[Digikam-users] Digital Asset Management (DAM) question: final formats, meta data and so on

[Gilles Caulier]

2014-09-21 14:43 GMT+02:00 Photonoxx <photonoxx at free.fr>:
> Le Sun, 21 Sep 2014 14:01:08 +0200, Gilles Caulier
> <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> a écrit:
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>> In more generic approach, there is a benefit to use RAW instead JPEG ?
>> For me now, excepted with some shots conditions. JPEG is always enough
>> in 90%.
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> I shoot a lot in very contrasted scene, so for me RAW is very valuable. In
> addition, fine details are better with RAW than JPEG.
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> After that, depending what you need, Jpeg could be sufficient...

Well shooting pets in 12 img/s with Sony A77 can be done only in JPEG,
and work very well.

I use Light Table to sort bad and good quality images.

I usually always expand low light with Local Contrast tool. JPEG is
converted to 16 bits previously. This always give very good results.

Gilles Caulier