That’s a big difference in the amount of data you have to use when you edit.

If your photo is underexposed, a JPEG will be useless, but a RAW file will probably still have the information you need to make it work.įor comparison, my Canon 5D III saves photos as (approximately) 4 MB JPEGs or 25 MB RAW files. All the extra data gives you a lot more room to post-process your photos. Rather than just saving enough information to make an acceptable JPEG, DSLRs and other high quality cameras can write all the information they can record to a RAW file. RAW images are photos captured in a lossless file format. RELATED: What is Camera Raw, and Why Would a Professional Prefer it to JPG? Second, Lightroom is a very powerful RAW image editor. If you shoot a lot of images, Lightroom is invaluable for keeping track of them all. There’s no way to give them star ratings or flag them as rejected. For example, in Apple Photos, you can only Favorite pictures. While other apps like Picasa or Apple Photos can store your photos, they don’t have as many options when it comes to sorting, categorizing and finding them. Lightroom sets itself apart with the depth and power of its cataloging tools.

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