop Raw Smart Object

I tend to use a Lightroom to Photoshop workflow quite often now in my re-touch. When i do this i like to work non-desructively and keep my original RAW file as long as possible, even when coming from Lightroom. I’ve … Continue reading

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