Cameras, including phones, shoot JPEGs by default, but this compressed format saves a fraction of the data your camera’s sensor is capable of recording. The alternative is to shoot in RAW, a filetype ...

Your digital SLR or high-end compact camera gives you the option of saving your photos as Raw files or as JPEGs. Which should you pick? It’s an old question, but it isn’t as easy to answer as you ...

All DSLRs, and even many point-and-shoots nowadays, can shoot in RAW format, meaning you can save your images as a completely unprocessed file that offers the potential for a higher-quality photo. The ...

Raw files contain the image data as it is captured by the camera’s sensor with only minimal processing applied. … Raw files contain the image data as it is captured by the camera’s sensor with only ...

All digital cameras record images in JPEG format and JPEG is the only file format that can be viewed in all viewing devices and edited by all image editors. For this reason, JPEG is known as the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. It never fails to amaze me how much editing a RAW file can enhance the look of an image. But if ...

RAW or JPEG? JPEG or RAW? Too. Many. Decisions. Fortunately, a new Canon patent suggests technology that could make that choice for you. Discovered by Egami, the patent explains a feature for DSLRs ...

Interesting. I’ve always wondered when a lossless compression scheme for RAW shots would become popular — there’s already Rawzor, but it’s not the same idea. This XDepth Raw format is encoded in such ...

Two years ago, Google introduced the first true mobile RAW photo support in the form of a new camera API that debuted alongside Android 5.0 Lollipop. Much like the RAW photo capabilities of more ...

Cody has been writing with Android Police for ten years. While best known for the hundreds of APK Teardowns and breaking news on many of Google’s new products and services, he also covers deeper ...