RAW to JPEG??

[Bohiemeth]

Help lol

I have taken some photos at a wedding and want to post some of them (here and facebook)
What programs do you use to convert raw to jpeg?
I have a canon camera with the canon programs - it might be one of these- any recommendations?

(i started photographing in jpeg then switched to raw - i have been told raw is better for editing etc as it doesn't compress)

[ricktas]

Canon DPP software will let you convert from RAW to JPG if understand it correctly (hopefully a DPP user will be able to advise more fully).

You dont actually edit your RAW file, you make your edits to a viewable version and then have to save as TIFF / JPG etc, your RAW file is like 'negative' and will always be the same, so you can edit the same RAW file in several different ways if you want to.

[jev]

Yep, Rick is right - DPP (Digital Photo Professional) is the way to go. Setup parameters, convert to JPEG and/or TIFF (if you want to do further editing in other software).

[Nicholas N]

Keep in mind if you just convert from RAW direct to JPEG with no PP they are probably going to be a little lacklutre.

RAW does not do any in-camera sharpening or tonal corections and I find every RAW file needs PP no matter what.

Best thing to do is set up a batch processing system and whack them all with the unsharp mask or some other sharpeneing tools and whack them with +10 Saturation and +10 Contrast.

[Bohiemeth]

Thank you all, just finished converting them! had a play with the program as well (DPP) lots of cool stuff you can do with raw images.

Cheers!